Notes from Halfland

Yuji has been able to swing by on the last few Sundays to help me on the project, and it's been incredible. After complaining to him that the wide-angle lens was making everything too dark, he explained how to use my camera: exposures, iso, shutter speed, and the like. He showed me where I made mistakes in my settings and resolved it all. We used Panasonic's app to connect a tablet for a more extensive live view size for better focusing. We also connected the camera to a Mac mini M2 and a large monitor, which allowed some additional tricks in shooting with Dragonframe 5. Above, you see Dick using the app to make an in-camera rack focus between bugs, in case I ever want to do it that way. He also solved my huge sky issues. I've spent hundreds of hours over the years trying to build skies for this set without any straight room lines showing. I was going for a seamless cyc of blue fabric with methods that were too hard to get. Kyelynn and I finally just stapled the sheer blue ...