Recent content by GCCR

Thanks all, I really appreciate the suggestions, I’ll give some a try. For context, I know it would be possible to find a working body on eBay or elsewhere but it would be nice to get mine back in action as so much stuff gets thrown away or sits in a loft unused. I thought it was worth a try.

Perhaps not the most helpful suggestion.

A bit of a long shot, but my Contax 159MM suffers from the dreaded mirror slip. As a result the mirror has somehow smacked into the back of one of the lenses, creating a shattered corner to the mirror. The camera is still working but I don't want to continue shooting with a disintegrating...

If you are live streaming you could use the Eos Webcam utility with any recent Canon DSLR.

What about the Camera raw tool in Photoshop?

I'm guessing you meant you can edit a photo in Lightroom but Photoshop will always be better?

Yes Premiere Pro does have motion tracking for masks, but as with most of those sorts of tasks you would usually use After Effects over Premiere as it is more powerful. As After Effects comes in the same creative suite it sort of makes sense to do so, but this assumes you have the time to learn...

Probably Adobe After Effects

Thanks Garry, that certainly looks like an option. Does anyone else have any links to good quality muslin they have bought and use regularly and find to be of a decent quality?

I would use muslin as a seamless background in a studio context, I'm also interested to see if I could get away with using it on location as it is easier to carry than a paper roll. I would also probably occasionally use it to flag or as a way of reducing contrast to the shadow side as my...

Can anyone recommend a good supplier for black muslin? Previously I've used various other background materials in various contexts and thought I'd give muslin a go. I'm happy to pay a little more to get something decent, I imagine the cheap stuff on Amazon is not ideal. Any recommendations...

I briefly had a 500AH on my backup tripod and it is a really nice small video head, great for the price. Assuming your tripod legs are not the levelling kind, you probably need to get a levelling base for the head as well. Otherwise you'll spend an inordinate amount of time faffing around...

To reinforce what st599 is saying, you really should be shooting 25fps rather than 24 as you are essentially in a documentary scenario. You have no time to check to see if flicker is happening - it is or it isn't and you're already filming and can't do another take. As a wedding shooter you'll...

This might help: The walk

Some great tips in there, thanks Julian