Recent content by tired

I must say, I miss this kind of interaction. Forums have something that Facebook & social media lack. Over the years, I've learned so much reading and interacting on sites like this and DVinfo

Venues seem to be increasingly hard on allowing people in early. I understand they want to limit the dance schools to the time they pay for, but I end up rushing up and down stairs, lugging gear and setting up cameras (I'll set up 5 cameras in some venues). With torn rotator cuffs and...

I hear you, the guy I work for uses a mix and certainly talks up the canon. Apart from the fact that my wife would kill me if I bought another camera (she's pushing me to retire) I don't see investing in a new ecosystem as viable when I'm only shooting sporadically throughout the year (Dec is...

That's a great idea using the closed curtain. If I took a laser measuring device and measured to the point on the stage where I want to find focus, I could find a corresponding spot once the curtain is closed to set focus.

If I can get into a concert early enough, I have a focus chart to do what you're suggesting, but the theatres barely give you 45min in most cases. Certainly, with the wide, I don't need to change it once set, but I zoom on the other GH5s using the power zoom lens so I'm always checking focus (I...

I might have a play around with that, glasses over glasses (who gives a bugger what it looks like) Someone on another forum has suggested Laser Surgery - he has one eye for long distance and the other for close, sounds weird but he swears by it.

I remember having the very 1st Small HD, had a good run out of that, but then they got a bit pricey - the Cine13 is well over 8K here in Aus, if I were younger, it might be worth the investment.

got em and I'm still having trouble. I've got 70 good years out of my eyes so I can't complain.

I've actually got one of these - died on day 3 of a shoot in Fiji. It's still under warranty so I can use that when (if) the replacement arrives but I was wondering about other options.

I use a viewfinder but the cameras are fully extend on miller Tripods so 2m up. I guess there's no reason I couldn't attach the EVF to one of the legs to check focus on occasion.

I've been shooting multi-camera dance concerts for some time, but as I get older, I struggle to be sure I have critical focus, and when I get back to the office, I can see that I'm soft, particularly on the wide. I've gone from 5" to 7" full HD, and I'm still missing critical focus at times...

solved - one had a broken wire and the other a dodgy capacitor

I met Garrett in Sydney at an expo some years ago - I don't think he's aged a day!

I've got a puzzle for you, I'm hoping someone has encountered and solved this. I normally operate off battery (3 sees me good for the day) but occasionally, I'll run off 240v through the adapter. I have a shoot coming up where I'm thinking of using Vmount but I can't get the camera to fire up...