I'm working on a short film for class and it will be about hackers. I need to show the computer screen. I'm unsure of what is the best way to go about this. Any suggestions? Thank you!
I'm working on a short film for class and it will be about hackers. I need to show the computer screen. I'm unsure of what is the best way to go about this. Any suggestions? Thank you!
Wow... Can you believe the price point per features being delivered on some of the lower priced UHD/4K systems announced in the last year now showing up in the wild? I am excited to try and upgrade from of our in-house primary XDcam cameras into some 4K. If I had my choice and budget wasn't an issue...
Expand postWow... Can you believe the price point per features being delivered on some of the lower priced UHD/4K systems announced in the last year now showing up in the wild? I am excited to try and upgrade from of our in-house primary XDcam cameras into some 4K. If I had my choice and budget wasn't an issue, I'd probably go with a Sony F55 and a swanky set of PL Primes and a couple of zooms. $200 grand anyone? Trying to keep our budget under 10% of that but still building a new kit (batts,sticks, etc) including some new EF compatible glass. Seriously considering: BM URSA, AJA Cion and Sony F7. I Need to see more reports from the field but hoping to shoot our next feature doc in 2015 partially in 4K (for repositioning mainly) for a 2K deliverable. Each design has its pros and cons. The codecs as well. As far as I can tell, the images have the potential to look fantastic on all of them. Curious what people's opinion is of the low end offerings this year? PLEASE: Try to have has some hands on with these cameras. I am more interested in a discussion about field experience than an argument about specs. Thanks!
I have used the Sony FS7 and I think that it is a great camera for the money. I highly recommend it. It has the F55 sensor which looks great. It has great dynamic range and low light capabilities. The...
Expand commentI have used the Sony FS7 and I think that it is a great camera for the money. I highly recommend it. It has the F55 sensor which looks great. It has great dynamic range and low light capabilities. The ergonomics are much improved for a Sony camera. One of the best handheld cameras (stock without 3rd party handheld rig) I have used. Decent balance and good weight ratio for stable handheld over longer periods. The codec is robust for color grading - but with reasonable size files that would be doc friendly. High speed frame rates (180fps) are a huge bonus for certain types of projects. I would also think that UHD "4K" should be plenty large for most repositioning or stabilizing needs for a 2K delivery.
I had a chance to do a camera test with the BM URSA recently and my biggest concern isn't really the camera size/weight because the 10 inch LCD screen is very handy to have for camera assistants but a...
Expand commentI had a chance to do a camera test with the BM URSA recently and my biggest concern isn't really the camera size/weight because the 10 inch LCD screen is very handy to have for camera assistants but as we know BM cameras are infamous for eating up data. With the URSA, I may be wrong from what I remember but I believe they haven't even released a memory card for the URSA with enough GB to handle shooting more than 5 minutes of RAW footage, based on the compatibility components of the card loader. You would have to mainly stick to shooting ProRes, which defeats the whole point of BM. Has anyone else encountered this problem with the URSA? Maybe its just me. Is there a card already out there fast enough to shoot at least an hour or more of RAW on the URSA?
Yes Hayward, BM uses "uncompressed" RAW which creates huge files. That's why RED, and other manufacturers, offer RAW compression to keep file sizes more reasonable. ProRes is a good option in terms of...
Expand commentYes Hayward, BM uses "uncompressed" RAW which creates huge files. That's why RED, and other manufacturers, offer RAW compression to keep file sizes more reasonable. ProRes is a good option in terms of quality vs. compression. However, without offering a Log profile, the dynamic range on BM is underwhelming. The current bar for dynamic range is 14 stops or close to it.
well that makes a lot more sense Randolph, thanks. In my opinion, BM still has some improvements left to go.
Check out a photo of our filmmakers, actors, writers and producers this past Monday March 9th, at Aramar Studio in my photo section. From left to right: Steven Dones, me, Eliza Agudelo, Chris Sparks,...
Expand commentCheck out a photo of our filmmakers, actors, writers and producers this past Monday March 9th, at Aramar Studio in my photo section. From left to right: Steven Dones, me, Eliza Agudelo, Chris Sparks, Georgina Okon and Julian Flynn. We're working on producing actor's reel scenes for Eliza and Georgina written by Steven Dones, Chris Sparks and Eliza. Julian, Steven and I will be acting in those scenes. I'll be posting thoseclips sometime in April.
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to me u will have to deal with the lighting and flickering........ it will be white at big apertures and 1/50s exposure may be decrease the brightness of the screen ..........
I was wondering, do people use green screens or is that too complex?
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A great program like deflickr from ReVisionFX will perfectly handle the flickering. Just make sure the white balance on your camera will be just right so that the computer screen is white enough; because some screens tend to be bluish. Wish you luck!
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Thank you all!!!
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LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) computer screens generally don't flicker or roll at normal digital exposure speeds. Flat computer screens are usually LCDs or an LCD varient. If you're using a CRT (Cathod...
Expand commentLCD (Liquid Crystal Display) computer screens generally don't flicker or roll at normal digital exposure speeds. Flat computer screens are usually LCDs or an LCD varient. If you're using a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) screen or other shutter speeds you may see rolling black bars or flicker in your image because the computer screen happened to be refreshing itself when your camera was making an exposure. This was a big problem before LCD screens. With CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) screens we had to analyze the the screen refresh rate, change the camera shutter angle to make sure it was open long enough, and literally synch the camera to the computer. It's a lot easier now. Expose for a normal exposure and set the computer's brightness level to a level where it looks good. And be sure to run a test with the camera and computer you plan to use.