hempo22

Professional Camcorder for Indie film
Just do yourself a favor and get a Sony PD150 on eBay together with a a couple of tapes. You can only get the look you want with a DV camera. You will not get it with an HDV-camera or on one that can record to SD-cards. It will be cheaper than any o…

Comment by hempo22 August 2015 permalink
Windmotion - upsampling to 4:4:4
Man, I just got back from a 2 month shoot and finally installed a Windows partition to try this out and now it's unavailable. Typical me, always late for the party x)

Comment by hempo22 May 2015 permalink
LIPA 4x4 IRND filters on eBay from China
Take a look at the Skier IRND, they're wonderful!

Comment by hempo22 November 2014 permalink
Any new reviews on follow focus units?
I have the Fotga DP300, I love everything about it except for one thing: It turns the "wrong" way. This is ok if you got Nikon lenses since their focus rings also turn in the opposite direction compared to other lenses. But when put on a …

Comment by hempo22 October 2014 permalink
85mm F1.4 and T1.5 Cine Rokinon, Samyang Lenses
I got the 85mm (non-cine) for my a7s, love the image it gives considering what it costs. Lovely micro contrast, neutral coating and a little soft at f1,4 (gone by f2) which is really nice for portraits. But 3 things: 1. It's too bad there is n…

Comment by hempo22 October 2014 permalink
BMCC EF vs Sony A7s for a feature film with a lot of night shoots?
partly because I missed stills photography. Second because I rarely have enough budget for light when shooting at night. I'm a one man band most of the time and BMCC with prime lenses and mattebox with filters and battery packs and converters …

Comment by hempo22 October 2014 permalink
BMCC EF vs Sony A7s for a feature film with a lot of night shoots?
I've used both cameras at night. I sold my BMCC package for the a7s, never looked back. If you want a stronger coded (XAVC-S is really good) the ninja star is a good companion.

Comment by hempo22 October 2014 permalink
Levelling Video Head
I got the Varavon VK linked to yesterday. Love it. Good price, sturdy, simple.

Comment by hempo22 September 2014 permalink
Sony A7s, FHD camera, with 12Mp sensor, big DR
I can't speak for outside of Europe, but here it's different (=higher) taxes when it's a video camera. Any camera here that can record for longer than 30 min is considered a videocamera. And ofc the official Sony response: "To a…

Comment by hempo22 September 2014 permalink
Sony A7s, FHD camera, with 12Mp sensor, big DR
then what's the problem?

Comment by hempo22 September 2014 permalink
Sony A7s, FHD camera, with 12Mp sensor, big DR
easy, tetakpatak: get a proper video camera!

Comment by hempo22 September 2014 permalink
Sony A7s, FHD camera, with 12Mp sensor, big DR
@AlbertZ thanks. Just a regular 300w with some diffusion and DIY black wrap to flag it off.

Comment by hempo22 August 2014 permalink
Sony A7s, FHD camera, with 12Mp sensor, big DR
Shot a short film on the a7s yesterday, just to test it out and see what works and not. A dimly lit room ofc to test low light. Only stills for now with a quick dirty grade (too much for my taste and not matching too good, but I also wanted to see h…

Comment by hempo22 August 2014 permalink
Sony A7s, FHD camera, with 12Mp sensor, big DR
I got my camera yesterday, adapter and lens arrive next week. Never had an interest in the full frame aesthetics for video, but I sold the BMCC and bought the A7s because I miss still photography, (last time I did it was in school when we shot on ac…

Comment by hempo22 July 2014 permalink
Sony A7s, FHD camera, with 12Mp sensor, big DR
Since when is 13 stops a shame? Sorry BlackMagic, you're an embarrassment.

Comment by hempo22 July 2014 permalink
Where do you live?
South Sweden at the moment, but moving to Vancouver, Canada in september.

Comment by hempo22 July 2014 permalink
GH4 Issues topic
Proper HDMI output with 25p/30p. My Zacuto EVF can't handle anything above 1080p30.

Comment by hempo22 June 2014 permalink
GH4 with an external recorder vs Blackmagic for greenscreen?
No tests, but actual work. Not allowed to share unfortunately. And GH4's 4K modes are 100 Mbps, which isn't really that high bitrate considering the resolution. If we split it in 4 (the same as 1080/2k) then it's 25 Mbps. Regular h264.

Comment by hempo22 June 2014 permalink
GH4 with an external recorder vs Blackmagic for greenscreen?
Nothing beats raw in VFX. 2k raw över 4k h264 any day of the week. 4:2:0 can really ruin green screen material, no matter how good it is. But if you plan on mastering in 2k/FullHD, I say go with the native 4k in camera unless you got the Shogun that…

Comment by hempo22 June 2014 permalink
Fotga makes serious progress with their FF
Got my dp3000 follow focus today. What an upgrade to my old DFocus v3, which was more than twice as expensive!

Comment by hempo22 May 2014 permalink
Help with subtitles translation for a Movie Teaser
Swedish: I am...not your mother = Jag är... inte din mamma. I need to know the truth about this house = Jag måste veta sanningen om det här huset. sit down = Depends on the tone. Like an order: Sätt dig. Welcoming: (Varsågod,) sitt. I don't…

Comment by hempo22 May 2014 permalink
First indie film: 1.85 or 2.40?
As a DP I say screw that. If 2.40 works best for the scenes (landscape for example), use it. If not, go for another format, perhaps even 4:3. It's all in aid of the story.

Comment by hempo22 March 2014 permalink
Aputure AL-H160, CRI 95+ first affordable small led light
Nice! Now move on to 1x1 panels :D

Comment by hempo22 February 2014 permalink
1280x800 IPS 7" NEWAY CL76HO-X and CL76SDI monitors, amazing
My SDI version arrived today, works flawlessly with the BMCC! Great colours and user settings, just like the HDMI brother owned before (the reason of upgrading to this when I bought the BMCC). Unfortunately it has spill along the edges, especially …

Comment by hempo22 January 2014 permalink
Neway CK700-HOX, 1280x800 IPS monitor with vectorscope and waveform
Damnit, my $699 SDI version of the older monitor arrived today xD I won't sulk though. I... won't.....! xD

Comment by hempo22 January 2014 permalink
Neway CK700-HOX, 1280x800 IPS monitor with vectorscope and waveform
Damn, I just bought their SDI monitor from here last week xD Time to nag about firmware update?

Comment by hempo22 January 2014 permalink
Cheap HD-SDI to HDMI converter
Just thought I would give a quick "review" of an SDI to HDMI converter that just arrived. And by review I mean: List my equipment and say if it works or not with that combination. I couldn't find anything on this particular el cheapo …

Comment by hempo22 January 2014 permalink
Remember to support us 2
Donated. Thanks for an awesome forum Vitaliy and everyone! Happy new year!

Comment by hempo22 December 2013 permalink
Are you a PRO or amateur?
I consider myself a semi pro. I do paid gigs, but not full time. Not even part time right now since I'm not with a company anymore. But I have made live broadcasts and DVDs of concerts as DP/director with both national and international musicia…

Comment by hempo22 December 2013 permalink
Skier HotMirror 4x4 , 4x5.65 filters discussion
Awesome! Looking forward to it :)

Comment by hempo22 December 2013 permalink

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