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This is the final commercial only difference from the one that will broadcast is my own color setting.

Today I spent in a hotel room in central Stockholm shooting a commercial for a theater show.
We used my Canon 7D and equipment and I assisted the DP. I'm learning alot working close with a more experienced DP.
Actually we started taking some second unit clips yesterday which I shot. Very cold during this shoot.
To handle the tripod and camera in cold weather was not fun just because I took the wrong gloves!



Above a picture of the Swedish singer/actress Pernilla Wahlgren and a body double for another actor.
They spent the whole shoot in bed.
I'm not editing this one except for the final online and I'll post the finished film around christmas.

Cheak out the behind the scenes feature above!
I used my GH1 and 20/1.7 lens to do the behind the scenes and some shots with a Canon 35/1.4.

Alone on the race track from editman on Vimeo.

I shot this one in the beginning of October in the middle of Sweden. At first I hoped on getting this one ready after a week but due to the clients tight schedule it's on hold. This is my cut without clients graphics.

It was a fun day but really bad weather. It didn't rain but cloudy and cold. Got my feet wet when running around the race track! Interesting to be close to a roaring race car passing by just a meter away.

All my cameras came to use. I had the Canon 7D on a tripod and handheld. The GH1 was mounted inside the Porsche and finally I had a suction cup mounted outside of the car to get some interesting cut away with a Panasonic FT1.

I think all cameras worked well together in this edit.
Everything edited in Avid and graded in AE.
Audio all from the 7D and GH1 internal mic.

This concept has been floating around at different forums and I had to try one for myself. The cost is about $5 so dirt cheap it is.
A hose clamp, and a cabinet knob does it! 10 minutes to make it all.

I do find such a solution easier and less heavy when shooting handheld or even on a tripod pulling focus as assistent DP.
To make fast focus pulling should not be a problem and the knob feels smooth and solid (made of stainless steel).
The picture shows a "Canon EF 35/1.4 L" attached to the 7D.




Here's a close up of how I attached the cabinet knob to the ring. A screw going through the ring and a nut on the other side.
The knob has a threaded hole so you just have to screw it on. Any knob fill do so buy what ever fits your needs.
Focus marks is easy if you put some white tape nex to the ring on the lens and make marks for different focus points.
Just like a traditional follow focus. Be careful to not over tightened it. You don't need much pressure to make it stick.

This evening I received a Lumix 20/1.7 pancake lens. I begin to understand how small and portable the GH1 really can be with such a lens.
It's no bigger than a regular superzoom but more versatile and has better picture quality.

The camera feels like a point and shoot and I can wait to bring it with me on the next low light occasion.
Due to it's small size I guess pulling focus manual will be tricky. I miss the Nikons focus rings...