Comments for Paul Joy

Comment on Swiss Harley Days by Paul Joy

Paul Joy — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:05:04 +0000

Hi Simon, pleasure working with you again, Faaker See before we know it :)

Comment on Swiss Harley Days by Simon

Simon — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:59:59 +0000

That brings back some memories Paul, nice job, see you soon, Simon

Comment on Swiss Harley Days by Paul Joy

Paul Joy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:16:15 +0000

Hi Robert. Yes the tracking shots were all 5D / Glidetrack shooter. The only tips I can think of are to make sure the camera is as balanced as possible and then try to be as gentle as possible with the move. I tend to hold my breath while tracking if it’s a tricky move although I’m not sure that’s advised for a long shot :)

Comment on Swiss Harley Days by Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:12:45 +0000

Nice work Paul, the close up glides on the bikes from 1.36 look amazing, was this the 5D and glidetrack shooter? I cant seem to get my glidetrack stuff that smooth at the moment, any tips.

Comment on Swiss Harley Days by Phil Yisrael

Phil Yisrael — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:30:04 +0000

nice work Paul.

Comment on Preparing Final Cut Pro for use with the Sony EX1 / EX3 by Paul Joy

Paul Joy — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:14:02 +0000

You’re welcome Abigail, thanks for the feedback.

Comment on Preparing Final Cut Pro for use with the Sony EX1 / EX3 by Abigail

Abigail — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:56:03 +0000

Thanks for the post – really helped me to set up for EX 3 workflow.

Comment on Replacing the ATI X1900XT in a Mac Pro 1.1 by newbiez

newbiez — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:00:58 +0000

Hey All

I have a 1.1 667 MHz quad core (2×2 core each), and i went also from a x1900xt to a hd3870 instead of the 4870, and as now i can use the mac perfectly fine without errors.

The new version of leopard (Snow leopard is the latest at the moment) support the enw drivers, since the machine is the same, what changes are

-procesor speed
-bus speed (and the video card has to support it since it is the way that the card talks with the rest of the chips)
-standard for the PCI-E, that is 1.0 in the 1.1 mac pro and 2.0in the newer ones (if i recall it the first with 2.0 were the late 2008)

Every card made for mac pro works with earlier version (but must be made for mac, otherwise is a pain since you gotta flash the EPROM on the video card, and you need a pc to do so; plus screw your warranty and can brick the new card); the only problem is related to the performance: a new card will not be performant on a 1.1 because the bus and PCI-E standard limitations.

Anyway you get some boost in performance, expecially because the x1900 was a DX9, while now the new cards are DX11; while on the mac side, you will get mroe horse power for FCP or other 3d apps like C4d, but for the rest, the machine will not give you that big boost that you would expect :)

I speak based on tests that i did on my poor machine (sorry for making you go trough so many bad tests :P); so i am sure of what i am saying ;)

What i am not sure of is if cards newer than the 4870 will work on a dinosaur like the 1.1 (coming from a pc world, where you change almost entirely the machine every 2 years, my 1.1 is still running solid since june 2006 :D); but conceptually if they are marked for mac pro, they should run….now if it is worth to change your card with a newer one to get limited performances enhancements for 300-400 dollars is up to you.

I am about to start a new journey to see if there is any option other than the 4870 to replace my 4670; so probably i will post here my results soon, if you are interested :)

Great job Paul BTW

Comment on Canon EF 24-105mm F4 IS USM Lens for video by Paul Joy

Paul Joy — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:57:22 +0000

Hi Nick. I’ve only used a fixed 0.9 ND with it so far, next time I’m using it I’ll try out the fader ND and see if it causes any issues.

Comment on Canon EF 24-105mm F4 IS USM Lens for video by Nick Hamer

Nick Hamer — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:27:18 +0000

Hi Paul,

I’m just wondering how you ND this lens? Do you use 4×4 filters or fader ND? I would like a fader ND for this lens but am unsure about quality and vignetting. Would you recommend the 77mm for this lens or maybe a bigger diameter with step up ring to reduce vignetting. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers, Nick