XH A1 mini movie
 

White swans meet other waterbirds. Strong music.
A little 1,5 minute movie 'stresstest' to find the MPEG2 critical moments shooting with the XH A1 Canon.

http://exposureroom.com/members/magi...62b8//?em=View
or ( same movie)
http://www.vimeo.com/1039243

Outdoors with the Letus Extreme
 

I love the Canon A1 with the LetusEX. I got outside today to get some footage and it came out so gorgeous. What a great combination. This is all with an 85mm Nikon Prime. No CC, straight out of cam using Panalook preset.

http://www.kyleprohaska.com/letusex_...sex_test3.html

Comments? :)

Looks absolutely gorgeous.

What model is that 85mm prime? I'm searching for one on eBay but there are a lot of re-issues of it.

I'm not sure what model but I got it from keh.com They have a big selection and their rating of used lenses is much more creditable than ebay. Look there for one...prices are great too.

I don't know about the Beta state exposureroom is running on, I received this message if you hit the movie:

'We're Sorry, there was an Error Attempting this Operation
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'

But mostly it is running.

flow
 

19 seconds high quality HD:

http://www.vimeo.com/1062298
or same mov but better:
http://exposureroom.com/members/magi...a6c18816112e3/

XH-A1 High School Play
 

Hey guys,
This is just a short 2 minute clip of a high school production of "Beauty and the Beast." I shot it with no presets, AWB, +3 gain.

www.vimeo.com/1076159

I used IAF, which worked okay for most of it, but I did have a lot of moments where focus went soft for about 2 seconds when panning or when lighting would change on the stage.
-Steve

Do you think normal focus setting would have worked better?

Vasquez Rocks
 

I've been working on a new preset based upon the REALITY preset and came up with something I named REALSHP. The intent is to have natural looking colors that don't require a lot of color grading but can be made to "pop" with a slight saturation boost in post if desired.

To test this preset, yesterday, I shot some footage at Vasquez Rocks, located in North Los Angele County, CA. Many of you will recognize it as the backdrop for a multitude of motion pictures and television shows.

Here's the result of the experiment. No color grading was done in post.

http://exposureroom.com/members/mvan...23b13748e8f66/

The video was edited in NewTek's SpeedEdit. The audio was created automatically in in Adobe Soundbooth.

Newbie with 1st video, around town... Check it out please...
 

Hello all!
I just recently got a XH-G1 and am trying to get back into the whole video thing. Its been 6yrs since I've done anything, but I learn pretty quick.

Anyways the video is just a montage of shots around downtown Valparaiso, In and Ogden Gardens, Valparaiso. Let me know what you think please. Any feedback would be nice. I'm learning everything I'm doing right now on the fly...

http://www.vimeo.com/1088487

Enjoy!

new test
 

Hi
Nothing special just want to share,i would make something interesting when i get my SGPRO .
http://www.vimeo.com/1090671
Thanks to all
Cheers

I love the dark look. i didn't get it bet nice shots. keep up the good work.

Thanks for posting; I also find the effect with black level boost interesting. If you can recall your settings, please do post them.

Hi neighbor
 

Not bad at all. Practice alot and it will all come together. This forum has been a tremendous help learning from the pros. Are you planning on doing any video work with your cam? I may need some help at times with another XH-A1. I got my first job tomorrow using it. I also will be using an HV30.
Rich

I noticed the shot of the sun in the beginning. I've been a little paranoid of shooting the sun because of the warnings in the manual. Does anyone know what kind of damage, if any, pointing the lens at the sun can cause?

Nice video btw, the colors look good. Did you use a preset?

XHA1 & RNG35 Adapter First Day
 

I've done my first test with the A1 and the RNG35 a lake near my place. Really love the different look that the adapter gives. Any C&C welcome

http://www.vimeo.com/1096145

Hi Peter,

Some really nice images there. Liked the focus in/outs, and slight cam moves, except the end shot of the tall grass, then suddenly panning left seemed to not flow with the rest of the piece. Good job nonetheless.

How is it working with the RNG35? You said it wasn't as easy as with the HV20. Did you have to use a step up/down ring? Have you ever used other 35mm adapters?

Best,

Cheers for the comments, the last shot I was going for that end of the film roll look but not sure if it works.

The adapter is 72mm thread so no need for step down/up ring. but just the bulkiness of the adapter and the cam makes a bit more cumbersome but thats something I have to get used to. It is my first time with an adapter as well so I can't compare with other adapters either. If I had the budget I would have bought the cinavete brevis. For the budget user the RNG is excellent value.

After your comment in the custom preset part of this forum I searched for your movie to watch it.
Great recordings! I recognised a few places from scenes in series! Wonderfull work there.

