2 questions

Jay Rodriguez

Jay Rodriguez

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Just clearing something up for myself here...

1. Is there any way to film the moon? I tried last night but it looked horrible. It was a HUGE full moon, very bright but the DVX didn't ick anything up other then the moon it alone. The surrounding cloud were really bright but nada on the DVX....

2. What the hell is a follow focus?


Thanks :thumbsup:
 
to film the moon try using a center spot ND.. this will bring the moon down a little, so you can expose more to the clouds. your locked to one focal length though.

follow focus is a little whip/wheel/gear combo that lets you focus manually from the side instead of the barrel, and gives you a little circle to mark so you can whip back and forth between 2 points for artsy fartsy DOF racks or for following a talent.
 
cool thanks barry....... I get what the follow focus is now but still not sure what you mean about the mon issue I'm having.
What is a center spot ND?
 
coffee said:
cool thanks barry....... I get what the follow focus is now but still not sure what you mean about the mon issue I'm having.
What is a center spot ND?
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You meant Jarred right? heh :)
 
The ghetto way to film the moon would be to lock the shot down and get shots with two different exposures: one that is stopped down so that you can see the detail in the moon and the other where the moon is blown out, but you can see the cloud detail. Then put the two shots together in post so that you have the best of both worlds.
 
I shot my moon stock footage while it was still light out. You then just underexpose and it turns out looking like night. Of course this is just a shot of the moon I'm talking about- nothing in the foreground.
 
I tried to get a decent moon shot for two days this past week and I finally got it. After trying all kinds of settings and staying up all night both nights what worked was shooting just a little bit before the sun broke the horizon. I actually had enough light to close the iris down and allow the detail of moon and the treeline to show. I had to drive around the area and find a place suitable to film from since the moon was getting low on the horizon. I was about to give up when I got the shot. I have decided to shoot a lot of stock moon footage this fall when conditions are more ideal. I got what I need for my Zombie flick this time. Good luck with it.
 
I too missed out on getting a good shot of the moon , good tips for getting one . exactly what is center spot nd?.
I got off work at 6 am this morning , on the way home I have to pass a small lake .... Just when I don't have my car ( rode the motorcycle) and my DVX , The lake had a nice mist on the water which spilled over onto the land ..Great shot for the Zombie movie . Moral of the story is ..........Ian
 
A "center spot ND" would be a filter that is mostly clear, but the very center of it is a darker neutral-density filter (the "center spot"). That would let the clouds have full exposure while bringing down the exposure on the moon itself.
 
lol, as I said in post #3 "cool thanks barry....... "

Geez, seems like when I want to achieve something it's only possible when I buy another lens or another this or that. ugh
 
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