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Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

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Hi Vincent

I’m k po from HongKong, I’m working in China GuangZhou over 8 years… and start to use DSLR since 2007.I like take photos and would like to join you and learning any about photojournalism ..

wish i can join when you come over to CHINA next time …and share any experience of DSLR and photos stuff

I also have a blog but in chinese word
http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/ozzyorb

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I met David Schloss at a Aperture T1 training at the Apple training center in Boston. David spoke very highly of you. I have been reading Apertures User Network blogs and read your blog. It lead me to your website/blog. Your work and blogs are inspiring. Its very hard for me to get inspired from other photographers. I notice you shoot some Surfing. Heres a link to my website…. Jeffflindt.com, maybe check it out if you have time. thanks, Jeff Aperture Certified Trainer

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I wish whomever designed your web site recognized the number of Linux users who cannot use it due to the arbitrary use of the proprietary Shockwave. Your work is great, your web site is not. It doesn’t map to your reputation and is, in fact, fully unnecessary.
regards,
patrick

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Please learn what copyright on images means. Per the DMCA act (the most aggresive copyright there is), fair use allows people to source the images to you so long as they are reporting news. Please stop with all the “see notes” in your 5D post and just welcome the internet with open arms.

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First thanks a lot for sharing your work on this blog – it’s extremely helpful and inspiring.

I noticed that many of your recent works have the appearance of being photographs taken off models. How do you create this effect? It seems a high/top down POV, narrow focus strip with blurring, and high contrast motives work best. Anything else and any tips on how to recreate this effect in a more simple/low budget way?

Thank you for your thoughts.

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Hey,
I can share a bandwidth.
I have ~600G left until the end of the month I’m willing to share…

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Hi Vincent. I really loved Reverie, awesome photography. One thing I wanted to ask, what WordPress theme are you using? Loved it as well and would like a similar one for my own. Thanks!

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Beautiful man, just beautiful. Congratulations on some very nice work.

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I’m curious about a technical aspect of this amazing project (no not the camera).
In the cobblestone street why is there a break in the track near where the woman in red is standing?
Ok, saving my pennies to upgrade the original 5D.

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Vincent, I noticed that all of your test shots with the Canon 5D II look slightly soft or out of focus. Do you think that’s because of a problem with the autofocus or of Canon using too strong of an AA filter on the chip?

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Update:
the 3 videos are different: i examined with different applications and they have 3 different fps: one 30, another 25 and the other one 24. I think is a problem into the exif data inside the video.

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OK i have it
is a bug into Quick Time Pro: when QT (and Final Cut) export window is open in the field Frame Rate you MUST set the frame rate, in this case 30 frames, NEVER leave automatic. In automatic QT export the video in the original fps but in the metadata write something wrong, and the player read a bad frame rate and the video looks slow. I exported the clip from the helicopter at the SAME compression (1920×1080 39.21 mps H264 30 fps) and looks great in iMacs and macbooks. No need a supercomputer to work with these videos, the MVI_0706.MOV, the one with the model splashing water, is perfect as is. If the videos are downloaded directly from the CF card, i think this bug writes a wrong metadata into the camera.I think this because the 3 videos have a different frame rate.

marcelo

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hi,
appleinsider is twice in the sidebar… sorry to be nitpicky 😉
keep up the blog, appreciated!

thomas

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Good morning, Vince Laforet ……..

Great article. Very exciting and looking forward to your video. Please include me in your release.

Thank you for being on the leading edge. I have been waiting on this for some time.

Jim Evans

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Your.Work.Is.Phenomenal.

…in case you didn’t know that already 🙂

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G’day, Canon are overrun with views, 1.5 million well done.. How or where can I go to see your film. Cheers Alex

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Hmmm. Why does my comment does not show up at the post about the new home of reverie.

I offered to let my cutter do a soundtrack with apple loops. well, he isn’t a musician for hollywood studios but may help the project.

Sample linked.

bye

Kai

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I am interested in what editing program you used to edit the material from the Canon 5D mk2

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Dear Mr Laforet,

Did you know there is actually a super yacht existing named Reverie?

Wouldn’t it be a nice idea to make a sequel of Reverie on that yacht?

Reverie as seen that summer in Barcelona:

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Hi Vincent,

How does the 5D mark II handle ‘slow motion’?
thanks and love the site…

Simon.

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Hi Vincent,

do you use photo backpacks for some events or occasions? I would think for travelling a trolley is better and on site or on excursions a backpack.

Thinktankphoto have no backpacks with rolls unfortunately.

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Hello Vincent. My name is Andrey. My mothercountry – Russia and I taking photo from highbildings 200m and up to the sky…. So. Yоu take good photos and not ordinary… I think that it’s interesting for you look my works… In example…http://s59.radikal.ru/i165/0811/73/5ddc13bb3da9.jpg Send me a letter . Austerliz2005@yandex.ru

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I am going to Tunisia on Saturday morning. This Canon w High Def (late November) is not out yet so I am getting the Nikon D90… Is that still excellent for this type of high def video? I am creating a short 23 minute film. Please tell me what you think.

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Do you know when Canon is going to release the EOS 5D Mark II?

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Hello Vincent

Ik have a technical question.
What lenses did you use for those aerial shots with the selective focus? For example those with those airplanes on the ground.
Are these canon TS lenses?

Thanks!
Johannes

http://www.abeling.nl

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Vincent ~

Have you seen the new MacBook Pro screen and the 24″ LED Cinema Display? They look spectacular, but I’m worried about the glossy screens. What do you think?

Thom

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Hi Vincent,

I am impressed with your first foray into the video world, ‘Reverie’. As a working DP, I have questions about the 5D/Mk2, which haven’t been answered by the manual PDF or via Canon tech support.
1) Shutter- info on page 125 (bottom) seems to indicate that the shutter in video mode is in fact a rolling shutter, which isn’t all that desirable. And a graph on pg. 126 (top) seems to give further support the notion that the video scanning is via a rolling shutter. Do you have any facts as to how the shutter works in video- mode?
2) Also noted on pg. 126 is a curious caution that the camera heats up under various conditions including video mode. What was your experience when making ‘Reverie’?
3) Did you encounter any situations that resulted in horizontal streaks from bright light sources?
4) As a video camera it also seems that the external audio input is limited to record in AGC (auto gain control), has any one discovered a manual setting for the audio input?
5) Have you or anyone else garnered full video tech specs for the 5d/Mk2.
Thanks for making and sharing “Reverie’, and for any light you can shed on my questions.

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Vincent, since I truly trust your valued opinion, here’s a question on banding noise on the 5D Mark II.

While testing the 5D Mark II, did you experience any banding noise using high iso settings, or banding noise on low iso settings with long shutter speed in dark circumstances? Since this was a problem in the past (and still is apparantly with some copies of 50D and 5D), I’m really curious on the performance of the 5D Mark II. I personally had a lot of problems with banding noise, pretty annoying! With all the banding noise problems, I’m considering switching to Nikon (D700)…

Thanks for your comment.

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I’m shopping for a video camera for documentary filmmaking, but I hate the look of video. The images from the Canon Mark II 5D are incredible. But will it hold up to heavy video use?

