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Hey everyone, I think it's possible but I'm just checking to make sure, does the 7D allow you to monitor what you're recording through the composite video while simultaneously viewing the 7D lcd? I'm about to do a video shoot and I want to know that we can output to a reference monitor for the...

I love the T2i; it's an absolutely amazing shooting tool. I have big video shooting plans with this camera. A big hangup though; I feel like I spend a disproportionate amount of time setting up and transcoding my footage compared to actually editing or uploading anything that I've shot. Is...

Hey everyone, I've read nothing but great reviews for the Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM. In this post from Cinema5D, one person states that in his experience this lens is parfocal. http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=5987 Does anyone have experience with this lens? Is it...

Hey everyone, I've been looking around between Canon, Tamron, and Sigma brands to find what I'm looking for. I want to get a PARFOCAL zoom lens with the longest zoom range possible. Obviously, f/2.8 would be nice, but the camera's ISO gain is so clean, I could deal with an f/4 or 5.6 lens...

Hey everyone, I've been looking around between Canon, Tamron, and Sigma brands to find what I'm looking for. I want to get a PARFOCAL zoom lens with the longest zoom range possible. Obviously, f/2.8 would be nice, but the T2i's ISO gain is so clean, I could deal with an f/4 or 5.6 lens...

We just bought a new Canon T2i, so last Saturday (4/4) we went downtown at 2am, walked around a bit, and thought up on the spot what turned out to be a really stupid and odd short film on the spot. It was a lot of fun to shoot. And it looks pretty! Happy Hour - First film with the T2i I'm...

Hey everyone, need some advice. I'm having some problems with the stock lens. In picture mode, when I auto focus the camera (beep noise) at the wide end of the lens the image is in focus, but when I zoom into 55m the lens is very out of focus. Then if I autofocus at 55mm and then zoom out to...

I just received my T2i today. I've been testing it out for the last few hours. It's absolutely perfect for what I want in so many ways, except that it overheats on long takes. The T2i was a joint purchase between my brother and I; I want to use the camera for short films. He's an artist and he...

Hey everyone, I wanted to know if anyone here has experimented with filters to reduce the moire / aliasing problems with these VDSLR cameras. I'm about to get a T2i. In this artcle is a T2i vs EX-1 comparison video: http://www.xdcam-user.com/?p=704 Obviously there are some situations where...

Hey, I'm looking to buy a DVX100 (A or B). I have one already, but I'm looking to get a second one for multicam shoots. Message me if you are looking to sell one or know anybody who is. thanks, -J

I'm suffering from complete ignorance here and could really use some help... For small indie features--say $200k - $2million, where do they get that kind of money from? How do you get to the point where you can raise that kind of a budget? What kind of people/entities funds that usually...

My friend has written a 7 part web series that I'm really excited to be Producing. We're getting ready to shoot the first 2 episodes in October and we've got a small producing team together to do the legwork (still looking for a DP). But before we put a bunch of time into pre-producing and...

I'm looking to buy a set of walkie talkies w/ headsets for an upcoming film I'm producing. I want to be able to use these on my next films too, so I'm looking for something good. -What features should I be looking for? -Any brands I can trust? -Should I buy used? http://tinyurl.com/9fjn4q...

I'm looking for a certified stunt coordinator for a throwing scene in my film. An actor needs to be jerked from a standing position and thrown into a wall 10 feet away. I've talked to someone who knows stunts but isn't certified, and that's a problem for both me and the insurance company. He...

I'm trying to minimize the compression artifacts on my footage. I wanted to shoot with -7 detail and I wanted to know if I could use unsharp masks and make the detail look just as good in post as I could by putting the detail level up to +2. Does 'detail level' do anything to the image other...

Hey, does anyone happen to know how to remove the pulldown in FCP after the footage has been imported? I'm using old 24pa footage from my dvx that I captured when i used Premiere Pro. thanks..

I'm shooting on the HVX and I wanted to shoot in 1080 instead of 720 because of the color space and compression size advantages and slight resolution increase. I was wondering though if there's any difference in the gamma, color quality, or image characteristics of 1080 footage from the HVX as...

I'm gearing up to be camera op on a movie this january that we have to shoot on the HVX. Now the hvx is a good camera, but it's 2 years old now and the REDone is out. Unfortunately I have no choice in the matter. I want to make the HVX image look as good as possible. Anyone know what technical...

Me and my friends were joking around last week and we wanted to do some sort of ad-lib comedy video. The next day we set up the camera, some lights and shot a whole hour of unscripted diologue between these three nerds playing video games. I edited it down into 6min and wanted to get some...

This is a film my friend made that he just posted online. I really like the movie and I wanted to show it off. Here's a link to the video in the project page: Self-Improvement Here's his profile: Clayton Chaney I think the video is a lot of fun and that he did a great job. :)