texvanwinkle
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Learned a few things along the way.
1) Definitely need a fast, big Firewire or eSATA external HD for dumping cards. I tried using my old laptop, which does have a PC card slot, and was only able to dump one card. I thought that would be enough since I was shooting SD, but the toasts went on for almost half an hour (!), and there were two or three events not on the schedule.
How many people do Firewire dumps straight from the camera to a HD? Is that the way to go, short of Barry's cheap-Windows-laptop solution?
2) I need a better way of capturing sound. There was no way to patch into the band's sound, so we were left with what the shotgun could do. Tried to watch levels, but I know it's up and down, and all around, from wandering toward, away, and around the dance floor.
What's the best way to get consistent, solid audio from the stage (band, toasts, everything) without all the ambient noise? Would a parabolic mic on a light stand feeding into...something...work? This is beyond my ken at the moment. Just wondering as I type.
Suggestions?
3) The CB105 shoulder mount isn't for me. Even with the extra padding I added to it, it was still too wobbly and uncomfortable. Definitely just need to get the 361B monopod (only one that my Bogen quick release will work on), and I very much want to try out a Merlin.
4) The Litepanels Micro throws a lot more light than I realized. I was concerned about it blinding people, so I'd put a homemade diffuser over it, but I just couldn't see anything and took it off. VERY glad I did. Only a few people reacted to the brightness, and then only jokingly.
5) So that's where those muscles went. Tomorrow's gonna be an Ibuprofen day.
1) Definitely need a fast, big Firewire or eSATA external HD for dumping cards. I tried using my old laptop, which does have a PC card slot, and was only able to dump one card. I thought that would be enough since I was shooting SD, but the toasts went on for almost half an hour (!), and there were two or three events not on the schedule.
How many people do Firewire dumps straight from the camera to a HD? Is that the way to go, short of Barry's cheap-Windows-laptop solution?
2) I need a better way of capturing sound. There was no way to patch into the band's sound, so we were left with what the shotgun could do. Tried to watch levels, but I know it's up and down, and all around, from wandering toward, away, and around the dance floor.
What's the best way to get consistent, solid audio from the stage (band, toasts, everything) without all the ambient noise? Would a parabolic mic on a light stand feeding into...something...work? This is beyond my ken at the moment. Just wondering as I type.
Suggestions?
3) The CB105 shoulder mount isn't for me. Even with the extra padding I added to it, it was still too wobbly and uncomfortable. Definitely just need to get the 361B monopod (only one that my Bogen quick release will work on), and I very much want to try out a Merlin.
4) The Litepanels Micro throws a lot more light than I realized. I was concerned about it blinding people, so I'd put a homemade diffuser over it, but I just couldn't see anything and took it off. VERY glad I did. Only a few people reacted to the brightness, and then only jokingly.
5) So that's where those muscles went. Tomorrow's gonna be an Ibuprofen day.
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