Fireworks with the A1
 

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/704846..._rhode_island/

Not a spectacular show, but a very strong showing of the A1 in low light :)

4th of July Fireworks Miami FL
 

No color grading or editing. About 54 MBs of firework in Doral a town in Miami Dade County.
This is the complete show capture with the VIVIDRGB (Steven's) 24-fps. I used at the beginning 1/24 shutter then tried 1/48 and at the end 1/12th sec shtter. Aperture was set between f4 and f9.5, gain at 0 db. I capture the 1080i 24fps footage with FCP 5.0.4 with a Blackmagic HD Extreme card with the 1080i 60 DVCPROHD codec. The timeline was 1080p 24fps.

http://www.mediafire.com/?fjbjnhzzztx

Fireworks is not low-light it is actually a light. That is why I shot at 0 db and up to f9.5

July 4th fireworks Eugene OR shot on A1
 

www.wildnorthwest.org/fireworks.mov

Settings

30f and 60i mix
Manual shooting mode
Manual focus set to infinity
Gain 0
60th at f3.2
Camera defaults for color and tone
Focal range of 400-650
Shot on Gitzo 1410/Bogen 503
Audio-Technica 835b shotgun mic on auto gain

Captured m2t in Vegas. Compiled clips in Womble Mpeg video wizard (no editing per se) and exported (all stream copy) with music added, open Womble export in Vegas, render as MOV at 720x540, all highest settings.

Music - Divine, by Supreme Beings of Leisure

You did a nice job. I only noticed blocking when the action got very heavy. Did it occur in the original video, or was it introduced in post?

Blocking was all in the Quicktime encoding. The original footage is free of any noticeable glitches. The 60i seemed to handle the chaotic action better.

I had to take the clip down due to bandwidth. I'll leave the settings up though, which produced nice results.

Brett:

Nice. I'm a Salem, Oregon A1 owner. Go Oregon and GO OREGON !