Quick Studio

If you don't have a permanent studio set up then sometimes it is necessary to create the illusion of a studio set up but putting up a background and filming tight inn on the subject.

Spectrum

 At this time of year, the low sun in the sky shining through a gap in the curtains through a prism gives an excellent spectrum

Optics

 The challenge to get to pencils pointing up to look like one is pointing up and the other pointing down to just touch each other. Many ideas and efforts from the students until one had a lucky accident and then the idea caught on.

Blackmagic 4K

 The mainstay of our work is the Blackmagic 4K It may not have all the latest features which we don't need. Most of our videos are in HD and watched on mobiles, so we only use the 4k for cropping in

Filming and a clapperboard

 As soon as we use more than one camera then the clapperboard becomes useful for syncing the cameras exactly. We can use timecodes and sync all the cameras and this does take time, but the clapperboard is usually quicker and easier.

X3

 Not just for 360 pictures but we are now using this when we want to take some establishing shots and selecting the pieces of scenery we want from the whole 360 degree view.

Cloudy Partial eclipse

Some people are lucky. This is my version of the partial eclipse. A cloudy eclipse. I didn't even bother with the filters for this one. Try to spot the sun day.

Planks Constant apparatus

 Trying to find the best way to video the Planks constant apparatus takes a bit of time to get it all right, getting the shots and getting the right answers as well.

A lot of Rain

I don't think we are going to get a lot of filming done today
 

FLIR Images

 Bringing heat loss and wasted heat into the students frame is easy when the FLIR camera comes out. The Students discovered how much energy was lost and wasted

Panasonic 4K

 The Panasonic 4K camera is still our choice for ease of use and speed when making a video. It has a good zoom range and excellent sound built in. Its one of the easiest cameras to get out and start shooting.

Three Point lighting

https://pod-mini-an-adaptable-macro.kckb.st/ab66b99e Three point lighting for macro work is now so much easier with the new @Adaptalux Mini pods. Light can easily be brought in to more effectively illuminate the subject.
 

Adaptalux Pod Mini on Kickstarter

This is just what we have been looking for. We have Adaptalux lights on one side but now we can light easily on two sides and from the top and back too.  Proper three point lighting on the macro scale. We can't wait! https://pod-mini-an-adaptable-macro.kckb.st/ab66b99e

Processing Spherical Footage

  Paul learning to process spherical data using DaVinci Resolve. It seems to able to do everything that we need it to do, but using free add ins.

Canon R5C charger

 I have given up waiting for the canon r5C charger and bought a 3rd party one until Canon can supply. So far it seems to work fine.

Insta360 x3 Arrives

 The Insta360 X3 has arrived now off playing for a bit trying to learn how the system works and how to create good footage We don't have Premier but use Resolve instead so we will have to see what we can do

Bullet time adaptor

 The first part of the insta360 X3 camera has arrived the bullet time accessory with probably one of the best selfie sticks I have used - very sturdy.

How things change

 This Ricoh Theta was some of the best 3D technology a few years ago, but now we need 4k, we need to be able to select parts of a 360 view to create new types of films and video

Macrophotography

 Using the Ultramacro setup with the @adaptalux lights and Helicon software to process the image stack of over 200 photographs

Looking at where to go from here

 Where do we go from here is always a big question. We took some time at @kitplusshow to have a good look and play with the Tricaster Mini from @TriCaster and just about affordable to improve the quality of presentations and to use NDI

Kitplus

 A visit to Kitplus in Twickenham gave Paul and I a good insight into some technology that we would like to get over the next few years.