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I did do a lot of reading today.
Looks like we have to go FL 8 to 12 for 2.35 screen ratio and 14 – 16 for 16:9
This is as far as open views, no inside the small limited spaces.
If you do want nice panoramic views where wide screen is in it’s best.
Under the water wider you go less water you have, except the caves long shots where crystal clear water is not the problem as far as visibility is concern.

Looks like good primes 8 to 10 FL are $100 to $300 a day so I rent before I buy and test it.
I use RGB to make sure that we are talking 3 pixels here since 8MP Canon someone may mix up with actual 8M pixels on the screen.
 
clever ideas

clever ideas

No.

All out of clever ideas...

batteries running low....

Just kidding.

Are you talking the cine wides? On the Canon EF-S it shouldn't be too much of a problem since it is 77mm and if necessary to avoid vignetting you can easily step up to an 82 or even bigger. The 14 says it uses a gelatin filter - I think that means it goes in at the back of the lens.

sharkguy said:
Any clever ideas for ND filtration in the housing?

Figure ASA 320 at surface to 10 feet in Fiji daylight is gonna be near or above F22?

Issues are screw on filter vignetting on the wide primes?
Interchangeability in the housing (on/off)?
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Slightly off Topic

Slightly off Topic

Hey guys,
Going off topic slightly here. I've been busy putting some work in on a web site with some friends. We did have a deal with a web designer who turned out to be a bit of a dick to say the least so we are pretty much building it ourselves. That said, and also seeing as I am looking to do something similar with RED footage as an ongoing archive I'd like to get some feedback on the layout idea thus far on my 4:3 SD archives located at:

http://oceanstockimages.com/store/c-16-stock-video-footage.aspx

Yeah, a bit late in the day to put this standard format out there but this thing should have been online about 9 months ago. I've taken, along with my collaborators, a crash course in html and web building to get as far as we have thus far, and had time to go out filming everyday, and had time to create custom DVD's on a daily basis etc etc. Busy few months but should be slowing down soon as the season drops off here in Palau for a while.

Anyway, if any of you have any critique on the delivery thus far of the footage, I know we gotta work a bit on the layout and thats all in the balance at the mo, I'd appreciate it.

Planning a 6 week trip to Indonesia and Philippines in the coming weeks to get my fix of Macro filming. Until then I guess I'm gonna have to hang out with critters like the one below for the time being, such a hard life:

Mantas.jpg


Cheers,
Mark.
 
Battery Power?

Battery Power?

Mike,

What are you thinking for camera power in housing in lieu of bricks?

I saw Ditier's simple slim line battery packs for his camera in RSA. Not pretty to look at but very functional - simply slid in with velcro to interior housing wall.

Of concern will be the charge time, run time and cycle life?
 
Good stuff !

Good stuff !

CamDiver said:
Hey guys,
Going off topic slightly here. I've been busy putting some work in on a web site with some friends. We did have a deal with a web designer who turned out to be a bit of a dick to say the least so we are pretty much building it ourselves. That said, and also seeing as I am looking to do something similar with RED footage as an ongoing archive I'd like to get some feedback on the layout idea thus far on my 4:3 SD archives located at:

http://oceanstockimages.com/store/c-16-stock-video-footage.aspx

Yeah, a bit late in the day to put this standard format out there but this thing should have been online about 9 months ago. I've taken, along with my collaborators, a crash course in html and web building to get as far as we have thus far, and had time to go out filming everyday, and had time to create custom DVD's on a daily basis etc etc. Busy few months but should be slowing down soon as the season drops off here in Palau for a while.

Anyway, if any of you have any critique on the delivery thus far of the footage, I know we gotta work a bit on the layout and thats all in the balance at the mo, I'd appreciate it.

Planning a 6 week trip to Indonesia and Philippines in the coming weeks to get my fix of Macro filming. Until then I guess I'm gonna have to hang out with critters like the one below for the time being, such a hard life:

Mantas.jpg


Cheers,
Mark.
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I've just given it a quick try and I like the direct approach (as they say). It's clear what the site is doing and nice not to have to wade through pages of crap to get to what you have on the front page. Keep it that way.

When I'm looking for stock footage which I do several times a year, I want to easily locate a likely good sequence, so large thumb nails are good and play it back quickly which your site seems to do well.

I guess when you have your HD stuff you might want to have one side of the page SD and the other side HD - I'd have them side by side rather than seperate pages. Because that way you get to see all the thumb nails - even if you only have SD or HD in mind.

All the best, Phil
 
Nice Manta shot...

Nice Manta shot...

Mark,

Six weeks on the road filming HDV?

No regular internet access - you'll be missed on this thread and remissed you're not shooting with your RED:bleh:
 
Batteries.

Batteries.

Probably just packs consisting of subC NimH at about 4.2 AH or D size at about 10AH. Just basically 2 stacks of 6 cells shrinkwrapped together for 14.4Volts either 60 watt/hrs or 140 watt/hrs. Configuration and size will depend on the room we have in the housing. Price about $150 for the smaller pack $300-350 for larger. Charger about $120.


sharkguy said:
Mike,

What are you thinking for camera power in housing in lieu of bricks?

I saw Ditier's simple slim line battery packs for his camera in RSA. Not pretty to look at but very functional - simply slid in with velcro to interior housing wall.

Of concern will be the charge time, run time and cycle life?
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some more info on EF-S lenses

some more info on EF-S lenses

I found some more info and reviews on EF-S 10-22:

From one review: "In a recent meeting with Canon, it was brought to my attention that the 10-22 EF-S actually uses all L-series glass. Canon does not want to give the L moniker to any lens that isn't full-frame, so the 10-22 is labelled an EF series lens, but optically, Canon considers it L-quality. The "L" classification does not automatically mean "perfect, flawless lens," but the superior L-series glass does go a long way to explaining the quality of this excellent lens."

