New 900

Hi,

Where in Tokyo are you? Just curious...

Michael Bravin, Chief Technology Officer of Band Pro wrote some things about the camera in the HD Hi End forum. According to him, it "...is basically the same imaging and processing as the F900. It was necessitated by the international agreements to remove lead (primarily in the solder) from the manufacturing process. The F900 R will be built on the HDW 750/730 chassis so it will be a slight bit shorter and smaller. It will be a bit lighter also."

Flicker from fluorescent tubes is a problem that has some very simple solutions. You can change the ballast of the tubes to an electronic ballast which turns the flicker to 20,000 Hz (flickerless for all practical purposes) or you can change the shutter speed of your camera. For video/HD it would be something like this:

In a 60Hz country (tubes flicker at 60Hz)
Shooting fps speed: 23.98
Shutter speed: 60

Shooting fps speed: 24
Shutter speed: 60

Shooting speed: 25
Shutter speed: 60

Shooting speed: 29.97
Shutter speed: 60

Shooting speed: 30
Shutter speed: 60

Shooting speed: 60
Shutter speed: 60

In a 50Hz country (tubes flicker at 50Hz)
Shooting fps speed: 23.98
Shutter speed: 50

Shooting fps speed: 24
Shutter speed: 50

Shooting speed: 25
Shutter speed: 50

Shooting speed: 29.97
Shutter speed: 100

Shooting speed: 30
Shutter speed: 100

Shooting speed: 60
Shutter speed: 100

Regards,
Paul Thurston

Hi

Iam right in central Tokyo,next to Tokyo bay.I was more wondering about shutter degree,s for shooting 24 and 25 fps with 60htz flouries.

Thanks

Hi Paul

Thanks alot for your time and help with this.Iam used to 50htz but wasnt so sure about 60htz.

Thanks again,happy new year

Havnt started yet,I,ll fly to the US this sunday for 12 days.

So the F900 has only shutter settings as fraction of seconds eg 1/60th not degree,s like the varicam? not that it matters as long as it does the job

thanks

In Western Japan, voltage is 100V 60Hz while Eastern Japan is 100v 50Hz.

http://www.equitech.com/support/worldpwr.html

I would send Lowel an e-mail and ask your questions directly to them.
http://www.lowel.com/contact.html

If that's a bad idea, here is the Lowel Japanese distributor:

Honjo & Company
No.5,4-Chome Koyoucho-Higashi
Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-0031

Phone 81 78 8572151
Fax 81 78 8572171


Honjo & Company
1-7-9,Nishi-Azabu,Minato-Ku
Tokyo 106-0031

Phone 81 3 5411 8841
Fax 81 3 5411 8861

For a Tokyo HDCam rental facility (Sony HDCAM - HDW 750):
http://www.asiahiretokyo.com/

Or try a search at mandy.com
http://www.mandy.com/place/japa.cfm

Regards,
Paul Thurston

Hi Jay,

I'm actually on the other side of the world, (Santiago, Chile.) But I am available for DP freelance work, if your camera operator doesn't work out.

Regards,
Paul Thurston

Hi there

Just got back to Tokyo from US shoot,all went well with the F900,funny even without the shutter at 24fps there didnt seem to be alot of flicker off florrie lights(I put in 1/60 ofcourse just in case,and shot 1/48th the rest of the time)

Yes iam a DP based in Tokyo,re your questions.I would steer clear of Asia hire to be honest,they arnt based in Tokyo at all but in Bangkok,the address is an answering service and a few people have run into problems eg no camera at all.

Daily hire of a f900 is about $us 1,000 a day,but you,ll run into problems without a local contact.

You,ll be fine with the 100v lamps for your rifa,Japan is 100volts so a 100v lamp wont burn warm.

Thanks again to Paul for the info re shutter speeds