COPIED OVER FROM THE LEAF FORUM. THIS IS SCARY!
A friend of mine sent me this last night(reprinted with permission)
"There were 10 of my clients there from the ad agency and 3 of their clients.
Four assistants, two producers, four traffic cops, hair and makeup and stylists and their assistants. A driver, a rep for the car, and I´m sure more people who I´ve forgotten Oscars style.
An iMac 24 and laptop in a blackout tent. Four large generators, a dozen or more lights. A RV. A grip truck. Catering.
Oh, and one Aptus 22 on an H2.
I´ve been getting these can´t connect messages with LC10 lately. Sometimes it takes me a few tries to connect, sometimes a good 20 minutes, but when it´s connected it´s bulletproof.
Today, on exactly the third frame with light falling in the backgroud, LC10 craps out. We try to connect several times with a couple restarts with no luck. We move to LC8 on the iMac. No. We move to LC10 on the laptop. No. We move to LC8 on the laptop. No. We had made it through 50 test shots, but now things are screwed. I let the client know. Hey, it happens. I said that´s the price of these excellent files. I think they were buying it.
Finally, I move to cards and the shows back on the road. So this story has an optomistic ending, right?
Let it be said, I have absolutely no faith in my camera, and that´s not a good feeling. "
Hope you are listening Leaf. 6 of my acquantinces have turned there Leaf backs in or sold them. People are leaving in droves. Please print out the last sentence and place it over ever Leaf employees desk. What you don´t get here is that our careers are at stake every time we shoot. The shoot is hard enough, but every day I show up saying under my breath, "I hope it works, I hope it works"
