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You and me both! Mitchells are awesome- I worked a job doing stop-motion animation with a Mitchell, back when I was in the Twin Cities. What a cool piece of kit.I love Mitchell Movie cameras Maggie ... old time rock 'n roll. The "Mickey Mouse Ears" film transport cans are soooo cool.
I learned cinematography and editing the hard way ... shot my buddy's Beaulieu as a kid and manually edited in the basement the old fashioned way ... film hanging all over the place, tape splicing, etc. etc.
Are the wooden wedges an optional accessoryCheck out the the "tripod head" shown in this closer view : -)
The grips can make anything do anything ... and will use anything to make it work : -)Are the wooden wedges an optional accessory
... we "am" doing ...... Most of my TV commercial we am doing ...
I was shooting those on full TTL auto mode with the camera on "A."Maggie, what are your camera settings? Are you using Manual mode and dragging the shutter?
There is a diffuser I use with the FS24D called the S-Fill that Lutz invented. Works really well.
Try "dragging the shutter" ... set the lowest, hand-holdable manual shutter speed you can manage instead of "A", and set the widest lens aperture you can for the DOF needed ... with the flash set to TTL (and when closer to the subject try -2/3rds stop compensation on the flash).I was shooting those on full TTL auto mode with the camera on "A."
I'm aware of that. I'm bitching about how it should fire that flash every time, if the damn thing is on.BTW, "A" is why your shutter says open forever if the flash doesn't fire.
Sorry, I misunderstood. I also noticed that my M8 is nodding off. I don't remember it doing that before the last firmware upgrade. May be incorrect in this, yet I don't recall that irritating tendency ... especially irritating since it take a bit to rouse itself. Perhaps there is a menu setting I missed.I'm aware of that. I'm bitching about how it should fire that flash every time, if the damn thing is on.
You need to be really careful using these older "high trigger voltage" flashes on newer digital cameras, and should be using a "Safe Synch" adapter of some type to avoid frying the camera electronics. Here are a few from Wein: http://www.weinproducts.com/safesyncs.htmJaap, I've used a Vivitar 285HV or Vivitar 283 for most of my life, but man, they are just so honkin' BIG! Nothing makes for better light, but on an M8, I have to have the hand grip on and the flash fairly overwhelms the camera.