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Oh my god! You are flippin amazing! I just bought a Canon 5D MarkII and should be delivered in the next couple days. Best Buy online, hint hint for everyone reading this. Going to the Caribbean Sun to shoot. I am an amateur but I think you are my new idol. Amazing job. Can I come and carry your gear one day 🙂 I live in Oregon and have had devastating flood happen to us the last 2 days. Hope the camera comes soon. You are the bomb!

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Small technical error – “”I travel with a set of 72mm and 77mm filters for my Canon lenses – but you could also buy a step-down adapter to screw on your 77mm filters onto your 72mm ..”. Incorrect. It’s a step-up ring. You start from the size of the lens and adapt to a bigger filter. Step-up and step-down adaptors are not the same thing, nor interchangeable. The threads are in different spots.

Steven

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I have a question, i just got a canon 5d mark II
and i been shooting video just fine, but when it come to zooming there is a lag in the video have you have the same problem ?

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Hi Vincent,
Awesome blog! Don’t know how you get it all done!
Last Wednesday I used my two 5D MkII’s in a 3 camera music video shoot. The third camera was a Sony PMW-EX1. Audio was recorded on two additional devices. One audio recording device was an Edirol R4 Pro. The other audio recording setup was a Tascam USB Interface to a MacBook Pro.

The Sony Camera, Edirol, and Tascam/MacBook Pro devices all synced sound perfectly over the full duration of the shoot (just over 20 minutes). To clarify – once the different sources are sync’d quickly and easily to the slate clap on the waveform at the beginning of the shoot they all stayed perfectly in sync for the rest of the video.

Both Canon cameras audio and video sync’d perfectly to each other but drifted significantly from the other 3 devices even over a 3 minute segment. The is a very serious problem for me and one that introduces significant post-production trouble expense.

This issue was so unexpected that I performed 3 subsequent tests to confirm that the 5D MkII’s run too fast. The results from the test show both of my 5D Mark II run about 14 frames too fast in 10 minutes. Audio that is 1 full frame out of sync is noticeable on sharp sounds causing an echo. Audio that is 2 or 3 frames out of sync looks odd in terms of lip sync.

That the two Canon cameras audio sync’d OK to each other tells me that the cameras can be calibrated to a standard. Evidently they are just calibrated to an incorrect standard.

Anybody else experience this? Does anybody really know if this is likely a chip issue or a firmware issue? Does anyone know an easy reliable way to get the clips to conform to the standard without time-consuming constant tweaking?

Thanks for your help!
Mike

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Are you still going to be looking for an intern in the near future? I saw your posting last month where you spoke about selling prints to pay for the internship. I know a great candidate for that position if you are interested…(not me)

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Vincent,
When are you going to do a follow-up post on your “workflow”?

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Have enjoyed your blog. Great stuff here! 🙂

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I am a current college student that is attending the Art Institute International. I am going for my BA in Photography. Last week in one of my photography classes we watched your first ever video for the Canon 5D Mark II! I really loved the video that you put together. Good song of choice to! You help give beginning photographers and other advanced photographers inspiration!!
I myself am learning about photography back in the early 1800’s when photography first began. I find it very interesting.

Thank you again!

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Dear Mr. Laforet,

My name is Dustin Miller and I was recently introduced to some of your work through a friend and I was blown away by it, especially by your work with the Canon 5D and Reverie. I now anxiously await new posts.

I just want to say that I really enjoy your work and look forward to seeing more in the future. Also, this is a long shot, but I am an aspiring cinematographer and was curious if you ever accept interns.

Thank you for your time, and have a good day.

Dustin L. Miller
University of Missouri Columbia
Strategic Communications Student
Columbia, MO

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What is your technique for making your photos look like miniatures? i.e. the train station, houses, and the planes on the tarmac. Great pics.

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hi,
i’m trying to figure out how you make the images that appear to be miniatures

r

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Good evening. Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
I am from Emirates and learning to write in English, give true I wrote the following sentence: “Search compare for the cheapest airlines tickets book online at yatra.”

Thank 😉 Lionel.

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Vincent,
I recently made a few friends in Canada and they Googled my name and told me about it. I had heard about this but never actually did this until this morning. The picture that you took of me in New Orleans was everywhere. What a great picture. It brought back many memories, some I wish that I could forget. I recently hired someone for my training department and we were speaking about the rescue. He recently retired from the national guard and was present that day. Unlike him, I was not trained for what I witnessed and went through that day. It was something that I thought of every day for several months and it’s etched in my memory for life. Would you know of a way that I can find out where Sara is these days? I hope you and your family are doing well. Take care!

Chad Meaux

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Hi Vincent my name is Steven Reed. I was writing to thank you. You took some photos of me after Katrina and I explained how I had lost my studio and equipment. You had Canon send me a Pro-card. You don’t know the depth on my appreciation. I didn’t know how to thank you. So I’m looking through my Studio Photograhy mag and there you where. So I looked up the site so I could just say Thank you for caring. Steven Reed

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Hi Vincent

Which lens adaptor do you use to mount Nikon lenses on the Canon EOS 5D MKII. We are experiencing the 3 frame drop as writen about in this link… scroll down to the “THE SOLUTIONS” in yellow text.
http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=187&sid=4bae77aa48eb0f58ba21779d1344bde6

Cheers,
William

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How did I get so lucky to be invited to this incredible visual party? The most beautiful photo-jounalism I have ever experienced! Thank you for your work! I feel as though I have been on a visual
healing vacation, so very lucid!

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Great demo clip. Some tracking moves would have been exciting. Check out the VideoSlider at http://www.videoslider.com. Seems like a perfect fit for the Canon 5D.

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Я конечно в этом не особо разбираюсь, но после вашего поста стал гораздо больше понимать. Спасибочки 🙂

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Vincent,

How did you get the mov. files from the 5dMarkII to run soomthly on the time line.Ie., without rendering ?

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Dear Vincent,
You have my respect for your ability. I am lost. How does a person link up the Fostex fr-2le or the Tascam HDP2 recorder to the Canon 5D MK2? There is no time code input or output on the camera and the fostex has no timecode? I called Canon and Tascam and they have no idea. Tascam keeps saying timecode and Canon has no idea what so ever.
Thanks for your reply in advance.

Howard Sheldon

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I am curious about editing the video.
I noticed appleFCP was used.

