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Viewfinder masking
- Thread starter David
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Re: Viewfinder masking
Hey welcome to the board Dave . . . another Maltese member makes Malta the officialy highest DVX per square Kilometre country on the board 4 members to 246km . . . hehe. I dono if there is like a specific add-on for framing in the VF, but will have a look (browse) . . . I just wanted to say hi online first ;D
Hey welcome to the board Dave . . . another Maltese member makes Malta the officialy highest DVX per square Kilometre country on the board 4 members to 246km . . . hehe. I dono if there is like a specific add-on for framing in the VF, but will have a look (browse) . . . I just wanted to say hi online first ;D
blazingoat
Carbonite Member
Re: Viewfinder masking
hook your camera upto a NLE, and playback some footage that you've masked to 2.35:1. Open the lcd screen and just tape off the black areas, then you have a pretty acurate frame.
Duno, how to go about doing the viewfinder though...
hook your camera upto a NLE, and playback some footage that you've masked to 2.35:1. Open the lcd screen and just tape off the black areas, then you have a pretty acurate frame.
Duno, how to go about doing the viewfinder though...
Re: Viewfinder masking
Take a sheet of thin transparant plastic. Draw two (thick) lines with an alcohol pen on the plastic piece at a distance which matches the 16:9 height on yr viewfinder. Cut the plastic sheet in the correct dimensions so that it gets slightly squeezed in the viefinder frame when mounted against the viewfinder LCD.
Take a sheet of thin transparant plastic. Draw two (thick) lines with an alcohol pen on the plastic piece at a distance which matches the 16:9 height on yr viewfinder. Cut the plastic sheet in the correct dimensions so that it gets slightly squeezed in the viefinder frame when mounted against the viewfinder LCD.
Bill_Bolton
Well-known member
Re: Viewfinder masking
I think there is some miscommunication' goin on. Dave is asking how to mask off his viewfinder, not his LCD. To mask off the viewfinder is not as easy as masking off the LCD. I might suggest that you consider making your mask with a sheet of acetate and use a technical artists pen (kohinoor #000) to make your lines. I expect much trial and error. BTW - the American Cinematographers manual has detailed drawing of the formats.
I think there is some miscommunication' goin on. Dave is asking how to mask off his viewfinder, not his LCD. To mask off the viewfinder is not as easy as masking off the LCD. I might suggest that you consider making your mask with a sheet of acetate and use a technical artists pen (kohinoor #000) to make your lines. I expect much trial and error. BTW - the American Cinematographers manual has detailed drawing of the formats.
Re: Viewfinder masking
Yes Bill I am after masking the viewfinder not the lcd. My problem is how to reach the viewfinder lcd inside the viewfinder "turret" so to say. Should I try to dismantle the viewfinder to reach the viewfinder lcd, so I can attatch a piece of acetate with the drawn lines? Anyone tried this before?
Cheers
Yes Bill I am after masking the viewfinder not the lcd. My problem is how to reach the viewfinder lcd inside the viewfinder "turret" so to say. Should I try to dismantle the viewfinder to reach the viewfinder lcd, so I can attatch a piece of acetate with the drawn lines? Anyone tried this before?
Cheers
Bill_Bolton
Well-known member
Re: Viewfinder masking
I for one, would not disassemble anything, because if you screw it up, it means a trip to the Panasonic man. You just might want to put the acetate just under the rubber eyepiece.
However FWIW, I don't use either the LCD or viewfinder. I use an outboard monitor (Nebtek) mounted on an Israeli arm. Because I don't need to hug the cam, I can see much better in context and frame more accurately.
I for one, would not disassemble anything, because if you screw it up, it means a trip to the Panasonic man. You just might want to put the acetate just under the rubber eyepiece.
However FWIW, I don't use either the LCD or viewfinder. I use an outboard monitor (Nebtek) mounted on an Israeli arm. Because I don't need to hug the cam, I can see much better in context and frame more accurately.