DVX on Steroids
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Re: DVX on Steroids
ok, maybe some details:
- DVX 100 AE (PAL)
- Chrosziel 411-53 P Mattebox
- Chrosziel Follow Focus and Rods
- Panasonic Anamorphic Adapter
- Hoodman H-400
- Sennheiser ME-66 with Rycote Softie
- Bracket 1 with Sennheiser G1 Wireless Receiver
- VariZoom Stealth Zoom
- mounted on Sachtler DV6 and Manfrotto 540 ART Carbon Sticks
ok, maybe some details:
- DVX 100 AE (PAL)
- Chrosziel 411-53 P Mattebox
- Chrosziel Follow Focus and Rods
- Panasonic Anamorphic Adapter
- Hoodman H-400
- Sennheiser ME-66 with Rycote Softie
- Bracket 1 with Sennheiser G1 Wireless Receiver
- VariZoom Stealth Zoom
- mounted on Sachtler DV6 and Manfrotto 540 ART Carbon Sticks
Re: DVX on Steroids
That's not cheap.
That's not cheap.
DVX100Shooter
Veteran
Re: DVX on Steroids
How do you like that Varizoom controller? I am researching some now to use with my DVrig Pro.
How do you like that Varizoom controller? I am researching some now to use with my DVrig Pro.
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Re: DVX on Steroids
SEXY BEAST!!!!!
Im drooling on the RODS and FF. Damn you Apes!
SEXY BEAST!!!!!
Im drooling on the RODS and FF. Damn you Apes!
disjecta
Lucky Duck
Re: DVX on Steroids
[quote author=iamloser link=board=Offtopic;num=1092394731;start=0#10 date=08/13/04 at 09:23:06]..was that picture shot in front of a green screen, or did you take the time to precariously matte around the camera and accessories?[/quote]
I was wondering that myself. Now all you have to do is start using this cool rig
[quote author=iamloser link=board=Offtopic;num=1092394731;start=0#10 date=08/13/04 at 09:23:06]..was that picture shot in front of a green screen, or did you take the time to precariously matte around the camera and accessories?[/quote]
I was wondering that myself. Now all you have to do is start using this cool rig
Re: DVX on Steroids
i had a day off today and my wife had to work, so i decided to take the picture. It was shot in my workroom and believe me or not it was less work to matte around it in Photosop than cleaning up all the debris ;D
(ok, i earned my living with matting and compositing in Photoshop for some years. Unfortunately my wife came back early from work and as she doesn't believe in digital technology made me clean up the mess anyway )
i had a day off today and my wife had to work, so i decided to take the picture. It was shot in my workroom and believe me or not it was less work to matte around it in Photosop than cleaning up all the debris ;D
(ok, i earned my living with matting and compositing in Photoshop for some years. Unfortunately my wife came back early from work and as she doesn't believe in digital technology made me clean up the mess anyway
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the mic is there just for the picture. I use the cam-mounted mic only in run-and-gun situations without the mattebox and FF. For "real" work we try to boom the mic properly.
The FF is indeed a finely machined piece of equipment and it looks as it can outlive more than one generation of users (let alone cameras). I do admit that this kind of talk also helps to somewhat justify the insane prices of the Chrosziel equipment.
the mic is there just for the picture. I use the cam-mounted mic only in run-and-gun situations without the mattebox and FF. For "real" work we try to boom the mic properly.
The FF is indeed a finely machined piece of equipment and it looks as it can outlive more than one generation of users (let alone cameras). I do admit that this kind of talk also helps to somewhat justify the insane prices of the Chrosziel equipment.
Alexa
Veteran
Re: DVX on Steroids
nice pict, great eye candy for those with a sweet tooth
makes me think of a black porsche.
Ok- now I'm gonna be brave enough to ask here, since I never went to film school or anything or never initially planned on shooting films very seriously, but what is a mattebox, follow focus, and rods for..just sentence or two, please.
how do you pronounce that Chroziel thing? and how pricey?
I've seriously been dying to know. I'm not a "filmmaker" so I wouldn't know. feel free to send me to the archives, but I thought I'd be lazy and just ask.
