Iva Stel's Lounge Discussions

Iva Stel
Looking for DP I'm NYC area

Hi, we are shooting a short Film Noir. Looking for a DP who has an experience with Black Magik 2.4, or owns one ( if not we a renting one) the shoot is approximately 2 daytime days and 2 nighttime days. You will get an IMDB credit Production is low budget and we can only pay 100 per day unless you h...

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Amanda Toney

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Iva Stel
Black Magik camera

Hi, does anyone own a Black Magik camera 4K and if so, what is your experience with it? I hear mix things but really wanted to get a cinema camera and Red and Alexa are just a bit pricey. Any advise? Thank you.

Joseph M. Armillas

You might want to check out the new Black Magic Ursa which comes with three monitors (A 10" monitor! Wow!)and two additional 5" monitors! And it has a very good sensor, all for under $6K. The price is...

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Guy Bleyaert

The Black Magic rocks , I worked with the 2.5k aswell as with the 4k and the image is in Raw as good as Arri alexa or Red to me , the rest is all up to postproduction. But i'ts a complete other camera...

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Doug Nelson

Iva, I'm kinda with you with this. Right now, I'm at the upper end of the Nikon DSLR range, looking to up-grade. So far I've heard good & bad about the BM - I think I'll just save my pennies until I can make the jump to a RED.

John O'Hara

Iva, If you are considering being a DP consider hiring a Red epic operator (I've done it for $700 a day as a DP) rather than renting equipment or going out and spending an average $80K for camera and...

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Lindbergh E Hollingsworth

Checkout HurlbutVisuals.com --- Shane just did a camera test on the the BM 4K Ursa ... Shane's a DP with solid credits - Act of Valor, Terminator Salvation, Need For Speed ...

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