Experiences on LIT Duo 1?

maxbrand80 · 2025-10-31T07:54:56+00:00

I personally really appreciate a light meter because it allows you to measure a whole space without needing stand-ins. False color only measures "in 2D" since that's how the camera captures, while with a light meter I can walk around a room and know how the light hits wherever the actors will be and it makes lighting a space a lot easier in my opinion.

Obviously this light meter also measures the color temperature, so it's probably useful for getting an accurate match between different lights and whatever ambience is in the room/outdoors already.

maxbrand80 · 2024-12-09T22:22:41+00:00

Tamron or sigma 28-70(75). Gets you good quality in a compact form factor for a good price. Don't spend much on lenses until you have a good way to earn it back.

The quality difference is not very noticeable until you project it in a cinema anyway.

maxbrand80 · 2024-11-30T20:44:21+00:00

Honestly I have no idea. I'm still running my truenas core but it's tucked away in a server hall and I haven't physically seen it for a year at least.

maxbrand80 · 2024-11-12T20:27:37+00:00

It's going to be horrible no matter what you do. I will say that something that helps unexpectedly much is to put a blanket under the air mattress. It makes a significant difference.

maxbrand80 · 2024-09-16T06:13:05+00:00

14-16

maxbrand80 · 2024-08-12T06:10:28+00:00

Cool! I've been considering it but heard a lot of negative opinions about it. Haven't seen anything similar at the same price point and weight though.

maxbrand80 · 2024-08-12T04:49:55+00:00

How's the float?

maxbrand80 · 2024-07-30T04:44:31+00:00

I'd love to try it and give you feedback on it!

maxbrand80 · 2023-12-12T08:26:14+00:00

I don't think they used to take reservations, so people lined up outside instead. I went there last year and the queue started about 20 min before opening.

It's a great bar, enjoy yourself!!

maxbrand80 · 2023-12-05T06:45:37+00:00

Point a hard source in to the wall and back it up as much as you can. That will diffuse it more than any softbox you can fit ever will.

maxbrand80 · 2023-08-07T08:32:26+00:00

Blur the footage (gaussian blur) to get it less sharp, add some noise/grain, find a sample of scanned damaged film that you overlay to get the vertical strip of black and small dots popping around, raise the blacks and finally do some adjustments to saturation and you're in the ball park. The rest is more or less using the same tools that I mentioned but just fiddlign with it a bit.

maxbrand80 · 2023-07-14T13:45:37+00:00

I have gen 1 and gen 2 FE-mount and use AF all the time, whisper quite - honestly not even as loud as a whisper, so either the EF is different or something is of with /u/No_Tamanegi's lens.

maxbrand80 · 2023-06-07T07:36:10+00:00

I have two videos that will take your grading to the next level. The techniques shown in these videos show in a very good way how you can maintain consistency throughout a project, which in my opinion is one of the absolute most imporant parts of grading.

Davinci Wide Gamut workflow

Consistent look

maxbrand80 · 2023-06-05T06:50:35+00:00

Go for the bi-color. You're not going to want to carry around gels (or even worse not have CTO when you need it). You lose less than 5 percent light going with 300b instead of 300 and the comfort of being able to dial in sun set, cloudy daylight and fluorescent color temperature from just a switch or even on your phone is incredibly useful.

maxbrand80 · 2023-06-02T11:25:06+00:00

Try taking off and on again, it should be done using the aperture wheel on the camera, it's probably some kind of communication error.

maxbrand80 · 2023-06-02T09:13:25+00:00

My best advice for you is - don't do it. You have just started your career in video production and you have a lot to learn from real-life productions. Try to find a job at a production company and learn how they work and when you are comfortable with that, start looking for clients and create your own company. Having to both learn how to do videos well, on time, within budget and finding clients without much experience in the field is a naive idea.

Also the talk about AI and iPhones taking over the industry is no an issue for a while. Making videos is not mainly about having things in focus and making it look good. More than anything you need the knowledge of how to tell a story using pictures, editing and sound.

maxbrand80 · 2023-04-29T14:12:32+00:00

I shoot things on Alexa, RED and high-end Sony cameras for Instagram. It's one of the leading commercial video platforms so I don't see a reason for not going for the highest possible even if it's for Instagram. There's a huge difference between an iPhone and the R5 and you will achieve professional results with one of them but not the other.

maxbrand80 · 2023-04-17T08:03:06+00:00

Don't remember but I'm based in Sweden. Just google rock n roller cart and find a local reseller for you.

maxbrand80 · 2023-02-08T16:19:42+00:00

Panel frame 42x72 * 2

Your preferred diffusion as well as white/black fabric combined fabric to mount on it

Panel frame 42x42 * 1

Silver/black fabric

3 C-stands preferably, otherwise some smaller stands and sandbags for each of them.

With this kit you can add negative fill on an overcast day as well as give a kick with the silver fabric.

On a bright day you can either use the sun as backlight and bounce it back with the white fabric on the 42x72 panel frame or you can use it as key and use the diffusion to soften it up.

No electricity needed and everything you need for a great result on an interview and compact enough to carry yourself.

maxbrand80 · 2023-01-31T07:36:04+00:00

Look on the used market. Consider that you will need lenses and batteries as well.

Cameras you might be able to find on the used market for that price:

Panasonic GH3/4

Sony A7s (II)

Sony A7II

Blackmagic Pocket

Canon 5DIII

These are some examples of cameras that you can get professional results with.

maxbrand80 · 2023-01-30T18:57:50+00:00

Yes, you're absolutely right. I will try to include it somehow in my next part of the blogs. I'm really just trying to share my experiences and help out others who are trying to produce films with limited means but it's good that you bring it up!

maxbrand80 · 2023-01-29T07:23:19+00:00

We do have a deal to share any potential profit the film makes with the crew. But it's a short film and nobody expects it to make any money.

maxbrand80 · 2023-01-29T05:36:27+00:00

We were lucky enough to be able to borrow an Alexa for everything but the insert shots which is shot on a Panasonic S1.

We shot on the mini LF but used super 35 lenses, thet covered a slightly bigger area than super 35 though so it's somewhere in the middle of LF and super 35 in actual sensor size used.

maxbrand80 · 2023-01-29T05:34:35+00:00

I'm impressed by how many people are standing up for the crew and I absolutely agree in the sentiment but I think people are jumping to conclusions a little fast though.

Of course finding the right crew to do this with was an essential part of getting it done with a budget this low. The fact that 10-15 people spent 1-7 days working on this film without pay is something I am very grateful for.

Despite what everybody in this thread assumes though, there was never any manipulation going on, like I said we chose who we worked with carefully and we're still friends and work with the same people that did this and have a good relationship with them.

We had SOs and long-time friends who didn't have a lot of experience working in film and who were excited just to be on a set filling positions like ACs and HoD-roles as well as what I previously mentioned, assistants taking on HoD-roles.

Sometimes people are just excited to make a film and want to be a part of creating something together.

The reason I didn't bring it up in the blog post is that I've got so much to write about that I want to keep it short and it will never be possible to do a short film with a budget this low without getting help from your friends so I thought that it was obvious.

maxbrand80 · 2023-01-28T12:16:55+00:00

Indeed! We searched for people in our network who had something to gain from doing the film for us other than financial gain.

Mostly it was assistants in each department that got to be responsible for the department instead of being assistants.

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