Favourite Reduser Quotes™™™™™™™™™™™™

[Martin Weiss]

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I've been aroused by fully clothed women dressing sexually, so I know it's art when I see an otherwise attractive, naked model and am not aroused, but captivated.

 

[Martin Weiss]

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Just make sure your lav is plumbed into the wall by a professional plumber. This "wireless lav" fad is a flushing accident waiting to happen.

 

[Martin Weiss]

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Bumperusky

 

[Martin Weiss]

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Be ready for a shock. Wipe your mind clean. It is unreal.

Jim

 

[Joe D'Arcy]

Originally Posted by Jannard
I'm fucked. But I'm OK.

Jim

 

[Martin Weiss]

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There is a drive to stay connected with our customers. If we lose that... then we are just like every other big company.

 

[Martin Weiss]

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efore I put my dick on the line and throw my hand up and saying that Im going to use the EPIC MONOCHROME for the job, I wanted to make sure it delivers... AND MAN DOES IT DELIVER !

 

[Martin Weiss]

On Sony and their marketing of the F65:

[W]hen they say 8k, they are really into the realm of marketing pixels, as it neither refers to their sensor, nor any where close to measured resolution.

 

[Martin Weiss]

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hoot everything with the Leica C primes, hire a jock 1st AC, use a technically adept colorist and I highly doubt you will be disappointed with the resolution of the resulting 4K image from Epic, Scarlet or the F65.

 

[Martin Weiss]

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I've started shooting everything on a 45° dutch angle to increase resolution the Sony way

 

[Martin Weiss]

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I'd rather surf Reduser than work for less than minimum wage.

 

[Joe D'Arcy]

And for those who need a simple explanation on what goes on behind the scenes:

That's nearly how I do MTF. I use my sine zone plate, then plot a scanline and derive the contrast from the swing of the sine similarly. Nice with with the zone is it gives a good visual guide to aliasing which linear sine ramps don't, but both work great for MTF.

Graeme

 

[Martin Weiss]

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While some are complaining, some are creating. I'd rather be doing the latter. Wouldn't you?

 

[Martin Weiss]

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[A]ll kind of reflections are good (even when they make me do the exact oposite of what I am advised...)

 

[Martin Weiss]

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What you want and what is possible may be two different things.

 

[Martin Weiss]

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Right right you are the greatest Sanjin.

 

[Martin Weiss]

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i have to admit that even i have to collect my balls from time to time...

 

[Martin Weiss]

F65 for sale. Comment:

Upon reading this on a red forum, there is summoned to my bizarre imagination the notion of a man dressed in a crusader suit. There he stands, facing the oncoming masses at the ritual stoning of Satan during the Haj. He opens his good book, then attempts to denounce Islam and propagate his Christian faith in the expectation his message will prosper there. As one who has poked a stick in a sergeant ants' nest to see what happens, I am compelled to respect and admire people who live on such an edge.

 

[Martin Weiss]

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[A]nyone with a tool that can deliver something like an Epic or Scarlet should be gratefull. I remeber dreaming of PD 150, PD570, HVX200, Varicam and eventually RED, but the only thing that actually made me better at anything, was using those tools I have and try to master them, not the dream of what I have not...

 

[Martin Weiss]

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We tested Epic, Alexa and F3 against each other under identical conditions at the Ludwigsburg Film Academy last year. The complete results were published in Digital Production (Munich).

Very short excerpt:
The Epic is the least sensitive and has the highest resolution.
F3 and Alexa are more sensitive. Alexa and Epic have much better colors then F3.

Yes, the Tiffen Hot Mirrors are the best if you shoot with 0.9 ND or more.

Yes, Abel Cine is a very competent company.

Yes, we own one Epic and two Scarlets instead of one Alexa. And some Hot Mirrors.