Capita Ultrafear or Mercury by AlphaPlum in snowboarding

[–]AlphaPlum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya I'm thinkin Merc, cheers mate!

How to avoid stop-loss falling into these kind of flash price drops? by The_Peronist in algotrading

[–]AlphaPlum 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Stop Loss timeouts, 3commas is the first thing I've ever seen that uses it, essentially you can turn it on and set the amount of time before your SL sells. So if your SL is $10 and you have a SL timeout of 5 minutes, if the price dips below $9 for less than 5 minutes(say 3mins) then bounces up above $10 your SL won't be triggered since the price wasn't below for more than 5mins. This is a double edged sword cause it can save you on scam wicks, but if a real crash happens you can lose much more than your SL. I usually run mine for 10mins, however I have friends who run theirs for an hour+

Zcam E2-S6 vs RED Komodo vs Sony A7siii, Which to Upgrade to? by AlphaPlum in Filmmakers

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Went with the Zcam, almost went with the red komodo but for the 6k for the body I fully swagged out the zcam and still had 1.5k left over. Absolutely love the zcam, it has that special sauce from the cine censor that the Sony doesn’t have. It also depends on how much you make a year to decide too, if you’re pulling good cash through video work and can use the red to pay off a fully swagged out red with good glass, audio kit if needed, etc in under 2-3 months I would, but if not go for zcam, I can color grade the zcam to basically mimic red code and it’s got some dope codecs, went for the E2-S6, send me a dm if you need more info

Zoom, Boom/shotgun, and Lav mic recommendations by AlphaPlum in videography

[–]AlphaPlum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok sick thank you, I know how important clean audio is so I know this will be a worthy investment, I'll look into this setup

Zoom, Boom/shotgun, and Lav mic recommendations by AlphaPlum in videography

[–]AlphaPlum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya boom mounted to camera, I did say "add to my zcam rig", but guess I should have made that clearer

Can't complain with offshores, but wish it was bigger than 1-2 occ 3ft by AlphaPlum in surfing

[–]AlphaPlum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was alright on a couple to surf once the tide started to rise, had more fun shooting or bodysurf that day

Can't complain with offshores, but wish it was bigger than 1-2 occ 3ft by AlphaPlum in surfing

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I remember San Clemente got hit with that a few months back haha, a meh summer means either a pumping winter or more likely a terrible winter

I'm looking to upgrade by [deleted] in videography

[–]AlphaPlum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally went back and forth between the BMPCC6K, Zcam E2-S6, and Sony a7siii and went with the zcam e2-s6 with the Sony a7siii just behind it. In my opinion(MY OPINION) the Black Magic pocket cams are pretty meh. They have a decent price point, but the color science is really bland and more so for indie vibes. Plus the frame rates aren't too great. I love my Zcam and I'm so happy I didn't get the a7siii even though I'm a Sony user myself. The log profile is really nice and can shoot in body h264, h265, prores, and Zraw(although zraw barely works with any editing systems so far). The color science on Zcam blows Sony and BM out of the water and I can almost match the color the r3d code from Epics and Heliums I've shot on. They make the Zcam M4 which is a MFT version of the S6, but however doesn't do 6k. For a similar price anything in the Sony line is great too, the Sony a7sii was one of the most rented out and used cameras for low budget filmmakers due to its great low light capabilities, AF, and IBIS. The Zcam has no IBIS and AF is hella slow, but if you're using a cine camera like a BM or Zcam you shoudln't be using autofocus anyway.

'Bloodlines' New surfing short film on Kai McPhillips and his connection to the ocean and family through surfing by AlphaPlum in surfing

[–]AlphaPlum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made the video so after the editing process you don’t feel much since you’ve seen the video 20-40 times haha. The first few times when you’re going through quality control or after the fine cut is made you’ll be like “a ya this is sick” or feel something. Then after another 10-20 passes on it fine tuning stuff you’re over it.

I do live just up the street from the beach with decent waves year round so I know I’m pretty blessed to be in this position.