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Wednesday, August 13, 2008Advice to a Camera TraineeArt Adams | 08/13- 08:55 PMWhat I’d tell someone who starts a job as a camera PA--tomorrow!
A film student, who I’ve been mentoring, landed a job on a low-budget RED project as camera PA. He sent me an email saying he’s starting the job tomorrow, and what should he know? Here’s the email I sent him to prep him for his first real camera department job: more » Thursday, August 07, 2008The Fine Art of NegotiatingArt Adams | 08/07- 07:09 PMI should learn how to do it sometime. I received a cryptic email the other day: “A director we’ve hired asked for you. Please tell us your rates and fees for a one day corporate project.” more »Wednesday, August 06, 2008Review: Panasonic BT-LH1760 17” LCD MonitorAdam Wilt | 08/06- 12:56 PMThe highly capable 1760 is a worthy upgrade from the 1700W.
Panasonic BT-LH1760, showing cross hatch, WFM, VITC, audio meters at the top, and 90% safe area marker with half-shaded background.The $4500 Panasonic BT-LH1760 is a 17 inch, 1280x768 video monitor with multiple analog and digital inputs and a 100/120 Hz refresh rate for crisp motion rendering. It displays NTSC, PAL, 720p, and 1080i/p signals in both analog and digital, and offers a high-resolution waveform monitor for all video inputs, as well as a vectorscope, timecode, and audio level monitors for SDI inputs. It also has a wide selection of aspect ratio and safe-area markers available. more »Tuesday, August 05, 2008Make the Entrance Pupil Your FriendArt Adams | 08/05- 09:47 AMEliminate parallax errors on pans and tilts (for fun and profit) I’m helping a friend build a three RED camera panoramic camera system that will shoot a 180 image, combining three 60 degree images in post. One of the more important things to consider when doing this kind of work is finding, and aligning, the “pivot point” of each lens to eliminate parallax errors that can occur during panning and tilting. more » Saturday, August 02, 2008Tip from the TrenchesArt Adams | 08/02- 05:28 PMLearn from the mistakes of others: White Balancing I hate white balancing, and I try never to do it. If you must, here’s when and where to do it. more »Monday, July 28, 2008Go craaaaazy: fill from the key side!Art Adams | 07/28- 05:27 PMLighting isn’t a formula--unless you find one that works. Like this one. In a recent article I wrote about how I like to fill from the key side, and I’ve since received a couple of requests for an explanation of what I’m talking about. more » |
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What Wired Didn’t Understand about Depth of FieldIt’s not about analog vs. digital, it’s frame size vs. focal length In the Sept. ‘08 issue of Wired Magazine, in an article about the RED… The OlympicsI attended as a fan, and a camera geek. I was lucky enough to have attended the first week of the Beijing Olympics and all I can say is WOW! From an… Wired Magazine Gets the RED Totally WrongDid anyone fact check this article, or is that just old-fashioned? I’d like to encourage everyone reading this to pick up a copy of this month’s… Advertisements |
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