This is a non-diving video question, but someone knows everything on this board, so here goes.
We shot some footage last Saturday on top of a 250' rock for a rock climbing themed commercial. The rock sits about 1/4 mile from a mountain top that has about 6 TV RF towers that feed the airways for the local stations, and the towers are in direct line of sight of the rock top where we were shooting.
Looking at the dailies, all of the shots that were hand-held are fine, but all of the shots from the tripod, or from the jib have distortion and color bleed. My guess is that the tripod/jib acts as an antenna (rubber feet, not grounded).
The hand held shots are good enough, but on very close inspection I can detect some very minor effects as well. My plan is to re-shoot everything hand held (maybe even have the cameraman take off his shoes).
Any other ideas on how to shield the camera from the RF effects?
Oh, cameras are XL1s.
Thanks!
Rick
We shot some footage last Saturday on top of a 250' rock for a rock climbing themed commercial. The rock sits about 1/4 mile from a mountain top that has about 6 TV RF towers that feed the airways for the local stations, and the towers are in direct line of sight of the rock top where we were shooting.
Looking at the dailies, all of the shots that were hand-held are fine, but all of the shots from the tripod, or from the jib have distortion and color bleed. My guess is that the tripod/jib acts as an antenna (rubber feet, not grounded).
The hand held shots are good enough, but on very close inspection I can detect some very minor effects as well. My plan is to re-shoot everything hand held (maybe even have the cameraman take off his shoes).
Any other ideas on how to shield the camera from the RF effects?
Oh, cameras are XL1s.
Thanks!
Rick