The Promote controller is less hassle, and less to carry around / worry
about when on set.
I have one and it's rock solid.
Rob
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On 16-1-2013 16:02, Lp3dsoft wrote:
Hi,
I've used this in the past for remote bracketing, works well
http://www.breezesys.co.uk/DSLRRemotePro/index.htm
Some other interesting bits on their site as well.
And I don't think anyone as listed it in the thread but best place to
look for basics and how things work is http://www.hdrshop.com/
Hope it helps
Cheers
Lawrence
On 16 Jan 2013, at 14:35, Byron Nash <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I find that the slowest thing on set is capturing all the exposures.
I don't have a tool like the Promote Controller or any other device
to automatically fire off the brackets. After seeing a video of the
author of the HDRI Handbook on set, I'm convinced the fastest method
is a pano rig like the nodal ninja with a spherical fisheye and
something to fire the brackets automatically. In and out very quickly.
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Jahirul Amin <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Slightly off topic but this is pretty interesting stuff...
http://fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxguidetv-165-scott-metzger-on-mari-and-hdr/
J
On 16 Jan 2013, at 13:19, Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
We do pretty much the same - a fisheye lens shooting in 3
directions for good overlap, 10 exposures via software control
and stitch the result into a fairly highres LatLong HDRI 360.
This is good for lighting and in most cases reflections too, but
hardly enough resolution for a background. The software control
for multiple exposures makes for better quality HDRI's as
clouds, cars and pedestrians move less, and we can get in and
record the HDRI in about a 10th of the time we used to without
it, in all only some 5 minutes break for the crew for one HDRI.
The Director and 1st AD will be much happier too.
The chrome ball comes in to use in tight spaces where it is hard
to fit in a camera on a tripod, but it is mostly sttting and
collecting dust on a shelf these days. Mind you, if we had more
time on a shoot I would like to have a chrome ball and a grey
ball and have them in front of the liveaction camera just after
the clapper - it would help setting up HDRI's and lights and
balance the whole thing faster when lighting your scenes.
Morten
Den 16. januar 2013 kl. 12:11 skrev Anthony Martin
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
These days I use the chrome ball just for light positioning
reference. For capturing the actual HDRI I'll use a fish eye
lens on a DSLR, nodal ninja attached to a tripod and then
shoot between 8-10 images (including direct above and direct
below) covering the scene.
Then load these into PTGui Pro and let it stitch them into a
LongLat HDRI. Works like a charm. Both quick to do on set
and quick to assemble when you get back to the office.
Digital Tutors actually have a good set of lessons on this.
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=599&autoplay=1
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Cristobal Infante <
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
It really depends how much time you think you will
have on set. Most of the times this can be a major
issue, since they may need to move the lighting setup
several times in one day and you don't want to be the
guy slowing everything down!
the chrome ball is probably the fastest method and still
does the trick. So if you need to capture a
lighting setup fast this will be your best bet. Defently
worth getting one in any case (garden mirror balls).
On Wednesday, 16 January 2013, Rob Wuijster wrote:
Yes, there's a version 2 out of the book, there's a
page on the hdrlabs website explaining the book and
has links to Amazon for the paperback and ebook.
The site, forum and book are -the- main sources of
information on this.
Of course there are other sites dealing with this,
but hdrlabs has it condensed into one big package.
Rob Wuijster
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[email protected]
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On 15-1-2013 23:09, Byron Nash wrote:
I found the book HDRI Handbook really helpful on
that site. I think they have a newer version
since I read it.
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Paul Griswold <
[email protected] > wrote:
Hey guys -
I've been asked to help out on the show
"Film Riot", and one of the things we were
discussing is creating your own HDR images.
I know HDRLabs has a ton of great info, but
I was curious to know if anyone else had any
good info or resources on the subject that I
could pass along.
It's not something I normally do, so I
wanted to make sure I was giving them
up-to-date info.
Thanks,
Paul
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