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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 :)

No going back to BIG, love the EPIC as is.

Mark Toia

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Ive decided over the last couple of shoots, that I'm not going back to big production setups. I get less done, they become more cumbersome, over all just slows me down and I tend to loose my creative flow on set, when waiting for a camera to be reset up.
Horses for corses of course... but I think the only time my cameras are going to get build up big is when I'm swinging it from stabilised heads, or end up putting on a large ZOOM... other than that, It's staying small so i can stay free...

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Im going to stick with my little Ziess MKIIIs as my main lenses... There creaminess makes epic images look outstanding. If the MKIII's impeach on a 6k corners (which I know the 18mm will) I'll probably stick to 5k settings. I'm more interested in the latitude and 2000asa clean range from the Dragon than anything else. But to be honest, Im quite happy already with the latitude. Do I need more...? Why not :)))
 
Mark Toia said:
Ive decided over the last couple of shoots, that I'm not going back to big production setups. I get less done, they become more cumbersome, over all just slows me down and I tend to loose my creative flow on set, when waiting for a camera to be reset up.
Horses for corses of course... but I think the only time my cameras are going to get build up big is when I'm swinging it from stabilised heads, or end up putting on a large ZOOM... other than that, It's staying small so i can stay free...
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You are so right!
 

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I'm not going to sell anything that I need, and sometimes the big toys come out to play... but I am just sharing how much I get done per day in small camera mode. Im shooting 50% more per day I think, and allows me to be more creative. And at the end of the day, im selling creative... not cameras.
 
Mark Toia said:
I'm not going to sell anything that I need, and sometimes the big toys come out to play... but I am just sharing how much I get done per day in small camera mode. Im shooting 50% more per day I think, and allows me to be more creative. And at the end of the day, im selling creative... not cameras.
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"And at the end of the day, im selling creative... not cameras."

Great quote...
 
Mark Toia said:
I'm not going to sell anything that I need, and sometimes the big toys come out to play... but I am just sharing how much I get done per day in small camera mode. Im shooting 50% more per day I think, and allows me to be more creative. And at the end of the day, im selling creative... not cameras.
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I was thinking about this just two days ago when a young film school student I know posted on his Facebook page about how he's coming to like the C300 and will hitch his wagon to that star. It made me think that one of the things fostered by being in film school is the notion of needing to get the "right" gear for whatever the perceived need. The need to compete with one's peers and the age of the typical student creates an insatiable desire to get the latest cool stuff and we'll move heaven and earth to justify our rationale to get it. It struck a chord with me about how much time is wasted chasing after a rainbow for the perfect setup. "If only I had", becomes a mantra. Guys are especially susceptible to the sirens of whatever is around the next corner. I am no exception, although through the years I've mellowed a great deal to the nonsense of the eternal chase. It is such a waste of time and money.

The reason I prefer the RED vision is it fits my work and my way of working. If I want to upgrade I can, but I don't have to buy an entirely new rig. I like that approach. But it's also why we have these incessant forums discussing minutia ad nauseum. I wish the youth would listen to the experience of their elders and realize that what Mark Toia just said is the real crux of the issue. Better to work on your creativity than to think that equipment will solve your needs. If you can break apart from the pack mentality, then you're well on your way to becoming the true person you're capable of being. "We buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't like." – Richard Foster. Amen to that.
 
Mark Toia said:
Ive decided over the last couple of shoots, that I'm not going back to big production setups. I get less done, they become more cumbersome, over all just slows me down and I tend to loose my creative flow on set, when waiting for a camera to be reset up.
Horses for corses of course... but I think the only time my cameras are going to get build up big is when I'm swinging it from stabilised heads, or end up putting on a large ZOOM... other than that, It's staying small so
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I completely agree and have a base configuration for my rig that jumps well between sticks and HH. I'm curious in your light rip 'n run rig, what are you doing for ND? In the pics you post you seldom have rails & mattebox. Looking at your samples you obviously love plaing with shallow DOF.
 
Brett Clements said:
Good man. I'll hook you up with some of my video technology (about a million bucks now invested in it) - you'll never look back.
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Million... ! I've left those days way behind me sorry Brett. Check my reel.. most of that is done on my laptop.
 
Paul Nordin said:
I completely agree and have a base configuration for my rig that jumps well between sticks and HH. I'm curious in your light rip 'n run rig, what are you doing for ND? In the pics you post you seldom have rails & mattebox. Looking at your samples you obviously love plaing with shallow DOF.
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A very good VND... and the secret is, not to push it past 6.5 stops... or other wise you end up with to much IR issues... Same problem you have when you load up to many ND filters in your matt box.
 
Mark Toia said:
A very good VND... and the secret is, not to push it past 6.5 stops... or other wise you end up with to much IR issues... Same problem you have when you load up to many ND filters in your matt box.
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Could you share which VND that is? Thanks a million.
 
I agree with you about keeping it small, but I did have to get a shoulder rig to do hand held as I found the camera too heavy to shoot without some shoulder support. My rig does go on and off tripod fairly quickly.
 
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