Recent content by jangej03

Hi All, Feels good to be back after a long time. I am sure nobody missed me as I was not an active poster but an avid reader of this wonderful forum and gained huge amount of knowledge from here. Kudos to all the knowledgable people running this wonderful forum. At bit of background about...

Hi, I am shooting a feature lenght. Using scene file F6 with default settings mostly.Last night I noticed that every 5th frame in the footage is a dirty frame, i.e. mixture of two surrounding frames. The effect is pixelation when ever there is camera or character movement. Curiosly this DOES...

Hi, Which screw on filters should I buy for my DVX100a. I am going outdoors this weekend and need to protect my camera. What size filter screws on 72 mm? Best regards, J.

Hi, Anyone tried recording to external deck AND DVrack simultaniously? To reduce wear on my DVX head I wanted to record to an external deck AND also to capture on DVrack. I connected the external deck and DVX both to a multi port 1394 card on my laptop(one can use a 1394 hub also I think)...

Hi, I had bought a panasonic monitor from eBay that stopped working in the middle of shoot.( So now I think eBay is not that good a source if you want a good reliable monitor.) Anyway, I tried to calibrate the monitor using Rosco #80 Primary blue gel but I don't think it works very well. I was...

Hi , I am shooting a feature with my new DVX100a. I have shot 7 PANASONIC AY-DVM63MQ tapes but my hour meter shows 29 hours. Assuming each tape is about 1 hr it should be only 7 hours. Why is hour meter showing 29 hours then? I have been using Tape Protect option on my camera so it does not...

Hi, I bought a hard case from Magna cases on eBay. It comes with removeable foam cuboids (not cubes exactly as they have one side, ie depth longer than the other two) and a chicken egg create foam thing on top. I put in my camera to test the case but it takes lot of pressure to close the...

Hi , I am making a feature film. Hooked up my Sennheiser ME66 to my DVX100a (without any mixers etc). I am shooting in a 25'X 15' carpetted room. ME66 is mounted on a 10' boom pole which is mounted on a C-Stand. Mic is about 4' away from talent sloping 45 deg downward from a height of 7.5'...

Hi All, I am new kid on the block. This is a great resource. I just receieved my DVX100a with Barry's book. Great help. Thanks Barry. I am shooting my feature length comedy soon. The question I had was should I use DVRack in slave mode along with my DVX100a to capture video? Two distinct...