Does adobe have premiere pro updated.
I understand the format requires heavy duty processors I do edit HD I guess to be specific.
Are there windows and adobe options available adobe

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the video is not working 100% in the front of your website, i really want to see the whole video. It stopped after 50%…. thanx

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I was wondering how you shot the video that shows up when you first enter your site….Someone showed me a video on how it was done…can you please give me thee link to that site

Thank you

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Dear Vincent,

I’m shooting a bunch of Aerial in NYC…. Actually, shooting the Newark Skyline. Long story. Blue Cross Blue Shield. Anyhow, you and I shared a glass of Penfolds at the 3 Ships Cunard thingie – and I remembered about your book. Can you recommend a helicopter pilot/company you like? I’ve been using the BCBS blimp (really no kidding) but it’s a 9 hour flight from Solberg and there’s no head! Let me know, if you have time, who you trust. Peace – and respect, M

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Vincent

You need to change your last name to what it
should be
Laforest or Laforet with a circumflex over the e

regards

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Quick note, can you share the “grip” equipment used on the hood of the car? Trying to duplicate your set-up for a video we are doing, I did look on your blog & posts? AND can you share how you took the shot out of the helicopter, was that hand held or with some type of stabilizer set-up. My two questions, thank you in advance. Rusty

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Awesome video, taken by the camera 5dmark2.
Vincent, you have done a great work!
Thanks

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Dear Vincent,

Could you please inform me how to enroll to your NYC workshop (22-24 October)? What are the rates? Thank you!

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Dear Vincent,

Which external mic do you recommend for the 5D Mark II? Thanks.

Cheers,

Chris

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Hi Vincent.
Your blog is new to me and I have to say its a damn fine read and visual feast.

Speaking of the visual arts…I have put together some of my images into a wee you tube video…..thought you might like a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtFk67HnUd4&feature=player_embedded#

Best Regards.
Edd

http://www.carlilephotography.com

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Im not sure if this person has any relation to you or anything, but they’re posting stills from Reverie. I dont think theyre claiming them as their own, but still.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zechslin/2882574568/

Just thought you should atleast know.

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Saw that your event with Bedfords in Little Rock was postponed. I was looking forward to listening to you. Hope that all is well.

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Hi Vincent,

Its always a pleasure following your blog. I live in Dumbo, 2 blocks from where you shot Reverie and next week I am getting my Canon 7D.
I have a quick question:

I would love to get the 5D MII with the full frame sensor but I fear that the usability of the 7D is superior. Do you agree?

Also, B&H offers 3 options:

1) body only for $1699
2) body + 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens for $1899
3) body + Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS for $2129

Which option would you recommend?

Thank you so much.

GC

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Hi Vincent,
I´ve been following your site and blog since you put on it “reverie”. Like many others,I´m fascinated by the video-possibilities of the 5D Mk II and 7D. I would like to use one just for documentation purposes, so the issues of “aliasing” and “rolling shutter” should not be the big issue for me. But, for my interest and general information for many others, what do you think about these two problems in general, see also here:
http://www.dvxuser.com/articles/article.php/20
Do they affect alot your everyday work in the field of HDDSLR?
Thanks alot and greetings from Germany!
Gerald

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Hi Vincent,

I’m wondering do you carry around backup pairs of eye glasses in case the one you use meets some unfortunate fate?

I know everyone should be carrying backup gear to make sure a shoot does not fail from technical difficulties but I just never considered eye glasses till now.

Weiyang

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hey vincent
i love your work, and i vould like to know where i can download one of yr picture (the beach) in super hight quality for extend it for my home.(i can buy it, but i m not rich)
thanks for everyhing

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Hi Mr Laforêt,

I’m a french student and i really like your work. Since i saw “REVERIE” i intend to change my hardware and to buy the 7D or the 5D (for video use only). It’s the purpose of my question, should i pay more for the 5D better sensitivity? In other words is the difference so big in video?

Thanks for your answer.

Robin

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Hi Vincent,
I’m a big fan of your work. I use to work as a photojournalist in a town outside of Chicago. So photography is my first love of course. I’m an MFA student and I’m taking a Contemporary Graduate Class and I would love to do my final research paper on you. Is that okay and where can I get the most information about you. Also would have time for a quick phone interview? If you don’t contact me right away no big deal because I just started my first week of class and have the whole quarter to work on this project. I’m going to google you and get the ball rolling on my research.
Thanks for your time,
Paul

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What rod set up are you using in the video “the story behind the still” at about :23 seconds in. It looks like it mounts via the Hot Shoe and has 15mm rods off the top of the camera. This looks like the exact piece of gear I’ve been looking for.

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yYou videos are Superb Ihave tried to enter my video on your Caon contest but it was impossible Iwould like you to see it its on Vilmo Paul A Villeneuve

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a quoi sert un blog si personne se donne la peine de repondre aux questions posées?
merci de votre acceuil cher monsieur laforet
desormé mon regard sur vos photographies sera different

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Hi Vincent,

You are a really talented film maker. Some people says, that i’m a talented composer. So for instance, I suggest you to create original soundtracks for your short films, for no money at all. Tell me if you’re sensitive to this idea. Your next short film, I will compose you the music. If we work toguether, please give me on 10 words your feeling about what you’re waiting for…

best regards Christian (Paris-France)

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I am in love with your photographs… they are heartbreakingly, dizzyingly beautiful and stirring in a way that only happens in the presence of angels, demons, passion and art. I would LOVE to pass along nuggets from your blog, your heart-stopping photography, any, all, whatever of the above … if only you were on Twitter. Would you consider it?

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Hey!

I take crappy pictures, and pretty much know nothing about photgraphy…however I’m travelling this to many interesting parts of the world, and I want to invest in a camera that takes amazing shots, and less than 1000 dollars US…any suggestions????

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Vincent!
I saw your work on youtube.
i was impressed Digi looks great!
I’m currently running a personal image production i want to exchange information about film.
my adress is (noyor88@naver.com)
best regards.

-junghwanpark

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Hello Mr. Laforet,

My name is Matt Johns.

I’ve sent an e-mail to you directly, but figured more platforms are better….

I’m a senior at Michigan State University. A Journalism Major, Environmental and Doc Films Minor, and had a few questions.

The questions are related to a study abroad trip to the Philippines and an internship while I’m there.

I’m going to be creating a documentary film highlighting pristine rain forest in hopes to get the land protected.

Once protected, the developing island nation could then promote it’s Eco-Tourism industry to stimulate economic growth.

In an attempt to stay concise, I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you view the e-mail for further details.

Thanks for your time and inspiration!

Matt Johns

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If you buy one canon tilt shit what would you buy?

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Hello Vincent, My name is Pierre Deschamps, I am a film director, DP and editor, working mostly the with 5D Mark II. I have been following what you do since day one, well done. I’d like to introduce myself and show you what I do. Here is a link of my latest short doc made with 5D Mark II, in case you need some help on a project. Kind regards. Pierre. http://www.pierredeschamp.com/category/films/awarded-films

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Hi,

I just ordered the 5D Mark II to create Ads for my design company. I’m wondering if I should send it back and get two of the much cheaper T2i. Is the 5D that much of a higher quality are there any significant disadvantages to the T2i compared to the 5D?

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Vincent – I’ve enjoyed you and admired your work for many years, since I started reading articles about you. I hope your fascination with motion capture passes soon – I think you’ve been seduced by the technology. You’ve always seemed fascinated by the latest technology, but it really came become a distraction for those in position (like you) to take full advantage of it regardless of expense.

I hope you return soon to your single image work (‘still’ photography). That’s where you will create lasting work. I don’t see why you care about 30 second car commercials, etc. etc.

As far as motion capture, I’m still waiting for the emergence of another Stanley Kubrick – there is so much mediocrity out there now, and I think that’s partly due to how easy and cheap the technology has become.

