Originally Posted by tony286 (Post 18955455)

another funny one
https://youtube.com/watch?v=N9FJFYEd5cs

he speaks about Vincent Laforet who is a master with canon camera's .

http://vimeo.com/33247166

Originally Posted by Radical Bucks (Post 18955466)

This is so true and accurate.

Shooting porn with DSLR's are not as easy as most think. but many are wannabes who jump on band wagons

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 18955471)

Shooting porn hand held and moving all around would definitely be a challenge...and you'd end up with videos that look like Naughty America's "Tonight's Girlfriend" site with the focus in and out constantly.

But I'm going to do this on full auto with a tripod this week. It's going to be the easiest shoot I've ever done. First time with this camera on full auto with no pro lighting.

I won't have to hold my "normal" video rig (which weighs a ton) and juggle the battery belt and set up lighting and wireless sound, etc.

But I'll do that this week. After seeing what this camera does...it's gonna be the easiest shoot I've ever done. :)

I guess you guys can make that call when I do it in a couple of days. I'm pretty hyped up about it.

Originally Posted by tony286 (Post 18955488)

you should go to vegas and shoot at night. All the lights, it would look amazing.

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 18955522)

Yeah, the C500 is a $30,000 piece of gear. Not really needed to shoot porn scenes.

And I think the 5D is actually better (even though it's cheaper) than the 1D: http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon_EO...EOS_5D_Mark_II

Originally Posted by Radical Bucks (Post 18955531)

Dude that is an old Canon 1Ds that did not do video in that vs page.

We are now in the Canon 1Dx vs 5D MkIII times ;)

Originally Posted by Radical Bucks (Post 18955547)

I was just mentioning these pieces of gear just to be kinky about it all. LOL

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 18955130)

But cinema movies don't do that anyway. Their cams are all on cranes and move VERY slowly with their shots (99% of movie shots...the camera never moves, they just use multiple cameras and lots of editing work of course).

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 18953449)

I never said they don't ever use lighting. What I said was that the clip I shot had no lighting set up at all.

And yeah "ahoy"...I'm the "clueless" one. The guy who owned and shot everything for his own content company from 1997 to 2002...and shot for years before that...and shoots every week these days as well.
I think I got a handle on how to shoot. But thank you for your "expert" advice. :)

Anyway, I'm gonna shoot a "real" scene with it at the beginning of the week. I'll have it edited down and on the site within 24 hours of shooting it and I'll post up a link to the trailer for all the folks that want to see it.

A few things:

It will shoot a 30 minute scene when in movie mode.

If you want to take a photo while shooting in movie mode you simply hold the shutter button down and it exits movie mode and shoots a still...then you can return to movie mode. (and for a guy like me who has been constantly juggling a video cam rig with ring light, battery belt, wireless audio, and smallhd monitor with a still camera rig with flash...this is like being in heaven)

And no, I'm not gonna abandon my "regular" video shooting of course. It's still the best. We would quickly lose all fans if things got boring and there was no wild sex with me being able to move the vid cam quickly at different angles etc. and with "porn style" lighting.

My idea is to shoot an "art" type scene (and yes...I think I have the "artistic" ability in my pinky to do that) every once in a great while. And then to use the movie feature on the camera to shoot a lot of the intros to our scenes.
It won't draw as much attention in public that way.

As it is now....I have a big still camera rig, a big vid cam rig, a whore with giant tits and I'm juggling all that in public on the set up to the scenes. People start gathering around, etc.

But with this camera...I'll just take it off the rig. Shoot the stills and vid and be done in 5 minutes for the intros. :)


And Elli...goddamn you are smoking hot. :) Your question about autofocus. Yes, it has autofocus...but it cannot continuously change focus. So the key is to work within a certain parameter and distance for each sequence.
That's why it's no good for "normal" porn shooting.

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 18958303)

Shot the scene this morning at 8:30

I just finished editing the scene. Now I'm rendering the full scene. Afterwards I still need to make vidcaps, process the stills, make the trailer and then upload it all and update the site.

So give me a couple of hours to do that and I'll post up the link for all the experts to see. :)

Originally Posted by gabe100 (Post 18958389)

After you render it out, post to it GFY then do the vidcaps, stills etc...

I incorporate a 5d into some shoots and it's a pain in the ass. I want to see this tonight!

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 18958496)

Okay...here ya go guys. The trailer to the scene I shot today in 30 minutes with no lighting and full auto. Complete point and shoot.

This Canon 5D Mk iii is pretty damn amazing.

http://claudia-marie.com/tour/videos...-tits-art.html

Originally Posted by candyflip (Post 18958501)

Did you do this handheld or locked down on a tripod?

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 18958504)

A little of both. I have my camera mounted on a Custom Brackets Digital Pro M rig...so it's fairly stabilized when I go handheld. But I mostly just put it on the tripod and hit "record" and kicked back like a big shot for that footage

Originally Posted by Jay-Rock (Post 18958627)

Looks great Robbie it takes a bit to get use to but you can manually shoot on the fly if you use a high FSTOP. I am using the Mark II but the same rules apply.

Originally Posted by gabe100 (Post 18958662)

Looks a little out of focus from 101 to 107

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 18958719)

It is. That's what happens when you THINK you're in focus instead of making sure you're in focus.

I was sort of "testing" as I went to see how strict I needed to be. I learned that every time I decide to move with that camera...I need to make sure I do a good focus and not just assume that I'm still approximately the same distance as I was in the prior shot.

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 18958503)

Impressive. I still have not found the video setting on this thing. Been too busy and no one could just tell me; they said they would have to show me. :Oh crap

Originally Posted by candyflip (Post 18956264)

Someone mentioned slo-mo. Check this out. It's got girls in bikini's with hoses.

http://vimeo.com/42391572

Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 18958496)

Okay...here ya go guys. The trailer to the scene I shot today in 30 minutes with no lighting and full auto. Complete point and shoot.

This Canon 5D Mk iii is pretty damn amazing.

http://claudia-marie.com/tour/videos...-tits-art.html

Originally Posted by ilnjscb (Post 18959081)

DAYUM!! Now I have to get one.

Originally Posted by dgraves (Post 18958760)

i was having the same issue and it's hard to tell when your target is in sharp focus without using a monitor or a magnifier like a z-finder. a good follow focus also helps to reduce camera movement rather than just using the focus ring. this one looks pretty nice:

http://www.idcphotovideo.com/store/s...d-canon-5d-mk3

Originally Posted by Jay-Rock (Post 18959140)

Get a monitor with peaking. This shows red highlights where your subject is in focus and is extremely helpful when pulling focus.