Murray Christian
April 17th, 2014, 12:03 AM
But he may want to adjust the level mid-shot - and if whilst panning with a tight lens I don't see the cameraman being happy.......
But more to the point, and especially with a combined recordist/boom op, being next to the camera on camera right may not be where they need to be. The BlackMagic photos show the recordist camera right purely to see levels etc - but key from camera right and the recordist is likely to actively want to be on the same side as the cameraman for shadow avoidance reasons. Or do BlackMagic expect keying to always now to be from the same direction, to fit in with their design? :-)
An expectation I guess must have been implied by every camera maker who put their XLRs only on one side.
Swinging boom single system ears only was a pretty common experience not so long ago. I expect it still is for enough folks. Their cup runneth over with this set up.
While endless gear options are nice, just as likely is "All the field mixers and radio units are out or in the shop. Some guy took all the field recorders for some school nature thing. But we do have two lengths of cable and a healthy dose of 'make do' "
But more to the point, and especially with a combined recordist/boom op, being next to the camera on camera right may not be where they need to be. The BlackMagic photos show the recordist camera right purely to see levels etc - but key from camera right and the recordist is likely to actively want to be on the same side as the cameraman for shadow avoidance reasons. Or do BlackMagic expect keying to always now to be from the same direction, to fit in with their design? :-)
An expectation I guess must have been implied by every camera maker who put their XLRs only on one side.
Swinging boom single system ears only was a pretty common experience not so long ago. I expect it still is for enough folks. Their cup runneth over with this set up.
While endless gear options are nice, just as likely is "All the field mixers and radio units are out or in the shop. Some guy took all the field recorders for some school nature thing. But we do have two lengths of cable and a healthy dose of 'make do' "