zauhar
Veteran
Slainte looks great, and easy to get to.
Looking forward to your seminar next week, hope I can also make it to the meetup.
Never responded about the hipster shoving incident - my kid tells me I should not be surprised, many of this cohort are rather aggressive in her experience too. I think they are better behaved in Phillly, maybe when they move to NYC they get overexcited.
Also, I loved the story about 'your' face appearing in the Daily News! You are a lucky **** indeed.
EDIT: Cal, I called you a lucky D U D E, not an expletive. For some reason our web site finds that word offensive!
Randy
Looking forward to your seminar next week, hope I can also make it to the meetup.
Never responded about the hipster shoving incident - my kid tells me I should not be surprised, many of this cohort are rather aggressive in her experience too. I think they are better behaved in Phillly, maybe when they move to NYC they get overexcited.
Also, I loved the story about 'your' face appearing in the Daily News! You are a lucky **** indeed.
EDIT: Cal, I called you a lucky D U D E, not an expletive. For some reason our web site finds that word offensive!
Randy
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Randy,
I don't know how I made it to become an old man. I'm really surprise.
The Jeep Scrambler that I installed a Corvette engine in surely was a death machine, and know that I am known as an aggressive driver. Some people think I drive like a fighter pilot. LOL.
Than in the 70's I purposely became a NYC cab driver to deal with my rage and anger. (Yes I was a scary person back then, and I had a death wish.) I've done a lot of things to embrace danger and created life threatening situations.
Anyways as I age I feel myself going back to when I was a teenager or twenty year old when I just didn't care. All the decades pass, but all that hard work, all that education, and the future looks even more uncertain and unstable.
The new prints really leave the earlier work behind. The satin finish of my earlier work hid a lot of detail and tone that I'm able to fully exploit in larger prints that are more detailed and display a much larger dynamic range.
The road case and the prints will likely be about 100 pounds.
Cal
finguanzo
Well-known
Red Dragon.. No M9 sensor there.. 6k res, 16 stops dr, about 40k or so...
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Fidel,
Thanks for the clarity. What is the hype over the Red Dragon that makes it a desirable camera?
Has anyone checked out the video?
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
So pick a date.
When you get a chance check out Maggie's blog for the shots on top of ABC Carpet Union Square. There will be three posts: Monday; Wednesday; and Friday. All shots were with the Nikon 28/1.4 AF-D and D3X.
Cal
finguanzo
Well-known
Red was the first camera company making "semi" affordable high res video cameras. The camera also comes as a body only, you can upgrade whatever piece you want, sensor, viewfinders, everything is added on how you want it.. they are 19mp sensors, but very high res, 6-8k video.. More companies are making products like this now, especially Black Magic is changing things now, but red was the first. Made a name for themselves a few years back..
I have heard of fashion photogs filming their shoots, and actually using a freeze frame of the video as a still for magazine. Supposed to be that good.
I have heard of fashion photogs filming their shoots, and actually using a freeze frame of the video as a still for magazine. Supposed to be that good.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Fidel,
For the Corcoran shoot they picked frames of video to make stills just like you said.
I'm so dated. Back in the day when doing ENG I shot an Ikagami which fed into a U-matic recorder that was a separate deck. With a Sackler tripod with fluid head it was 80 pounds of gear without any lighting. Back then we used 1 inch wide tape for broadcast quality, but the expensive cameras used docked Betamax.
I am so old. LOL.
Cal
finguanzo
Well-known
Not much different today for broadcast, except for the decks....
These cameras are more for tv, small budget movies. We almost upgraded to Ikegami's last year, ended up going sony. Tripods are still huge fluid heads.
Im originally an audio guy, o do I miss 2 inch tape on a Studer.....
These cameras are more for tv, small budget movies. We almost upgraded to Ikegami's last year, ended up going sony. Tripods are still huge fluid heads.
Im originally an audio guy, o do I miss 2 inch tape on a Studer.....
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Fidel,
I hung out in a recording studio that had a 2 inch Studer. Very impressive. Also amazed by ribbon mikes and tube pre-amps.
I have 300B single ended triode monoblocks at home. I also collect guitar tube amps. I have a Mark Sampson era Spitfire in black shower curtain in the rare 2-10 speaker configuration; a Mark Sampson era Lightning also in rare 2-10 speaker configuration; and a later 1960 brown Fender Super that has the early tweed like amp with the later "extra tube" vibrato.
Basically I'm a "Tubehead."
Then there are guitars and electric bass...
