What Do You Shoot With?

[Jamie French]

Finally pieced together my main rig... Who else 'round here is a gear head?

Canon T3i (D600), Sigma 20mm F1.8 wide angle lens, Jag35 rail system, Jag35 monitor, D-Focus focus pull, Manfrotto fluid head tripod, some crappy LED light that I won’t actually be using.

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[Ecstatic]

Nice rig, Jamie. I also use a Manfrotto tripod with fluid pan head, real sweet. Main camera is a Nikon d300, used mostly with 18-105mm VR or 55-200mm VR lenses. Video (for now) is Canon HV20, but tape is dying so I'll be looking to replace at some point. Weighing the pros/cons of the Nikon d7000 (16mp, 1080p video--staying with Nikon lenses) or a dedicated video camera (none selected as yet, and I'm sure there'll be newer and more amped-up options when I'm ready to buy).

For photo lights, I'm using 1 Interfit 300 and 2 Interfit 150s with an assortment of umbrellas and lightbox, and for video halogen lamps. Thinking about LEDs in the future, but waiting on the price drop.

[Wendy Summers]

This Is My Rifle. This Is My Gun - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kU0XCVey_U)

Jamie - your set up makes me feel inadequate

[irvin66]

Yo My Gunz!!!!!!!!:dancing:

[robertlouis]

What a relief to open this thread and discover that it's not another one for the gun fetishists.

[Kevin Dong]

I call her Old Willow

[Bobzz]

D700 with Nikon 2.8/f 28-70mm and 2.8/f 70-200mm plus D7000 with Nikon 18-200mm VR II Have yet to use video features of the D7000. A friend shot an entire 74 minute movie using the D7000 with a variety of lenses - I was amazed.

[Willie Escalade]

Canon T2i with the standard lens. I'll also break out the 75-300mm lens. As for flashes I use 270ex and 420ex Speedlites. As I acquire more finances, my equipment will be upgraded.

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[Yeah]

High capacity 45 cal.

[Merkurie]

Nikon F100 w/Fuji Sensia

[Jamie French]

I picked up the T3i for its ability to shoot amazing video in true 24p rather than the proprietary technology, "cinemascope" or whatever it's called on the cheaper Canon cameras that simply mimics the look of 24p through frame skipping algorithms. Pair that bad boy up with a nice wide angle lens with a high F-stop for shallow DOF and you're making movies before you know it. The beast above was actually put together for the sole purpose of shooting high end productions and independent films starting with a very specific initial project featuring Jesse Flores and other names you'll recognize... can't say anything more about it but it's been in the works since Oct... 2010.

[tgurlvrnyc]

My top camera is a Pentax k20d. I have a couple other Pentax dslr's and a bunch of old Pentax SLR's that came with a fairly large old lens collection. I don't shoot much indoors so I have few flashes and similar accessories.. I'd like to pick up a used K5 sometime, that is a fabulous camera.

In my SLR days way back pre-digital, I used to love darkroom work. I kinda miss film for that reason.

[Cecil Rhodes]

I have several that I shoot with . The one I carry most often is a Smith And Wesson 500 Magnum . I never know when I will be attacked/charged by an Elephant, Rhino, Hippo, Grizzley, Kodiak or Polar Bear, Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti, Lion, Tiger, New Black Panther etc when I go to work or downtown .

[Cecil Rhodes]

Wait a second, this thread is about cameras .

[LibertyHarkness]

Canon Eos 7D = EF-s 17-55 F2.8 Lense + some rediculous wide wide angle lense i ma yet to even unpack lol , Nikon D2x (assorted lense)

Canon XA10 Video Camera (HDD/SD cards)
Hero Pro 2 Video Camera - assorted suckers/mounts (yet to use it )

Bowens Gemini 500R x 4 Flash Head Lights + Assorted boxes/umbrella/Gels (lighting for stills)

6 x 1000w Flolights (both bulb types for depednant where i shoot

Just ordered a Ring LED from Flolight to mount on my Canon XA10 as well ..

Will probably get a Nikon D800e later as well one i get more into producing and take on more contract work for shooting for others ..

[Prospero]

Impressive knowledge base Liberty and the right way to go. The business is full of people who know very little and eventually get caught out. Do you do your own editing as well?

[LibertyHarkness]

yes i do .. i use FCP ... though i am not to great with editing i can edit enough for my website. .....i am more interested in the actual shooting ..

