On 11/10/05, Markus Maurer, discombobulated, unleashed: >Hi Cotty >and did any of them record something worthy or funny ever?
Not to my knowledge. Mostly, the cameraman gets 'out of sync' with the record button. If it gets knocked while carrying the camera, then when you come to record a scene, you press the button thinking that you are starting the tape when in fact you are stopping the tape. Then you press to stop, and it starts up etc etc. You end up with 20 minutes of a camera being carried around, fixed to the tripod, and just as the shot starts, it switches off. Then more carrying etc ;-) There are tally lights (little red lights that come on when the tape is recording - one on the front, a small one on the back, a very small one visible when shooting with the eye away from the viewfinder, and one in the viewfinder, above the picture) but I keep them all switched off except for the last two. I don't like anyone knowing when I'm turning over (shooting). The antics from the first para above happened to me once only, and only for a minute. I always look for my little red light when I press the button. I did mic up a policeman on a dawn raid once. When they'd finished breaking the front door down and rounding up all the thieves (which we filmed) we popped back outside while they did the paperwork. I waited for our man to come out so I could get my mic back. Before he did, the policeman kindly popped to the toilet and relieved himself. Of course I didn't know what he was doing as I only heard rustling sounds, until Niagara Falls started up. I took my cans (headphones) off and didn't listen anymore. best, Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
