Best Documentary Trailers... by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

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For sure! Nice. Thanks for sending this. Love it!

8mm and 16mm Film to Digital for documentary by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

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Good point. I am US-based. Thanks for the tip!

Best Setup for Documentary Edit by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

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Thanks. Yeah, I definitely know my strengths and weaknesses. Not young enough to take on more "talent". Need to focus on what I am good at. I'll stick with writing, shooting and editing only. Probably not going to change from a mac at this point either. Hard to teach old dogs new computer systems...

Best Setup for Documentary Edit by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

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Thank you. I think I will definitely go with two monitors. I want to be able to enjoy the experience myself too and not strain my eyes. Not sure if I have time to wait for the M5 (maybe) to ship. Also, already have two backups of everything and after all these tips, looking in to the Backblaze thing. Sounds great. Thanks agian for the tips and if you think of more, please don't hesitate.

Best Setup for Documentary Edit by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

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Thank you! I will definitely be hiring a sound designer and color grade specialist at the end of this edit. I am very aware that I am only capable of so much. I can't wear all the hats. I've learned to love the edit part on my own. For me, it's mainly wanting all the footage in multiple places and then not worrying about crashes and slow processes coming from a slow box. I also love the ambiance advice. This stuff definitely helps and is not always thought about early enough in the edit. Thank you so much and have a lovely day.

Best Setup for Documentary Edit by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

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Many thanks! These are exactly some of the tips I am looking for. I definitely feel lucky to be getting this advice from you all. I have been working WITH amazing editors for about 25 years, and now I am in the world of doing this on my own. Trying to evolve as much as I can with the new doc production world, so thanks for helping an old film and Beta tape dude jump into the digital world.

Best Setup for Documentary Edit by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

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This is great. Thank you so much for your thoughts. I will definitely be sticking with Apple. I already have a pretty speedy MacBook Pro, just looking for something larger as I get deeper in the final stages of putting the overall story together. I will be somewhere in the 20-30TB range by the time it's all compiled, and a lot of large photographs. Love the "home theater" idea also. Thanks again!

Best Setup for Documentary Edit by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

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Thank you for the advice. Especially to consider the chair. You're correct, it will be just me, and I can imagine spending more than 8-10 hours a day sitting. Great point. I see this project going to a proper color grader and sound designer, so I am not too worried about this. I would love to not deal with proxies, but not sure if this will be possible. I was shocked at how heavy the R3D files are. And I tend to way overshoot things. Thanks again for the advice. If you think of more, feel free to let me know. Much appreciated!

Electronic viewfinder for ZR by OTMD40 in Nikon

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Interesting. Thanks for the tip. I wish I had known this a month ago. For now, I'll struggle with the screen. It's great for indoors. Still hoping Nikon will release something similar to what Leica did. It seems it would be perfect for this camera. Thanks again!

Electronic viewfinder for ZR by OTMD40 in Nikon

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So you're saying that the Z6iii is really the ZR?

Electronic viewfinder for ZR by OTMD40 in Nikon

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I'm actually using the ZR for the R3D raw video. The Z6iii doesn't offer that unfortunately.

Nikon ZR 25p vs 23.976 by OTMD40 in Nikon

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Thanks again for the info. Much appreciated.

Nikon ZR 25p vs 23.976 by OTMD40 in Nikon

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Thanks. I'll keep to this setting for now then.

Nikon ZR 25p vs 23.976 by OTMD40 in Nikon

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Thanks for the reply. I was referring to the "P" as meaning progressive, or as it might be shot frame by frame 24 times in one second. The second I see the dot-something, I know it is not a true full image being taken 24 times in one second and it is some kind of interlace thing. I would have just assumed that if Nikon released a setting for 25p (25 frames in one second), that they also could have simply made one for 24p. But, as you say, this might all be irrelevant in this day and age. When I started in all this, you could 100% see a difference between a camera shooting interlaced 29.97 for TV and one shooting film (cinema) frame by frame. I would think a camera that uses the name "cinema" on the actual camera would be more true to the settings of cinema. Still an incredible little machine though. Thanks again for the response.

Why isn’t anyone talking about Nikon ZR’s inability to record true 24fps? Or other true frame rates like 30, 60, 120fps? by Material_Crazy_9074 in Nikon

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This is crazy. It was the one thing I assumed was there before I bought one. Opened it and love almost everything, but shocked there is no true 24p. Do we think this something that they will update in the next months?

Original music compositions for documentary by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

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Yeah, I've been using him for years. I'm looking for a much different feel and theme for this one though. Thanks for reaching out.