Put it this way i wouldnt take on any contract work delivering a full edited DVD product etc .i owuld hire someone to do that for me lol

[Prospero]

Whatever route you take to producer status (which i think you already have in your field) the more technical expertise you have in directing, camera operating, sound editing or whatever the better.In mainstream broadcast work the best lynchpin people are director-producers who've come up with real hands on expertise. Me - I roll up the roles of writer, researcher, journalist, producer and director. But not very technical - which is I think a shortcoming.

[LibertyHarkness]

i sort of see what your saying but i also beleive if you excel in one aspect then focus on that ...my editing is efficent for porn ...but thats mostly do to with that i shoot videos that rarely need much editing anyway ..

[Prospero]

But if you want to expand your horizons with the proposed film school venture knowing some basic skills in other areas gives you an advantage. Few films are shot without needing editing! (way back I worked with a very elderly news cameraman from the early days of broadcasting. He was famous -rightly so - for being able to shoot so judiciously that his "rushes" could be used without editing as a news item. But that was in the days of film. With the advent of tape and now digital way too many (most) people shoot way too much material. I've had directors work for me who shoot 30 hours of material for a 25 minute film. Ludicrous)

[LibertyHarkness]

i have basic editing skills , i can use FCP/// obviously at uni i will learn to use AVID etc ...

But in porn its not worth my time once i launch my new sites ... my time will be on shooting models .. it will be easier for me to hire an editor to sit there and crunch vids/photos ...time is money :)

I shoot solo scenes that require no editing other than title credits ..unless the model is having problems .. but when i shoot joanna or she shoots me .. then we can shoot 1 take ..makes editing them scenes laughable lol

hardcores can be more tricky but again can shoot them very quickly ... if i shoot a 30min hardcore scene of raw footage i mostly have these days 25min of usable footage .

But i think you misconstrue my point .. i am not saying its pointless by any means .. but if you excel in one area that should be your focus not to dilute it to much, having an understanding of other areas is good but actually being any good at them areas is another thing altogether .. ... The course will give me a full spectrum base of tools ... but my expertise will actually be in shooting the scenes as the director/camera. of course understanding how to edit improives your shooting as you know what the editors will need to see/acess etc ..

[Prospero]

"An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded..."

An open mind lets in new thoughts and ideas. It is open to a shift in the climate and to new possibilities. Danger breeds creativity.

A closed mind contains the stale, the old, the tried and tested, the unoriginal. A fortress which when finally pried open reveals old people hiding from the world.

[LibertyHarkness]

"show me a fortress and i will show you a ruin"

but lets not deviate this thread from the OPs purpose with waffle talk :)

I always like seeing kit other people use .. i love some the kit the big straight companies use .. some serious camera kittage :)

[Prospero]

No I just wanted to snag your attention to what I thought was a narrow philosophy....

indeed the OP is a fascinating and unexpected one. Did you mention some time back you were experimenting with 3D shooting?

[LibertyHarkness]

yes i am doing 3d stuff ..

[Richctdude]

Finally pieced together my main rig... Who else 'round here is a gear head?

Canon T3i (D600), Sigma 20mm F1.8 wide angle lens, Jag35 rail system, Jag35 monitor, D-Focus focus pull, Manfrotto fluid head tripod, some crappy LED light that I won’t actually be using.

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wow now thats a camera!!

[Wendy Summers]

The business is full of people who know very little and eventually get caught out.

On the surface it seems like an easy business, but to do it well, you need a broad set of skills. Like any business, the folks who are willing to admit what they dont know and learn will do better than those who can't. I spend a lot of my time looking at what others are doing and asking questions where I need to so I can build my knowledge base.

[Ecstatic]

Will probably get a Nikon D800e later as well one i get more into producing and take on more contract work for shooting for others ..

the D800 is an awesome camera to be sure (36mp to start with, great color depth, low noise at high ISO, FX full frame CMOS), but $3000 price tag compared to $1000 for the D7000 (16mp, DX 1.5 multipiler CMOS), I dunno. Depends entirely on the ROI and time to recover the investment cost. I won't make that decision for sometime yet, by which time the targets will have moved again.

