{"id":1038,"date":"2008-10-21T07:36:59","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T13:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2016-05-12T17:17:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T21:17:57","slug":"the-necessary-mundane-go-to-team-equipment-upgrades-on-the-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/2008\/the-necessary-mundane-go-to-team-equipment-upgrades-on-the-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Necessary Mundane\u2026 Go To Team equipment upgrades on the fly."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Go To Team<\/a> crews are always on here talking about all the cool shoots our crews get to go out on.\u00a0 But what are we doing on the days when we\u2019re not shooting?\u00a0 Days off are a rare occasion, but we make use of them as well!\u00a0 We\u2019re always working on our gear and trying to make it better for the next shoot.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a great example, and a hint for anyone using Kino-Flo\u2019s Barfly<\/a> instruments.\u00a0 Go To Team\u2019s Charlotte based Skip Clark runs with two 200 Barfly and two 100 Barfly instruments, and they all had the same problem.\u00a0 The lamps would never stay in the clips when he flew (which is a lot!) and would shatter as they rattled around in the fixture.\u00a0 We already have Kino-Flo Divas at Go To Team and when we travel with those we lay towels or bubble-wrap between the grid and the lamps to protect them.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>But because of the way the Barfly fixtures are designed, towels or bubble-wrap won\u2019t work (the fixtures are smaller and there\u2019s no room for a layer of padding).\u00a0 So the fix was as simple as a bungee cord!\u00a0 Skip pulled the white reflector out of the fixture, stretched a bungee cord across the bottom and through the vents, and then tied it off at each end.\u00a0 After replacing the reflector and the lamps, the bungee cord holds the lamps tightly in place, better than the original clips!\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>The fluorescent lamps never get that hot so the cord is safe and when it\u2019s time to change lamps (it happens a lot when you\u2019re adjusting for color temperature), just pull the bungee cord out of the way!\u00a0 A special thanks goes out to Skip\u2019s friend and fellow DP Dave Svenson for the brainstorm session!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Go To Team crews are always on here talking about all the cool shoots our crews get to go out on.\u00a0 But what are we doing on the days when we\u2019re not shooting?\u00a0 Days off are a rare occasion, but we make use of them as well!\u00a0 We\u2019re always working on our gear and trying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":27666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[259,287,140],"tags":[551,552,30,553,554],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}