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Because you have ten thousand dollars lying around?

What did I miss? When did you cross the line into making potentially talented films? Nice work, dude.

No... but I've spent countless hours reading up on them. Very, extremely excited to play with one.

But keep in mind everything we're telling you is simply techniques and methods are generally subjective.

So, feel free to play around and test each function to achieve exactly what you want.

To sort of clarify a point, on the XL series, you primarily don't want to shoot anything under 2.4 stops, otherwise the over exposure level has a tendency to affect the interlace aspects.

Well, the XL2 has got a series of white balance functions, or color temperature adaptations to it. Meaning, if you're shooting outdoors with a lot of blue skylight, make sure you change that function on the white balance to 7200 color temperature, or the little sun logo. Ontop of that, you need to m...

You can't run OSX on a PC application, the firmware is designed specifically and preinstalled on the logiboard the comes specifically with Apple made products. BUT! On the other hand you can run windows on OSX, or with Parellel desktops, you can run both at the same time. Gotta tell ya, it feels eve...

The XL has got a manual enough lens, you might even consider a focus puller. Have a tape measurer, and mark specifically at what point, and at what time you're character or subject is in focus where. So, you know specifically when the focus needs to change--have someone aside from the initial camera...

The XL and GL series do not have that shallow of a depth of field. Sure, with a little bit of zoom, the DOF is considerably more shallow than your regular 1CCD Handi-Cam. But, by stepping a few feet back than what you regularly would be shooting at, and by zooming in, with the GL, or the XL, you can...

Dude, just pull the screw out.

You may just have to tape the friggin' mic onto the poll if you can't get anything else to work.

Story of my life, Ols.

Haha, my dad is Kentertainment's number one fan.

Thanks for the comments. It's a tad bit different from what I usually do.

The place I work gives me free professional Panasonic Mini DV's so the pile has grown ever so much more this past year.

- Shot on a Canon XL1-S.
- Edited with Final Cut Pro.
- It was shot last fall, and the final edit was rendered this January.
- Let me know what you think.

My parents support me full heartedly.

Sometimes they're even the ones pushing me out the door to a shoot.

Hahaha, what in the world?

Yes, the LCD does compensate for the 16:9 ratio. You can either squeeze the frame, or shoot in letterbox.

ProdigyFilmsinc. wrote:

Kentertainment wrote:which is directed by Gyro (who occasionally comes to this forum).

Haha funny.

It's true, I do.

Can't stop! Can't Stooooo-oop! Can't stop!

Mac for life, man.

Sure was.

I have so many tapes lying around, it's ridiculous.

Oh dear... I remember the first one.

Why?

Swing for the fence and throw down for a Panasonic agDVX100b, you won't be disappointed.