Comments on: Shooting for Zacuto in London. Also the new DSLR rigs from Zacuto

By: Shooter

Shooter — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:52:39 +0000

I really enjoyed reading your interesting yet very informative insight. In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal. Thank you for sharing and I am looking forward to reading more of your very current blog postings!!! Shooter Game

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:52:58 +0000

Dr Bloom -

Nice piece. How do to approach the 360 pan timelapse shot that starts at 2:19? Is the pan mechanized or manual?

And what is the name of the lovely track?

Thanks. Keep up the great work.

By: Miguel Figueiredo

Miguel Figueiredo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:41:54 +0000

Hi Philip, I’ve been making some day to night timelapses with a DSLR with a timer and a motorized telescope tripod. The main issue, besides flickering (which is rather annoying!) is the exposure time, ’cause when lights fade away the camera needs more exposure time and starts shooting with smaller times. Suddenly the pan speeds up!… Flickering is never completely solved… If you work fully manual, you can’t calculate an average exposure time that works both with daylight and night… So, some automatic features have to be active… How do you get around that and make your Time lapses so smooth and constant? Thanks!

Miguel

By: pbloom

pbloom — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:51:10 +0000

if you aren’t going to NAB there is 15% off all Zacuto products at all dealers for the duration of the show worldwide.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:46:35 +0000

I have Phil. Lets say choice is good.

By: pbloom

pbloom — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:38:47 +0000

yeah but not ideal…clapperboards and stuff. Recording sound with video is SO much easier.

By: pbloom

pbloom — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:35:53 +0000

Hi Miguel, don’t see why you can’t run around running and gunning with your sharp shooter in Basingstoke. You have to do SOMETHING to liven up Basingstoke!

By: Miguel

Miguel — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:17:16 +0000

Re: The Zacuto video…….. “running & gunning”, “weaponised”, “sharpshooter”. God bless ‘em, these tecchies think they’re in a battle situation. No! we’re shooting a corporate video in Basingstoke guys. Boys & their toys. This is how Iraq started……….. rant over. Keep up the good work Phiip.

By: Will Mahoney

Will Mahoney — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:02:19 +0000

Philip Johnston:

Don’t forget about capturing sound separately. There’s no reason a seasoned wedding videographer (or any other videographer) couldn’t attach a digital audio recorder and shotgun mic to the rig.

Combine in post, etc…you get it.

By: pbloom

pbloom — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:18:22 +0000

Cheers Nick. Mitcorp.co.uk are official dealers in the UK, have you tried them?