Then again, just consider that only a few years back, the Hasselblad 39mp camera cost a mere $30,000: to get a Nikon 36mp for 1/10 that cost is pretty amazing. It makes one wonder what the upper limit is: with dSLR's are we in a Moore's Law situation where megapixels double every year and a half? I think the current ultimate camera is the 50mp Hasselblad H4D-200MS with 200mp multi-capture technology. Only $44,000 at BHphotovideo.com.

[Jamie French]

I don't think anyone here is doing print work so speak of megapixels as a benchmark of quality is moot... it's all about the glass, man. Lenses make me hard.


the D800 is an awesome camera to be sure (36mp to start with, great color depth, low noise at high ISO, FX full frame CMOS), but $3000 price tag compared to $1000 for the D7000 (16mp, DX 1.5 multipiler CMOS), I dunno. Depends entirely on the ROI and time to recover the investment cost. I won't make that decision for sometime yet, by which time the targets will have moved again.

Then again, just consider that only a few years back, the Hasselblad 39mp camera cost a mere $30,000: to get a Nikon 36mp for 1/10 that cost is pretty amazing. It makes one wonder what the upper limit is: with dSLR's are we in a Moore's Law situation where megapixels double every year and a half? I think the current ultimate camera is the 50mp Hasselblad H4D-200MS with 200mp multi-capture technology. Only $44,000 at BHphotovideo.com.

[Wendy Summers]

I don't think anyone here is doing print work so speak of megapixels as a benchmark of quality is moot... it's all about the glass, man. Lenses make me hard.


:waves her spectacles covered face your direction:

How YOU doin?

:geek:

[Ecstatic]

I don't think anyone here is doing print work so speak of megapixels as a benchmark of quality is moot... it's all about the glass, man. Lenses make me hard.

Hence why I use Nikon. But if you really want to get hard over glass, take a look at Rodenstock and Schneider lenses.

[talldudeil]

Winchester 44 mag lever action rifle lol

[Jamie French]

Go read the original post.


Winchester 44 mag lever action rifle lol

[Willie Escalade]

Go read the original post.
That's code for Kodak EasyShare...

[Ecstatic]

Shit. The $1200 I was contemplating dropping on a Nikon D7000 just went into car repairs instead. Damn! But hey my car's been paid for for 8 years, so I guess I can't bitch too much.

[JamesHunt]

amateurs and mobile phones are the way forward, all this eye candy hd is going out of fashion

[sabre666]

Remington 700 BDL 30-06 SPRG.

[the_corner]

Red One w/ old school Nikkor primes. Sometimes Red One w/RPPs, and maybe on a not too distant future on an Epic :D

[CORVETTEDUDE]

H & k ......

[raiku9909]

my main rig is a sony f3 and a cooke 14-100, but these days I've been using my 5D mk3 a ton, with a set of zeiss primes. Lighting wise I'm a sucker for Kinos, use a Tegra 4' 4 bank and 2 Divas, and an arri 300w for rim lights.

[Willie Escalade]

H & k ......

Harold & Kumar??:whistle:

[Steve-Oh]

Harold & Kumar??:whistle:
Funny! "Did Doogie Houser just steal my fucking car?"

Really, this is a cool topic. I don't have jack to shoot with these days but would like to know what the "Pros" around here use. Not only camera-wise but other equipment too.

[Jamie French]

What are you shooting with a Red?


Red One w/ old school Nikkor primes. Sometimes Red One w/RPPs, and maybe on a not too distant future on an Epic :D

[the_corner]

What are you shooting with a Red?

4.5k porn :D Nah, I wish.

The usual stuff that people shoot with Reds.

Commercials, shorts, documentaries, low budget features. That kind of stuff.

Now if I could afford a kit of Master Primes and an Epic :praying:

[Jamie French]

Where can I see your work?


4.5k porn :D Nah, I wish.

The usual stuff that people shoot with Reds.

Commercials, shorts, documentaries, low budget features. That kind of stuff.

Now if I could afford a kit of Master Primes and an Epic :praying:

[rbiller]

I'm a Nikon guy. I currently shoot with a D7000 and I just got a D3200. My favorite lens is my Nikon 18-200 plus several months ago I purchased a Sigma 17-50 2.8. I also have a Sigma 10-20 F4. The D7000 is a great camera but I also like the D3200 because it is smaller and has a quieter shutter. Will be going to France and England in a couple of weeks and plan to shoot the hell out of them. Hey Liberty, want to show me around London? LOL