WE WANT YOU!!!

Hurlbut Visuals is looking for 40 forward thinking filmmakers, men and women to enlist in the pursuit of trail blazing this new technology with the few, the proud, the Elite Platoon.

Our motto is to educate and inspire one filmmaker at a time. On August 28 & 29 we are going to take that to the next level. Everything that the Elite team and I have learned over the last 17 months will be delivered to you in a two day, hands on intensive. There are only 40 slots available because this course is not for a mass education. It is intimate and personal with a 5 to 1 student to teacher ratio.

(DAY ONE) Menus, quirks, pros, cons, building pictures styles, rigs, monitor configurations, follow focus, still glass, cinema glass and media managing.

(DAY TWO) We deliver you to the front line. Four Teams of ten are deployed and sent down range led by one Elite Team member (LC) to shoot in two simulated set environments as well as prep, move, build, create video village, focus, expose, download, just to name a few. At the end of the day all of the media will be shown on a 25′ screen with a 2K Christi projector for the four teams to review, color correct and discuss successes as well as mistakes.

The most unique aspect about this Bootcamp is the fact that the 40 men and women who enlist will have a custom 2 day course that meets his or her specific professional needs not a broad scope platform, but a dynamic training class that changes based on the participants who sign up. HOOYA!!!

Here is the link: www.hdslrbootcamp.com

JOIN THE REVOLUTION!

Shane shane_hurlbut Tags: Cinematography, focus, Gear, HDSLR Cameras, mounts for cameras, Rigs
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Leica R Mount Lenses for the Canon HDSLR’s

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

leica-summilux-r-50mm-f14

I started giving a Leica list out to individual colleagues and the request kept coming, so we decided to share it with everyone on the blog. These lenses are only R-Mount, they are the cream of the crop and through variest test we have found them to be excellent.

PROS:

Slightly warm in color, I alter my color temp. 200 degrees colder to counteract
Wonderful Contrast and color reproduction
Creamy
Lenses do not breathe while racking focus
Better cinema style focus rack then other still lenses

CONS:

Flare easily, will need to have lens hoods, matte boxes and french flags to help combat losing contrast
After we de-clicked the lenses the blades on the f-stop ring close while shooting. Be sure to tape your f-stop every time you shoot so your exposure doesn’t drift
Older lens technology, not up to date coating
Out of focus highlights will give you a stop sign effect because of not having as many iris blades

This lens set was put together with love and commitment to excellence by my good friend David Marconi and Eva Jay http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545861/. He is a writer/director and has fallen in love with this technology. David is directing a movie in the fall of 2010, where we will be taking the Leica’s and our Canon 5D’s to the Moroccan desert to shoot a thriller.

In early June David asked me to take this group of lenses and put them to the test. We used them on a Medal of Honor commercial with Bandito Brothers and a Nike commercial that Robert Elswit, ASC photograghed http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005696/

Fotodiox lens adapters are the tightest fitting and will focus at infinity.

Here are the best websites according to David and Eva for factual info. about the Leica’s.

http://elrectanguloenlamano.blogspot.com/2008/07/leica-magical-word-with-great-future.html

http://www.pebbleplace.com/Personal/Leica_db_Comments.html

Leica Lenses	MIN. F-STOP	MAX. F-Stop

15 mm Elmarit -R ASPH ROM Leica	2.8	22
19 mm Elmarit -R Leica	2.8	22
21 mm Super-Angulon-R Leica	4	22
28 mm Elmarit-R Leica	2.8	22
35 mm Sumilux-R Leica	1.4	16
50 mm Summilux-R Leica	1.4	16
80 mm Summilux-R Leica	1.4	16
90 mm APO- Summicron-R Leica	2	16
35 mm Leica	2	16
60 mm Macro Leica	2.8	22
100 mm Macro Leica	2.8	22
280 mm Apo-Telyt-R Leica	2.8	22
280 extender Apo Extender-R 1.4 x
180 mm Telephoto-Apo-Summicron-R Leica	2

Apo-Telyt-R Modular Leica lens system
280/400/560 mm Lens Head Telephoto-Leica-R
400/560/800 mm Lens Head Telephoto-Leica-R
1x 280/400 – Focus Module	2.8
1.4x 400/560- Focus Module	4

Shane shane_hurlbut Tags: HDSLR Cameras, lense choice, Lenses, mounts for cameras
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The Picture of Versatility: Canon 5D Mark II Helmet Camera

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

I designed a helmet mount for the Canon 5D Mark II with Gary Hatfied, Dan Owens from Panavision to capture the first person point of view action in a new way. The camera is extremely versatile with the carbon fiber helmet designed by Troy Lee because it can be mounted on top, in front and from the left and right sides. It has V-Block technology, night scope adaptability and wireless follow focus.

Helmet Cam

We have used it successfully to fast rope out of helicopters for my current project about the undercover operations of the Navy Seals produced by Bandito Brothers, Legendary Pictures and Warner Brothers. The main purpose of the design for this project was to roll out with a Navy Seal and feel like you are one of them on a mission. You see them grabbing guns, holding them up in front of the lens and moving with their movements. If another Seal comes up next to the bad guy with the helmet camera on, the camera rack focuses to his face and you get more of a cinematic feel from this particular helmet camera than one with a huge depth of field. We want to be the Seal, not treat it like it is a helmet camera broadcasting back to base.

What can you design? How can you take the creative ideas in your head and work with your team to turn your vision into a reality? Have fun with the creative process and you will be amazed at the results of the final product!

Shane shane_hurlbut Tags: creativity, HDSLR Cameras, mounts for cameras
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