AF100 Extreme

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dtzfilms

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Hello guys,
if you're anything like me, you didn't buy your AF100 primarily to make money. You bought it because you want to tell great stories with lovely images. Now what if you could shoot your stories with 2 or three AF100s?

I'm shooting a short and a feature and if I had 3 AF100s, I'd cut my shooting time not in half, but in sixes! What I'm proposing is a no-cash-collaboration. You have a project, two of us come in and be your camera 2 and 3. I was in Hawaii on the set of LOST and Hawaii 5.0., and what I noticed was the speed of the shoots. Digital 3 camera shoots (for 5.0. Lost was Film), so they're shooting for the 2-shot close up/dirty single, and the master in each take.

It's changed a lot of things even from an actors perspective. They have to bring the dogs on every take. Not like before where they'd shoot the master shot first, and warm up doing your lines at 60%, work up the emotion and save the best for the close up. Nope, now they have to bring it on every take and move on. Less light needed, less time between takes. Really rapid shooting. One shoot crammed scenes from two episodes in a day. Anyway, I'm not trying to insult anyone. Drop me a line any time. I've got some more ideas that'd I'd like to share with anyone who is interested.

About me:
I'm DC Holland, a British Writer-Director. I trained at Bournemouth University in England and then came to UCLA film school for my MFA. What I would bring to your shoot would be:


AF100 aka Sally

Nikon Lens
50mm - f1.8
85mm -f1.4
70-200mm - f2.8
18-200mm f3.5-5.6
12/8 ft Kessler Crane, Motorized Head (might be selling)

Planned acquisitions:
Lumix 20mm f1.7
Lumix 7-14mm f4
Voightlander 25mm f0.98
Merlin Steadicam.
 
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I love initiative, let me know if you have a shoot in the Boston area.
I can bring:
Af100
Nikon Lenses:
50mm f/1.8
28-70mm f/3.5-4.5
Vivitar 28mm f/2.8
Vivitar 70-210mm f/4.5
+ a wide zoom to be purchased soon
 
I might be game.

I am about 3 hrs north of Boston, in NH.

We have some upcoming shoots on the Cape this spring / summer, an independent self financed project.

I have AF100 with more than a dz Canon lenses, FD FL and new EF L's as well, and the Voightlander 25 f:ast. Also Stedicam and lots of dolly gear, lights etc.

I also shoot with EX3 and EX1R's and almost always using NanoFlash.

I like the idea of pooling resources, on some type of swap or whatever system. The AF100 is a great tool and it would be very useful to have several with shooters that know them well available. Even for commercial shoots where everyone gets payed.
 
Really good idea. As an inspiration I'd look towards John Seale (ASC/ACS, Oscar for the English Patient). He usually shoots multicamera with excellent results. I am thinking of setting up a four-camera shoot of a daily soap (the studio sequence, location would be 2-cam). That is a bit back to the old TV times with the exception that there would be no on-the-set switching. If it makes the gaffer's life more diffficult? Oh well. See the February edition of AC Magazine for the feature on Seale and how he does it. Maybe the Af101 will pass our tests for the studio job, the locations would most likely go to either F3/Slog or hpx 3100.
 
I'm love'n this thread already--hope it finds a permanent home.
(might need to start a list/database) . . . opps, just noticed Matt started one in another thread.

I'd like more time with my AF100 but down the road I'd like to be involved regionally.

planning+coordination+cooperation . . . the possibilities are nearly unlimited!

Nikon Lenses
50mm - f1.2
85mm - f1.4
35mm - f2.0

Lumix 20mm f1.7
Lumix 14-140 f4

Voigtlander M43 25/.95 (on order/probably April)
 
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I have a couple of narrative projects in the works, a short in June and more pressing, a web-series in NY. We have a very aggressive schedule and it will be a multi-camera shoot. Count me in. I'd really like to work with other AF-100 owner/operators

Here's my rig so far
I'm in NY. I have sticks, a monitor, some lighting and grip gear but my camera so far:

AF-100
Nikon 20mm 2.8, 50mm 1.4, 85 mm 1.8
Canon FD 24 mm, 100 mm
Redrock V2 follow focus

I'll have a wide before we shoot the series in May. I'm holding out a little while I learn the camera. I'm looking at the Tokina 11-16, Lumix 7 - 14, Olympus 11-22. What I'd love is a 15mm prime made for 4/3 with manual aperture and focus.. oh yeah, and that 50 mm Voightlander, of course.!
 
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