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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 :)

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  1. william howell

    Necessary equipment in jungle shoots?

    So... Recently I asked about portable lighting for the jungle... Thanks to a forum member, i stumbled across a whole world of info on reduser about the subject... F&V and bbs lights... :) I'm hoping this thread will do the same. basically. Is there a tripod/fluid head anyone can recommend for...
  2. william howell

    spider outside of our window

    shot on sony fs700... outside of my window... still trying to get a RED... :( Just fun practice this weekend for filming spiders in the jungle soon... :) you can watch it in 2k.. don't have the 4k modules...
  3. william howell

    lighting equipment used in nature

    So... question for anyone who's filmed in nature... national geographic jungle style... besides using reflectors to paint with sunlight... what are professional (basically real world) standard lighting equipment necessities? if you're away from the electrical grid for a few days... what do...
  4. william howell

    do you think major movies look too good now?

    water cooler discussion today led me to this question... Is there too much visual information being thrown at viewers now? I, for one, LOVE high resolution cameras... and high frame rates... but... i document scientific research.. the higher res, the better... but... a few of my work...
  5. william howell

    14+ stops of dr... off a 5d Mark iii... magic lantern... :)

    http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=7139 say what you will... it's exciting to watch these guys... my name is billy... and i'm a camera geek.
  6. william howell

    redcode vs. other camera compressions?

    does a chart exist that compares all of the 4k capable cameras and their file sizes? i know that redcode allows some amazing things file size wise... but.. I'd like to see file information between the red one, red one mx, scarlet, epic, canon 4k cameras, sony, arri alexa, alexia, or however you...
  7. william howell

    noob to 4k fcpx/davinci workflow

    captured a bunch of 4k footage in the last month or so.... some red... some canon... our editing platform is obviously apple... one editing station is a mac pro... two others are macbook pros... the footage is stored on a 12 tb thunderbolt raid with a mac mini controller.... the editing...
  8. william howell

    Rented a 4k camera... Totally jealous of every red owner.

    Our sony camera crapped out last week.. Basically on the eve of a huge week of filming.... so... After a failed last minute attempt to procure a red, my work begrudgingly allocated a few hundred dollars for me to rent a canon d1c for 3 days this week. 4k is amazing. i know it's not a red...
  9. william howell

    New Mac Pro opinion thread... No facts... Just opinions.

    1. Love it. 2. It's super sexy. 3. Wish it had 10-20gig Ethernet port.
  10. william howell

    Canon 50D raw video now...

    so.. magic lantern does it again... awesome.. http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/28/canon-50d-gains-video-recording-through-magic-lantern-raw-hack/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget all debates aside... i love that hackers can breath life into outdated technology.
  11. william howell

    Mr. Jannard is one busy dude..

    every now and then i'm required to peruse the patent office's website... engineering stuff.. i stumbled across a list of patents awarded to mr. jannard. quite an awesome list if you ever get the chance to read it.
  12. william howell

    Redundant Video File locater app.... does one exist?

    We're in the process of moving 14 years of video files from my local machine to a central server for everyone to have access to. The problems? My organization skills suck and i never delete files... there are redundant video files all over the hard drive... BUT... they are in different...
  13. william howell

    flyboarding... just plain cool.

  14. william howell

    Forward thinking storage solutions needed... pics if you have them..

    So.... long story short.... I hate all of our gear distributed throughout a bunch of pelican cases for storage/portability.... we're in the process of trying to figure out how to store all of our media gear in our office... and have a modular approach to "grab and go" what we need... from...
  15. william howell

    equipment cataloging... how do you do it?

    We've compiled an extensive stack of media related gear... and people stop by all the time to "borrow" a camera... or lights... or a memory card.. is there a decent application out there that someone's developed to help people like us keep track of our stuff? we've got a spreadsheet... but...
  16. william howell

    Magic lantern... Dude.

    I just read this. The new magic lantern release looks pretty promising... 2k uncompressed video on the 5d mark 2&3... It's only 14 fps... And you have to crop it to 1920x1080... But... The test videos show an extremely noticeable increase in resolution. The dynamic range is amazing (for a...
  17. william howell

    Favorite color?

    red. discuss.
  18. william howell

    Anyone wish that Apple would just come out and...

    publicly state whether or not they were killing the mac pro? with all of the financial success in their iOS devices, you'd think that they might show some respect the professional community with some information that would allow (those of us waiting on new machines) to make an informed...
  19. william howell

    flying an epic... what hardware is needed?

    a few of the recent videos showing the MoVI attached to the octocopter have people remotely viewing the camera's screen... what red accessories do they have attached to the camera in order to do that? we will be needing that exact same setup... really soon. thanks for the help... i've...
  20. william howell

    EF vs. PL, prime vs. zoom advice.

    so... my brain hurts... i've read so much over the past few weeks on everything that's going on... dragon.. MoVI... mac pro... hp red machine... red rocket x... etc... here's the deal.. It's my job to document research... from extremely low light lab environments to tropical jungles... from...
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