Im adquiring new equipment, and Im making pro debut on publicity with this new equipment. Have booked my bussines this new 2013 and im ready to start directing and renting. BUT before making final purchase i was wondering if i could get some final help from forum good will, here is my list. Im spending 5.5k

CAMERAS

• 2 cameras Panasonic DMC-GH2 : $1298 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/736343-REG/Panasonic_DMC_GH2K_Lumix_DMC_GH2_Digital_Camera.html

• 4 memory Sandiskextreme class-10 16Gb: $155 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/824139-REG/SanDisk_SDSDXPA_016G_A75_Extreme_Pro_16_GB.html

• 4 batery DMW BLC12 $191 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/761043-REG/Panasonic_DMW_BLC12_DMW_BLC12_Rechargeable_Lithium_ion_Battery.html

• Duo Battery Charger $80 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/817154-REG/Pearstone_DLC_DMWBLC12_Duo_Battery_Charger_for.html

• 1 monitor 1280x800 $369 http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5590/1280x800-ips-7-neway-cl76ho-x-and-cl76sdi-monitors-amazing/p1

• 1 Bateria Sony F960 for monitor $45 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Battery-for-Sony-NP-F770-NP-F330-NP-F550-NP-F930-NP-F950-NP-F960-NP-F970-/360551300508?pt=Batteries_Chargers&hash=item53f2883d9c

• 1 SD card holder: $7.99 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Memory-Card-Case-Holder-MC-3-Waterproof-Anti-shock-4CF-4SD-4XD-4MS-Pro-DUO-/221124290951?pt=Digital_Camera_Accessories&hash=item337c08e987

LENSES:

• 2 Adapter lens Nikon F a M4/3 $86 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-G-AF-S-F-AI-AIS-lens-to-Micro-4-3-m43-adapter-/260587703002?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item3cac3ccada

• 2 Adapter Canon EF a M4/3 $22 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-EF-EF-S-to-Micro-4-3-M4-3-M43-Mount-Adapter-EP3-GF3-GX1-EP3-OM-D-EFM43-/330821484699?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item4d067f409b

• 1 Lens Rokinon Cine 14mm T3.1 $449 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/890620-REG/Rokinon_cv14m_c_14mm_T3_1_Cine_Lens.html

• 1 Lens Rokinon Cine 24mm T1.5 $749 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/890625-REG/Rokinon_cv24m_c_24mm_T1_5_CINE_ED.html

• 1 Lens Rokinon Cine 35mm T1.5 $549 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/884099-REG/Rokinon_cv35_c_35mm_T1_5_Cine_Lens.html

• Lens Rokinon Cine 85mm T1.5 $349 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/895598-REG/Rokinon_cv85c_85mm_T1_5_Cine_AS.html

ACCESORY

• Mattebox cinematic $350 http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/562/special-deals-matteboxes-nd-filters-nd-holders-follow-focuses/p1

• Filter Holder $40 http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/562/special-deals-matteboxes-nd-filters-nd-holders-follow-focuses/p1

• ND filters 4*4 S140 http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/562/special-deals-matteboxes-nd-filters-nd-holders-follow-focuses/p1

FOLLOW FOCUS:

• Tilta follow focus kit $599 http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/562/special-deals-matteboxes-nd-filters-nd-holders-follow-focuses/p1

Thank you very much you all!!!

I wanted to make topic about DXOmark instead.

Myself, I do not like their tests. Something is wrong with them. Under "wrong" here I mean general concept, not math error.

It is completely impractical of course, but it is smaller than the Catleap. Too bad no HDMI input!

Wises 1- CABAC implementation 2- 4:2:2 color subsampling 3- Unlock SH BURST RATE more than 1sec and 40frames 4- Raw video mode

Please, check how vimeo and youtube videos play now (check Showcase category).

I've been beating around the bush, do not know if it would be a bad decision.

Foxconn buys 9 percent stake in GoPro for $200 million (Engadget)

Hon Hai Precision, better known as Foxconn, is already the world's largest electronics manufacturer. Chances are if you've got a laptop, console or smartphone it was assembled in one of the company's many Chinese factories. The giant has also gotten quite cozy with Sharp, with an eye towards investing directly in the LCD market, though no deal has been made official. Now the company is dipping its toes in the camera business, by purchasing an 8.88-percent stake in GoPro for $200 million.

Hon Hal (better known as Foxconn, or the iPhone's manufacturer), could become a big retail name brand just any time it has a mind to do so - ang go on to out-compete Sony, Samsung or even Apple.