From another reviewer: "Is the lens any good? Absolutely. "L" quality? Absolutely. As a pro for 41 years, and teethed on Leitz and Zeiss optics, I have pretty high standards when it comes to optics, and use a lot of Leica lenses on my Canon digitals, and the 10-22 surpassed my expectations. I can recommend the lens comfortably." Dennis Harnden

Re: the chroma blurring. While the chroma shift is not good, apparently there is software that corrects the shift automatically as it is pretty easy for software to discern and is therefore sort of a lossless correction. In fact the software has presets for different lenses, including the EF-S 10-22, and on digital stills can read the EXIF data to tell what aperture and further tweak the correction. The same software can also correct for barrel distortion as well.

Although I don't know if we have the same thing yet on the video side, it seems that plug ins to aftereffects, final cut pro, etc. wouldn't be that hard - it would just be applying it to multiple frames.




CamDiver said:
OK, Got it. Yeah, I can see the 2 to 3 pixel blurring of the colors you mentioned.


Cheers,
Mark.
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sharkguy said:
Mark,

Six weeks on the road filming HDV?

No regular internet access - you'll be missed on this thread and remissed you're not shooting with your RED:bleh:
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Sharkguy: Yeah, HDV even needs love man....bummed it won't be RED but hey there is always next year. The season drops off here big time in mid-May so just to chill for a while, change of scenery etc I'm going to Lembeh Straits to get some Macro shots of hopefully, Rhinopias, Frogfish, Nudibranchs, Mimic Octopus, Pygmy Seahorse, Ribbon Eels and all the other weird and wonderful stuff. I'm actually starting to film almost nightly here the macro Macro in Palau too as I'm planning to do a short film for Antibes this year, shortened versions will also be submitted to various film festivals in the U.S too.

When all is said and done and for the immediate future there will be production companies looking for content to compliment their productions. Not everyone has a massive budget obviously so with the stock I have thus far in DV, HDV and eventually RED I think I will have a nice product to be able to cater to most budgets and requirements.

Tranquil Light: Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate that. We still have to nail the final layout format but I take your comments very graciously, thanks.

Regards,
Mark.
 
Bait Ball - See for yourself.

Bait Ball - See for yourself.

Hey Guys,
Been asked by a big prod / broadcast concern to post some clips of the bait ball I've been filming on my stock pages so that should be done by the days end. I'll send the link so you can take a 'gander' at what I've been talking about these past few days.

Mark.
 
Mark,

Three key elements of any good web site:

1) It should be aesthetically pleasing
2) It should navigate easily
3) It should be a "sticky" site, in other words hold users (unique visitors) on-site for as long as possible.

The images we deal with are inherently pleasing. I'm a fan of dark backgrounds for web pages that display photos and video. Part of being aesthetically pleasing is to have some motion somewhere on the pages, so it isn't a "dead" site. You can do this with a small Flash movie somewhere on your page template, with the rest of the page template being HTML. An alernative to put motion on a page would be an animated GIF. Navigation should be intuitive, with buttons, rollovers. etc. Pages shouldn't be too cluttered. You make a site sticky by incorporating rich media and community features: video clips, blog, chat rooms, contests, etc.

I know you're pressed for time and with a small development team in getting your site up, but I've outlined the basics to keep in mind when building a site. Your site is your business card, and first impreessions are lasting impressions...

Good luck...and have a good trip!
 
Mike,

Battery solution looks/sounds similar to what I saw in the field and a good solution. Not to keen on taking brick batteries underwater (weight/cost/size/etc).

On the RED external monitor solution - what do you think the power solution will be? Independent or draws off the camera? Will it be aluminum and have auto power on/off?
 
re: external uw lcd

re: external uw lcd

I think power is better drawn from the camera since it is in the cable anyway.

Maybe Aluminum although I like Delrin too - less corrosion issues, machines better than anything, and strong enough for this size housing. Delrin's about 5 times the cost of aluminum but doesn't need to be hardcoated so smaller items work out well in Delrin.

sharkguy said:
Mike,

Battery solution looks/sounds similar to what I saw in the field and a good solution. Not to keen on taking brick batteries underwater (weight/cost/size/etc).

On the RED external monitor solution - what do you think the power solution will be? Independent or draws off the camera? Will it be aluminum and have auto power on/off?
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Hi Mike,
What kind of figure we talking for independant monitor housing? I was quoted over 5 (five) figures for that by another manufacturer!! Same for an underslung casing I was intending to put an FS100 in (I was originally planning to go HVX200 for the DVCProHD codec instead of the Sony Z1).

Cheers,
Mark.
 
Mark,

As we say in Hollywood - SCHWING! Fantastic behavior footage. I look forward to seeing it shot with your RED camera. Maybe with Mike's help designing the housing, 10% luck and 90% o-ring we'll get this in 3-D next year?

Sharky

PS- Mike the Delrin solution sounds excellent also want to add a video out port and a polecam attach point to the housing.
 
Yep

Yep

Sharky,
This would look so damned cool in 3D as well as a lot of other stuff here in Palau, you know, you've been here before so I don't need to go into it. Blue Corner's been rockin' this year. I honestly came face to face with a dogtooth Tuna bigger than the grey reef sharks, ...kin' awesome.

All good stuff. Trip won't start until the beginning of June so will be shooting a lot of macro here in Palau out on the shallow reefs in front of the Palau Pacific Resort. Should be fun.

Cheers,
Mark.
 
Shoot from 8R lenses 100deg FOV, 2.4:1 screen format.
No color fringing, no chromatic aberrations no curved verticals or horizontals,
correct perspective, hmmm ……………………. US$30,000.00
 
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