Cal
Saganich
Established
Where do you keep all this stuff my friend? Pete mentioned he took a cab ride with you back then and confirms your driving abilities as being fast and precise and thus scary.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Chris,
Back in the day (1970's) I was an evil angry kid, and I was a cab driver one summer to fight off depression by venting my anger. Back then I was a scary guy and big bouncers would say, "I don't want any trouble," because I was so wire-rey, jumpy, and looked aggitated and crazy. Like the Ramone's songs, "I don't Care" and "I wanna be sedated" those big guys knew I couldn't be contained. Pretty much no one bothered me because I scared people. LOL. Anyways I stopped being a cab driver before I hurt or killed anyone, but I did learn that I had to learn to control my aggression and anger, so I quit being a cab driver to move on.
I have mucho guitars, amps and bass's warehoused out on Long Island with two friends.
I do rent two public storage units for some overflow. Back at the end of the Cold War I was accused of single handedly downsizing an aerospace company that use to be the fourth largest military contractor in the U.S. Many aircraft parts were on the Jeep Scrambler I built that housed a Corvette engine. Basically I created an "Urban Assault Vehicle" before they made the HumVee.
Part of Reganomics was the trickle down theory, but I basically stole from a Fortune 500 company and redistributed art supplies to my friends who ran small businesses and built race cars. Like Rob-In-Hood I stole from the rich and gave to the small business.
My tube stereo is in my living room. Maggie once asked, "Do those speakers have to be so big?" LOL. Originally I wanted to use a 2A3 triode that only has an output of 3 watts, and that meant I would of had to use Lowther's in a gigantic folded horn structure. Anyways that can still happen, because I can reconfigure my monoblocks eventually.
Anyways I no longer have an aerospace company in my basement, but know that I recycled most of that taxpayer's money to artists and crazies who will do all kinds of creative things with fighter jet parts.
Anyways I grew up poor and I am a hoarder.
Cal
Range-rover
Veteran
Cal What tube amps do you have and speakers as well?
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Bob,
Stereo is some hand built 300B monoblocks that I built from a Doc Bottlehead kit called a ParaBee that features Magnaquest trannys and a chassis I built at Grumman when I had access to a tool and die shop. The speakers are called "Straight Eights." Anyways my system is likely comparable to $30K Carey's. My system has an amazing 3-D soundstage.
Guitar amps: 1994 Mark Sampson era Matchless Spitfire 2-10; 1994 Mark Sampson era Lightning 2-10; 1960 Fender brown Super that is a transitional version with early amp, but later vibrato circuit with extra tube. I also have many home built clones.
Bass amp is an Aguilar DB-357 and speakers are Euphonic Audio 12 inch "Wizzy's."
Also have a very rare 1972 Marshall 4-10 that was only made for one year.
Currently in my 650 square foot apartment I have only 5 guitars and one bass. LOL.
Cal
I've heard Cal's system... it's very nice.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
John,
My system isn't tweaked, and the acoustics are nothing like when I had my stereo set up in a loft (Williamsburg) with 14 foot ceilings.
Some might say that listening to my stereo is better than sex. Also when set up in the right space listening is kinda like an outa body experience kinda like an orgasm.
Cal
Well, I'm not going to go that far... but it was a nice system.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
gdmcclintock
Well-known
What music do you play on your system, Cal?
What music do you play on your guitars and bass?
What music do you play on your guitars and bass?
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
George,
A lot of Be Bop and old school Jazz, a lot of blues, but to me there really are two types of music: good and bad.
I don't play out. I have had a disrupted life, and as a result I'm not so steady. I still have to woodshed and put in the time, but I mostly do Jazz and blues. I am told that I have good hands, and I basically get my sound from my hands.
As far as basses go I have two pre-Ernie Ball Stingray bass'es: one is a BOO bass from 1977; and the other is a rare fretted Rosewood with an odd Alder body (prototype?). I also have two G&L L-1000's from the Leo Fender era. Both have "Lawsuit" headstocks. I also have a NS Design EU-5 upright bass.
With guitars I mostly a Tele player, but I own a Santa Cruz and a Cris Mirabella custom archtop. Cris is building me an 18 inch "Trap-Door" archtop, and it seems that he is the next "Man" as far as the archtop builders go after John Monteleon.
One day I'll get it together...
Cal
finguanzo
Well-known
Yeah, I wouldn't take it that far either Cal.. Sorry.
I recorded for about 7 years, some amazing rooms, callibrated rooms while building studio control rooms, never stained my pants...
I recorded for about 7 years, some amazing rooms, callibrated rooms while building studio control rooms, never stained my pants...