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    Need advice on getting a camera...

    Well, if you have big shoulders and don't mind carrying around tons of extra weight and doing some extra research, you can do things as I have. You can get old analog 3CDD 1/2" chip ENG cameras on ebay for cheap these days. I got a Sony EVW-300 for $450 (tape doesn't work, but don't need it) and...
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    Time Lapse Simulation

    Okay, I want to shoot something in Timelapse on video. Problem being that while you can just up the speed on the clip, it will still only give you individual frames. What makes time lapse really work is the motion blur you get from leaving the gate open (in film) but video doesn't have a gate...
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    Budget video shooting

    I'm shopping around for a passable inexpensive video camera. I'm basically down to this kind of selection: Low end digital, or high end analog. People keep telling me that any digital camera will blow away any analog camera when it comes to video quality. But I must insist that a 3CCD...
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    Pictures of the new Will Smith movie

    They certainly spared no expense hiring people to move the crouds. There have to be at least 100 people covering all the streets, blocking them off when shooting a scene and being on the street to vamoose people who stand and take pictures (like me). I'm bummed I wasn't able to get a shot of the...
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    Pictures of the new Will Smith movie

    Okay, so it's not a student production, but as a student, I thought you might have an interest. This was shot an hour ago two blocks from my hotel in new york. You can see them here: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~smyth1/movie/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/
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    Buying a 16mm. Bolex Reflex or Arriflex S/B

    I have seen Bolex cameras with bayonet mounts. I would avoid the Bolex unless it fits specific needs. It's a beautiful camera, but can really limit what you want to do. Not the least of which is its inability to shoot sync-sound without significant camera noise (there are barneys for it, but the...
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