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Forgive me if this has been answered before.... So I've got a zoom on reserve for my Red but like a lot of people, I will be using Nikon primes in the mean time. I read that a follow focus is a must and Jim mentioned that a gear-down will be necessary so you can turn the focus wheel a lot more...

1. When looping my XLR cables for storage, is there an harm to plugging the connectors together? For me it helps keep them organized and from coming apart. I have been avoiding it thinking it might hurt it in somewhere 2. Once I loop my cables in a circle I was then twisting it into a...

At the place where I work (non-movie related) I have been given the task of choosing a movie for my company's "movie day" wherein my company decided to reward the employees by taking 2 hours out of a normal day to let us all stop and watch a movie on site. We have about 200 employees. In the...

I had two simple ideas for this message board and I didn't know who to send it to (Jarred?). As background, my job and degree is computer science and I primarily do UI design. Feature Request #1: Make a "Favorite Threads" folder in each person's private profile. When you see a thread you...

I just bought an MKH60 and now need to get the shockmount and wind protection. It seems to me that with a mic this pro I shouldn't cheap out and since it's a shotgun it'll be my outdoor mic and I want the capability to shoot in high wind situations (such as on the Oregon coast). I found the...

Alright, lets make a really useful thread... As a filmmaker I dove into the whole DSLR craze because I wanted the ability to make my own posters. So, I want everyone who has made a movie poster using shots from a still camera to post their poster and also what it took to make it. Here is my...

So I have a problem. I often store my lighting kits out in my garage or trailer. Now I live in Oregon where it's wet and cold and thus a fair amount of moister. The lights are starting to rust. I need some way to soak up the moister in my light kits. I know silica gel would do it but I...

Okay, so I recently bought an MKH60 off eBay for less than $800, I was thrilled. The guy sent it packaged well and unwrapping it I can see the mic looks brand new (no scratches, etc.) then I see a noticeable dent in the top grill. I hooked up the mic to my SD302 and did some testing and it seems...

As my subject says, I need to be able to connect the output of my SD302 into my VX2100 or FX1. Both take the unbalanced mini jacks (boo!). The best thing to do seems to be to buy the "XL7 TA3-F to Mini Female 6" cable for Sound Devices 302 Field Mixer" from B&H and then buy a mini male to male...

I wanted to hear the differences between an AKG se300b/ck93 Blueline hypercardioid and the Oktava MK012 hyper from Sound-Room. So...I put them both on stands and had my wife sit down and read. Both mics were a bit more than a foot away from my wife's mouth, equal distance and both pointed in...

I recently bought the Chimera mogul socket (that has built in speed ring holes) and am going to buy a chimera lantern, but I can't figure out whether to buy the 30" ball with skirt or the medium pancake lantern with skirt. Has anyone here used both and could comment on the pros/cons between...

Okay, so I'm a Red reserve with my Dad and I'm starting to wonder about training for this camera. I've used tons of prosumer cameras (XL1s, PD170, DVX100, Z1u, etc) but nothing of the caliber of Red before. I can read training materials, but I am going to need some real training in my camera...

Does anyone know where to buy those little plastic pegs that go at the bottom of c-stand legs? I bought a used Matthews c-stand where all of them are gone and without them it will scratch most surfaces.

Okay, I'm the typical indie writer/director/editor type who after 3 years of producing shorts got fed up with sucky sounding audio. So for a while I've been reading all the stickies and tons of archives in this forum, the DVInfo.net forum, reading Ty's website, his book, Jay Rose's book, etc...

So what's the deal with CRI? I know it means Color Rendering Index and that is has to do with how well it can "render colors" at any given color temperature but I don't understand that. Given two bulbs, both at exactly 4100k and one bulb is CRI 65 and one is CRI 82.....how will it look...

What are the production goals of Red? I am a reserve holder so I wonder are you guys going to try to ship 50 a month, 100, 500 a month? I know you can't be for certain but even a guess would be nice. This would help out a lot with my financial plans.

Okay, sorry if this is a stupid question. I searched to see if this was discussed before but couldn't find it. I got my Oktava in today from Sound-Room and I want to know: in what situations would ever likely use the -10 pad? I feel stupid even asking this. Does it just reduce the volume by...

So I bought a BBG based on all the great posts here and I got it from evsonline.com and now I can't figure out how to take the dang thing apart. I read that you can unscrew it in the middle to put it on an Oktava but for the life of me I can't seem to unscrew it (and I don't want to hurt this...

Hello my name is Shawn, and I am a filmmaker who would like to think audio takes care of itself... ("hi shawn...") I am primarily a writer, director and DP. I'm that guy who spends $5k on a camera then hopes to finish off audio with $500. I did my first feature off of an ME67 with DA-P1 and...

Jim, My dad and I are already reserve #27 and getting really excited about the camera. Anyhow, we will eventually want the zoom lens too. My dad thinks we should get a reserve in on that before the end of this month but I'm telling him not to as I can't see a reason to lock in. I want it...