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I'm looking into Anamorphic glass and would ideally like to go modern. I've shot with Kowas and didn't love them. Flare is ok in my opinion and the distortion is pretty extreme in areas. Anyone have real world experience with the Arri Master Anamorphics? Sure they are clean but technically...

I have some filming coming up and was wondering if anyone can recommend a solid gaffer in both Frankfurt, Germany and Boston. Thanks in advance, Dominik

I've heard about people getting micro vibrations on the Steadicam Zephyr when using heavier cameras. My rig would be around 19lb's max which is under the limit of 20 - 23lb's. Anyone using a Zephyr know if this would be an issue? Also is the Aero 30 basically the same as a Zephyr? Wondering...

Just had a serene arm installed on my easyrig (no gimbal). Kind of a little underwhelmed with result to be honest. I hear great things... Maybe I was expecting too much, I was hoping to be able to achieve a more stable result than a naked shoulder mounted rig. Anyone have tips on how to get...

Anyone have a good recommendation for a creative gaffer with narrative experience in Los Angeles? Thanks in advance!

Anyone else noticed that it looks like they switched lenses on the Netflix Marvel show 'The Defenders'? Episode 1 and 2 looked pretty video like. Major purple fringing on highlights and objects in front of bright areas plus nasty rainbow bokeh. Then suddenly episodes 3 & 4 seem much better...

I heard today that Arri Master Diopters have been cancelled by Arri, they no longer make them? Anyone know if this is true? Seems strange, heard great things about them and there doesn't seem to be a good alternative around... The Leica's are awesome but only for 95mm diameter lenses so not...

Any reason to not stack a Schneider Linear Truepol polarizer and a 1/8 Hollywood black magic filter? What order would be best? Assume that polarizer would be outermost filter? Also what's the stop loss of the 1/8 Hollywood Black magic? Can't find that anywhere... True pol looks to be 1.3 or...

Have a shoot comping up and plan to use a lightweight zoom instead of primes. Anyone used the Optimo 30 - 76 wide open? Is there purple highlight fringing etc or is it clean? I'll be shooting with shaped available light at times so speed is important. I can live with T2.8 if it's totally...

Hi, Trying out the Armor man II exoskeleton with the Tilta Gravity and a approx 8lb camera / Lens payload. Anyone have any advice on how to get best results? Out of the box it seemed like the springs were set for a heavier payload so the resting position for the gimbal was almost at eye level...

Hi, Thinking of using a set of Kowa Prominar Anamorphics on an upcoming shoot. Red workflow aside and purely from an optical perspective are there any gotchas? (major CA wide open) From people who have used them, how do they look? Would you recommend them? Thanks in advance for any advice.

For Sale: Like new Red Epic X Dragon, Purchased last November. Very lightly used by extremely careful individual owner / operator. Everything is immaculate, in like-new condition. Everything has original packaging (Not shown, in a box in my garage). Included is my Red Armor warranty which...

Hi, I have a shoot coming up in NYC, 11/18 - 11/19. Shoot will consist of an interview and a bunch of documentary style fly-on-the-wall stuff, with some staged events. It will be a 2 camera shoot, I'll be operating my own Red Epic Dragon as well. I run STH OLPF and PL mount. Important that the...

Hi, I have a shoot coming up in DC, 11/14 - 11/16. Shoot will consist of an interview and a bunch of documentary style fly-on-the-wall stuff, with some staged events. It will be a 2 camera shoot, I'll be operating my own Red Epic Dragon as well. I run STH OLPF and PL mount. Important that the...

Probably already been flagged here but the new Netflix shot, Luke Cage, is superbly shot. A really great looking show. I prefer this to how Jessica Jones looked. Jessica Jones seemed to have an available light look at times. Still looked good but Luke Cage is another level. Been watchin on 4K...

Hi, I have a potential 2 day shoot in London coming up. Dates would be September 15th & 16th. Looking for an experienced London based DP. Ideally a Red Dragon owner. Ideally would have PL mount and STH OLPF It'll be a 2 camera shoot, I'll be directing and operating my Red Epic Dragon. I'll...

Getting a Tilta Gravity thanks to Chris' bad ass group buy. Now stuck on monitoring options. SDI cabling is super neat and internal so an SDI monitor would be a clean choice. Thinking a Small HD 702 Lite. That plus a sunshade and a ptap cable runs around $1100. Or using existing 7'' Red pro...

Any one have any thoughts on digital Sputnik lights? I'm fluctuating between getting a 3 set of these or a mole 400w junior fresnel. How is the per light output of the sputniks? I would love to be able to use these in a booklight scenario but am worried that they lack the punch? I have no...

Is there a way to save camera settings, like soft keys, menu shortcuts, preferred units of measurement, basically all the settings you would dial in through the menus. Not including key shortcuts or OSD's - I know those are saved as separate preset files. Every time I upgrade firmware I end up...

I'd been rating my Epic dragon at ISO 800, with the skin tone OLPF, on a few past projects. I know that many people rate the above at 320 but I'd also heard of many big features / TV shows that rate at 800. As I understand it, an 800 ISO gives you more highlight retention, a smoother roll off...