Watch this space. The Tiger hasn't roared, just given a low-throated rumble.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/20/foxconn-buys-9-stake-in-gopro-for-200-million/

24p may not be the best setting for fast moving action, but you can adjust the shutter angle, you can shoot 48p and force it to have a keyframed motion blur when needed. You can use the tools available when and where needed. But a whole program in 48p looks like shit. (Except for sports. Sporting events look awesome at 120hz). One of my friends who isn't in the industry, says he doesn't see a difference, and the other (who is a DP that I respect) says he sees it, and likes it. LIKES IT???? FUCKKKKKKKKK!!!! Seriously???

Please tell me I'm not alone in this. Tell me I'm not the only one who sees this. Tell me I'm not the only one who HATES IT...

I have a problem with my GH2.

Made several photos, Tried different lenses, different subjects and even different SD cards (just to cancel out all the variables). In every photo though, these strange purple dots pop up in the right corner of the image. My conclusion: the problem must be with the sensor. Visually checked the sensor, could not see anything on the surface. Tried sensor cleaning out of the menu: did not help. After that I tried very carefully with a dust blower to blow any possible dust particles of the sensor: did not help either. Forgot to mention that I also cancelled out the possibility of dead pixels. On a photo with the lens cap on, nothing is seen...

So I guess, (sticky) dust? Or can anyone with more experience in this field give me an idea of what is causing this problem.

Thanks a lot in forward,

Ruben

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangnam_Style

In April or May I will codirecting and making of DP in a short i wrote with a friend. The story have some common elements with the novel 'The tunel' of Ernesto Sabato. Its a psychological drama, with elements of noir cinema, thriller, etc. its dark. My intentions aesthetic are closer to the tenebrism of the painter Caravaggio, films like The Godfather, Stay, Gattaca, etc. Palette with predominantly brown-ochre, black and some of red.

I have this gear in the Panix with TerraQuake: Two cards SanDisk Extreme 16 GB @ 30MB/S Class 10. Lenses FD: 50mm f1.8, 35mm f2, 28mm f2, 80-210 f3.8 & 135mm 2.8. M4/3 glases: Pancake 14mm f2.5 and kit 14-42. But i think need to acquire the pancake 20mm f1.7 have a soft look.

Thanks by help friends.

PS: I have the first and probably one GH2 in my country. Everyone told me acquired Canon, so I hope show what can this noble camera.

We are 3 guys that have been living in Japan for over 8 years. We were here during the earthquake and saw the effects of it. Some of us went up to help the recovery efforts in Ishinomaki.

The world's news outlets cover a tragedy like this and people help out but after a few months the coverage stops. The people of Ishinomaki still need your help! It is about 1.5 years later and the cleaning and restoration efforts continue.

http://gameforjapan.com/

Game for Japan is a 24 hour telethon to raise money and awareness for people still suffering from the effects of the horrific earthquake and tsunami that happened on March 11th, 2011.

We are linked with 石巻市復興を考える市民の会 a charity group out of Ishinomaki. The funds will be donated to them. http://www.ishinomaki311.org/

This event will start on:

December 26-27 at 3:00 PM (15:00) (JST)
December 25-26 at 10:00 PM (22:00) (PST)
December 25-26 at 11:00 PM (23:00) (MST)
December 26-27 at 12:00 AM (00:00) (CST)
December 26-27 at 1:00 AM (01:00) (EST)
December 26-27 at 4:00 AM (04:00) (BRST)
December 26-27 at 6:00 AM (06:00) (GMT)

There will be giveaways during the broadcast! These are the Steam games we will be giving away:

Amnesia Alan Wake Franchise Arkham City: Game Of The Year Edition Plants Vs. Zombies (2x) Rockstar Hit Collection (GTAIV, Episodes From Liberty City, LA Noire & Max Payne 3) The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition Borderlands 2 Dishonored Polish Bundle (Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Call of Juarez, Hard Reset: Extended Edition, Two Worlds II & Zombie Driver HD.)

(More games TBA)

We are working on some PS3 and XBOX Live codes as well. These codes will be for the USA or Japan stores only.

Don't forget to like the facebook page to stay updated for the schedule and giveaways!

http://www.facebook.com/GameForJapan

(@Vitaliy I hope it is ok to post this here. I consider this board a good place to come for my GH2. I kind of think of you guys like my extended family.)

This episode was shot on the GH2 using Vitaliy's hack and Driftwood's Apocalypse Now patch. I used Panasonic's 7-14mm f4.0 and 12-35mm f2.8 lenses.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/05/15711272-software-guru-mcafee-held-in-guatemala?lite

Anti-virus software guru John McAfee was detained by Guatemalan police on Wednesday for illegally entering the country, interior minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla said. McAfee's lawyer said he would be held until it could be determined if he entered the country legally, according to NBC News' Fabiola Lacayo.