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Hi Vincent,

I had the opportunity to get a tour of Panavision’s 3D rig yesterday.

It might be of interest to you: http://www.josemarianorton.blogspot.com

Take care!

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Hi Vincent,

Have you ever heard of any licensing and/or legal problems using the 5D MKII for commercial projects?

My question is prompted by a recent conversation I had with a commercial DP who said that the season finale of FOX’s HOUSE was shot using the 5D MKII and that they encountered some sort of a legal/licensing problem with The CODEC H.264. I understand the FOX has run into some sort of an issue over this matter.

I have discovered several articles on this subject and it would appear that even Canon states in their 5D manual that the camera can only be used for “personal use and non-commercial” purposes. Seems that a company called MPEG-LA holds the licensing rights to the H.264 and can demand payment for commercial products made with the Canon’s 5D.

If this is in fact the case, then all the excitement over the 5D is for nothing, unless the shooter has deep pockets to pay MPEH-LA’s licensing fees for commercial work shot on this camera.

Have you encountered any such problem or heard anything of this subject.

Regards
Bruce

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You said in one of your posts you wanted to use your IPad as a monitor, the AirDisplay app has complications but if you feed the camera to your mac you can then wifi stream to the ipad and walk around with it. It’s more of an Android open source around way of getting it done but you could use it.

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Hi,
I just bought your DSLR Slate. I filled in from ISO speed to DP name. When I select “open slate” it closes down. Also, the Reset button has no effect.
Please help
Frank Feran

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Vincent, A quick question about the portfolio shot of the guy doing acrobatics in the red plane with NYC in the background. How was the camera mounted, or was the background photoshopped?

Know you’e busy, thanks for you time. Love your work and what you write about the 5D MKII.

Phil

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Hello Vincent,

I’d like to know your take on what’s a good monitor to use for the 5DmkII. What are the pros and cons of some of them? (ex: Marshall LCD70XP, Small HD DP1x or the new DPSLR, etc)

I crave your opinion

Cheers,
Mike

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Hi,

I know you’ve been noting the difficulty in focusing the HDDSLRs and thought you might find this of interest. I have no affiliation with them but thought of you when I saw this…

P.S. I wish I had your life… =)

Sam

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Hey Vincent, I am about to shoot some 1D4 video in a low light outdoor situation. I am using 1.8 canon primes, what else can I do to get the best pic quality out of the camera? Thanks.

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Hi,
I read your book “Ultimate Field Guide To Photography” and took several of the advices to produce these video. Photos were taken in several national parks and the Bay Island Honduras, would you please take a look and give me your valuable comments.

I´ll be honer to have you as subscriber on my youtube channel.

Best Regards,

David Abraham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E2lPSnGgT0

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Just wanted to ask, what type of video database software are you using? I have a tons of my own clips and would like to index them with keywords.Thanky you. marek

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Hi Vincent,

I live in Barcelona. I’d like to help you to scouting out the arrow.
Please let me know when you are going to shot in Barcelona.
I’m a camera and video editor. I took some courses with Stu
as a teacher. So this is how I know about your work.:)
Very interesting visuals indeed.

Best wishes,
Paco

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Hi Vincent, I found your post ‘SOMTIMES LOW TECH IS GOOD ENOUGH’ really handy! It inspired me to put an idea I had awhile ago into practice! A car jack and a Dslr to create a mini Riser/lifter/jib… very crude but I hope you get the idea.
Thanks for sharing your work its inspiring and positive.

http://www.vimeo.com/17096490

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Vincent the audio was lost on your BHTS of “Famous Footware” what gives agreat track

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Hi

Have just been reading this blog after finding you in a book about the DSLR cameras. Have a look at my short potrait piece I did after unwrapping my new Canon Rebel DSLR.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI3hVXQPS9E

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I organize seminars in Russia, if your interested in giving your seminar then contact me on my private email nvn5000@hotmail.com. Vitaly

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tu es devenu une grande star, super travail ;suis fier de toi
just

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Wanted to share this video about Bhangra dancing that we shot with a 5d Mark II and a 45mm tilt-shift lens.

Would love to know what you think about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ui2GOdZ9g

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Hey Vincent,

Wanted to reach out to you and see if you would be interested in coming on My new show 1 Hour Photo on Armadafm.com, 1 Hour Photo is a live radio show that talks about everything photography. From beginners to professionals.

We had the pleasure of having Melissa Rodwell today and she was great. Would love to have you, I am a big fan of your work and fellow Canon shooter 🙂 Well hope to hear from you and if have any questions feel free to contact me.

Anderson

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@anoud,

I’d like to come also.
ajsproductions@comcast.net

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Vince I love your philosophy and your interview with Chase. You really hit all the high points.

I know you get this a lot but I would welcome anyone’s feedback on if I hit the mark with this little project.

Thanks,

Lee
http://exposureroom.com/suburbansummer/

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Hello, Vincent!
I want to ask your advice, I’ve got a canon 5d Mark II, I want to buy an external monitor for it. I’ve decided to buy the Marshall-LCD50-HDMI. Could you tell me if it has the same function as the Marshall V-LCD70XP-HDMIPT? (It also has been updated to correctly interpret the camera’s output signal during record mode, and adjusts the image to fill the monitor screen. )

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Hello Vincent,

Disheartened by you opinions of the Panasonic AF100. Particularly since I am considering the camera for a feature this summer.

For you tests, did you use the camera’s AVCHD codec, or did you record to an external drive. For our purposes we are considering the AF100, and recording in ProRes 442 HQ to an Atomos Ninja.

I wonder how that setup would compare to a Canon 60D and transcoding to ProRes on ingestion.

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hey vincent

who did the 7.5mm FD to canon EF mount adapting ?

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Hi vincent

I love Your work and style, and appreciate the way u share your great knowledge , I keep Follow your Work and tips

Last week I Won A competition in Israel For “Best Director” Category in Clipetition Competition For Music Videos

Here a link: http://vimeo.com/26773994

Its A Portraits project that im working on for the last year and a half That Came out As A song so far – “Adonim” – Shirly Kones

It Will Be great if u will See it

Thank u so much

Alon Segal

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Hey Vincent,
I just saw your video Epic #338 and I was curious about captured resolution versus delivered resolution.

Shooting with an Epic and delivering to blu-ray or vimeo at 1080p, will you get a better image shooting at 5K instead of 1080p, or since it’s being compressed to 1080p, or will you get the same image quality shooting at 1080p?

Thanks in advance for your response,
Jacob

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Fantastic work. Please contact me if you ever need a composer.

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I remember seeing you about a year and a half ago at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. From what one of my professors said, you were shooting a video for the USAA QL+ with John Monet.

At the time I was in welding and you had walked into our lab. I was about 10 feet from you and thought, “Nah, this can’t be him. What are the odds.” Clearly I was wrong. Shocking, none of my other classmates had any idea of who they were standing by. When I told my photographer friends, they all didn’t believe me. Clearly, they were wrong.

Amazing work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yqd3N3pBwcQ

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Hello Vincent.

