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  1. hedbonker

    New member from California

    Welcome from the bowels of California!
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    GCT Placement

    Thank you sir!
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    Permits

    Yeah a lot of places will have an exception for stills only. But as soon as you mention video it's time to bend over.
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    Permits

    Yeah I know that they want to target Hollywood productions basically but they leave it open such that a videographer shooting a wedding at the beach is now liable for that $1500 fee - Not a reasonable thing but these cities all seem to refuse to differentiate if you ask them directly.
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    Permits

    So you pay that and then you pay whatever the local fees are as well? The verbiage seems to imply that the fee is only for county owned properties tho.
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    Permits

    Where did you see that? I live in Ventura County and have only seen this: Microsoft Word - Updated FIlm Permit Fee Calc. Text.docx (vcrma.org) Ventura_County_Film_Permit_Fee_Summary.pdf (vcrma.org)
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    GCT Placement

    Are any of you using a GPS device like a Garmin or an app on your phone to measure GCP placement? If so, what have you found that works well for this? Thanks!
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    Greetings from the bowels of Southern California

    Howdy folks! New member here. I started flying drones in 2014. I currently fly a Phantom and an Air 3. Got my 107 about a year and half ago. I have a video production company that I run with my wife and we have recently started to do some construction progress work with the drones. We live in...
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    Permits

    I do not do RE work nor do I intend to. But I am interested in how the folks that do it deal with permits. I actually never do business in the city I live in since the city government is so rapacious I am unwilling to give them a penny of my money. For example, they charge $600 / day for a...
  10. hedbonker

    Any others switched to Davinci Resolve for Post Work?

    Been using Resolve for editing since version 15 (18.6.1 is current). Prior to that we started using resolve for color correction at version 9 when it cost $1000 for a license. No regrets. V15 as an NLE was pretty rough but it has gotten better in every way ever since.