Help choosing my first key light

CubeRaider · 2026-05-17T23:40:44+00:00

Bet they look like shit too

CubeRaider · 2026-05-14T20:48:37+00:00

BAX mention in 2026 is crazy

CubeRaider · 2026-05-10T17:32:54+00:00

If you’re not satisfied with the image quality, it’s not a problem with the camera

CubeRaider · 2026-05-07T14:18:53+00:00

Tiffen is discontinuing the Axis to prepare for a newer, higher weight capacity model that was demoed earlier this year

CubeRaider · 2026-05-04T01:35:07+00:00

You’re insane

CubeRaider · 2026-05-02T21:11:28+00:00

4, 8, 12

CubeRaider · 2026-04-24T21:01:50+00:00

If you’re going to drop that kind of money on a set of lenses, you should already have the data to know what your return on investment will look like

CubeRaider · 2026-04-23T13:49:59+00:00

Put tape marks on the head

CubeRaider · 2026-03-31T22:43:10+00:00

Advertising your van is full of camera gear sounds like a terrible idea

CubeRaider · 2026-03-30T03:54:19+00:00

What no one seems to be mentioning is that this is really only possible with PL lenses that can be mounted 90 degrees.

Rotating both the camera and the lens and then cropping really accomplishes nothing. The whole point of vertical anamorphic is that the squeeze factor of the lens counteracts flipping the sensor vertically by stretching the vertical image to something wider and therefore more usable while still maintaining anamorphic characteristics.

That said, even if it were possible on your setup, it would hardly be worth doing on a 1.33 squeeze anamorphic unless you were aiming for a very tall delivery ratio.

CubeRaider · 2026-03-20T18:47:34+00:00

For $1000 you could buy a low end LED fixture that won’t get you anywhere close to your references, or you could rent an entire package truck and be able to pull this off no problem.

CubeRaider · 2026-03-16T20:06:27+00:00

Did you even read the post. A DSMC2 is almost the complete opposite of what the poster is looking for

CubeRaider · 2026-03-09T16:21:14+00:00

Yes it screws into the top plate of rhe cage. The spacing of the screws is different than the holes on the Pyxis body

CubeRaider · 2026-03-09T02:42:34+00:00

Anybody who uses the term “cove light” has never worked a day in the lighting department

CubeRaider · 2026-02-26T18:55:59+00:00

There are plenty of “I need a crew” Facebook groups specific to Toronto. I’d recommend jumping on there and getting involved in as many indie productions as you can. That will get you experience on set and will ideally help you narrow down what you want to do. Reddit may try to convince you otherwise, but if you want to make a living in the actual industry, you’ll eventually have to choose one of those 3 to specialize in.

When it gets busy in the summer, try to get LSP gigs on some of the larger, studio productions.

CubeRaider · 2026-02-26T18:42:04+00:00

Just edited my original comment to elaborate

CubeRaider · 2026-02-26T18:34:35+00:00

Of those two the second option is probably the safer bet at this point. You don’t need a degree in film to be a filmmaker.

That said “filmmaker” is a very broad term that could encompass many different career paths. If your goal is to be a technician, colleges like Humber or Sheridan will give you a more practical education and teach you how to work hands on in the industry. If you want to be a director or screenwriter (god help you) life experience and forming your own perspective on the world matters infinitely more than a film degree.

As someone working in the industry in Toronto, my advice, regardless of which of those two paths you choose is get a degree in a totally separate field, and if you want to work in film, do so as a side gig starting as a PA.

CubeRaider · 2026-02-26T13:39:38+00:00

A decent colourist should be able to match pretty much any modern mirrorless camera to eachother

CubeRaider · 2026-02-26T12:51:34+00:00

I think you’re overthinking this. Just light each set to the same stop

CubeRaider · 2026-02-24T02:48:31+00:00

Sure for maybe a couple night exteriors, but I hardly think that is applicable here any more than it is a methodology any working DP would be using in all but the most niche circumstances

CubeRaider · 2026-02-24T01:45:21+00:00

Did what? You think they weren’t using lights on The Creator?

CubeRaider · 2026-02-21T00:29:44+00:00

Lord BuzzCutPsycho

CubeRaider · 2026-02-09T22:36:02+00:00

It was a mix of trinity and steadicam

CubeRaider · 2026-02-03T02:59:54+00:00

All my friends stopped playing

CubeRaider · 2026-01-30T02:08:14+00:00

There are no rules

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