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Yes it works. Cable up the Mini Monitor and make sure the LED light powers on. Then open DaVinci and go to Preferences. You should be able to see and select the Mini Monitor under Video Capture...

Avoid clip-on only matte boxes with manual focus stills lenses. The weight of the matte box will cause the focus ring to bind, and also puts a lot of stress on the relatively flimsy stills bayonet...

I don't find my TVLogic's focus in red function to be all that helpful really. I find it can give too many false positives, plus it obscures the actual image so I can't check for myself. I prefer the...

Pulling focus is a hard job if you do it for a living. You'll run into many different situations where one tool or another will fail you. So you need as many tools in your quiver as possible to help...

Hi Michael!

Joker in a JEM ball is what I would recommend: http://www.jemlighting.com/products.html. You can get bleached or unbleached muslin rags for it. Pretty pricey of course unless you...

I own the 2mm blue streak filter in 4x5.65. I'd recommend not stopping down below a 2.8 on wider focal lengths and using the rear filter tray, otherwise you will start to see the vertical lines. As...

Ran into this on set yesterday and it caused a few tense moments when we couldn't get into the 2nd level of menus to format mags and had to stop shooting. I usually request the side handle to control...

I've shot with my Iscorama 36 in front of a Canon 70-200L 2.8, it looked great at f/4 in 4K. You could throw an extender on and be covered up to 400mm IMO.

To the OP: Reverse the bridge so that the gear is on the camera dumb side. This will let the hand wheel on the smart side stick out more and not hit the camera or the rods. Then replace the mattebox...

This is a huge loss, Harris was by all accounts the sweetest guy in the business. His films and his evolving philosophy on cinematography were a great inspiration to me. Condolences to his family and...

As an AC, the answer is all of them :)

I'll use whatever I'm given, but my preference is the Preston FIZ 3 or F/I for handheld/steadicam/tight quarters and Arri FF4 for dolly/sticks. I have an...

PM'd you Brian.

Depends on whether you're using the chart just as a color reference for post or actually setting up a Rec 709 broadcast camera for WYSIWYG. If the latter, use the DSC Camalign Chroma Du Monde chart...

Hi Bradley,

What size are your grads? If 4x5.65, horizontal or vertical?

Thanks!

Other than the difference in max aperture between the RPZ (T3) and the Superspeeds (T1.3), there may be a difference in contrast due to the coatings. Lower con lenses will create images that have...

This really depends on what you mean by "cinematic." I'm guessing you mean contrasty/saturated/(neutral, warm, cool) with naturalistic skin tones, sort of like "a fim print from well exposed...

Great post Blair, this is excellent practical advice. Thanks :)

The camera doesn't RECORD the "gain" introduced by changing the ISO, so you're technically correct. However increasing the ISO boosts the image on the LCD/EVF/SDI imaging chain as well as the...

I think there's some confusion between the terms "native" sensitivity and "recommended" sensitivity. Like Adrian says, native ISO/ASA/EI is a fixed characteristic especially for a RAW camera that...

Exactly. It's not really a matter of opinion. The sensor sees what it sees, changing the ISO does not increase the amount of photons actually collected by the sensor. When you shoot at 800 ISO you...

If I can make a suggestion: it would be helpful when reporting an issue on this thread if you can specify firmware, SSD type, RCX version, OS version, and any peripheral hardware or software used to...

There was a BTS crew, but I haven't seen any pics yet. I know I was way too busy pulling focus to take any :)

The film will premiere on PBS as part of the Futurestates series, so at least we'll...

Beautiful images, Matthew!

There have always been DPs going back to the beginning of cinema who have felt the latest film stocks or lenses were too clean and needed some diffusion. I think it's...

With regard to understanding what film texture looks like, this would be a good place to start your research: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/new-format.htm. The Blu-Ray screencaps are great examples.
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Keep in mind, it's not always a great idea to shoot long lens interviews at a f/2 or wider, you may have focus issues. My preference would be light to f/4 for a talking head. It's tight enough that...