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Tactical Coordination Video - Take 2

noahvolek said:
The air distortion of those rounds is absolutely incredible, great work capturing it. It reminds me of the rail gun from Quake 2.

The night full auto shots were pretty frackin cool as well, although it would be nice to get more illumination on the shooters face to see their facial expression (of pure childlike joy playing with a seriously cool toy?), would it be possible to set up a reflector to capture the actual muzzelflash to illuminate the shot?
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I think if I changed angles a little bit and was a little closer I might be able to get their faces a little better. I did have some problems shooting too close to the rifles going off, mainly the 7.5" AR. The blast off of the rifle would be so great that it would cause my Red Drive to drop frames. So I had to re-shoot some of this stuff on my 16GB CF cards. It wasn't that big of a deal but it kept me mindful for the rest of the shooting.
 
Andrew, nice shots, my only thought was the power lines in the photo were distracting, but other than that, great stuff. Love the trace air following the .50. What kind of can were you using on the first rifle?
 
Did you record on Hard drive or flash card, I`m interested to know if HD recording resulted in lost frames during the BMG reports.
 
Andrew Walker said:
I did have some problems shooting too close to the rifles going off, mainly the 7.5" AR. The blast off of the rifle would be so great that it would cause my Red Drive to drop frames. So I had to re-shoot some of this stuff on my 16GB CF cards. It wasn't that big of a deal but it kept me mindful for the rest of the shooting.
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Peter Hodgins said:
Did you record on Hard drive or flash card, I`m interested to know if HD recording resulted in lost frames during the BMG reports.
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There is the answer Peter...
 
Andrew Walker said:
Jeff, I want to say thank you for opening up a new thread for this. Hopefully the only negative comments will be something about the way I shot something in the video.
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Well, can I please say something about the use of guns?
Hehehe, no really. Looked really great!
What shutter angle / framerate did you use on the shots with the muzzle flashes?
 
I have friend who is a pro marksman. I showed him the thread and he said he really enjoyed the video.

Apparently the name for the "trance" is actualy Vapor Trail. It seems that what you see is the heat from the bullet. He also said that on his 1000 yard matches, under the right conditions, they can see the vapor trail on almost every shot. I had never seen it... I hope you do get a longer zoom and catch more of that.
 
Mark Phelan said:
Andrew, nice shots, my only thought was the power lines in the photo were distracting, but other than that, great stuff. Love the trace air following the .50. What kind of can were you using on the first rifle?
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It was a .308 Gemtech bi-lock suppressor. The power lines were a little distracting but it was unavoidable.

Peter Hodgins said:
Did you record on Hard drive or flash card, I`m interested to know if HD recording resulted in lost frames during the BMG reports.
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The .50 BMG didn't cause the drive to drop frames, mainly because I knew not to be close to it when it was shot. It was the 7.5" AR that was causing some of the frames to drop.

T. vd Hoff said:
Well, can I please say something about the use of guns?
Hehehe, no really. Looked really great!
What shutter angle / framerate did you use on the shots with the muzzle flashes?
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The real-time stuff was 180 shutter and then there was some 120fps stuff in there as well.
 
Hi Andrew,

Nice work. Looks like fun. Since you have more experience shooting things than I do (weapons not cameras), a was wondering if I could ask your advise. I recently bought some starburst incendiary rounds for my M-1 Carbine. Any tips on what to expect and what to shoot?

Cheers,

Nick
 
arrinick said:
Hi Andrew,

Nice work. Looks like fun. Since you have more experience shooting things than I do (weapons not cameras), a was wondering if I could ask your advise. I recently bought some starburst incendiary rounds for my M-1 Carbine. Any tips on what to expect and what to shoot?

Cheers,

Nick
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Well if they are anything like the .50 BMG incendiary rounds I would say to get the biggest bang for your buck shoot them at metal targets. If your just shooting paper targets, fruit or something similar then I would say save the rounds for metal targets. Of course if your shooting at metal targets make sure your a safe distance away and that the target gives or swings or does something to absorb the energy of the round.