We are setting up a new community page (non commercial, no banners) at http://www.scarleteer.com for future Red Scarlet owners/users. I’d be much obliged if you can find the time to visit and have a look. Any input, suggestions, help is very much welcomed.

Thanks and regards,

Martin Beek

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Vincent,

As a filmmaker about to shoot his first film; your blog has been immensely helpful. Not only are you pushing the limits of what can be done with digital film, you graciously share the results of your research and hard work with the rest of us. You’re an inspiration and an innovator. You writings have turned me in the right direction about what camera and lenses to use, as well as what accessories to build my rig with. I see many people on this page telling you to “keep up the good work”. But that just doesn’t say enough, you’re work isn’t good, it’s bloody fantastic. My deepest thanks. I hope we can work together someday.

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Oh, another few questions:

What was your life place like?

What genre would you consider your photography to fall in?

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Love your work Vincent. I am making the transition from photographer to film, although photography will always be part of what I do.
Can you suggest any recognized outreach courses or diploma programs for film or even for video editing with Premier Pro?
Something comprehensive.

Thanks

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Hi Vincent,

Is there any information on when will you accept screenplay submissions again?

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Hello Vincent,

Just wondering what is the fastest way to import 200 gb of 7d footage on to fcp without having to convert everything and multiplying the 200gb to almost 1 TB. I know how to use mpeg streamclip but is there any other or faster way?

Thanks !

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Hi Vincent. I saw you give a demo of the C300 at Samys last month. It really impressed me that the camera can be used handheld and be fairly stable.

I come from a stills background (5D2) and love street photography, and having a shoulder rig to keep steady is sometimes really slow and cumbersome. Moving from the 5D2 to possibly a C300 seems like an attractive option for on the go run and gun shooting. Do you have any suggestions on that?

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@all
is any one tell me how to photoshoot on computer without using wire between camera and computer

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@Vincent Laforet,
tahnks again

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I love your blog but I’m having some trouble i was hoping you can help me with, i currently have a 60d but am upgrading to a 5d my sigma 10-20 and my pro optic 8mm won’t work due to awful vignetting!!! what do i do?! on my 60 there is no vig. what lenses are there that can give me a really wide shot (i film skateboarding and snowboarding,skiing,bmx and short’s) so for my action sport videos my lenses need to be really wide and with no vignetting. can you recommend some lenses for me? thanks!

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Hi . im very confused for this question
I tested 7d & 550d side by side. but i think 7d gives better result in dynamic range.
is this true?
both of them was technicolor cinestyle picture style. iso 160(550 with ml) f5.6 . shutter speed 50.

even when i looked for other user tests 7d is better than 550d in filmlooks grading and feature shots
I just think it?

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I am now using the 5D3… can you tell me if the setup for the picture profile presets that you recommended for the 5D2 and 7D… are the same for the 5D3??? obvioulsy the sharpness should be turned right down as low as it would go… but what about contrast and saturation????? what do you recommend????

many thanks

Daniel

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Hey Vincent,

Do you happen to know anything about the new Rokinon Brand Lenses? Particularly, the Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 Wide Angle Lens and 85mm f1/4. They are getting great reviews and the price is very reasonable on Amazon because they are Manually focusing lenses. Some are saying the glass compares to Canon L series.

Thanks!
Keith Brown

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Hi Vincent,

I would love some information about using different formats and editing them together. I cant really find a solid answer on this. What i plan to do would use 1080p 60fps for smoother slower play back but that would be a rented camera, my camera only shoots 1080 in 30fps. would this affect anything?

Another thing i was wondering, if i had 720 footage that i wanted to include with 1080 footage, would it affect the quality that bad?

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Vincent, as always love your site.

But you probably heard of the developing situation with Litepanels (CML) and their parent corporation Vitec in London and their universal patent claim for LED and the legal actions against United States companies developing LED lights

I’m thinking of putting together a video presentation of this problem for the ASC and Local 600 executive board meeting coming up.

Best,

Peter Jensen

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I’m torn, I see your list of cameras. I am looking to shoot my first feature film. I noticed you put the C100 down. You would choose it over the Blackmagic Cinema Camera ? I know the weaknesses of the BMCC. I guess I’ve yet to see C100 footage that looks filmic – like Mobius. I know it sounds uneducated what I’m saying, but I’m curious if you are shooting a short film like you did with Mobius but on the C100? I’d like to see the it. If not any clips that show me the filmic look of the C100? I’ve seen that it looks great for Weddings, live events, docs, commercials, but a movie? Not yet

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Hey Vincent-

I am in pre-preduction stage of a short film I am working on. I am interested to know how does the Epic handle the heat / humidity and the cold? I am traveling and will be dealing with both climates. Also wanted to puck your brain on layering?

Thanks,
Matt

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Hi Vincent,

Would lens you recommend between this:
The Carl Zeiss CP.2 or the Canon Cinema Lens CN? This first purchase could be the best choice a 50mm?

Thank you, crack (Could be translated like “you’re the boss” in Spanish!)

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Hello,
I watched with great pleasure your beautiful film on the Vimeo website “Beymond the Still.”
This summer, for the first time, I intend to organize a demonstration around the short film and would love to plan your work.
This is why I ask you today, permission to broadcast freely and publicly movie.
There is no competition, the show is free.
Our program is the culmination of research and results in an invitation to professional filmmakers or not.
From fiction docu-drama, “The Night of the Short Film in Haute-Provence” offers a look at the films and explore the world of original writing and staging forms. The program is a way to present attractive opportunities for dialogue and discussion with the filmmakers, spectators and local personalities.
For more information, visit our website: http://nuitducourt.blogspot.fr/
With your participation, with my sincere thanks.
Jean-Marie, Film Country

Google translation

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Hey Vincent!

I attended your DSLR film making class two years ago in Vegas, it was awesome.

I just finished an aerial video of BODIE, CA using the DJI Phantom, thought you might be interested!

http://vimeo.com/71185761

Much love,
-Aaron

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Hi Vincent, I just purchased a Movi M15, and was wondering how you power the follow focus, and where/how you mount the battery.

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Vincent that opening shot in Mobius, what did you use to get that sweeping shot?

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Woow that was strange. I just wrote ann incredibly long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear.

Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.

Regardless, just wanted to say superb blog!

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Hi, Vincent
Your Blog is Interesting & Informative

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Dear Sir,

we are small group of students from Czech republic from Brno University of Technology working on a student project which deals with a proposal of a new time-lapse controller.

We are doing a survey about equipment which photographers use for their time-lapse projects deployment. Subsequently we will try to propose a time-lapse controller based on photographers requirements.

It would be very helping for us if you fill the questionnaire below:

http://www.survio.com/survey/d/S2Q7E9E3Y2Q6R4C7U

Thank you for the whole our team. If you are interested in fill the email address at the bottom of questionnaire.

