Recent content by sam alcoff

I'm using the merlin with the HPX170 (have not mastered yet, GULP) and want to know what my power options are. I use the Anton Bauer ElipZ with it usually, but can't with the Merlin. They sell an extension cord for the Elipz and was wondering, can I somehow carry the battery on my person (e.g...

We have the Sony EX1, using it for studio work, with the sd-sdi going out to a mixer. for a few weeks, it woukd power down when it was plugged in (never when it was recording) and I would just throw a battery on, and it would be fine. Today, it powered down with the battery and the plug (each...

I bit the bullet and got a merlin. We're still in the figuring out the trim stage (and getting my arm ready). Does anyone have advice, settings, or suggests for balancing the hpx170 (we're using the smallest battery)? We're reading the manual and watching the DVD, but helpful hints will be...

http://www.grittv.org/2010/07/28/the-good-example/ Shot on the HPX170 720 24pn. Feedback appreciated.

Hey, Just picked up the glidecam 4000 pro and, lo and behold, all those other posters who promised frustration and heavy lifting were not joking. I got it used, so the price wasn't terrible, but I am awfully unimpressed with the build quality at the moment (but that may have to do with not...

I have two lavs, and after a nasty issue with some other sound equipment, I've come to terms with the fact that my audio kit needs some minor refreshing: namely that the various lav clips, windscreens, and belt clips have all snapped, gone missing down a shirt somewhere, or were misplaced...

Two years ago, I got a good deal on a used Sound Devices Mix Pre and quickly fell in love with it. I've treated it well, used it on a few shoots, and it has worked wonderfully. Until a week ago. It is now a noise machine and not the kind that I have use for. I'm sure it is out of warranty and...

I got a wide angle adapter when I first got my hpx 170 but while the wide was nice, the Chromatic aberration was not. I see mic shoot outs all the time. Where is the wide angle adapter shoot out? And if one doesn't exist, can we make one?

Hey. I got a Fostex FR2le a little while ago, but haven't used it too much because the audio people I worked with either mixed right into camera or had their own system. But Friday we went out and did some great shooting for the whole day. Camera: HPX170, 24pn 720, Default on any audio setting...

Hey, I have a great "bringing every last bit of equipment invented and then some plus two sandwiches," but I want a bag for just the camera that doesn't necessarily look like a camera bag. Has anyone out there figured out a crumpler or some other bag that works surprisingly well with the...

I've heard chatter, but never seen footage or heard someone say "I have an hpx170 and I use it on a merlin and it is __________." Is the Hpx170 on a merlin the bigfoot of the video world. Can anyone point me to clips and attest to whether or not they work well together (and clarify plastic and...

So Panasonic has a new $1200 proxy card that allows you to plug SD cards into your camera?

Yesterday, I bought the hpx170. I'm reading Barry and can't wait to post some video. In the meantime, I got a 16x9 HDV7X1 0.7 Wide Angle Adapter. Cue scooby going "ruh-roh." My horizontal lines were fish eyed all over the place. I like the width it gave me, but the barrel distortion was too...