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kootenayklaus
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...constantly thinking about filming and editing nowadays. I'll be sitting in class listening to my iPod, have a random song come on, and just replay it and replay it thinking about cinematography, editing, cutting, the whole deal. I'm starting to dream in filmmaker-esque type styles, and it's weird. I love it though, it's like my mind is a constantly running cinema that just keeps going, and I can make it whatever I want. I am starting to think about all of my upcoming film projects even though they are monthes away. Does anyone feel me on this one?

/emptied mind
Jun 3 2011 12:04AM
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Dwarftosser1
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I feel the same way man, Whenever I hear a song I always think about it fitting into to some kind of edit.
Jun 3 2011 12:09AM
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S.C
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I feel this way somewhat too. does anyone else play around with the focus of your eyes? (idk if that makes sense)
Jun 3 2011 9:06AM
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akarlsen
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ahaha i do that all the time!
Jun 3 2011 9:25AM
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Childstar.
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Nik, I feel Myself too...
Jun 3 2011 9:36AM
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kootenayklaus
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Hahahhahahaha I do this too. I wonder what range our eye's aperture can cover? (Like in fstops)
Jun 3 2011 11:16AM
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S.C
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Yea haha! And the other day I figured out that if you are a bit near/far sighted it means that you cant focus your eye at that length
Jun 3 2011 2:25PM
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steep
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yes! all the time! hahah
Jun 3 2011 2:59PM
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Dwarftosser1
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The f-number of the human eye varies from about f/8.3 in a very brightly lit place to about f/2.1 in the dark. The presented maximum f-number has been questioned,as it seems to only match the focal length that assumes outgoing light rays.According to the incoming rays of light (what we actually see), the focal length of the eye is a bit longer, resulting in maximum f-number of f/3.2.

Keep in mind that's from wikipedia
Jun 3 2011 3:11PM
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.Max.
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I like this thread. I always play with focusing my eyes. Sometimes I'll close one eye so it has that single lens look, then I forget that I'm sitting there staring at random things with one eye closed... Kind of an awkward position.


As far as aperture I've got to imagine that on the small side of things our iris's can close a fair amount. It's the only way we can control the amount of light we're perceiving (I think) so it should have a relatively large spectrum. Not sure how wide it can get, but we live in some seriously bright environments where an extremely tiny f/stop would be necessary.
Jun 3 2011 10:32PM
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[evan]
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This is sick, I can't join you in camera talk, but I do play with my eyes. it's fun to try with different perspectives and squint/close on eye.

As for music I'm constantly thinking about what type of edit a certain song would go into. I love this stuff.
Jun 3 2011 11:31PM
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kootenayklaus
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Well if you think about it, our eyes are one of the best lenses around. Specifically a prime, but our white balance is good, we are almost always perfectly exposed, our aperture varies all the time, and our mind is the limit for photos and videos. It's a perfect, non distorted, self adjusting lens.
Jun 4 2011 12:35AM
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Ethan.G
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only every single day haha i always try to see how i could get the best picture out of anything even when i don't have my camera on me. i feel slightly less crazy now
Jun 4 2011 2:01AM
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@ScubaSteve
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Filming and editing is free drug.
I overdose on it every god damn day
Jun 4 2011 2:48AM
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TijmenDal
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No vignetting, no CA, no barrel distortion. LOVE IT!

(Does CA apply to video too?)
Jun 4 2011 5:32AM
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WillStart
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yeah
Jun 4 2011 5:35AM
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eheath
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CA does apply to video.


Eyes are very interesting, even tho 50mm are suppose to be similar, there is no lens like the human eye.

