Comments on: Tom Guilmette Plays With The Phantom HD

By: Guess the Lighting

Guess the Lighting — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:32:13 +0000

I had the change to use this camera in a studio setting and it was amazing. Needed an almost ridiculous amount of light though. Thanks for the vid.

By: D.R.

D.R. — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:46:22 +0000

“What does it cost to rent one of these bad boys?”

you can get it for less. Unfortunately abelcine requires a certified operator with it (from your area) which most likely adds $500+/day to any shoot.

The camera is awful to work with. The software is a nightmare as well. We had to reboot the thing multiple times, had purple banding at times, and other issues. The workflow is also tricky (gamma). I eventually settled on using adobe lightroom for the entire color grading and got fantastic results

By: c.d.embrey

c.d.embrey — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:16:22 +0000

Craig Zarkos asked. What does it cost to rent one of these bad boys?

$2,500.00 for the camera body, plus more money for the recorder and the lens, etc. Not inexpensive. Abel Cine Tech and Panavision rent them.

By: Craig Zarkos

Craig Zarkos — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:55:59 +0000

Awesome. What does it cost to rent one of these bad boys?

By: c.d.embrey

c.d.embrey — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:33:29 +0000

More gratuitous slow-motion water shots. Meh!

“Is anyone else shocked by the terrible navigation on this camera?” No not really, this is typical of professional movie cameras.

The most FPS I’ve been involved with was 300 for an EFX shot in StarTrek the Movie, and another one for Goldie and the Boxer that ended-up being step printed down to 96 FPS, because 300 FPS was too long and boring.