Re: No Firewire Out:Monitoring Options?

Thanks for the reply. I do have the 8 core with a Sony PVM but that is being fed thru a DV deck via firewire. I was curious if there was a ballpark answer as far as getting the 23" Cinema Display closer to the NTSC average.

Please allow me to stray off topic a bit but your response got me thinking. I know, trouble.

I'm in the last stages of a 90 min. concert DVD shot with DVX, cut in FCP, a little help in After Effects and Motion, ediited and finished in my house and it's all so very, very cool. I guess I'm a bit of an evangelist for this new workflow. As a matter of fact, Shoot mag. ran an article a week or two ago on a spot I shot on film but was completely finished on my desktop (it was something I piggybacked on a legit commercial production for my reel). This particular project has been a labor of love for a great artist, who's also a friend. I confss to feeling a bit sad seeing it come to an end having worked on it for well over a year. The budget, excluding my time which I won't even begin to calculate is approx. $11K. When you suggest that the only way to solve a legit prob. is by spending money, I must disagree. This project wouldn't have been possible going thru conventional production and post production processes for no other reason than cost. That's the beauty of this new technology. Where so many projects were never realised solely due to financial restrictions it's now possible to produce work that is technically acceptable without dollars getting in the way (of course aesthetics results are something completely different and judged ultimately in the eye of the beholder, no?).

But, if one has the will to take on a project and learns the necessary skills, anything is possible. I've directed/dp'ed hundreds (thousands?) of high to medium budget national and international televison commercials as well as served as 2nd unit DP/Director on features such as Young Indy, Star Wars and many other films and have spent literally years (as well as the necessary high dollars) sitting in CC suites at Riot, Co. 3, The Mill and their like, not only as a client, but 20 years ago, as an install and operational engineer and colorist in my youth at One Pass in San Fran, Image Transform LA, etc). I'm not at all disparaging the artistry that is created in those dark rooms and greatly appreciate the technology which supports that vision. I'm a huge advocate for the DP/Colorist relationship having championed the "New Cinematography" workflow from it's onset and knowing how even the "look" imparted on my dailies "colored" the whole project. But in this case, and I suspect many others, the idea of spending an extra 20K to 30K for hardware isn't in the cards.

To sum up, it's a brand new day andyou can create great work with any medium if it's properly utilised. I'm totally blown away at some of the stuff I see that is produced with the basic tools..camera and computer..that's it. As Wiliam Fraker, one my greatest career influences once said to me, we work in a business of compromise and with this in mind there is always a way to achieve a technically and aesthetically fulfilling solution with the tools at hand.

Soooo, to conclude...will setting the monitor gamma to 2.2 nudge it closer to NTSC? Any other settings to look at? :-)

Whew!...my sincere apologies for the long post...it's a quiet, early morn here in Ca. and with coffee at hand I'm waxing eloquent...I certainly don't mean to be devisive or argumentative and greatly appreciate the expertise and knowledge I've gained from these forums..thanks.

Joe Murray
DGA Dir./IA600 DP
http://www.boxerfilms.net/boxer.html