Recent content by Peter Strietmann

Shot mostly on Weapon, Helium, Epic Dragon and a bit of the old Red One! Temperatures in the Sawtooth mountains ranged from -50 to 80. Quite a testament to the durability of the DSMC2 lines. https://vimeo.com/319603163 For those on the east coast now screening till June 16th at Yale Art...

I heard a rumor Zeiss is making some full frame MPs.

After powering down my target temperature setting resets itself to 38 degrees. While it is not the end of the world it is slightly annoying and not good for sound recording or black shade. Am I doing something wrong?

Question for the old school red one users. Today I was shooting some test clips and found there are two identical clips per take! I have not seen or heard of this. I'm probably doing something wrong but it escapes me... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Pete

Looking for a more current Red One SSD Side module. The early ones have a different pin configuration. Please let me know if you would like to sell one. Best, Peter

Free, the original case the inspire 2 came in. Perfect shape, free. You pay shipping and it is yours. PM me. Best, Pete

Please PM me if you have one available. Thanks, Pete

In December we were shooting in the Saw Tooth mountain range in Idaho in temperatures that were around -20 degree Fahrenheit. We were shooting with several cameras. The scarlet weapon had issued and would give us an error message the the media was not recognized by the camera. The epic...

The last upgrade was 3.5 years ago. Is this the end of the line for my old buddy?

New Wave cinematographer passes at 92. One of the best ever... http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/movies/raoul-coutard-died-cinematographer.html?_r=0

I recently upgraded my redmote to v 9.3.13 and it looses its signal to the epic about every 5 seconds. I have reinstalled the firmware but it continues to do this. Anyone have this issue? It has been working well until this upgrade. Thanks, Peter

The LA MOCA built a 4k theater for a film I shot over a period of 7 years. It will be screening there for a couple of months so if you are in LA please check it out. http://www.moca.org/exhibition/matthew-barney-river-of-fundament Sorry for the shameless plug but this is perhaps the most...

Just read this disturbing article concerning ASC. I know there are a few ASC people around here and would love to hear what they have to say. Recent reports reveal that female writers and directors remain woefully underemployed in the film and TV business; the numbers are so dismal that in...

A good piece on how color film recorded peoples skin tones. It includes a brief clip of a red one using hdrx. http://www.vox.com/2015/9/18/9348821/photography-race-bias

Hi Folks, My son has expressed interest in going to a film school in Los Angeles by the name of "Relativity School". Does any one know anything about this school? Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Peter