Capture Now Media EquipmentsOur new primary cameras are the Sony HDV-Z1U and HDV-A1U. They are the first professional hand held high definition cameras. These highly mobile systems can record great sound and stunningly beautiful images. They record in the HDV format and can output over firewire directly to HDV or DV in ether 4X3 or 16X9. They can also record in the DV and DVCAM formats.
The use of high quality fluid head tripods gives a solid quality to the video not normally associated with these small cameras. A favorite VPS shooting technique involves the use of a monopod which provides the mobility of a hand held camera and the stability of a tripod. Fluid moving camera shots are instantly available as well as unique elevated shots with the camera fifteen feet above the subject. Lighting is facilitated with an array of Lowel instruments including Rifa-lite soft lights plus some cool running lights like the Westcott Spiderlite. We also have some unique battery powered lights to keep up with our highly mobile shooting style. Both AC and DC lights are equipped with gels and dimmers to match any ambient light situation.
Cameras Sony HDV-Z1U Sony HDV-A1U Field Monitor Marshall V-R70P-HDA 7" High Definition portable monitor. Camera Support Cartoni Focus tripod Cartoni HiDV tripod Cartoni ActionPro tripod Bogen 3060/3126 tripod and dolly wheels Lens Century Optics HD .7X conversion lens for Z1 Audio Sony Headphones - MDR-7509HD Marantz PMD660 solid state recorder PSC Millimic (2) black and (1) white Sennheiser MD46 cardioid (the ultimate in hand held mic) Sennheiser ME67 long shotgun with Rycote softie & mount Sennheiser ME66 short shotgun with Lightwave softie Rycotte wind screen for Z1 stereo mic DC Lighting AC Lighting Westcott Spiderlite (cool running 750W equivalent) Lowel CaseLite2 cool running soft light Lowel Rifa-lites - soft lights with blue gels, dimmers and egg grates. 1000 watt 32" 750 watt 25" 250 watt 16" Focusing Fresnel 650/300 watt with barndoors Omni light (1) with barndoors and umbrella Editing System
We also have our vintage Pinnacle Liquid Silver (now Avid) uncompressed & MPEG2 non-linear editing system. It has long set the standard for the highest quality standard definition D1 (601) digital video. Picture quality is quite simply stunning and with sub-pixel processing in a 4:2:2 color space. This system far surpasses JPEG systems and the popular DV edit systems that use only half the bandwidth. This system can do MPEG2 I-frame at 5, 15, 25, 33 or 50 MB/sec. The computer has dual 2Ghz Zeon processors (rendering in the background) 1.24GB of RAM, 1TB of fully redundant RAID5 media storage, dual 21" computer monitors and 32 " Sony Bravia video monitor. We specialize in DV and DVCAM with digital purity maintained through I/O's. There is IEEE1394 (Firewire) for DV and DVCAM and a serial digital interface (SDI), which accommodates formats like Sony's Digital Betacam, IMX and Panasonic's D9. Analog format quality is maintained with uncompressed digitizing through component analog I/Os as will as NTSC and Y/C. The liquid also has one of the best secondary color correction systems. We also use Pinnacle's Impression Pro for DVD authoring and Adobe Audition for audio sweetening. The interfaces are intuitive and efficient. We will devise a production strategy suited to your budget. Options include:
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St. Louis International Film Festival 2008
Best Dramatic Screenplay St. Louis Gateway Film Critics 2008
Best Dramatic Short St. Louis Gateway Film Critics 2008
Best Comedy St. Louis Gateway Film Critics 2006
Most Prolific Filmmaker St. Louis Gateway Film Critics 2006
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"We are very happy with the service from Capture Now Media"
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