Filmshooting

I am making an important film and don't want to make a mistake. My camera is a Focal XL-303. Can someone reassure me that my camera (no manual exposure option) will adjust to the correct ASA?

There is a pin above the gate to the right that when pressed in opens up the aperture, I guess to let ...

Dear Mattias,

ah, i was rude so you responded overly polite. point taken. sorry. lets move on. :-)



Yes, let's do that.

I think it is also up to me to clarify my point of view.

About three years ago I participated to super-8 short film project. My task was sound recording, equipped with MD ...

Better than consumer MD with flimsy 3.5 plugs and noisy mic input AND noisy audio out.

bullshit. i agree on the ankwardness of tiny unbalanced inputs, but the mic amps on every md model i've tried have been completely "silent", and the audio out while not perfect at least very close.

/matt ...

I`m trying to do sync sound on a beaulieau 400zm2 and 7008 pro but i do not know what is the not so expensive an best way to go for sound recording , any advice is apreciated and what and how woul i deal with it with final cut pro Im thinking of the DA-P1 dat recorder

Here's my suggestions:

1 ...

I was thinking...

Since the international meeting, the one in the US (discussed in an earlier thread), didn´t take off... :(
Could we start discussing the possibility of a smaller Scandinavian meeting?
--8<--
Mikael

Good idea, Mikael.

I'd like to suggest here some lecture topics that could ...

hello,
also, i would like to make my own gearhead, or if anyone knows of anyone who has a nice gearhead they would be wiling to sell for a good price, i am interested!!

Dear Eric,

Are you absolutely sure that you want to use gearhead?

I highly recommend that you try it first.

When camera ...

Interested to know if there are any books on cinematography and lighting that members of the community can recommend?
Something more practical than theoretical, maybe with pictures and good technical data.
What do you think of the Kodak Cinematographers Field Guide?

bakanosaru

Hello Bakanosaru ...

Dear All,

Regarding your conversation of min. illumination, here's a table that gives you approximate value of min. required lux for proper exposure - on different cameras and films.

This table is calculated from min. f-stop and shutter degree.
Viewfinder loss and f-T stop difference (lens loss ...