Offhollywood beams RED over laser!!

[planet e]

mark, how did you mount the canon lens? with birger? or something else?

if you're going with a gun that big already, you should try the sigma 300-800mm--it's a gorgeous lens and it is razor-sharp, every bit as good as any of my canon L glass. not expensive, relatively speaking, and the 300-800mm range gives you a lot of flexibility.

it is so freaking cool to see how people are using these cameras. thanks for sharing this, it's awesome!

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

It's Canon EOS to PL mount conversion.

LINK>>>

 

[Brent J. Craig]

Not to be a party-pooper here, but the ledge on that roof looks awfully low. Any crew member going within 8 feet of that edge should be tethered with a proper safety harness. It is the law here in Ontario and probably is in NY as well.

I know film shoots seem like fun, but they are still workplaces and are regulated as such. Be careful.

You should be able to rent harnesses from a good locations-supply house.

NO SHOT in the world is worth dying for.

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

Not to be a party-pooper here, but the ledge on that roof looks awfully low. Any crew member going within 8 feet of that edge should be tethered with a proper safety harness. It is the law here in Ontario and probably is in NY as well.

I know film shoots seem like fun, but they are still workplaces and are regulated as such. Be careful.

You should be able to rent harnesses from a good locations-supply house.

NO SHOT in the world is worth dying for.

Actually, this ledge is legal in NY as-is as I understand it - but we are tethering on Sat and Sunday for safety as the wind blows hard up there - I am crazy - but not TOTALLY crazy -

 

[Babu Kantamneni]

You guys are doing awesome stuff with your camera... I'm jealous of all the fun you're having!

Same here.
have fun

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

I regularly shoot my Canon 500mm F4 with x1.4 and x2 extenders for 1400mm. It's great for moon shots: http://www.mbpgalleries.com/displayimage.php?pos=-4726

Graeme

Graeme,

very nice moon shot!

Moon shot by Graeme Nattress.

 

[Mark Thorpe]

NO SHOT in the world is worth dying for.

Does that include Great White Shark stock?........Ken, guess we're shit outta luck mate.

Cheers,
Mark.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Because of a very strong wing on the top of skyscraper I would definitely recommend use of the strongest fluid head fixed on something stronger than ordinary tripod.

My choice would be ARRIHEAD 2 with all those hand wheel controllers and jogbox.

LINK>>>

Just be aware of jumping image because if you have even a milimicron stressed movement of your
camera/lens at the big telephoto distances like 500m to 1.5 km it's about that moving image jumps like crazy.

 

[chuck colburn]

There are some very very sharp refractor telescopes out there for those really far away shots. I know I know your more or less stuck with a given f stop but it's not like your shooting for depth of field anyways. lol The Questar mirror lenses have different adapters availble for them for cine work at prime focus.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Shot by Douglas Herr in Sacramento Valley California
LENS: Leica Leitz 560mm f/6.8 Telyt-R

Shot by Douglas Herr
LENS: Leica: Leitz 250mm f/4.0 Telyt-R

Shot by Douglas Herr
LENS: Leica Leitz 560mm f/6.8 Telyt-R

LENS: 90mm f/2.0 Summicron-R
Shot by Douglas Herr
Florida Bay Copyright (C) Douglas Herr
Everglades National Park, Florida


If you would like to to achieve the similar results with the same lens on RED than you should
use Leica R to EOS adapter on Birger RED Mount
or one of P+S Technik Leica R to PL convergion lenses.

 

[Tim Fassnacht]

man i miss home

 

[Álex Montoya]

Lol... that's a clever nick.

 

[Corey Culp]

yes, I will get the exact info for you -

Hey, Mark. I had asked you about the maximum distance the Aoptix device could transmit, and you said you would look into it. Did you ever hear back about the specs?

Thanks!

Corey

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

Hey, Mark. I had asked you about the maximum distance the Aoptix device could transmit, and you said you would look into it. Did you ever hear back about the specs?

Thanks!

Corey

over 100 miles. it's just nuts. but it doesn't like fog.

 

[Corey Culp]

over 100 miles. it's just nuts. but it doesn't like fog.

Wow! That far?!? Holy ****! I work for NBC Network News in Burbank as Avid support. A couple of us go to each Olympics, though I may not go next August. I told them about your tests and they seemed really intrigued.

Thanks, Mark!

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

Wonder where AOptix got the idea from?

it started with a technology their scientists created to view stars via telescope without the "sparkle" - or "flicker" - to be honest, it's all a bit over my head -

read this -

http://www.aoptix.com/aoptix_technology.html

 

[kd5ftnnick]

On the topic of ridiculously long lenses, check out the Canon EOS 1200mm f/5.6:

http://www.canon-europe.com/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/EF_Lenses/Fixed_Focal_Length/EF_1200mm_f56L_USM/

You'd have to know someone willing to let you experiment, since there aren't too many of these in production.

There's an interesting article on the 1200mm lens on a Canon XL1 Here
With the small sensor size, and a 2x adapter, they were shooting with an effective focal length of 17280mm!!

--Nick

 

[Matt Gottshalk]

That better be a gigawatt laser to cut through the crud that is the air "quality" in Beijing. :blink:

 

[MikeHedge]

so you guys have one of the Birger Canon mounts? how's it working?

 

[SalaTar]

turret mounted laser canon!!

and it is a canon