Kind regards,

Josef Hajek

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I have just finished cutting the preliminary trailer for an indie feature (political thriller) I have written, and am directing and producing. It’s being shot almost entirely on the Canon C300 with a little 5D Mark III for good measure. Please check out the trailer, I’m pretty excited to be able to give you the first look. Thanks!
http://vimeo.com/79152079

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Bonjour,

bravo encore pour vos superbes réalisations. Elephorm serait ravi de pouvoir travailler sur un nouveau tutoriel vidéo avec vous en Français ou Anglais (nouveau lancement en Californie).
Comment vous joindre ?.

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Hi love I the gear page, but I found the software page is not working

https://blog.vincentlaforet.com/media/software/%20%E2%80%8E

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Have you ever ran the shuttlepod inverted on the KC-12 while the KC-12 is operating as a crane but locked in a vertical position with the brake? I’m looking to see if this is a good option to get shuttle pod shots where I cannot support the track on both ends. All I can find online with the original shuttle pod is people using the KC-12 as track but off tripod. Thank you,

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ello Vincent I am a regular visitor tu your blog, and once in a while you
have been of great help answering questions (once, you even tested out the
fit of a macbook pro 17 inch inside the sleeve of a petrol cam n go, which
I considered very cool, as you obviously didn’t have to go through the
trouble). You also checked out an ice cream commercial shot against green
screen on the 5D mark III

Anyways, I just wanted to show you my new reel. I don’t want you to see it
for any commercial reason, just to let you know that I have kept working,
and see you as an amazing role model.

Hope you have the time to see it.

https://vimeo.com/88606159

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Tried to email you and bounced back, interested in discussing possible involvement with a film I am working on. Thanks you

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Mr. Laforet,

Hi, I am a student at the University of North Texas and paid $6500+ this past semester in tuition, however, I just learned about 200% more than I did this past semester by watching your tutorials on youtube…which is great. The past two summers I gone to work at Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, both places have given me the oportunity to enhance my skills greatly. This summer I am in Yosemite NP and would like to spend the rest of it learning and working time lapse.

I have done a few that turned out ok facing over the mountains with clouds, shadows, and trees. However, I am having trouble on getting my camera set up for seeing up a photograph facing the sun in the early morning for a sunrise or a sunset. Can you help me on that part with the settings for facing the sun?

Much appreciated,
Kellan Jones

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Sharing two stunning short-form pieces produced in Melbourne. For your consideration to like and/or share…

http://eepurl.com/Yr6Kf

Thanks much,
Brian

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Sorry if this is redundant, but I can’t tell if you got the link to the webpage. So I’m going to re-post.

stacie-goodloe.fineartamerica.com

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Hi Vincent

I saw your article about GoPro and though you might be interested in Jolt wireless charger for GoPro we just launched on Kickstarter. Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1702705519/jolt-worlds-first-wireless-charger-for-gopro-camer

The project was inspired by our own experience and comments from the GoPro community about the difficulty of charging our GoPro cameras. We wanted to remove this major pain point and created a charger that would enhance the GoPro’s User experience.

It would be great if you could help us spread the world!

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Hello,

My name is Nicholas Piatnik, I am a DP in the LA area and am currently trying to track down a Red (preferably epic) that has already been converted for color-IR and available to rent. I found your video while researching and found it very inspiring. I want to use color IR for a project I am shooting but am having a hard time finding an available camera. Any leads would be GREATLY appreciated at this point. Again great video!

Thanks,

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Awesome site and awesome work. Your tutorials and co. have been extremely useful. Particularly dig the DSLR work shot at night, using street lights and such. I copied your style completely (you know, ‘good artists copy, great artists steal’, and so on) and made a 90 second film noir. Dark comedy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGZT4c3rnbU&list=UU43N9ibw5cD5JxD5KOo4Mrg
This little film is, in a way, your digital progeny!

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Hi Vince
I’ve got a Canon 6D after many years of stills work with 1Ds in all their various models. I have started to do some video with it so was delighted to see your recommended gear pages. Problem is I havee bought a MVH502AH video head which has a flat base to go on my 055 tripod.

I see that your recommended legs 546B has a built-in 75mm bowl – does this mean my head won’t fit it as it has a flat base? If so, how come you recommend a flat head with a bowl tripod?

Thanks!
Spike

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Hi Vincent,

still flabbergasted with the Gotham 7.5K series here. Any chance we could stay in touch through e-mail or Skype? I take it you’re a very busy man, but I would just love to bring this magnificent series to an exhibition in Europe.

All the best,
Rudolf

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Dear Mr. Laforet,
Is there a pro software which is capabale of converting m2ts 50p videos to true smooth 24p? As I have a footage which I previously shot in 50p and I would like to convert and add it to my current Adobe Premiere project (Nikon mov files shot in 24p)
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Ashraf

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Hi Vincent – Looking for a way to bring my Aperture database over to Lightroom- No adjustments is a deal breaker. Seem like neither Apple or Adobe are interested in making it possible – A third Party. What are you doing with your database? Maybe someone could write an app to bring it over like 7 to x was for Final Cut. How hard can it be? maybe 20 major adjustments can’t take too long to figure out the graph. The rest can be labelled not able to do in searchable comments when it is transferred mentioning which adjustment wasn’t made — so at least we can work on those over time, but most photos in most people libraries only use the major 20 adjustments if that.

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Yesterday I have found your interesting site
where I found a lot of interesting articles.

I think you realize that in our time it is necessary that information were written
in different languages (professional translators), so that more people
understand you.

English is not my native language, but I can for free translate some
of your articles to Russian, Spain or German languages. To help me in my
project I would only asked you to make a link to my site, I was just
doing his creation, where everyone can read your articles.
Thanks for your attention!

Example of my translations
http://science-lakes.com/

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Has anyone got the C100 to record 23.98 with the Ki Pro Mini? Canon and AJA have provided tech support but nothing is working. Firmware is updated on both and we’ve watch the Canon video on YouTube but still we get 29.97 only. Any help is much appreciated.

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Dear Mr Laforet,

I wanted to thank you for the inspiration you gave me!

You did a video with “DigitalRev” (Cheap Camera Challenge) and in this video you talk about patience and repeating patterns.
I watched this video when I started to make photos and your words led me to some of my best shots.

Especially this one:
https://500px.com/photo/73176073/archaeopter-x-by-ludwig-zweifel?from=user

Please know that you helped me to become a better Photographer.

My sincerest Gratitude

Ludwig Zweifel

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Send mailing address if you would like a sample for review.