Transplant eyes to cameras!?! most epic lens ever???
Jun 4 2011 5:35AM
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WillStart
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and the dynamic range of the brain/eye is ridiculous.


also it's interesting that you said that 'we are almost always perfectly exposed.' i agree, but it's weird because all perfectly exposed really means is that it matches what our eyes sees, or is at least presented in a way that is pleasing and seems natural to the eye.
Jun 4 2011 5:37AM
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eheath
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Not even gonna try to discuss "how" the brain interprets color and images. What if "red" to one person could be "green" to another person but its their "red" or their "green" could be "red" to someone else, but they still think of it as "green". My mind explodes when i think about that shit.
Jun 4 2011 5:41AM
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McFellon
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definitely some high level thinking going on here. whenever i edit right before i go to sleep, all i can think about is what i have to do to make the edit better. it's great because i often get some new ideas, but the downside is that i can't sleep.
Jun 4 2011 7:57AM
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TaranItUp
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MIND=Blown
Jun 4 2011 11:32AM
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S.C
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Holy shit, I always think about that! I didn't know anyone else did
Jun 4 2011 1:54PM
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[-mvee-]
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yeah i agree on the op. i have a playlist on my itunes called ''edit'' ...so once i hear a song i like and think i can use, i just put it in the playlist. comes in handy.
Jun 4 2011 2:15PM
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cwillygood
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this happens to me with every song i hear, i just wish a had a computer (mac) that could do the kind of editing i want
Jun 4 2011 11:48PM
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Peter.
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you don't need a mac to edit, and you don't really need a powerhouse pc to either
Jun 5 2011 12:48AM
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TijmenDal
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Wow! Good idea!
Jun 5 2011 5:42AM
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HeadyTopper
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i have dreams of editing, i think i'm addicted..
Jun 5 2011 12:37PM
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BIGben*
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Always.
Jun 5 2011 6:38PM
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Brock.
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I do it all the time. Whenever there is a good part in a song I have these visualizations of tricks and really sick shots. sometimes its skiing, sometimes snow boarding, good to know I'm not crazy :)
Jun 5 2011 8:12PM
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kootenayklaus
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Don't you hate it when there is a sick part of a song that would be sooo nice in an edit, and the rest is shit?
Jun 5 2011 9:10PM
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Stickity
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i've done a lot of thinking about this and i got the idea that instead of colors randomly being different for each person, instead it's like each person's color has a different reference point on the color spectrum. so it's all the same relatively but the point on the spectrum where navy blue is for one person might be where baby blue for another, so it just kinda shifts around instead of PURPLE IS GREEN, RED IS BLUE, TEAL IS ORANGE

it makes more sense if you've seen one of those spectrometer or whatever things are that separate light
Jun 5 2011 9:11PM
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the.cheat
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yeah i was thinking like what if we could get an sd/cf implant to record whatever we want/ take the sickest pics. i wonder how many megapixels we shoot in...
Jun 5 2011 10:01PM
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Downtofilm
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yea but our eye would have to be cropped a little, things might be in the way
Jun 5 2011 10:38PM
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S.C
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there wouldn't be megapixels, since we don't see in pixels. If it was to be converted to digital, we could in theory have as many megapixels as we would want
Jun 5 2011 10:55PM
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kootenayklaus
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OVER 9000!?!?!?!

loljk. This is now officially the what if your eyes were cameras/and related thread.
Jun 5 2011 11:04PM
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the.cheat
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intense. even though megapixels mean nothing when you start getting really high. i wonder how far we could crop down without it being uselessly blurry
Jun 5 2011 11:08PM
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[-mvee-]
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our eyes would also be the best ever lens, too. going from super wide gopro style, to telephoto zoom when we need it.
Jun 5 2011 11:15PM
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the.cheat
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but our eyes dont really zoom theyve just got mad resolution. our eyes are primes
Jun 5 2011 11:32PM
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Bro.J._Simpson
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I do this constantly and I honestly haven't done any real filming ever before. I only realized recently how much I do this especially with songs. As I here them I will picture movie scenes that I could create to go with them. It has had such a profound impact on me lately that I'm actually majoring in documentary style film for in college.
Jun 6 2011 2:41AM
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Brock.
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Our eyes also have no barrel distortion, which really is quite strange to think about. We actually have a near 180 degree field of view (only the 50mm in the center of that is sharp and focused) but the corners are not focused or sharp enough to make out details, only shapes and movement. Our brain actually mends images together in our brain based on what subject you are focusing on. This phenomena is the basis of optical illusions, the fact that we can actually view the same image in two completely different ways amazes me.

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Jun 6 2011 3:05PM
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[-mvee-]
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true. very true.
Jun 6 2011 10:17PM
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Childstar.
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Jun 6 2011 10:39PM
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