My understanding is that the reason this camera was made was for tour groups where a guide could take a group photo and each person in a large group would resolve in high fidelity because of the large negative. But, it would be silly to shoot 8 frames of a group shot so they made 4exp rolls specifically for this purpose, they take 4 shots, less money spent and 4 chances to catch everyone smiling for the shot. More economical. That’s what I’ve read anyhow.

I never noticed one way or the other!

Limitations can be a good thing!

You are most welcome! Stay safe on the ice! 😄

I can’t even see my phone or the lcd on the back of a camera. What started at 1.25x is now 2.5x readers! Love my film cameras even though I have to interact with digital screens for work. Glasses on/glasses off back and forth all day. Finally got some croakies for my readers and I feel like a librarian! Ha! Best wishes to you on this aging journey!

Yes. Lav bullet.

Thanks for watching Don! Hope you’re doing well!

@@onseteducation921 Getting better every day. I hope you are happy and having fun. I've watched many lav technique videos and yours was my favorite. Very thorough. Thank you

Thanks Kathy! A work-in-progress! What classes would YOU be interested in?

Sometimes people don’t respond to email at all. It’s very easy to ignore an email. Call them on the phone. Leave a brief message that you’re an assistant and looking around for work. It’s also, as of the time of this message, a bit slow overall in the industry. Don’t give up, things will pick up. Find the other assistants in your area and reach out to them too. Often word of mouth can get you gigs. Also ask around about (or research) who the producers are as they often hire crew too. Get on their list.

With 4 channels of transmitters and IFB, about $15k. But that’s new - you can find a lot used these days. Thanks for watching!

I have a healthy distrust of tech - so I make sure I have solutions available if things go wrong. It’s like sailing, there are limited maneuvers a boat can make - it’s how you react when something goes wrong that makes you seaworthy!

Thank you and thanks for watching!

The distro is from PSC, distributes the signal from the Betso antennas into my receivers. The IFB is a Lectro LT in B band with a battery eliminator so I can power it off my power distribution and I use RMas for receivers. I also have some Comteks if I need a an additional separate feed in which case I use my SD633 for that scenario as the MP10ii is limited with outputs.

It’s a Flycam Flowline Master with steady arm - it’s ok. I wish I had gotten an Easyrig instead mainly because the waist strap on the Flycam is kinda thin and cheap and not as supportive as on an Easyrig.

Does your 4x5 have a digital back? Check out the Cambo Actus series - pretty cool. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!

@@onseteducation921 No digital back; thanks for the recommendation.

The reason for this is some boxes are large. Try putting a six foot tall octabank on a strobe while it’s on a stand and you’ll immediately see how clumsy it is compared to this other method. Not all photo professors have spent significant time on set.

Doesn’t bother me at all. Yes it’s a bit in the way but the camera is off to one side, which means I’m looking at the monitor at a somewhat oblique angle, which puts the cable off to one side of the monitor, I still cleanly see 2/3rds of the monitor. Even with all that, when I’m shooting I’m concentrating on other things and the cable fades away.

Are you doing mostly auto-focus or manual focus? I just can't get over the rope in front of the monitor. And then mounting the monitor to the left puts the balance off for the easy rig. Still trying to figure out what works best for us@@onseteducation921

If there’s a film industry in your area, the best way in is to look into your state’s film office, hit the crew list, find who the film producers are and ask them to be a Production Assistant.

Cool! I’ve also heard they are great on the Fuji cameras too.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much! Keeping it simple!

There used to be a film in Japan w 4exp. The reason, I speculate: this camera was real popular with tour group organizers because they could take a group pic of everyone and the large neg allowed them to see peoples faces with clarity. But having 8exp was overkill for what would be 1 image of the group. So 4exp could be bracketed and process that roll per tour group.

I just wish it had interchangeable lenses! But otherwise it’s fun to get back to basics with no bells or whistles and still make great images.

@@onseteducation921 Yes, interchangeable lenses for such a wonderful device would be really cool! But its cost would also increase by 2-3 times. The result would be an expensive 6x9 system with lenses. By the way, a month ago I joined the medium format first. And wanting to return to a simple analogue, I bought Kiev 6C, but it is 6x6. Of course, I dreamed of a Fuji camera like yours, or a Fuji 6x7 SLR. But everything has its time, for now it’s a high cost for me. I wish you great pictures and pleasure in your work!

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

There’s no “it’s this way all the time” in audio because every show is different and has different requirements. Some productions might be framed to where you can boom most or all of it. Some might be framed where wireless lavs are what you hear all the time. Some scenes might need lav but be too far away for wireless so they record to SD card and sync with timecode. But the vast majority of modern productions now lav everyone and boom as well for as much coverage as possible. Every show is different and every scene might require a different approach. Thanks for watching!

There’s definitely some other reviews out there with some street photo uses! Thanks for watching!

You “could” record a major film with a 6 or 8-channel mixer, and I’ve worked some narrative projects with this bag setup - however many mixers on feature movies use bigger machines with more options, off a cart. It’s really just a matter of how many inputs and outputs you need, and how close to set you can get. Many feature film mixers use Dante networks, antenna arrays, and mixers that have between 8 and 32 inputs that can handle 1-2 wireless booms, multiple wireless lavs, timecode, Dante, and tons of outputs to accommodate IFB, earwigs, VOG speakers, playback (musicals), and all sorts of comms and talkback for boom ops and such… basically ready for any and all sorts of situations. Usually all that runs off a cart. The benefits of Dante and antenna masts are that the cart can be much further from set. Some folks use Sound Devices 8-series or Scorpio, some use Zaxcom systems, some use Aaton Cantar. My sound bag has some gear in it that can definitely be reconfigured for that type of work - my wireless transmitters and receivers, my IFB, antennas, power distro - it’s really that I’d want a mixer with more inputs and outputs and routing options like a 688 or 888 or Scorpio in the Sound Devices systems. Thanks for watching!

@@onseteducation921 Thank you for the response. Very helpful

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!! So far so good! Moving in the right direction!

Thanks Andy! I suppose this is the only world I’m finding some success. Keepin on with the keepin on! Thanks for watching my friend.

Totally agree! Haha good thinking with the app. I use a small spot meter. Use what you got!

Thanks for watching! Yeah there’s just something fun about the bare-bones nature of these cameras. Back to basics and high image quality. Not for all shooting scenarios but does great with what it’s best for. Cheers!