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MattC
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Uh...
hee, hee.....
Have you ever set off two sticks of dynamite before? It's quite a kick...
Hmmm.... Well, you might look into borrowing or renting an XL2 for the day with an EOS adaper and slapping a long camera lens on it - you'll get all the reach you need.
Have you tested this? Are you sure you need two sticks of dynamite?
hee, hee.....
Have you ever set off two sticks of dynamite before? It's quite a kick...
Hmmm.... Well, you might look into borrowing or renting an XL2 for the day with an EOS adaper and slapping a long camera lens on it - you'll get all the reach you need.
Have you tested this? Are you sure you need two sticks of dynamite?
Erm, how large are the sticks you're lighting off? Sounds like fun! I think two sticks may be a little overkill for a computer though! Sounds like you will have a lot of shrapnel flying about so you'll need to be a very good distance away - if only for the DVXs sake!
I know that some companies make camera adapters for telescopes. Not sure that would work with a video camera but it may be something to look into.
I know that some companies make camera adapters for telescopes. Not sure that would work with a video camera but it may be something to look into.
MattC
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I have a spotting scope that has a nikon lens mount and a canon lens mount - talk about reach out and touch someone. One thing to remember when doing this is that you need a really, really heavy tripod and everything has to be weighted down. ANY vibration will be magnified a million time, this include vibration from your blast so make sure you're locked down.
Now, seriously, I've worked with explosives a bit. More accurately, I've worked in environments where other, trained professionals, worked with the explosives. This stuff is not to be f*cked with. Get someone who knows what they're doing. They don't have to be film guys, any demolition crew will have someone who would do this for you.
Secondly, I think you might using the wrong explosive for what you want to do. Depending on the type of blast and the reason for it's occuring, you might be better off using a smaller, shaped charge, or even det chord. The key is to use the least amount of explosive material as possible, but to use it as efficiently as possible. I don't really want to get to into it here, because I'm not sure I want to be giving technical advise about this on the internet (not that there isn't a ton of it already available), but anyone who works with explosives will be able to tell you about it.
So tell us more about the scene. What exactly are you trying to achieve and why?
Matt
Now, seriously, I've worked with explosives a bit. More accurately, I've worked in environments where other, trained professionals, worked with the explosives. This stuff is not to be f*cked with. Get someone who knows what they're doing. They don't have to be film guys, any demolition crew will have someone who would do this for you.
Secondly, I think you might using the wrong explosive for what you want to do. Depending on the type of blast and the reason for it's occuring, you might be better off using a smaller, shaped charge, or even det chord. The key is to use the least amount of explosive material as possible, but to use it as efficiently as possible. I don't really want to get to into it here, because I'm not sure I want to be giving technical advise about this on the internet (not that there isn't a ton of it already available), but anyone who works with explosives will be able to tell you about it.
So tell us more about the scene. What exactly are you trying to achieve and why?
Matt
seanh420
Active member
simple. if you seen office space, you know theres a part where they beat up a printer that everyone hates. so in short this is a much hated computer, and the dynamite seems like a great way to completely destroy it.
shaw i think the sticks are 8 inches long, but I havent actually seen them yet.
shaw i think the sticks are 8 inches long, but I havent actually seen them yet.
..actually, id sound like a freak if i listed all the various explosives ive toyed with in my life , but my thoughts were that the tele adaptor would work fine because you want to have a wider feild of view. sure it would be great o be able to see the keys on the keyboard before it blows up, but part of the majetsy of shooting an explosion is getting all the debris and dust and smoke flying into the air. if your too zoomed in youll see the computer turn into a brown dust cloud for sure, but you wont see the plume of dust rising into the air 40 feet. ..anyway ive lived next to 2 active rock quarrys in my life.. ive seen plenty of dynamite go off. youll probably want to do a combination and shoot one really close up with whatever you find to do so(..some good ideas above) so that you can see the computer and all, and then one wider with a tele lense to capture the full magnitude of the blast. then cut from the tight up to the large one in the edit during the explosion. i would actually suggest just using 2 tele lenses and putting one DVX in a makeshift blast container wrapped in foam and padded on the inside looking out through thicker or mutilayer plexiglass, and the outside of the container is a layer or two of solid plywood with some diamond plate on the front around the plexiglass. then leave it running and shoot the other one from the detonation point at a distance.
i have a friend who used to own a fireworks company and he told me that to get great up close video of the fireworks going off they would dig a hole in the ground and have the camera in the hole and the camera pointed at the mirror thus protecting the camera.
that said i would use this opportunity to get a $250 capture camera if i were you and use that!
matthew
that said i would use this opportunity to get a $250 capture camera if i were you and use that!
matthew