Filmshooting

I would love to have a film with edge markings that allowed me to match back my NLE to to the film.

Hi Eric,
Before moving on to multiple mics do you have a boom pole (12 feet or better is a good length), shock mount and wind sock? If you are indoors you can probably get along without a windsock. You will see very soon or perhaps you already know that a dual sound system requires a crew.

I have ...

I fully support the idea of a sound test. Take your recording gear into a room and record yourself. Get loud and adjust the levels. If you have actors that get mad or loud get as loud as you think they will, then play back your recording and use a good set of headphone like a pair of Sony MDR 7506 ...

Yes some of the mixers like the Apogee Mini-Me and Gracedesign's Lunatec V3 have built in A/D converters. They also have limiters and compressors. Using something like this will completely bypass the poor preamps and the A/D converters and metering of the DAT recorder.

I would say that this would ...

Hello,
Mixers are are also used due to the superior preamps they have. The Sennheiser mics tend to run hot and you might get distortion very easily. If while recording your input levels are set to below 3 watch out. The meters are after the preamps and a/d conversion so your meters might look great ...

I have been trying to win a Minette S-5 for some time on Ebay, unfortunately I have not been successful and they are becomming much less frequently sold there, so I am looking for recommendations for other great viewers.

Thank you very much in advance.
Peter

I am looking at getting a good basic lighting kit and I would appreciate anyones comments or recommendations. The one I am looking at is a Smith Victor kit at B&Hphoto.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=250333&is=REG

I wanted something a little better ...

I can not speak to film transfer using an AG-EZ50 but I do own one. The low light issue is due to the small lens. At a look at the larger model panansonic unit and you will see that thier lens are over twice as large. My issue with the panasonic is that the tape loads from the bottom and you do not ...

I would recommend a diffusion filter and avoiding any effect while filming the model that depend on gravity like smoke or snow or building being destroyed. These effects might betray the scale of the building unless you are filming at a high speed such as 84fps for 1/12 scale, or 48fps for 1/4 scale ...

This seems like a lot of hassle for 1euro. Just let her go and relist the item on ebay if you want to or accept a money order demoninated in your currency.

I have been looking for a Minette S-5 film editor to replace my Vernon 303 based upon the opinions of this forum. I have found someone who is willing to sell his mint condition unit for $150 US dollars, is this a fair price? I have check on Ebay and I cannot find any for sale or that have recently ...

Scotness, I would recommend ReelDVD it is a great program and is used on PC's for demanding work. You can check it out at http://sonic.com/products/reeldvd/default.asp

I was thinking that since we are located all over we should shot some film on a particular day and present it as a colage of images of the world on that day. I just need to know what day you would like it shot and how to send it to for editing. .... I live near San Francisco.

I need to correct part of my prior message. You could film the tv using an exposure of a 30th of a second and it would work just fine. The sync issue would occure at a 60th of second since a tv has 2 seperate fields that are displayed every 60th of a second.

If you are filming a television that displays 30 frames per second which is the standard in North America and a few other places, you can get an artifact-free picture by adjusting you camera speed and shutter angle to yield an exposure that is an even sub-multiple of the refresh rate of the display ...