DVX100shooter:
I have the Varizoom. It is nice. Its one of those things that you don't notice you have too much, but will help you get very nice, flawlessly-smooth shots. We probably could have lived without it for a while though. I don't use it too much myself, but one of my other shooters uses it a lot. I would use it, but its always on his tripod hard to take candy away from a baby. Not essential, but nice..same said probably about lens adapters, etc.
nice pict, great eye candy for those with a sweet tooth
makes me think of a black porsche.
Ok- now I'm gonna be brave enough to ask here, since I never went to film school or anything or never initially planned on shooting films very seriously, but what is a mattebox, follow focus, and rods for..just sentence or two, please.
how do you pronounce that Chroziel thing? and how pricey?
I've seriously been dying to know. I'm not a "filmmaker" so I wouldn't know. feel free to send me to the archives, but I thought I'd be lazy and just ask.
DVX100shooter:
I have the Varizoom. It is nice. Its one of those things that you don't notice you have too much, but will help you get very nice, flawlessly-smooth shots. We probably could have lived without it for a while though. I don't use it too much myself, but one of my other shooters uses it a lot. I would use it, but its always on his tripod
hard to take candy away from a baby. Not essential, but nice..same said probably about lens adapters, etc.Re: DVX on Steroids
Pooh,
a mattebox has two purposes: to shade the lens thus preventing flares and to hold filters. The sideflags and french flag allow for additional light control, the filters are slid into two holders (one fixed, one rotating for ND Grads or Polarizers)
A follow focus helps to precisely focus on different focal planes. Imagine you have one object
in the foreground and one in the back and you want to have the object in the back in focus first and then shifting focus to the front object (this process is called "rack focus"). You use the white marker ring on the follow focus wheel to mark the focal planes of the front and rear object and a second person (called "focus puller") can "rack" focus without seeing the objects through the lens.
Rods are just there to support the mattebox and follow focus.
For further info do a search, there are various topics dealing with matteboxes, follow focus etc.
Chrosziel is a German company based near Munich (the Oktoberfest city) and the name is pronounced "krosziel". They are well known for excellent quality but also for high prices.
The Mattebox including rods is about 1.700 USD, the Follow Focus another 1.100 USD
Pooh,
a mattebox has two purposes: to shade the lens thus preventing flares and to hold filters. The sideflags and french flag allow for additional light control, the filters are slid into two holders (one fixed, one rotating for ND Grads or Polarizers)
A follow focus helps to precisely focus on different focal planes. Imagine you have one object
in the foreground and one in the back and you want to have the object in the back in focus first and then shifting focus to the front object (this process is called "rack focus"). You use the white marker ring on the follow focus wheel to mark the focal planes of the front and rear object and a second person (called "focus puller") can "rack" focus without seeing the objects through the lens.
Rods are just there to support the mattebox and follow focus.
For further info do a search, there are various topics dealing with matteboxes, follow focus etc.
Chrosziel is a German company based near Munich (the Oktoberfest city) and the name is pronounced "krosziel". They are well known for excellent quality but also for high prices.
The Mattebox including rods is about 1.700 USD, the Follow Focus another 1.100 USD
Alexa
Veteran
Re: DVX on Steroids
well done!
thanks for the explanation- particularly on the follow focus ring. very clear.
I would be interested someday in seeing what shooting with a mattebox and what it looks like without ( well, I know that..). Additionally,with all you can do in post, are filters that necessary? (but perhaps that is just it, you don't want to do it all in post.)
regards
well done!
thanks for the explanation- particularly on the follow focus ring. very clear.
I would be interested someday in seeing what shooting with a mattebox and what it looks like without ( well, I know that..). Additionally,with all you can do in post, are filters that necessary? (but perhaps that is just it, you don't want to do it all in post.)
regards
TC
Resident Agitator
Re: DVX on Steroids
Pooh- I just recently asked this question myself. Good answers can be found here:
http://www.dvxuser.com/cgi-bin/DVX2/YaBB.pl?board=Links;action=display;num=1092334165
Pooh- I just recently asked this question myself. Good answers can be found here:
http://www.dvxuser.com/cgi-bin/DVX2/YaBB.pl?board=Links;action=display;num=1092334165