Finally made the jump to a DSLR!!

[Joel Peregrine]

Hi Geoffrey,

Originally Posted by Geoffrey Chandler

Can you tell me when you are hand-holding; when you are using the mono-pod, and when you use a glidecam stabilizer?
Pre-ceremony prep: all on mono-pod (with fluid head I presume)?

Yes - with some slider.

Originally Posted by Geoffrey Chandler

Ceremony: all tripod I would think?

Yes-except during the processional. I'm on the monopod then.

Originally Posted by Geoffrey Chandler

Reception: What do you use for a steady picture when you use the 85mm f/1.4?

I'm on a tripod during the toasts and dances with those.

Originally Posted by Geoffrey Chandler

Do you hand-hold when shooting with a really wide angle lens at the reception?

I use the steadicam vest and arm made for the merlin but prefer the glidecam on it.

Originally Posted by Geoffrey Chandler

Are you using a monopod like the Manfrotto 561BHDV-1?

Yes - but its the older version.

Originally Posted by Geoffrey Chandler

Thank you very much

No problem!

[Scott Shama]

Originally Posted by Steve Moses

Hi Greg, thanks so much for that response. What 17-55mm IS

Yo Steve-O... the Canon 17-55 IS USM is one of a kind. Right now there is no similar lens that works as well. The Tamron and Sigma both have very short focus throws making focus a much bigger challenge than on the Canon. The canon also has full time manual meaning in a pinch you can hit the shutter half down and the lens will auto focus. Not ideal but has been useful on occasion.

[Scott Shama]

Originally Posted by Greg Fiske

Don't bother with the superflat camera profiles, that's more for if your going to get creative with your grading, and makes footage look bad, IMO.

I'm going to have to disagree with you there. While we don't use a totally flat profile like many of the evangelist suggest, we do turn down contrast and saturation to pretty flat and turn down sharpening a click or 2 to take the edge off the aliasing and moire. I would much rather have control over the contrast of my image in post than have it baked in. Example having dark circles under a brides eyes due to harsh mid day sun can at least somewhat be corrected for when your image is recorded flat but certainly not with the cameras standard ultra high contrast settings. Considering that these cameras have no zebras exposure is somewhat of a crap shoot anyway compared to using a video camera. Just my 2 cents.