Okay, I'd just like to figure out what the deal is with snipers firing off to buy an item that don't have any positive feedback? Many of the things I've seen getting won out from under me are won by someone that's never bid before, or has negative feedback - and they're bidding on large dollar items. This is very frustrating for me, but it has to be even more frustrating for the seller - because the buyer is most likely not going to pay for the item and it will have to be relisted...
I wonder if ebay is doing anything about this, or if there is anything they can even do?
I'm the Director of Photography on a 35mm short film that's being shot locally (in the Frederick County, MD area) this week. I'm using the Konvas 1M with a set of anamorphic Lomo lenses (a 50mm and a 75mm).
Had to oil up the camera a bit to kill some of the excessive noise the camera was making. It had been a little louder than when I'd last used it, so I cleaned it up a bit this morning and lubed the camera and mags. Now it's a lot quieter.
Of course, I still feel the small 160/200' mags are the better choice when it comes to wanting the camera quieter while shooting, but the camera will never be truly silent until you build a good sound blimp for it. After all, it is an MOS camera.
I had a few minutes to play around with Apple's Color again the other day. This time I wasn't as intimidated and managed to do some color correcting on an industrial piece I am working on. While I thought the program had a lot to offer, and it seemed like an exceptionally good color correcting utility, I still feel that, for me at least, Autodesk Combustion's color correcting utility has just as much to offer. I will say that one thing I really like about Color vs Combustion is how it integrates with Final Cut Pro, while Combustion has to have third party software (like Automatic Duck) to help integrate it with FCP...
Adam Frey
Director/Cinematographer
Crimson Chain Productions
http://crimsonchain.com
