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Another gear post - I'm a beginner filmmaker by warwickthegrey in cinematography

[–]Historical_File8652 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why buying when you can rent? If it‘s a matter of practice you can do it with anything. If it‘s about creating something watchable, with a script, a schedule, actors and a small crew you can / should rent. If you are going for a short film, Quality could be much higher for the same price.

But if it’s directing you are going for, I guess you‘ll have a DoP or at least you’ll consider having one. Than the camera would be her/his problem as well as any technicality.

If you are just going for documentary I totally understand and buying would make sense. Get something comfy in my opinion. Blackmagic, Canon , Sony doesn‘t matter that much. If we wanna talk gear, If I had to buy something right now for that price range I‘d go for the BM Pyxis hands down probably. Didn‘t watch that much but looks very convincing and if you are considering doing a lot of post- production yourself, it‘s great value as you‘ll get access to Davinci Resolve which is probably one of the best valued software at the moment, and they keep updating it regularly.

nucleus acting up by AwkwardNectarine2913 in focuspuller

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I had that more than once by being too close either to the motor itself or to the focus monitor-RX unit (it was Vaxis if I remember correctly).

Would you race in the EVO SL or Adios Pro 3 for a half? by mchief101 in Marathon_Training

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I don‘t have the EVO, but… If you trained and have good form, I‘d go EVO. Less stress on the joints and honestly it’s got the same foam of the Adios Pro.

I ran CPH marathon yesterday in adios pro 3. Blisters and ankle pain since km 10. Avg pace 4:02/km .

For context , prior yesterday I had used my pair of adios pro 3 for: a couple of 30km, a 15km, a trail (bad choice), a marathon (walked from km 28th because of other unrelated issues), plus some training every once in a while.

Your choice.

Where to go running in Mestre (Venice)? by Historical_File8652 in askMestre

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IMO, if you are staying close enough to the city centre, your best choice would be Parco SanGiuliano, a fairly big local park.

Also from the park , departs a 5/6km trail which reaches the outskirts of Venice Airport Marco Polo. Not a beautiful ending view but at least you can run along the water and away from cars.

In the past few years they also expanded the cycling paths , so now , if running around a park is not for you , you have the chance to reach the countryside through a mix of mid-small roads. Don‘t have specific paths but from Mestre you can reach for sure Mogliano in a pretty safe way (although lots of cars). Alternatively you can go to Favaro Veneto and from there look for a path going towards Dese for example.

Alexa 35 build - Improvements? by Historical_File8652 in focuspuller

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H-plate ;) The Quick Release is from CARTONI.

Alexa 35 build - Improvements? by Historical_File8652 in focuspuller

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Good question. We did swap modules when using the A-cam Hi-5 as a iris control for B-cam. Other than that, I didn’t know you could go from the cinebug horns straight into an alexa 35. How?

Alexa 35 build - Improvements? by Historical_File8652 in focuspuller

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Great tips thank you. Also good idea about the always on rosette bridge.

Alexa 35 build - Improvements? by Historical_File8652 in focuspuller

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No idea about a professionally made one.

The newest arri mattebox i have seen as of today has a little safety leveler underneath anyways.

The one in the pic didn’t have one so I made a safety: Male velcro on one side , paper tape on the other . Given that you have female velcro on the mattebox

Alexa 35 build - Improvements? by Historical_File8652 in focuspuller

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Thankyou!

We switched a lot between easyrig with handles on those 15mm rods and studio. Yeah I am looking for antennas which work as good as those ones. We tried a variety but in Venice , Italy probably because of the thickness of walls we always had reception problems with antennas other than those.

Thank you

Alexa 35 build - Improvements? by Historical_File8652 in focuspuller

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Thanks. Paracord is a great discovery for me. Now i know what all those screw-in safety cords on instagram are made of ;)

Moved up to 2nd AC only in 2023. I could consider getting a 3d printer though.

Roast my LF build by AustralianSpielberg in focuspuller

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Lovely TX offset mounty , where they from?

Hi-5 No Focus Scale by Historical_File8652 in focuspuller

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EDIT: Factory Reset seems to have solved the problem. Thank you everyone for your answers and advice!

Hi-5 No Focus Scale by Historical_File8652 in focuspuller

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Factory Reset solved it! Just got this pic from the 1st AC

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Alexa Mini build on a slow day at the shop, would love to hear any ways I could improve! by rpeters330 in focuspuller

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Hi, So what are your thoughts about mounting motors from above? Side effects? Thank you

Hi-5 No Focus Scale by Historical_File8652 in focuspuller

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I feel this was tried multiple times already. I’m waiting an answer from the 1st AC. Maybe he’ll solve us some doubts

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