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From: BT Corwin <bcorwin@mcn.org>
Subject: Re: 2 weeks in the North Pacific
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:15:05 -0700
To: "IMUG Maillist" <IMUG-List@media-motion.tv>

Bring lots of Ginger. Candy, pills, dried, whatever. Chew on it all  
the time.

And, a vacuum sealer, if you can. Seriously, vacuum seal your  
underwear, socks, and any metal video equipment that's not  
immediately being used, and all your tape. The salt air is a killer.
Next best thing is 1 gal Hefty Ziper Loc baggies. They make really  
giant ones now too, big enough for blankets and sweaters.

As for the P2 transfer, it's slower coming directly from the camera  
via firewire, as opposed to copying from laptop PC slot to hard drive.

2 weeks on a boat in the North Pacific is definitely one shoot I'd  
have to turn down - I've never been able to get over seasickness.

  regards,

  bt


On Apr 27, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Ron Lisnet wrote:

> In mid-May I'm going on a research cruise in the sub-arctic Pacific  
> for 10-12 days documenting the work of marine scientists and  
> oceanographers.  The vessel is heading up the coast of Canada and  
> up to 800 miles out into the North Pacific Ocean.  Not
> having dony any shoots remotely near as involved as this one, any  
> advice?
>
> The basic outline of my plan is this:
>
> Shooting on HVX-200.  Have 2 P2 cards and 2 Firestore FS-100.   
> Using a Macbook Pro Laptop to ingest footage and save onto a  
> firewire drive.  At the same time, using Toast, burn backups to  
> DVD.  Someone else will be on-board with a Canon GL2 which
> can serve as a backup/2nd camera.
>
>
>
> There was a thread a while back about an adapter card to get the P2  
> into the laptop using this:
>
> http://www.duel-systemsadapters.com/
>
> Is this a better way to go then just coming out of the camera via FW?
>
> There are thousands of other questions I have about shooting in a  
> remote, confined (275 foot boat) space.  Not the least of which is  
> can anyone recommend a good seasickness remedy?
>
> But beyond that any thoughts in general about backups, redundancy  
> or any other topics would be much appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Ron Lisnet
> Multimedia Producer
> University of Maine Creative Services
> ron.lisnet@umit.maine.edu
> (207) 581-3779
>
>
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