Thanks for adding me to the group. Milind Mahale Cinematographer Mumbai

I keep hearing people talking about image compression with larger sensors and that this is a good reason to use large sensors. I hear this from people who really should know better, including presenta

Here’s something thats cropped up… I’m shooting a music video in the next few weeks where the camera will be on a Stedicam with a ring light. The distance from camera to singer will be changing quite

We are a small G&E rental house. I was curious if any DP's or gaffers had any thoughts on the Astera pixel tube lights? https://asteraledsales.com/product/astera-pixel-tube-kit/?v=7516fd43adaa I witne

I heard that Mole Richardson Led 900w and 1600w have HMI 1200 and 2500W similar output. Well, i have my own LED kit with two Select 20 and 30, one Litemat4+, one Sola4+ and one Intellytech Canon 165W

What is the largest (in terms of power) source of studio light that I can attach a lens and gobo to? I know of theatre 2K's that can be lensed, but sure about gobo's though. Would love an HMI but mayb

I have just had a quote from Film Tools in the USA for four Lantern Locks and paper lanterns. 'Tres' Expensive with unknown taxes and shipping. I have used these lanterns many times, and they are the

Never posted here before but I'm curious if anyone in this forum has experience with Digital Sputnik's new Voyager lighting system. After sponsoring their Indigogo campaign over a year and a half ago,

Hello, I'm a curious as to how the interview lighting was achieved in this grab from a PBS Frontline episode. It is certainly a medium to long lens with the aperture near wide open. What I'm more curi

Hi guys, I’ve been experimenting with some software for previz of lighting and it’s really cool, it is stills based but they seem willing to develop in a cinematography direction is there’s enough int

Hello there! My name is Israel Seoane and I´m a cinematographer based in Spain. I have a music video shoot next week and I´m looking on advice or references that could help me light up a traslucent pl

Hello, Does anyone recall a light that maybe called a "Sun Gun". I am looking for a small unit battery operated unit with a strong narrow beam. I have seen other cinematographers in the ASC magazine u

Hi Robert/CML, (Reply moved at moderator request, pasted the rest of the previous messages below) I just had a pair of these on location for a docu-series in Liberia for a little over 2 weeks. One for

Hi Everyone, I'm looking for a one stop shop gaffer with lighting for a commercial I'm shoot on the 9th - 11th of November in Nassau, The Bahamas. Does any one have any leads. Here is the general lamp

Hi CML family, I am shooting a commercial with the phantom Flex 4K at 1000fps in a fashion shoot. I have shot with this camera a few time before but mainly for food shots that didn't need practical la

Hi all, I'm slated to shoot a TV intro sequence coming up where the treatment calls for a "grid of flashbulbs." The effect the director was referencing when creating the treatment is here: https://www

Hey guys I'm gonna be using a couple of China Balls for a shoot coming up. I was wondering if anyone has any opinions, tips, or tricks on them. Also I'm interested to hear about your thoughts on what

Hey All, I'm working on a studio show and looking for a way to soften the look of some of the photo backings. No way to do it with depth of field given the look of the show. I'm thinking about maybe H

Bonjour Seba..and CML readers !! I play as DoP , mostly based in Paris, shooting all over the planet ,,,only with RED SYSTEM !! So will not probably help you in the Alexa field ,,, I have a strong fee

Someone had experience with t-light from hungaro light, 85000w and alexa mini? Gaffer friénd of mine is doing camera tests and the t-light strike does not cover the complete frame. Last time I used th