Hawk w/prey- Canon XH-A1
Went out today with the A1 and caught this on video- 1st attempt with A1 outdoors. I'll post better setup videos in the future.
(Of course compressed and reduced size) http://stevenunez.com/videos/HawkCanA1.mov |
Very nice!
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Very cool nature footage! Love the music and sound effects!
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Hi Steve,
Amazing clip. I remember some hawk footage you posted a couple of years ago (I think it was you). I am really looking hard at the A1. After using a GL-1, wearing it out, and then switching to the Pany DVC30, I found that I really miss that 20x lens and that nice warm/saturated Canon look. Regards, |
What was your camera setup
This was absolutely a good catch. I would love to be able to shoot like this. Can you tell me how your camera was setup? I am trying to figure out the focus system on this camera.
Thanks, CMR |
Excellent shots. Was it 24F?
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I like the shot a lot. It may just be on the web, but it does seem a little dark to me... like it was exposed for the sky, not the hawk. I would have rather gotten more detail in the bird, and blown our the sky a bit.
How does it look on a monitor? On the LCD? Thanks for sharing. |
Exposure looked great on my laptop. I was amazed at the latitude there--great detail in the hawk yet good sky exposure. I just flipped on the color bars, and my screen is adjusted well.
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Thanks for the nice words guys.
Since it was the first outting and I was eager to get some footage- I shot it in Auto mode but in 30F. I did override the exposures to keep highlights in check- It's much better to shoot with the ND filter on and use high shutter speeds for more precise exposures and balance this with aperture.....also auto mode tends to boost contrast just a tad bit higher than I'd like- but it's really good so far. The best setup is full manual and balance the aperture and shutter for highlight clipping. Again thanks guys, this is a learning curve that's fun to learn! |
Here's a clip showing what happened when I tried to brighten the exposure- I ended up getting slight highlight clipping in the extreme edges of the hawks left side of the head, as well as a blown out sky.....a variety of ND filters would have helped.....
http://stevenunez.com/videos/hawkhc.mov |
Steve,
Yeah, that's interesting... much less contrast there. Beautiful camera, but it is still DV lattitude. Thanks for sharing. |
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As far as latitude goes, Im getting far more latitude from this camera than I did on any DV cam. Steves shot is simply overexposed here. A polariser would make the world of difference on that shot. |
A polarizer is on my list- thanks!
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BTW Steve I watched your sexy girl clip - you are one talented artist.
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Steve! How the hell are you?!?? We still, staying with Canon? Huh?
When I saw "Steve Nunez" and your Hawk-ing I had to go and get 'em. Must be 3 years back now? Yes, the A1 has me pinned against the wall at the moment, as most likely being my "next" 16:9 camera - PLUS those aperture+zoom rings. Tell me, I'm seeing your piece thru MOV player and it looks ever so slightly stretched horiz? It could be me, but it looks kinda 17:9? Is this WIDESCREEN for +16:9? If so does MOV player do this? Please tell me that tearing and ripping "scrunching" sound was some Foley work you added? Was that being picked up by your mics? Great work!! - Still punching with my XM2 here! |
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