Hi everyone, I am buying a Alexa Mini. I would like to understand the downside of buying alexa mini. If it's a right choice to buy an Alexa mini as a Dop and a rental house stand point ? Arri has laun

Hi everyone, o Renton bought and ARRI mini and I’m loving working with it. I have how ever noticed something and wanted to try and solve it. The image between my monitor on the ARRI EVF and the EVF im

What is everybody's favorite reliable laser range meter these days? -- Doug O'Kane 1st Assistant Camera Denver CO

I’ve got an upcoming shoot involving a 2 camera array using Panavision lenses, I’m looking for ways to get simultaneous and accurate focus control of both lenses with a Preston. I can use a single mdr

Hey everybody ! Do you guys know if it's possible to use the metabones FZ to EF adapter on the Sony PMW-F3, in order to put an EF canon lens and control the iris? I have read that it doesn't work and

Has anyone had the issue where the internal NDs in the Alexa Mini won't stop cycling? Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks! Juli Silver Taracido !st AC San Juan, PR

When working on set with rain towers pouring on us or working in natuarl rain, fogging always becomes a problem with the filter and lenses. The humidity levels are in the 90's and the volume of cold w

Hi there: we are looking for a Zoom with as much range as posible to work with Alexa LF (LF 16:9 mode). Do you know of any? Best Regards Saul Oliveira First AC Spain

Launched in 2017 this innovative Diploma is spread over three modules – each module lasts around 2 months. You’ll learn using Alexa, 16mm & 35mm to give you an all-round instruction and help you enter

Hey all, For an upcoming project set in the early nineties we’ll be filming multiple CRT screens/televisions with 2 alexa LF’s and a Mini.. How would we best go about this?? I thought genlocking all t

Hello CMLers, I’m looking for some 1st AC recommendations in Chicago for a commercial coming up rather quickly. Checkout this Monday, June 18th, shoot 19 and 20. -- Marshall Rose Director of Photograp

Does anyone in the Paris (France) area have a Canon D-Terminal to Component (aka Canon DTC-1000 to Component) that I can rent? I've left both of mine in NYC. I could also use a few tiny stands for a c

Hey Everyone, I'm designing a custom cheese plate and I plan to incorporate arri pin locks, I'm just try to measure the actual holes for the pins and their spacing. Not sure if I should be measuring i

Try using a quick release plate system to switch rapidly between slider and stix. You will need 2 matching QR bases for the tops of the stix and slider and a plate for the base of the camera. You can

Hi guys, I'm on a one man band shoot with alexa mini, masterprimes and ff5. It's a food commercial, where I would like to use slider for table/counter shots. Since the shots are only sticks and slider

Hey all! I recently acquired the Ursa Mini Pro 4.6k and am curious if anyone on here has used BM's iPad Camera Control app. I paired it up and am able to change settings, though there's been a bit of

Hey guys, i am trying to connect my small hd 702 monitor to an atomos ninja star via the hdmi. Theres no image. any suggestions? my plan is to playback into my small hd through this device- so sdi in

Hi guys, I need some suggestions from you regarding tripods. Do you know if there’s any tripod out there like the Flowtech by Sachtler (with the clips to unlock the legs at the top) but with a flathea

Hi everybody, I don't know if somebody know about that. But I'm looking to power a Hdlink pro with a Dtap source in order to put it on the camera ! But I don't find any solution to power it with a dta

Does anyone know of a zoom lens that would match the Leica Thalia? Thanks, Scott DaHarb 1st AC Denver, CO