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Would love another set of eyes
Funny. In my opinion you could add just a fraction of second for the final written sentence (it was hard to completly read it the 1st time)... but english is not my thing, so maybe for natives it's long enough. Ps : And with the cruelty of a fr…

Comment by astraban August 2013 permalink
2K BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera, active m43, $995
Funny how some jump on this defect to state how pro they are, and could deal with this and that... Lions of zi interweb. Move on your set bro! Shame to see that problem (although some black pro-mist filter fans can like the "effect") I was…

Comment by astraban August 2013 permalink
Tell us about your vacation
Like every year when I can't stand the city heat, I go in Brittany (West of France) where 28° C appears like a very hot day. Small and fresh paradise. This year were purely holidays thanks to my new smartphone (geekness can't be cured in o…

Comment by astraban August 2013 permalink
GH2 still at work - Thriller demo
Thanks jonpais. The steadycam used was a glidecam hd1000.

Comment by astraban August 2013 permalink
GH2 still at work - Thriller demo
Thanks guys I do appreciate! The sound was a mix between a pleq music, recording done with my dr 100 mkII and the internal mic (like actor voice). I ve tried to assemble everything in audition - not a thing i do usually. I ve used sanity patch and m…

Comment by astraban August 2013 permalink
GH2 still at work - Thriller demo
Thanks mate! Hope the actor shine a little despite my poor sound. Alone it was hard to handle everything...

Comment by astraban August 2013 permalink
Best indoor mic for under $1,000?
If you shoot on proper isolated studios, that's fine, but like said many times, it's not a good mic for indoor (normal situations for low/no budget with lot of echos) - between I see more Schoeps and Neumann than 416 when money isn't …

Comment by astraban August 2013 permalink
Meetup: Paris, Personal-View meeting
Not sure I'll be there in that period (living in Paris, but moving alot lately) but that could be fun. @oscillian you can take RER B (train ~every 5min) that will bring you in central paris, Chatelet, in 25min approx. there's also cab, bu…

Comment by astraban June 2013 permalink
42.5mm F0.95 Voigtlander
Edit : Price added. Ouch...

Comment by astraban June 2013 permalink
Problems Sandisk Extreme Pro 32 GB class 10 95MB/s card on Panasonic GH3
Others brands/cards don't do the same thing ? Otherwise, it might just be the limited recording time of a PAL european cam (not yet hacked!)... 30 min for each take.

Comment by astraban April 2013 permalink
Microphone for GH2
Internal mics of the recorder (DR-100mKII I own, or any other brand for that matter) aren't good in any situation if you want to record voice (unless you put the recorder on frame in front of your talent mouth). The recorder is only used to rec…

Comment by astraban April 2013 permalink
Zeiss Cinemizer OLED HDMI
thank you very much! In practical use, it might be dangerous (for me) with a steadycam or (for others) using a jib... but still, it's very tempting! I'll be unable to resist to a monocle version :-)

Comment by astraban April 2013 permalink
Zeiss Cinemizer OLED HDMI
@nomad have u used this as a viewfinder? Can you sum-up your thought about it plz ? :-)

Comment by astraban April 2013 permalink
Zoom H6, first modular audio recorder presented
@gabilourson 4 AA batteries. Interesting product (if preamps are good) but too bad there isn't an internal batterie + AA like on my DR100 mk2. Here's all specs available on zoom website : ![Alt text](http://zoom.co.jp/img/text_img/text_im…

Comment by astraban April 2013 permalink
Recommended books, ask for your input
I was lucky enough to find a very good book for pennies in a book store (french version) * "A Man with a Camera" by Nestor Almendros. You can find it online between 50€ to 500$ (!) or sometimes get lucky like me : jump on it. Beside bee…

Comment by astraban April 2013 permalink
20mm 1.7 Lumix II rant
They also need to rework their focus by wire system. It was really painful on this one compared to my Oly's (smooth and great manual mimicking).

Comment by astraban April 2013 permalink
LAING steadicams, arms and vests
nice test @eteotico (and gorgeous location)! I wonder how much of an overkill it would be with my tiny GH2+HD1000 setup though... :-) Yep @peternap the cam is upside down in low mode.

Comment by astraban March 2013 permalink
Pacing Tutorials
The only thing that come to my mind right now available online is a course available on fxphd. I've watched this when I started from scratch, and if it's not a good book replacement, it's a good introduction on pacing (why, when, etc.…

Comment by astraban February 2013 permalink
Producing stable handheld video while traveling
Warp stabilizer could help on certain shots (I mainly use it when I want to lock some shots done handheld). But to keep light while travelling I tend to use a Joby GorillaPod w/ ball head like a shoulder rig : one leg on each shoulder, the third one…

Comment by astraban February 2013 permalink
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (movie)
Yep, a masterpiece. Some night sequence with car lights are just... Perfect. I ve just tried to copy that tonight. :-)

Comment by astraban February 2013 permalink
Metabones lens speed booster adapter, focal reducer
Not yet, but Metabones announced a future m43 version of it.

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink
Trailer of a "Movie-Play" - Update
Thanks @RBD, glad you liked it.

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink
Trailer of a "Movie-Play" - Update
Thanks @matt_gh2 the length of the play is ~70min. Half of it is video. Lenses used is mainly voigtlander 25mm + oly 12mm (none in the trailer) and some shots with elicar 90mm f/2.5 macro 1:1 (great old gem). I mainly used sanity V5 patch (to much r…

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink
Trailer of a "Movie-Play" - Update
It was a nightmare to shoot it, but it's finally over (now the editor/sound mixer nightmare begin!). I've made a small "trailer" in first post.

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink
Cinematic m43 lenses
Try to use filters on your lumix lenses before buying new one. I love my Nokton, but a Black Pro-Mist 1/4 filter gave a new life to my kit lens (14-140) and did even better on my Oly lenses. This and/or a Tiffen Diffusion filter might transform thei…

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink
Abandoned places
The name of the place is "the little belt" for a good reason : it's a line that go all around Paris (the red line show what it remain from the old railway) ![Alt text](http://www.petiteceinture.org/IMG/jpg/pc2000.jpg) You can make a…

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink
Abandoned places
Interesting places! I've recently shot in one of thoses : the abandonned railroad all around Paris (photo #31) called "La petite ceinture". ![Alt text](http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/france.jpg) Strang…

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink
1280x800 IPS 7" NEWAY CL76HO-X and CL76SDI monitors, amazing
@tinyrobot he's not american. So he can be impressed without saying "amazing! Fucking awesome! Mind blowing!..." Yada yada. ;-) Thanks for the pic pc_bel, give a good idea of the size. Huge stuff.

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink
CES 2013 topic
**Procision JVC GC-PX100** * Full HD 1920 x 1080/60p video at 36Mbps * Five shooting speeds ranging from 120fps to 600fps (what resolution?) * 1/2.3” 12.8 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor * F1.2 lens and optical image stabilization Others s…

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink
25mm f/0.95 Voigtländer Nokton
I m not struggling but it's indeed a pretty thight fit on the cam mount. A good thing for a manual lens that you manipulate during takes (better than manual lens on some cheap & loosy m43 adapter).

Comment by astraban January 2013 permalink

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