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WHAT ARE YOUR TIPS FOR COMBATTING BEADING, GETTING SPLIT SHOTS AND SHOOTING IN THE DEEP BLUE?
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mother walrus with her calf in focus on top of an iceberg, and the extent of that iceberg underneath. One of the benefits of shooting with the Red DSMC2 Helium in the ocean is its Raw codec. Redcode Raw gives you more flexibility in post-production, so you don’t have to worry as much about altering the white-balance while filming. It’s an important asset when shooting in the ocean, because the colours can shift as you go between depths.
be an issue, but this can usually be solved by having silica packets in the housing, or by adding a USB fan powered from the Red Base I/O. For the best split shots, the BBC, in conjunction with Esprit Film & Television, have developed a dome called the Megadome, which is a 24-inch dome lens that sits in front of the camera. It enables you to film and focus above and beneath the surface of the water and was first used on Blue Planet II to show a
Glass domes are generally better than acrylic for shedding water when looking to achieve a quick split shot, but beading can be an issue on both. I’ve heard of many tricks to try and prevent this, from using Rain-X on glass domes or buffing in layers of shower gel, to even rubbing a raw potato over the dome. Gates offers both types of dome for its housings, and the same goes for other manufacturers. Internal condensation or fogging can also
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