Thanks
Tom Altman

The Sony A7S camera is one of the best video cameras in the market. And the Sony A6000 camera is one of the best crop sensor hybrid cameras. But it is not easy to use their video feature. The video record button is too small, awkwardly placed and slightly recessed. This makes it very difficult to activate without much searching and fumbling around. It sometimes requires removing your eyes from the viewfinder to even locate the button. All this searching and fumbling around can cause shaky footage or missing the action all together.
This is why we created the Cineasy Touch Button Enhancement. This device, for the Sony Alpha line of mirrorless cameras will help your camera to capture video just as easily as it does still images. The Cineasy Touch installs in just minutes and is very intuitive and extremely responsive. It provides a larger point of contact which can easily be found without removing your eye from the view finder.
It simply attaches to the neck strap eyelet nearest the video button with the included screw. You will no longer have to concentrate on finding the record button. You will be free to concentrate on film making. You will love it so much you will never remove it from your camera. Please follow the links below for purchase options. Thank you.
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Bonjour Vincent
Je suis l amie de valérie ,nous nous sommes rencontrés au mariage d Alex ,je viens d arriver à New York et repars samedi 6 juin, avec mon ami Philippe nous avons particulièrement apprécié ton travail et aurions souhaite savoir si tu avais une galerie sur New York, le tel de Philippe est 0033680450690 ,
Bien cordialement
Virginie

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Embrace Cinema launches Sitara, a feature-laden, state-of-the-art wireless remote follow focus system at a market-disrupting price

Now everyone can afford to up the ante on their filmmaking

New Delhi, India, June 17, 2015 – Embrace Cinema Gear has announced the launch of the Sitara, a revolutionary wireless remote follow focus (WRFF) system poised to become the new standard for remote follow focuses worldwide. Fast, intuitive and chock-full of unique features, it sets a new industry standard for quality, value and price.

Tested under grueling real life conditions, the Sitara WRFF enjoys various advantages over competitors. Most of its features are not available in other commercial versions of WRFF systems, even the most expensive ones, and certainly not at the Sitara’s price. With a 200+ meter range and rapid response time, the Sitara includes:

• A highly sensitive dial that divides each full revolution into 3,200 steps or 0.1125 of a degree
• Multiple, full 360-degree turns
• A calibrated reading of distance when you pull focus based on 50+ measurement points uploaded to its transmitter
• Community data sharing of the 50+ measurement points across various lenses to save time and effort
• Data storage of 30+ camera lenses at any one time
• Manual settings of end limits for higher accuracy as compared to automatic calibration systems, thus preventing lens damage and deterioration
• Programmable end limits that overcome the lack of hard stops, thus avoiding overshooting focus range
• Multiple speed control settings for high accuracy of lenses with small throws and fast response for lenses with large throws
• Direction correction control to control direction of minimum focus to infinity throw, both clockwise and counter-clockwise
• Real-time battery life and voltage levels display, and automatic alerts, to indicate when to change batteries on either the Transmitter or Receiver
• A focus dial that can be turned and locked at any point on a 180-degree axis for versatile handling

In addition to the Sitara, suitable for all DSLR lenses, the Sitara Plus is the professional version which caters to cinema professionals and rental houses. It has all the features of the Sitara but can be used on both cinema lenses and DSLR lenses. The Sitara Plus offers various high-speed options that allow users to achieve the entire travel between the point of minimum focus and infinity with just a single turn of the dial.

A Sitara Zoom, which will allow for controlling two different aspects of a lens wirelessly is also currently under development.

The Sitara will be shipped by September 2015, pending the successful outcome of a Kickstarter campaign launching on June 16. For more details on the product, see https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1569945514/sitara-wireless-remote-follow-focus-system

Owned and operated by a passionate team of active filmmakers and skilled craftsmen, Embrace Cinema is a Delhi-based company that recognizes that there’s an unmet demand for quality motion picture products and accessories at an affordable price. With over 300 feature films using its equipment, Embrace brings a record of innovation to more than 120 unique products sold to customers around the world.

Media contact:
Nakul Sood
Embrace Cinema Gear
nakul610@gmail.com
+91 9868285855
http://www.embracecinema.com

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Hello Vincent,

I hope this message finds you well.

My Name is Barak, and I’m a filmmaker from Israel.
As a filmmaker and as a viewer I feel there is a big absence of
movies discussing mind and consciousness. These two
elements are so important for our lives, yet we know so little
about them, and hardly ever see them been explored on the
big screen.

In the past few months my wonderful team and I are working to
change that. With the help of Hollywood actor Jsu Garcia We started producing a short film exploring mind and consciousness. I think it is not only desirable but indeed necessary to see movies about mind and consciousness. Here is the teaser.
I approach you because I feel that we both aspire to see bold
cinema exploring uncharted territory. And this is how we see
our movie, iSyndrome.

Our project is now on Indiegogo for crowdfunding. If you would find
it relevant and support worthy it will help us a lot if you would share
it and spread the word among your many followers. And of course that we would be happy to support in any way we can; we can interview about consciousness and cinema, Israeli cinema, and so on. If you have something in mind please do offer.

Please let me know what think.

Here is the link to our campaign:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/isyndrome-short-film/x/8774457#/story

Thank you very much!
Barak Shavit

* a bit about myself:
I love consciousness:) practice meditation.
I produced the award winning feature film “It’s never too late”, the short “F is for Falling” for the ABC’s of Death2 by Magnolia Pictures, was fortunate to work on other interesting projects. One of the owners at Blue-Monkeys.com

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Dear Shane Hurlbut,
At last I’m asking you the question because I hope it’s the last place where I can get answer.
I search a lot for the answer on net but I have not got answer which make me confident.
Thanks in advance.
For example, I’m shooting on a DSLR whose native ISO is 800. I ve to shoot a horror scene (contrasty and having many dark regions in it).
If I shoot on native ISO with the dark regions of scene totally unlit (pitch black), will there be noise in the dark unlit regions? will I have to crush black in post production?
Or should I light a bit (Hum light, Base light) to these wanted dark regions and crush in the post? (lose of Dynamic Range?)
Or should I use lower ISO than native ISO? (loss of DYNAMIC RANGE?)

Thanks in advance for the help,
Umesh Patel

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Share With Me Your Brightest Colors Film

Press Release

FOR RELEASE: July 17 2015

Media Contact: Juan Diego Escobar, juandiegoescobarcine@gmail.com

Share with Me Your Brightest Colors is a film made by the heart and told by the soul with aims to heal the viewer’s emotional wounds as the main purpose of this film is to be therapeutic. We wish to mend emotional tears and to offer a new perspective on what it’s like to be human. I am so happy to say that we are almost done with production but we need your help to finish crafting this whole idea and concept.

Director Juan Diego Escobar has managed to create a whole new concept in filmmaking. It’s what we like to call therapeutic film. Juan started this story in Colombia, a country where violence and prostitution run rampant and where the arts are not a part of everyday life. With all of this staked against him he created and finished his first feature and is now working on his second one which is impressive hailing from this land driven often by hatred.

The story of this film called “Share With Me Your Brightest Colors” is told by a conflicted girl who goes on a personal journey to find herself. But what she finds along the way is that there is light and darkness to us all. Both of which are a natural part of being human but only one is comforting to know about. In order to become comfortable with herself and her life she must accept that life consuming, murderous duality is part of being human. In order to finish telling this story we are crowdfunding this heartfelt masterpiece. With this film we invite the viewer into thinking about life with the attempt to heal emotional wounds through the questioning of ethics and life itself. The kind of things that make us think, every day impulses that drive us towards positivity and becoming a better human being.

We are looking forward to finishing this production. When do we need your help? Even though now may be too late all we can ask for is as soon as possible. So please find it in your heart to help fund this brilliant piece of poetic storytelling.

