Recent content by shred444

So I've been discussing this on and off in the forum and I decided to group it in one thread here. I find it interesting that canon EF lenses can be used in 35mm adapters, but none of the electronics in the lens are used. I have searched around and found several people interested in the...

I'm looking into building/purchasing my own 35mm adapter. One of my main concerns is adjusting the fstop on the lens. It is my understanding that by default the canon lens are wide open (ie. f/1.8). When they are connected electronically to a Canon SLR, the camera will communicate with it...

Is there a way to use the HVX similar to an XL1/2 as a shoulder mounted camera....or is this only done with a spider rig?

Has anyone ever successfully built a homemade hard drive recorder similar to the firestore fs-100? $2000 bucks is a bit excessive for 100gigs. I'd be willing to try it if someone could fill me in on some of its features/details.

Hey guys, since i wont be buying a $20,000 steadicam anytime soon, i've decided to make my own. My budget is between $300 and $500. I'll be using standard tools as well as some CNC machinging. Here's some progress... comments are appreciated. If you want to see more, let me know and I'll...

Hey guys, I entered in the Heinz Commercial Contest on youtube and shot with an XL2. I'm pleased with the quality, but the youtube compression killed me. It seems like the scene detail was too much for youtube, so it compressed it to compensate for the camera movements and backgrounds...

Hey there. I just shot some footage in the woods with a new XL2 in 24P regular 2:3 pulldown Anamorphic mode. To my understanding, I can capture this footage directly into FCP using 29.97 DV NTSC 48k Anamorphic mode and edit it that way... But upon closer examination, it seems like the footage...

has anyone had any sucess in filming minatures, expecially cars and compositing them into a scene? I'm looking to shoot a car accident with a sedan, and have it tumbling towards the camera. One thing i am worried about is this: The camera is supposed to be lying on the street. Since the...

Has anyone built a homemade cablecam. Im looking to design a linear cable system to have a camera glide across to track an object from high above. Possibly strung between two trees in zipline fashion

Hey, i was doing some test on a dvx100a adjusting the shutter speed and progessive/interlaced. could someone explain the proper way to select between the 4 shooting options shown above. i found the scene setting to choose between 30p, 24p, and 24p(adv) but if any of those are selected...

First post here... Im a student at Northeastern University, Boston and very interested in film production. ive been looking around for other people in boston who are into making shorts or music videos, but ive had no luck. is anyone from boston or know some people who are into film as well...