One thing: the music...I might have chosen something with a touch of magic? But, like the presets...it sometimes is personal taste. :-)

Good work Marcel, and thanks for the comments about WB and CP's

Thanks Gert,

Actually the music was just a very quick choice...automatically generated by Adobe Soundbooth. Not my favorite either, but the only thing I had handy.

I'm not sure when you watched the clip, but you may have seen it early this morning (early my time, that is). That was actually a test clip trying a different compression. But I found it tended to wash the colors out a little so I just replaced it with the original. You might try watching it again to get a better idea of what the preset does.

The Couch
 

Hi,
here a new lighting experiment, XHA1 and Letus Extreme.

Enjoy!

http://www.vimeo.com/1099139



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Nice video and very nice looking girls ;-)
I have question regarding the two last seconds of your video. Did you use some sort of special plugin or just combined some simple tools for that effect?

Thank you.
It was a combination of a picture shrinking plugin + a white circle shape

Thanks for the great feedback! Its greatly appreciated. I've noticed this forum is a weath of knowledge and I'm greatly appreciative of that.

"Makoto Schoppert: I noticed the shot of the sun in the beginning. I've been a little paranoid of shooting the sun because of the warnings in the manual. Does anyone know what kind of damage, if any, pointing the lens at the sun can cause?

Nice video btw, the colors look good. Did you use a preset? "

I missed that part of the manual.. whoops! I just kinda dive into things sometimes.
As for the preset, I used Steven Dempsey's VIVIDRGB preset for the whole shoot. Although the opening scene of the courthouse, I had to correct in post cause it just looked to cold and uninviting, other than that just that preset.

Thanks again for everything. Constructive critism is what I need, thanks all!

I've gone back and forth with Iaf and regular auto. They both pulsate a little while zooming or panning and zooming but overall I think the IAF doesn't soft focus nearly as often as regular. The regular seems to drift quite a bit when there isn't a reason to...

I have come to the realization that Canon Auto Focus is inferior to Panasonic. It is not very forgiving and seems to go out of focus for no reason.
The musical could have been captured with manual focus as long as you had set up your distances first.

Clips so far with A1. Advice and tips please if you have any...
 

Heres all the clips ive gotten on my xh a1 so far. I think I can get better looking footage with better settings and I think you pros could help me out haha. I know the filming isnt good but I got that part wired now. Let me know if you have any advice for any settings thanks.

http://vimeo.com/1120774

that goofyfooter in the beginning kills it! and is that kalani's song from sipping jetstreams?
there are some good surf clips in there. my only advice would be (as i said before) smooth and steady shots, and better camera adjustment (aperture, shutter) for brighter shots, and/or some color correction.

how so should I change the aperature and shutter... I think im going to try aperature around 4.0 to 5.6/5.8. and shutter speed at 1/300. What do you think about that

Hey John,
Same as Morgan I think its a little underexposed plus the colors are a little flat. You might try using the Vividrgb preset and get some popping colors out of it.

Hi Nathan, I used a variety of settings for all of those clips. Since then I did test just filming the ocean (since we havnt had any waves) and Im thinking of using the -3db preset, it looks real nice and somebody suggested shutter speed at 1/300 so im going to try that out, and try to keep exposure inbetween 4.0 and 5.6.

XHA1 Test in Munich
 

Hi@all, Im new here but Im sure I´ll like it here.
I just upgraded to XHA1 a week ago and made some shooting in the City.
I used the Canon XM2 before and what can I say? Finally I can make the sky look the way I want it to look like.

http://www.vimeo.com/1117950

Any feedback is wellcome ;-)

New surf footage with xh a1
 

We got a south swell on Maui and me and some freinds went and surfed on 06-07-08 and heres a little movie I put together of our session.

http://vimeo.com/1139050

Yesterday I got inspired by the movie "K-PAX" und made this little clip. Have fun!

http://www.vimeo.com/1141856

john, that clip was great.
your tracking was alot smoother and the shots were all well exposed/set. there was some good surfing in that clip...and im going to be surfing that same south today : )

is makana ola's younger brother?

Some of the filming was good and some filming was bad because we all take turns filming so some people know how and some dont at all. Yes, makana is Olas younger brother.

Great shots man... Awesome video and music...

good stuff man. some great surfing in that clip. those waves look incredibly fun.

looks like there are a couple of us here in this forum who shoot the surf. and we're all in relatively different locations. nice.

I can't quite put my finger on it, but your shooting style just nails this cool Super8/16mm film look. Nice edits too. Get some of your friends together and start shooting a movie!

Thx! In fact I already made some shortfilms and shooting another one this summer.
Take a look on the site of my Director: www.kaisitter.com