Recent content by mitchino

I'm doing a multi camera shoot with 2 x 5d Mk IVs, 1 x 5D Mk III and a 6D. It's a low light shoot and I'm shooting at 25fps. I know I'm supposed to set the shutter speed to double the frame rate i.e. 1/50th, but I want to use 1/25th so I can keep my ISO as low as possible. I can set the shutter...

I recently rented out my FS5 to a regular customer, and when he returned it he said he was having problems with the back focus being out. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good tutorial or guide to fixing this problem? The camera is used with Canon EF glass and a Metabones Ultra Speed...

I already have a very heavy duty Moy jib, but I'm looking to get another for a regular multi-camera shoot I do. I like the look of the e-image j100, also known as the Ikan j100. It has nice fluid drag controls on pan and tilt, and an ability to auto tilt keeping the framing on a subject while...

Got a shoot coming up with FS5, actors on black background, will be shooting in 4K, which picture profile should I use, want to keep things simple!

Does anyone make a battery with the same fitting as a Canon LP-E6 battery, but larger in depth and of higher capacity? I want something to stick on my BlackMagic Video Assist 4K, the standard LP-E6 models from my Canon DSLRs don't last long at all. I can't find anything - seems to me there...

Can anyone recommend a 128GB SD card that can shoot 4K or 1080p in the FS5 - reliability vital!

Just want to ask if this is normal behaviour and why it happens? I have a Canon 24-70mm Mk II attached to my FS5 using a Metabones Speed Booster. The lens is set to manual focus, the camera is set to manual focus, but if I focus on my subject, then switch the camera off, when I switch on...

Is there any cheapskate way of viewing scopes/waveforms on my FS5? Not available (yet) on my Black Magic Video Assist. Not available in camera. Is the only way to get a monitor with scopes? Or can I connect the camera to my mac?

I've got a small chromakey job next week using my FS5, shooting brightly coloured hairy puppets against green screen, and one against blue. The end delivery format is HD. Im wondering about the best settings to use, am I right thinking I would be best shooting in 4K and conforming to HD...

I'm looking for some nice music for a short doc, the music bed has lovely stuff but it's too pricey. Someone sent me the name of an alternative site but I've lost the info - can anyone recommend a good source? Thanks in advance!

I'm editing a short film about a craftsman, and want to add a nice piece of ambient music. The same kind of thing Mr Bloom uses! I love the stuff on musicbed.com, but they come in at $199 dollars for web promotional use. Anywhere I can get similar music for less?

I'm in the middle of a shoot, and copying MXF files off SD cards onto the computer for later editing. I am careful to copy the whole 'PRIVATE' folder as I read that I need to do that. The MXF files in the XDROOT>Clip folder are all named as Clip0001.MXF etc. If I want to rename these files as...

Totally bamboozled. Shot some clips at 50p 50Mbps on my FS5. When i import the clips into FCPX it is doubling frames i.e. when I frame step through the clip every frame plays twice. I downloaded Sony Catalyst Browse, and the same thing happens when I step through the clip. What is going on? I...

I'm a new owner of an FS5, I've only really shot on Canon DSLRs before, so I'm on a steep learning curve! I've bought Doug's vimeo tutorial and started watching, it's great. Today I set up the camera outside and took a short clip of some shady trees, going through each picture profile. I was...