McAfee crossed into Guatemala to evade authorities in Belize who want to question him in connection with the murder of his neighbor. There is no international arrest warrant for McAfee. McAfee smuggled himself and his girlfriend, who he calls Samantha, across the porous land border that Belize shares with Guatemala. He stayed at a hotel in a national park before heading for Guatemala City on Monday evening. Advertise | AdChoices

On Tuesday, McAfee said he would seek political asylum in Guatemala. "I have no plans much for the future now. The reason I chose Guatemala is two-fold," McAfee told Reuters by telephone from Guatemala's Supreme Court, flanked by his lawyer, former attorney general and lawyer Telesforo Guerra. (cut)

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Available in Pink also :p

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I'm an imagination person first. There's a theme park carnival universe in my head / heart - then I'm an an actor, then a writer, then a director, then a DP and then an editor (I think... the orders of those things switch around a lot - and I'm not including music or broadcasting or hosting which I did a lot of too).

Somehow after or before or quantum sideways of that I have something to do with the Thrice Great Okapi but let's not get into that now. Why must you readers always distract me? Oh wait, you haven't read this yet. It's me who's distracting me. So sorry, let me get on with it:

As the title says. Digital Film Making Finally Beats Chemical Film Making.

I just viewed Prometheus. This article is not so much about the movie plot or merits. It was OK. OK it was a little better than OK... I'd say 3 stars out of 4 for you geeks out there. It was dark and highly predictable in that same way that so many sci fi movies are with their ominous shots of Halo like activity that we've seen so many times before but it was a [i]fairly[/i] good movie none the less and the visuals are amazing!

The focus here is that it was shot, edited, and projected entirely digitally. No chemical film. Remember when CDs had AAD, DAD, DAA OR DDD? Well this was the DDD of motion pictures (and then in 3D too so really it's almost DDD+3D). I viewed it in 3D on dual 8K digital projectors from a digital source (it was shot on Red Epic digital cameras with Zeiss Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses) and I was so impressed that it led me to write this column that will only be appreciated by hard core film or motion picture buffs, fellow film makers, or total and absolute techy nerds.

I apologize to my regular 'wacky guy with a hat" audience about the extreme levels of techy geek I am about to enter but I am compelled to write on this for my film making friends. We really need to change that terminology to 'motion picture' or 'movie' making, because old school film making is finally really dead and unnecessary. OOPS I just blew my whole article away! That was a huge spoiler... oh well ...crap...so anyway I thought I'd give the above disclaimer, and now having done that... here we go!

Chemical film is finally dead. Let me make it clear I don't say this with any sort of hatred of chemical film like it is some witch or beast that needed to be slayed. I LOVED the look of it, but it was/is just way too expensive. People who had the money liked this fact as it keep them in some sort of elitist control club. I did not. I used to have fantasies of stealing panavision film equipment when I found out they only rented and didn't sell film cameras and related equipment. I say this as a LOVER of the motion picture 24p chemical film look who has been on a loooong (add as many o's as you need to make that long really looooong) quest to make movies that looked like what...well... movies looked like... well.. at the movies!!!

I was not once ever satisfied with my 60i vhs or 8mm or hi8 or super v or even later with supposed masters work on the digitally shot and digitally projected movies from the Star Wars fiascos to the IMAX lies (especially in 3D) until now.

Watching Prometheus on dual 8K projectors was the first time I could sit closer than mid row and be absolutely immersed in the entire film without seeing the artifacts of digital film making or 3D problems. The picture was as detailed as I have ever seen - other than some outstanding real (chemical film) IMAX 3D films - but nearly the same, and there were no pixels, the brightness was excellent, the 3D did not flicker. I mean seriously - holy s*%t it finally works! Give someone a gold star sticker!!!

DEEPER INTO THE TECHY GEEKY WORLD OF MOTION PICTURE MAKING - FORMERLY CALLED FILM MAKING in part II:

This is starting to appear like a game of "pass the parcel" for debt, with the loser being.... everyone.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-17/china-persists-refusing-buy-us-paper-foreign-ltm-purchases-treasurys-plunge-three-ye

It turns out the Honor can take a full second for a single app to load.

When I talk to anybody about phones they want to convince me to buy a brand or an OS. I don't want to know which phone or OS has the fastest graphic, but how a phone can be fast. I want to talk CPUs, multi-threading and especially GPUs.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/tacit-bond-arrangement-between-governments-and-banks-endangers-system-a-868971.html

So why not cut out the middleman?