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A nice introduction to lighting that's well worth a look from the Primal Video channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flc5iP0KwTg Although aimed primarily at "Vloggers", it has some very instructive things to say about the principles of lighting with the emphasis on making the...

Having had a look around at lighting equipment as I do every now and again , I have to ask is what's currently advertised as cheap as it's going to get? Can we expect to pay less? There are a lot of DIY ideas, but many of them are no cheaper than buying the proper kit; I can only assume that the (do...

See this re. the "Kubrick" lens; https://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm Some have claimed that they did use artificial light along with the candles in Barry Lyndon, although this might have been an artefact of the metal reflectors placed above the candelabra, initially to prot...

Maybe I was unlucky, or had a poor batch of lamps. It was in the early days of those. Or maybe I'm lucky. As I said, the problem I had occurred 20-odd years ago with a first generation eco bulb. The problem from CFLs and LEDs is the circuitry that is used to drive the light which can give out RFI (...

Dave Watterson wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 11:25 am Don't you find CFL lamps create electrical interference on the soundtrack?

I've checked again for interference from a CFL both with the sound on my DSLR and Zoom H1n recorder and have found no problems with either even when moving close to the light.

Don't you find CFL lamps create electrical interference on the soundtrack? I haven't done, but I perhaps should have another listen as the first eco lightbulb thing used in the house created interference (similar to mains hum) on my hard disk recorder. Thanks for reminding me about this; I'll check...

Thanks, James. Sensible points ... though I admit to having used "industrial" lights now and then for basic budgetary reasons. Which kind of light do you recommend for beginners? I'd recommend the two 135w (675w tungsten equivalent) CFL lights in 50x75cm soft boxes I have. They don't dim,...

‘Le sujet n'est rien, la lumière est tout’ (‘The subject is nothing, light is everything’). Leonard Missone 1870-1948. Although made with regard to still photography, the above holds good for any form of photography. My experience with stills photography is that you need as much artificial light as ...

I cannot get onto the website proper as Kaspersky has it down as being potentially dangerous.

I should add that this also happened now and again before the new web site.

I think the distinction between film making and film making as a hobby has to be made here. For whatever reason - probably reasons, plural - all hobbies are in decline, which is a sad thing . Just to be quite clear about this, I wasn't being derogatory about hobbyists, just pointing out the differe...

Ned and Albert have hit the nail on the head when they say we all communicate digitally; we wouldn't be on this or any other internet forum if we didn't. The core of this discussion doesn't seem to centre so much on communication but on viewing films remotely - via computer, etc. - rather than atten...

I think the distinction between film making and film making as a hobby has to be made here. For whatever reason - probably reasons, plural - all hobbies are in decline, which is a sad thing . It would be great to sit down - with tea and biccies of course - and indulge in the companionship a shared i...

I think Premier Elements 11 is amazing. Although I don't do much film making (if any lately), I do experiment a lot with visual effects and have found PE11 to be very useful even though it's not an effects package as such. John makes a good point about learning to use new software, which is why I fi...

The problem with drone shots is that they distort perception. Given that we aren't used to an aerial perspective in our day-to-day existence it's hard to identify with the world as portrayed from such a vantage point. Travelling "as the crow flies" distorts our sense of distance between pl...

Uher, Beaulieu , Arri? Us poor kids from oop't North couldn't afford such kit! Seriously, such equipment was fantastic, but with regard to sound I've came to appreciate how crude tape recorders were in some respects, having spent some time "under the bonnet" recently. It's not far off the ...