@stormguy

love my job! I get to film the incredible, meet the incredible, experience the incredible. Via my blog & workshops I try to help others share the incredible.

 Berkshire, UK
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Joined March 2009
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Updates for Catalyst Browse and Resolve 18.5 Beta xdcam-user.com/2023/04/updat…
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Sony FX3 and FX30 get a major firmware update. Adds Anamorphic and 24p. xdcam-user.com/2023/04/sony-…
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Optical Filtration – Formatt Hitech Soft Gold. xdcam-user.com/2023/04/optic…
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Day For Night With Infrared. xdcam-user.com/2023/04/day-f…
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What do the FX3 and FX30 zebras Zebras measure when using the Cine EI modes? xdcam-user.com/2023/04/what-…
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Not all ND filters are created equal. xdcam-user.com/2023/03/not-a…
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You Don’t Always Need To Over Expose S-Log3! xdcam-user.com/2023/03/you-d…

You Don’t Always Need To Over Expose S-Log3!

For some reason many people now believe that the only way you can shoot with S-Log3 is by “over exposing” and very often by as much as almost 2 stops (1.7 stops is often quoted).When So…

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Catalyst Browse Invalid Licence Issues xdcam-user.com/2023/02/catal…
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FX30 V1.02 Firmware update and FX3 V2.02 Update. xdcam-user.com/2023/02/fx30-…
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Using The S-Log3 LUT To Bake In The EI xdcam-user.com/2023/02/using…

Using The S-Log3 LUT To Bake In The EI

Many people wish to bake in the cameras Exposure Index settings when shooting using CineEI in order to avoid having to make an exposure correction in post production (given that the cameras are ISO…

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Don’t Charge Very Cold Lithium Batteries! xdcam-user.com/2023/02/dont-…
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Use GyroFlow to stabilise Sony (and other camera) footage. xdcam-user.com/2023/01/use-g…
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FX6 and FX9 R and B Gain values – don’t worry about the odd numbers. xdcam-user.com/2023/01/fx6-a…
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Northern Lights 13-14 January 2023 xdcam-user.com/2023/01/north…

Northern Lights 13-14 January 2023

I’ve just return from the arctic cabins that I use for my Northern Lights Aurora tours following a great trip where the group got to see the Aurora on 3 nights. In this video there is footage…

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Norway and the Northern Lights 2023 xdcam-user.com/2023/01/norwa…

Norway and the Northern Lights 2023

In a few days I will be heading off to the north of Norway for my annual trip to shoot the Northern Lights. This year I really do hope to stream the Aurora live. I’ve tried to livestream the …

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Zebras and Log – Use a narrower window/range. xdcam-user.com/2023/01/zebra…

Zebras and Log – Use a narrower window/range.

If you are using Zebras to measure the exposure of a log gamma curve you should consider using a narrower Zebra window.Why?From middle grey to white (50% to 90%) in the world of standard dynamic ra…

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Hot Pixels or bright pixels on the FX3, FX30, A7S3 etc xdcam-user.com/2022/12/hot-p…

Hot Pixels or bright pixels on the FX3, FX30, A7S3 etc

When you have millions of pixels on a video sensor it isn’t surprising to find that every now and then one or two might go out of spec and show up in your footage as a white dot. These “…

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XAVC-I or XAVC-L which to choose? xdcam-user.com/2022/12/xavc-…
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New LUT -Incandescent- added to my LUT collection. xdcam-user.com/2022/12/new-l…

New LUT -Incandescent- added to my LUT collection.

This is the 3rd and final LUT in the free three LUT set I promised by the end of 2022. Incandescent goes with my Elixir and Solitude LUT’s to complete the set of 3 film style LUTs. Elixir is …

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Bright Tangerine Rigging Options for the FX6 xdcam-user.com/2022/12/brigh…

Bright Tangerine Rigging Options for the FX6

Bright Tangerine are a UK manufacturer of very high quality camera accessories such as matte boxes, base plates etc. They are based not far from me and I have know them for many years. They also ha…

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