Here's a pic of my M1A that I have...nice and quiet.

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Roberto Lequeux said:
I thought silencers were illegal and got you a long term stay at the local jail. I guess that is just Florida? What's the range of those?
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Well the suppressor you see in that pic has a nice little home in Arizona. That's where I have to it keep in order to not be a felon. This is also the reason why I go out to AZ so much. Its free America out there...or free-er than California. Personally I don't see what the the big fuss over these type of things. Its not like you can just pick one up at the 7/11. You have to submit a form to the ATF and they have to approve you before you can take the suppressor home and you have to pay an extra $200 tax on top of the item. Not to mention it still sounds like a gun went off when you shoot with it. The sound is just under the pain threshold. Granted a suppressed .22 sounds like a pellet gun but it still makes a noise.

As to the range of the M1A, some say you can hit what you are aiming at out to 800 yards. Of course this depends on ammo used and what type of optics are on the rifle. With just that little 1:1 sight I have on there I can shoot out to 200 yards at a zombie sized target:cool:. I've only shot out further with a scoped rifle.
 
Andrew Walker said:
Its not like you can just pick one up at the 7/11.
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If you are trying to hide the fact that you are shooting at something people worry what exactly it is that you are planning to shoot at.

Andrew Walker said:
With just that little 1:1 sight I have on there I can shoot out to 200 yards at a zombie sized target:cool:
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This makes perfect sense, you wouldn't want to let the other zombies become aware that you've set up an ambush or they would run the other way... unless of course you are talking about your average dumber kind of zombie... but those guys are such easy kills anyway that I usually just spork them to death.

:gun: . . . . :zombie_smiley:

That looks a lot like an M14 right? Which are both direct decedents of the carbine, right?
 
Roberto Lequeux said:
If you are trying to hide the fact that you are shooting at something people worry what exactly it is that you are planning to shoot at.
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I'm just thinking about my roommates and neighbors, don't want to wake them.



Roberto Lequeux said:
This makes perfect sense, you wouldn't want to let the other zombies become aware that you've set up an ambush or they would run the other way... unless of course you are talking about your average dumber kind of zombie... but those guys are such easy kills anyway that I usually just spork them to death.

:gun: . . . . :zombie_smiley:

That looks a lot like an M14 right? Which are both direct decedents of the carbine, right?
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An M14 has a selector on it so it can do full auto. A little hard to control.
 
Andrew Walker said:
Yeah the .50 does push a lot of air but the .338 Lapua round was booking it. I was trying to get the same thing at a 1000 yards but the bullet just moves to far away. Maybe if I had a 400-600mm lens I might be able to get that trace out that far.

I'm sure most if not all of you saw the ricochet that cut down that jumping cactus. Of course that was after the explosive round busted through a half inch of steal. There really is no where to hide with that round.
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I asked in the other thread, not sure if I missed it or not but what other lenses did you use or was it all shot with your Nikkor 80-200? The shot of the hand grabbing some rounds is very sharp.

And yea I noticed that ricochet cut down that cactus. The editing timing on that shot was perfect.
 
Rankio said:
I asked in the other thread, not sure if I missed it or not but what other lenses did you use or was it all shot with your Nikkor 80-200? The shot of the hand grabbing some rounds is very sharp.

And yea I noticed that ricochet cut down that cactus. The editing timing on that shot was perfect.
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The other lenses I used were my set of Zeiss ZF lenses. The first 5 shots were done with the 80-200mm Nikon Zoom, great lens BTW. It was also the lens used to capture the bullets going down range. The shot with the .50 BMG bullets being grabbed I believe was shot with the 80-200mm.

Roberto Lequeux said:
Hey, at 1:45 there is a flash below the gun, on the guys waist and leg, plus in front of him before the shot... what is that?
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Its the dreaded rolling shutter. Its a little bit of the last muzzle flash that didn't get captured...on the front of his leg. The other more blue light was coming from a flashlight that someone was pointing at him so I could focus.
 
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