Posted by blackburst@aol.com on 12/08/05 14:06

peter wrote:
> <blackburst@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1133977698.506571.194410@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > I freelance at a news network. When we do a big event, something with
> > an audience, we "rent" a guy with a crane. He uses our camera. HE is
> > static, but the camera can do a lot of movement. It has improved our
> > look quite a bit.
>
> How much does it cost to rent such a guy, and how do you find a local guy
> that do that?

We're in MA and got a guy from NY. I recall paying him about $1800
total. What part of the country are you in? If you're near here, I'll
get his info. Or you might want to call a nearby TV station or
production house and ask if they have anyone nearby.

>
> And, while the camera is on the crane moving around, how do you adjust
> focus, exposure, etc?

The guy used our camera (Ikegami). He had extensions for zoom, focus
and iris and a monitor on his end. We took it BNC/comps to a frame
synchronizer, which gave us some control over color, phase, gain and
setup.

It's never perfect, matching a FS/composite camera with triax CCU
cameras, but with a little patience, the differences are minimal,
especially if you use the same camera. He had to white balance on his
end.

Exposure: We were lucky that WE did the lighting, and kept it
consistent across the stage (with a meter), so there were very few iris
problems.

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