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by col lamb
Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:43 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Its freezing out there.
Replies: 5
Views: 8562

Re: Its freezing out there.

Gloat away, just dont spill any of the Long Island Iced Teas.

Whilst your there with all the sand getting in the camera kit and Sun playing havoc with the settings, we are having a great time with the icy winds, ( do I sound convincing?)

Enjoy.
by col lamb
Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:19 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Its freezing out there.
Replies: 5
Views: 8562

Its freezing out there.

So PMM are making a movie and some bright wag has the idea of some external night shots to add some ambiance. We chose the coldest night of the year and as cameraman my little pinkies are still frozen. Oh the joys of movie making! Mental note......must remember to take more AA batteries for the ligh...
by col lamb
Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:16 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Archiving
Replies: 4
Views: 5666

Re: Archiving

Andrew I would save twice, once in MP4 format and once using Canopus's own file format which is less compressed. Then save both files to another hard drive, preferrably an external drive which you only use to archive material. You may also like to check out Red Giants instant HD software, I have got...
by col lamb
Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:48 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Video file query
Replies: 4
Views: 6477

Re: Video file query

Peter A Mov file is a container for a MP4 file, unfortunately Apple in their wisdom, amend the specifications of all their file formats with the resultant effect that there are a myrriad of file permutations. To manage these permutations requires a good editing software system with the right codecs,...
by col lamb
Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:25 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: February FVM - A picture worth a thousand words
Replies: 13
Views: 13731

Re: February FVM - A picture worth a thousand words

On the very positive side at least the visuals were far more stable from the past few years where we have one after the other BBC documentary featuring overly exagerated shaky shots.

Now all we need them to get rid of is the over usage of the out of focus cutaway or long duration pulled focus.
by col lamb
Wed Jan 14, 2015 2:58 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Video Club Closure
Replies: 3
Views: 6734

Re: Video Club Closure

With a bit of effort Frank out of the ashes.

Stay still, stagnate and die or evolve!
by col lamb
Fri Jan 09, 2015 10:42 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Amazing drone shots
Replies: 4
Views: 6515

Re: Amazing drone shots

Great shots. There was a reported near miss in the UK when some idiot flew his drone close to a passenger jet near on of our major airports. There are leglislative flying rules in place in the UK which are basically no fly zones unless you are qualified and have permission from the CAA via air traff...
by col lamb
Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:26 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Query on my Sony HXR-NX3.
Replies: 4
Views: 7618

Re: Query on my Sony HXR-NX3.

Use the remote control to reset
by col lamb
Mon Dec 08, 2014 6:35 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Where to from here part 2
Replies: 23
Views: 25153

Re: Where to from here part 2

Good on you John
by col lamb
Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:24 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Where to from here part 2
Replies: 23
Views: 25153

Re: Where to from here part 2

Expansion by creating a more dynamic online community. Create an online movie hosting website like a UK version of Vimeo, where anyone can post a movie up to a size limit and can subscribe for more upload capacity. Competitions online, categories, themed challenges, scripts, genres, advice, regional...
by col lamb
Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:55 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Where to from here part 2
Replies: 23
Views: 25153

Re: Where to from here part 2

Where did BIAFF going online come from? Not from me It is the mag that should go online. Did Garths recent article not indicate that over half our subscription goes in producing and distributing the mag? Ever heard of iPads and Kindle? I have hundreds of books and mags on my ipad, which also takes g...
by col lamb
Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:32 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Pan. DMC-FZ72 camera
Replies: 5
Views: 7731

Re: Pan. DMC-FZ72 camera

I would suggest that he goes to a camera shop armed with an SD card and test shoots a few video clips, takes the card home and see if the same result occurs. Whilst not the same camera my Wife has just got an FZ200 but not used it for video, we will try it over the weekend to see if the same thing h...
by col lamb
Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:24 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Where to from here part 2
Replies: 23
Views: 25153

Re: Where to from here part 2

First the mag has to go, it is too much of a drain on our subscriptions. The mag content needs to go online and be updated regularly in a similar manner to the mag. Get advertising on the website and links to generate income from the website. More encouragement for online movie competitions, top thr...
by col lamb
Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:04 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Native HDV and AVCHD in Prem Pro 5.5
Replies: 2
Views: 5746

Re: Native HDV and AVCHD in Prem Pro 5.5

Import all the clips into Premieres media bin, select one AVCHD clip then right click and select new sequence from clip option. This will make the sequence perfect for the AVCHD clips You will have to play with mixing both formats on the timeline to see what works best, try the AVCHD first. It is a ...
by col lamb
Sun Nov 30, 2014 4:50 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 2014
Replies: 49
Views: 65329

Re: FVM MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 2014

I wish now that I had read the issue instead of quickly scanning it and putting it in the recycling. I saw the image and chuckled, an old guy in a badly fitting IAC shirt and battered IAC cap advertising the merchandise, yep a great image to take the rcpa (rearrange) out of the IAC, and just exactly...