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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 :)

Mental....

Great report. It's awesome to see so many distinguished professionals having such great experiences with the Epic.

I'm just curious, what did he mean by "inherent delay" in the viewfinder?
 
Stephen Aldridge said:
Great report. It's awesome to see so many distinguished professionals having such great experiences with the Epic.

I'm just curious, what did he mean by "inherent delay" in the viewfinder?
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Meaning you won't get a bomb EVF right away if you order and Epic M, Ha Ha, I couldn't resist. To be serious I have no idea what he is refering to.
 
Lee Saxon said:
...uh...those rigs are the size of a person. He seems to have missed the point.
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No, filmmaking looks like this when your doing a properly crewed, properly helmed and scheduled show.
Don likes zooms & PV zooms at that so you need rods and supports (besides PV zooms are huge to begin with) follow focus is pretty std, matte box for flares & filters, batteries beyond revolts are obvious, eyepiece leveler because career operators don't want to hunch over a camera all day, external monitors for 1st AC's to check sharps & framing for slates, splitter boxes for DC so you can power zooms and monitors as Epic has no DC out options yet
yep it all adds up
 
These are the cool stories that I love to read about. They're not the typical "EPIC is teh awesome" lip-service because you actually see how the camera and technology enable new possibilities.
 
Jarred,
I haven't heard much or seen anything posted, but how many Panavision mounts do you guys have? That looks like Panavision glass in those pictures as well as the handles...Do you guys have a few Epics that have been Pana-vised?
One last thing...I sent you a PM the other day...not sur if you got it, but I'll send another one...please take a look at it and let me know what the possibilities are...

Thanks,
Jay
 
Jason Wingrove said:
No, filmmaking looks like this when your doing a properly crewed, properly helmed and scheduled show.
Don likes zooms & PV zooms at that so you need rods and supports (besides PV zooms are huge to begin with) follow focus is pretty std, matte box for flares & filters, batteries beyond revolts are obvious, eyepiece leveler because career operators don't want to hunch over a camera all day, external monitors for 1st AC's to check sharps & framing for slates, splitter boxes for DC so you can power zooms and monitors as Epic has no DC out options yet
yep it all adds up
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I agree with you Jason, just because the camera "brain" is small, it does not mean that you cannot use the lens or accessories that you want to work with. Also, using Panavision zooms and accessories would be 24VDC rather than 12VDC. So the camera crew would actually have to a 24V supply for the PV gear as well as a 12V supply for the camera "brain".
 
Panavision typically put their own mounts on. They don't usually allow anyone to rent Panavision lenses without hiring camera bodies from them as a kit.
 
Don has shot 51 Panavision features and number 52 is only with Panavision glass this time around! I think it should be noted that originally Mental was going to be shot with 1 EPIC and 1 RED-MX... however during testing they were unable to get the two to match so opted that they get a 2nd EPIC. It's great that the 24-275 Panavision Zoom covers the 5K EPIC sensor...
 
Daniel Porto said:
Don has shot 51 Panavision features and number 52 is only with Panavision glass this time around! I think it should be noted that originally Mental was going to be shot with 1 EPIC and 1 RED-MX... however during testing they were unable to get the two to match so opted that they get a 2nd EPIC. It's great that the 24-275 Panavision Zoom covers the 5K EPIC sensor...
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Makes sense, from what I've seen.
Epic and R1mx are like distant cousins while M and MX are more like twins sepparated at birth...


Lee Saxon said:
...uh...those rigs are the size of a person. He seems to have missed the point.
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"The point" to me - is flexibility.
The possibility of handheld run-and-gun with still glass and touchfocus on one hand, and a cinema-production rig on the other.
One of the fun hings with epic, is that both are easily accessible...

to me, THAT is rather the point, as I move between no-crew productions and huge productions.
The Epic works very well in both of those scenarios...
 
I swear 35mm motion picture film is dying quicker than it did with the digital stills camera revolution...

I spoke to Don very briefly at a ACS function a few years ago, very nice fellow. A person in the small group we were standing with ask Don if he would shoot the RED.... He replied with a very quick answer.. "I doubt it"

I'm very glad he changed his mind. :) He's a very solid shooter with a wealth of knowledge. If Don says RED is good... then it is.
 
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