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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Offhollywood starts 2nd "all RED" feature -

day 14 of 21 - some frame grabs tomorrow - this movie looks like it cost ten times the budget - 1st pic is a grip who gets MORE than $100 a day!
 
Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing!

The one I like least is the Romeo and Juliet shot of the girl on the table. It feels a little like video to me, rather than film. Everything else is great.
 
Mark,

Whats up with the monstrosity baseplate situation under the optimo?
It looks like you have a red 19mm base with a Arri sliding base and ET dovetail under that. Any reason for keeping the red base in there?

also EVF review? after a couple weeks on set how it holding up?
 
Mike Prevette said:
Mark,

Whats up with the monstrosity baseplate situation under the optimo?
It looks like you have a red 19mm base with a Arri sliding base and ET dovetail under that. Any reason for keeping the red base in there?
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You have to have the longer plate to balance the Optimo, the plate usually comes with the lens. The plate is the older style that wont mate directly to the newer OConnor heads....so he has the OConnor QR plate under it.
 
EVF I must have EVF !
-A
 
Thats all standard fare Greg, I was just wondering why he had the RED base + an Arri base + then the dovetail. Why not just skip the stupid Red base, and go strait onto the Arri one.

I'm guessing the Arri base was the only one available and it was 15mm, and they wanted 19mm AKS and support for the Optimo.

And who needs the fancy pants arri/oconner dovetale anyway! ;)

digitalfx said:
You have to have the longer plate to balance the Optimo, the plate usually comes with the lens. The plate is the older style that wont mate directly to the newer OConnor heads....so he has the OConnor QR plate under it.
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sorry, I didnt notice that he had the Red base...you are correct sir. Maybe he let the $100 grip rig the camera.
(I knew Mark was retarded) :)

btw- once you go "fancy pants" arri/oconnor dovetail, you never go back. (besides you lose almost an inch with it)
 
digitalfx said:
You have to have the longer plate to balance the Optimo, the plate usually comes with the lens.
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Not true... I had the 24-290 working on a 12" dovetail today. All it takes is beefier rods. The 12:1s that TCH has are supplied with thicker-walled rods to negate the need for a longer dovetail.

Generally I'll use the head's QR with a 12" dovetail set to shift the camera farther back than usual to compensate for the hubble up front. Switching back to primes can be as simple as pulling the lens, rods and lens support or as complicated as removing the camera from the dovetail and flipping it 180˚ on the QRP to bring the CG back to a convenient prime lens location.

Those little Pelican CF cases rock, btw. If anybody in the LA area needs some, Film Tools now carries them. I ordered so many for the Red Ninjas that they just decided to stock them from now on. :)
 
but could you get it balanced? Thats what the longer dovetail makes easier. Of course you could hang the batt+drive cage way back to get some offset.
 
I keep the drive cradle in its usual position: either on the back at a 45˚ angle like a magazine or on the camera body's right side to offset the weight of an onboard HD-SDI monitor. We're not cool enough to have EVFs yet. :)

The camera balances perfectly with the short dovetail on the 2575's QR. I don't think I have any pictures of the way I usually set it up, but I may sketch something to explain it a little better.

Mark, how are you powering your microforce?
 
chas said:
Mark, how are you still in production with the writers strike still going on?
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written by non-WGA writers - very common on indies -

And, for the record, you can shoot during the writers strike with a WGA script if you purchased it before the strike - you just can't have any re-writes done while shooting -
 
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