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Back in 2019 I shot the reboot of the Comedy Central series "Crank Yankers", my first foray into the world of puppets. When I started my prep, the line producer told me that they had a massive line item for an extended rental of twelve 24" broadcast monitors as requested by the puppeteers, and...

Hey all: I'm editing on the most current version of Resolve (I'd have to check but I think 19.3) and even since last update I've been having an issue where the picture goes out of playback sync with audio. I fix it by pausing playback and re-starting, but it's pretty annoying. I'm using an...

This event took place at Tiffen's event at their facility in Burbank the day after Cinegear this past spring. I was consulting a little behind the scenes (and feeding audience questions to host Dave Chameides via iPad from the audience, which was a fun challenge) and I knew it was going to be...

Just dug through pics from a short I shot 20 years ago, on my DVX100 with Mini35. Thought the folks here might enjoy these. Interestingly, neither of the Steadicams pictured were my current rig at the time--I have no idea why I was on borrowed rigs (an XCS and an early Steadicam Flyer). The...

Kicking off a discussion here based on this post in the "site changes coming" thread. Eric Coughlin wrote: On the spectrum of "technician/craftsperson" on one end to "artiste" on the other, I also lean more to the former, but while Eric is perhaps at 98%, I'm maybe 60%. I wouldn't consider...

Well, how 'bout them apples! 20 years. I dug back and found my first post: https://www.dvxuser.com/threads/settings-for-mini35.5720/ I had been an avid Canon XL1 user, but was investing into a P+S Technik Mini35 during the rotating ground glass days/daze and was going to park it at a rental...

I've posted here before about the Messhall Film Festival (see thread in this section "Short: The Tenth"). This is an annual filmmaking challenge hosted at Messhall Kitchen, a restaurant/pub in my neighborhood of Los Feliz (section of Los Angeles), and created by Jon and Andrew, two guys who work...

I was contacted a few weeks ago by a DP for a possible rental of my vintage broadcast cameras. After we talked it through and he sent a reference clip, I realized that the look they were going for was not going to be served by an old camera. Essentially, it was a 20+ year old music video that...

Workhorse Fujinon zoom. Includes servo handgrip, hard case Recently serviced and cleaned by Focus Optics lens service, clean bill of health. Asking $16,500

This is the classic workhorse Fujinon 19-90, V2 model. Package includes lens, servo, lens hood with cap, servo power cable in d-tap and flight case. Lens was recently serviced and given clean bill of health by Focus Optics lens service. Asking $14,990.

This is a complete set of all of the currently available Sigma Cine Primes. Very well maintained, and recently checked through and cleaned by Focus Optics lens service. New price for all is over $48K. Asking $36,900.

We are in the midst of screening this year's Messhall Film Festival in Los Angeles, thought I'd post my film. This festival was schemed up by a server and a bartender at Messhall Kitchen, a gastropub in Los Feliz (my local spot for the past 10 years). Knowing that the majority of the staff there...

A friend asked if he makes a video clip in the US and it needs to screen in an auditorium in Denmark off a laptop, does he need to do any converting of the file for it to play properly. I realized I don't know the answer to this. Can anyone help? I know there is still the 50hz/60hz thing but how...

As many of you know, I invented a camera support device called The ZeeGee (thezeegee.com). I came up with the concept in the late 2000's and built several prototypes, but right around that time I made the decision to move up from operating to shooting (DP work) and sold my Steadicam system, plus...

Just came across some pics from a short film I shot in 2001 on a Canon XL1. I had a conversation with the director Greg Derochie about the viability of shooting a narrative short on these sorts of cameras and how it would hold up projected, etc. It's hard to remember where everything was at that...

I'm currently grading a small project I shot for an upcoming filmmaker a few months ago. I need to remove someone from a static shot. I've never learned any VFX stuff, gave the Magic Mask in Resolve a shot but just couldn't get it clean enough. It's all of 40 frames and I have the clean...

Very proud to see the ZeeGee being used so integrally in the hit HBO series "The Last of Us". OG operator (who bought my one-off prototype nearly 10 years ago and then pushed me to bring the device to market) Neal Bryant spent a year in Calgary working on the show and says he couldn't imagine...

Hiya: Researching cameras for just barely period shoot featuring both broadcast and paparazzi cams, seen on camera but also need to be functional for onscreen footage. The piece is set in 2014, so cameras should be no later than that (and especially with the 2/3 camera, could be up to 5 years...

Hiya! Joining up with the one the only Scott Balkum for a livestream today. 6:30 PM EST, 3:30 pm PST. Stop by and send comments, questions etc! https://youtu.be/oARTYOWnUlE

I'm not affiliated with these folks but thought you all might find it interesting. https://apexcinemagear.com/products/sony-f35-camera-side-cage?fbclid=IwAR3ldLVA8RifatAOSuNUoQpvq-thPfIfRCnHiNgqEqK3CBWGtaaipLGed4Y