John Haas
Cinematographer
Currently based out of Los Angeles, I aspire to travel the world and use my camera as a tool for activism in doing my part in making the world a better place.
I've used Premiere for 15 years now, and I'm over them. I stuck around because of how familiar I am with the workflow, but now it's just gotten beyond ridiculous and I need to get over my insecurity of learning a new program(Resolve).
The Ursa Mini Pro G2 offers 120fps in 4k. But this camera does look wonderful and in a few years I may sell my Ursa and pick this up when it’s price goes down. I love the ergonomics of this series.
At the moment I move with the subject when I’m on a gimbal. It’s a dance to keep them in focus.
I pull the focus rapidly to whip from subject to subject as I’m reading the moment. Wondering how responsive this is.
For dramatized scenes and establishing shots I could see this as super useful though. You are right, it’s a tool.
As primarily a doc shooter, and have only done motorized focus pulling on narrative filming, how does something like this play with the organic nature of doc filmmaking? I'm usually a one-man band and focus is rapidly changing and unpredictable and also has to feel organic. Would this be a good asset for me or give my footage a more mechanical feel? Thanks for any thoughts or opinions on this!
I grew up on a farm very isolated from any youth my age, and it wasn't until I became an adult and then a filmmaker that I realized this was probably one of the best things that could have happened to me. I live in LA now and love it, but I still find the most honest inspiration when I'm away from the noise. Thanks for sharing this!
considering no screen....not very.....? lol