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Dear filmmakers of EOSHD! Since many of us are advised to #staythefuckhome and, thanks to that, we found ourselves having plenty of free time, I humbly announce a new film challenge, as proposed by @sanveer and @BTM_Pix: One Single Room In Your House | Film Challenge. I, personally, find the rules suggested by @sanveer very applicable, would you agree with me? Here they are: The only thing I'd add (and take it more as advice, not a rule per se) is: KEEP IT (SHORT AND) SIMPLE aka KISS 😘 Can we count on your support, @Andrew Reid? A blog post of some sort? Who's in?

Another one from Papaya Films. This time with embedded subtitles! Here are the finished shorts: https://vimeo.com/365714185 https://vimeo.com/395198567

Soooo, who can we count on to be the host of the next short video film challenge? No excuses this time, people!

Sorry, couldn't help myself and had to share it. source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Filmmakers/comments/fiin0h/lot_of_projects_got_cancelled_due_tot_covid19/

Here are some measurements taken with most of the contemporary cameras, so that you can have some insight. eg. A7S2 in FF 4K - 30.4 ms, GH5S - 11.9 ms http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?303559-Measuring-rolling-shutter-put-a-number-on-this-issue!

Bringing the topic back from the dead. This is what you get, if you are advised to stay home and have some time at your hands. Some people fix broken cabinets, some paint walls, I opted for completing the rig and making it more handy. X-T3, Helios 44-4 via dumb adapter, Tiffen Variable ND, Isco Ultra Star (1st Gen), myFM from Eugene Myreev. And at the back: 10,000mAh power bank plus NP-F750 battery, both acting as a counterweight and supplying power to the camera and external monitor (Fotga A50TL). The coiled cable is responsible for triggering recording remotely, so that I don't have to touch the camera buttons, at all. I was lucky enough to get the majority of parts from SmallRig, and at discounted prices (I paid 8$ for the cage, 15$ for the baseplate, 10$ for the top handle). The strap acts like a cheap-o alternative to easyRig, I just hang it off my neck. And it fits into my backpack!

I hope you don't mind.. I realize it's a political satire and it doesn't do Kazakhstan any good, at all. Nor do I believe your country / people is anything like it, but: What I'm interested in is: what's your personal opinion about this 'Borat' phenomenon? How did you take it as a nation? I'm from The Eastern Block (Poland!), as well, and find many of the jibes quite accurate. ( :

If anyone besides me use HLG, here is a little normalization LUT I'm guilty of. I didn't use any charts, so it may be slightly untruthful and inaccurate.. ( : No need to overexpose, it's designed to bring out as much DR as possible while still achieving black and white points.

Taken with my broken front camera:

Yep, that's me. Hello!

I made one myself so that I can properly monitor what I'm recording and see if I set my WB correctly. It's meant for X-T3 HLG profile and is based on simple Resolve adjustments: some contrast tweaks and a couple of Color Space Transforms. Nothing groundbreaking, but can be used as a simple, non-technical input LUT. Here it is, if anyone wants to take a look at it: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hdFQBsLDf3Fxb50o8qxyyrUd24IDWvzt

And it's caused by people overreacting. I just returned from a store with some bread for breakfast, whereas some guy standing in a queue next to me was buying 5 kg of pasta, 20L of Coca Cola and 4 packs of toilet paper (each one has 10 rolls). 20 more people will do the same and hurray, there is nothing more to buy. It's pure madness. Some 'businessmen' bought batches of face masks only to sell them for 10x more. It's not only the virus that is so dangerous, it's our stupidity. Sure, it's not just a flu, but it's not a black death, either. Limit contact with other people, take care of yourself, remember to wash your hands and don't touch your mouth. But, for God's sake, keep calm and carry on. Stay home if you can and read some good book, watch Netflix, but don't panic. Don't watch news 24/7 like some do. Remember swine flu? I can't remember it was that crazy then. Did the diseases and how we approach them change or is it just the effect of our medias trying to create more disruption and making us feel more insecure so that they can get more views and revenue? I'm slowly getting tired by this whole craze.

All schools / kindergartens / universities are going to be closed here, starting tomorrow. Up to 25th March. Huh, maybe I'll finally have some time to record my entry for The Single Soviet Prime Lens Challenge..

Just lovely.

Well, I didn't have to wait long - there is a case of COVID-19 in the hospital where I'm having my classes right now. He's on a proper isolation ward, but still. We, students, are to avoid any contact with all the patients, since we're almost perfect vectors for the virus, but are still obliged to attend our courses, even though all we do is having countless seminars. Plain stupid, if you ask me.

Care to share your process? It sounds interesting! Do you use Resolve's Color Space Transform to convert F-Log to V-Log? Any video samples?

Milk always comes AFTER. Are you one of the savages that pour milk first, then add cereal?

Even though many of these videos are helpful and I'd miss them if it weren't for you @Emanuel, I'm with @Snowfun on this one. It almost feels like I opened YouTube and was greeted by my 'Recommended' section. Some videos there are on point, some are random, some cover the same topic again and again. And how do I know, which are worth my time? One could spend his whole life browsing through what YouTube offers us. It's not that I don't appreciate your contribution - I really do. You keep quite a few threads afloat and try to arouse some discussion and that's awesome. But if I could ask for only one thing, this would be some sort of a short commentary. What can we expect in the video, what did you find helpful / interesting, why did you choose to share it in the first place. No need to be defensive (at least that's what I felt reading your post above), since nobody here tries to attack / offend you in any way. Cheers!

If you followed this sub-forum closely, you'd notice that there are a few threads with 'Aivascope 1.5x Pro'. ( : I'd say it's rather good. Very handy and easy to setup.

This popped up only today. Unfortunately, it's 82 mm..

And what tea do you, guys, enjoy drinking? Before you start making fun of me: this is a serious question, I'm genuinely interested! I much prefer tea to coffee (in fact: I don't drink it, at all) and am looking for some recommendations. And who may have better taste in tea than you, Englishmen?

Even though I'm not shooting as many videos as I do photos, over the last year I also became full-manual type of guy. But I must state that I'm not getting paid for my work, it's only my hobby. Therefore I have no expectations / requirements / clients to satisfy and just can go with the flow. I realize this may sound cheap, but manual focusing made me reconsider my frames, what they depict, what I want them to capture. It's not pointing and shooting anymore (I hope, lol).

It does look good, congrats! A little misaligned (vertical lines aren't vertical), but both sharpness and contrast seem A-Okay, even @f2.

Another masterpiece made by the same guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/Filmmakers/comments/fdf5lo/bts_shooting_a_wes_anderson_inspired_short_by/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

I agree! Those sunny parts of the clip look very three-dimensional. Good job!