For more information please visit our IndieGoGo campaign at igg.me/at/sharewithmefilm

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WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW YOU WORK WITH OTHER FILM MAKERS AM FROM EAST AFRICA KENYA.

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You mentioned uploading to cloud in your great workflow post. What service do you use to upload and automatically download to the G-Tech Studio XL’s?

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I wanted to give you the scoop about our new technology called ReelSteady.

We’re sure that your readers would be super-interested in this.

It’s a completely new approach to video stabilization that allows you to stabilize GOPRO video for the first time ever!

Have a look at our video. It’s just as entertaining as it is informative. Complete with base jumpers and drone races! https://vimeo.com/136663915

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Hey,

I’m interested in buying some advertising space on vincentlaforet.com. I found it while doing some research for sites that would be a good fit for my clients.

If this is a partnership that you’d be interested in, then please let me know and we can take things from there.

Regards,

Abigail

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I don’t know if you remember me …(NYT) Was
thrilled to see the piece on CBS-TV Sunday morning … Congratulations!

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Dear Vincent Laforet,

My name is Emma Nyquist and I am in the TAG (Talented and Gifted) program at my school. One of my interests is photography, so I thought it would be interesting to contact you and ask you a few questions.

As a child what inspired you the most to become a photographer? How did you make the decision to go up into the sky and take photos of the area below? In your opinion what is the most inspiring photo you have taken?

Thank you for reading and/or replying to my message. I would appreciate it if you would respond so that I could share it with my class.

-Emma Nyquist

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Hi Vincent, Im sure you’re pretty busy and you may not assist me but if I don’t ask the answer will always be No. Im just about to embark on a night shoot over Belfast. Its it dullest place at night ever. Any ways Im shooting on the 5dMkIII with the 16-35/ 70-200 and 50 – 85 primes. Any advice on manual setting would be appreciated. It will be mounted to the kenyon K6 stab. Im sure there are others how would appreciate the help as well

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Hi Bobbie – I am in Denver and I have the same question. I have not received my book either and ordered it on November 18 as a Christmas present!

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Ordered NY lithograph on November 21, email response said shipping starts December 3 and I’d get an email with my ship info. No contact, no answer to any calls or emails I’ve sent but my credit card was billed! I need to know when and if my order will be filled! Feeling very frustrated and annoyed!

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We ordered Air in early November from your website and have received a receipt with Order #1121 assigned to this order. It also states that the book would be shipped in 2-8 days. It is over a month since we received our receipt/order confirmation, but we have NOT yet received the book. This is for a Christmas gift and it is important to us that we receive it soon. I have tried to contact PSGwire.com, but have received no response. Can you help us. Thank you.

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I would like to comment on people that phone in with there theory on life fter death. I have proof that people leave there bodies as a spirit and people like me who are psychic can see them and they carry on with there life as they did before, my friend came to me in the second hand shop with her dog in a bag under her arm and my mother came and spoke to me , and said the day after her death where re my clothes my body has no clothes on it, also she was in my house and messed up the sewing machine also answered the phone when we were out,most recently left pins in a face cloth with colored head on behind the bathroom door I think for my birthday she was a seamstress. there is also goblins had photos in my apt and had to burn them because it was doing things in my apt. I have faery photos as well there is a blue faery. if you wish to phone me I am at 905 465 3391

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I ordered “Air” from your web site on 11-30-15 and no receipt to date. Cannot find a phone number to inquire. Could you please tell me how to check on this. Thanks. Jim

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Dear Vincent Laforet,
My name is Emma Nyquist and I am in the TAG (Talented and Gifted) program at my school. One of my interests is photography, so I thought it would be interesting to contact you and ask you a few questions.
As a child what inspired you the most to become a photographer? How did you make the decision to go up into the sky and take photos of the area below? In your opinion what is the most inspiring photo you have taken?
Thank you for reading and/or replying to my message. I would appreciate it if you would respond so that I could share it with my class.
-Emma Nyquist

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Hey Vincent,

Where can I locate your Directing Motion workshops? http://www.DirectingMotion.com
seems to be down?

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Looks like someone published your video:

https://youtu.be/w4bP1V3OUEg

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This anime is pretty much my obsession at tuis
point. These toys can be quite expensive especially when you are
shopping at the lokcal stores. blues, right from the palkest pastel, to the deepest midnight blue.

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Question? I am interested in purchasing the C300 but was wondering are there two different types of C300 cameras? Dont want to buy a used one and it is not the one I want.

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Good day.
Would like to have your comment about canon 5DSR. Have you tested it?
Love reading your blog.
Thanks

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I recently came across your blog (https://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2013/08/01/how-to-succeed-as-a-creative-long-term-know-your-c-o-d-b/) about what to charge for your day rate. I appreciate so much all the time you put into that. That blog was very helpful to me. I was wondering if you could email the excel sheet you shared in that blog? I tried clicking the link but it wasn’t sharable anymore.

Thank you very much for your time.

Cheers, Caleb

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Vincent
I need some expert advice. I am just getting into DSLR Cinematography. I’m trying to make my short films as cinematic as possible with the equipment I have. I have the Canon 70D and have downloaded technicolor cinestyle as my profile. I currently have no cine lenses but am about to purchase one. I know every little thing I can do will help to achieve the final result. Do I also need to download magic lantern to get the most out of this camera? I also have questions about white balance in terms of its relation of how and when to use it with the cinestyle profile. Do I set the camera up first with a standard profile to get the colors as close to the look I’m going for and then switch over to the flat profile for filming? I don’t understand this relationship. I am just trying to maximize the options available to me on this camera as well as suggested downloads and lenses that would be best in attempting to achieve this goal.Your advice would be greatly appreciated as well as any other resources that you might suggest to obtain answers to these type of questions.

Thank You Sir
Les Collins

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I was born, raised & live in New Orleans & the metro area There for Katrina …still there. In Nashville for eclipse & went to Adventure Science Center & saw your huge arial shot of New Orleans taken on August 30th. We spent more than an hour looking at the shot trying to identify buildings. (Got a pain in my neck) It was fuzzy close to the river & Quarter. Could you s nod a copy of the shot? thanksThanks

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New Philip Bloom creative podcast.
In our latest “That’s Not Coffee” creative podcast we chat with world renown filmmaker and educator Philip Bloom. Those familiar with his work know he is wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to shooting at locations around the globe.

And those unfamiliar should check out his blog and get a look at some pretty extraordinary work and learn about gear and techniques from his reviews and new Master Classes.

Philip was kind enough to sit in our cramped Vegas hotel room and speak about creative limitations, the speed of camera technology, cats and drinking sea water.

https://vimeo.com/264771660

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Hello Mr. Laforet
First of all, thank you for this article on the CODB. If I contact you, it is to ask your permission to contextualize it, and translate it in its entirety for a French-speaking public. obviously, by crediting you and link it to the original post.
I have been freelancing for about ten years and I only understood the notion of CODB through the different die-and-retry way of my youthness.
the article summarizes in a broad way everything I have been able to collect everywhere as information in addition to my personal experience and I would like to spare it to many people as I can
hoping that you will read this message
with kind regards
Alexandre “Xtincell” D., graphic designer

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