Recent content by mackfilm

Hey everyone, I am selling my fs100 as I have decided to just rent cameras from now on. I have shot a lot of fantastic images on this stuff with my nikon primes (not sold with camera). You can watch a lot of the FS100 footage via this link www.mackenziesheppardproductions.com The camera is in...

Hey guys, I did this short film awhile back for a class exercise. I shoot it over a day, and edited it for a few days after. I know there is a lot of technical problems, but the assignment focus was on story. Leave a comment Check it out: http://vimeo.com/7953954

Hey guys, Recently bought a 7 inch LCD Monitor from LCD4VIDEO. Big Mistake. The cables were cheaply soldered together and the shoe mount was jittery. Worst of all, after two days of use the monitor nearly exploded after plugging it into use AC power. I plugged it in and it wouldn't turn...

Hey guys, When upgrading from final cut pro 6 to 7, will magic bullet plugins still automatically reappear in 7 or do you have to reinstall all your plugins. Any help would be great, Thanks

I did this for a "What I'm Made Of" competition sponsored by McDonalds on Current.com I won the whole thing, and get a free Flip Video Camera out of it. Anyways I thought I'd share it since it has a bunch of footage I've been filming since I was 16...

I live in Japan and I wasn't willing to spend several hundred dollars on shipping to buy support arms for my dvx/sgpro setup. So I built this for 13 dollars or (1,300 yen). Made from: -Metal Brackets -4 Nuts -4 Locking Washers -Rubber metal super clamps from a Japanese Home Center It is...

Hey Guys, I've been using my SGPro upside down now for 9 months. I've gotten used to it, but now that I'm getting into more complex films, I really need to invest in an external monitor that will flip the image for me. It would be great if you guys could suggest some affordable solutions...

Hi guys, Ive read that Adobe On Location has a flip mode feautre for cameras with a M2 or SgPro adapter. However, is this included on the mac version of OL? I can't find it anywhere, despite it being in the manul for OL Help would be great, thanks.

I did some major color correcting on an underexposed shot. In FCP the contrast looks fine. But when I export it, the blacks show up as grays and it looks awful. I exported using compressor using various codecs H.264 etc, but none of them solve the problem. Any suggestions?

This is a trailer for a film I'm working on. We shot it all in one day, with no pre-planning whatsoever. The quality got messed with, so I'm going to try and upload a better one: http://vimeo.com/3345506

Here is some other photos of a project I've been working on. UPDATE: The link works for viewing photos http://picasaweb.google.com/mackfilm...98330554869522

The quality of the upload is very poor, but it still show the effects of the dolly. Tell me what you think...please ignore bad hq http://vimeo.com/3140930

I've been working on a short for a few months now. Thought I'd share some grabs. UPDATE: Go here to see better higher res grabs: http://picasaweb.google.com/mackfilm/GrabsSgpro?pli=1&gsessionid=93se046WuLaLUVntQzbNKQ#5303798330554869522

My question revolves around mainly getting a shot of the character that is running towards the camera, but the camera is also shaking keeping the solider bust centered on screen. I know to use high shutter speed to give it the chaotic look, but how do I keep the chaos that i want to create...

Any tips for making a diy matte box for the sgpro on the dvx100? On a side note, any sub 100 dollar external monitors that can help with flipping the sgpro image.