Preset Footage, adapting (Panalook)

Steven Dempsey · March 11th, 2007, 05:26 PM

Hi again,

Here's some footage I did with my BW preset. Same park as previous footage

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/XHA1/parkBW.wmv

Kevin Martorana · March 16th, 2007, 11:03 AM

Guys....I have posted some stuff on our website...I'm hoping my web admin doesn't "bust" us due the the amount of bandwidth downloading...

Maybe Chris can give me access to upload these files.

Here's the deal...

this footage was shot both HDV and DVCProHD at the same time. We used the HD-SDI output and ran matching TC also.

There is a PDF file you can read about how we did this....Canon did a little article on us...so just download the file.

Also...all the shots in this QT are DVCPro100 except one. I know it will be tough to tell which in a compressed QT....but I'll tell you. The last shot is HDV.

We edited this on an Avid Adrenaline...ingesting the DVCProHD AND the HDV.

There are several scenes in this video (ultimately a 28 minute plant tour and a 4 minute tradeshow video) where we COULDN'T power or tether the DVCPro HD deck....so we just shot HDV. We thought it would be a good test.

It was...we can see the difference of course....but cutting the footage together matched nicely...and ultimately...downcoverting it to SD and playing on a DVD in letterbox mode....no one can see the difference.

I was seriously impressed with the white hot whites...and the grays and blacks and keeping the chroma colors. Contrast is not an issue with this camera.

Also...we used a N6 ND filter in the matte box for the pouring shots, in addition to the ND on the camera.

Camera was set 1080i and shooting 24f.

Enjoy.

Go here to download:

http://www.takeoneprod.com/canonxlh1

Steven Dempsey · March 16th, 2007, 04:48 PM

Hi Kevin, thanks for posting. I think you meant to post this in the XLH1 forum because this is where we post footage from the XHA1 and XHG1.

Here's the XLH1 forum:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=126

I'm sure Chris will move it.

Rolf Seitz · March 20th, 2007, 05:29 AM

Hello,

here my first sample clip of my A1. Shot in 1080/25f for my current project on bouldering. CC done in AE Pro 7.0. Compressed with Sorenson Squeeze 4 (1280x720 25fps).

Criticism is welcome! ;)

http://www.nge.netprovide.com/oldmovie.mov

Couldn´t find any link tags, so please copy&paste the link.

Dom Stevenson · March 22nd, 2007, 05:18 AM

short and sweet. A budding Buster Keaton?

Rafael Lopes · March 26th, 2007, 01:00 PM

Hi Gang,

Check this out:

http://rapidshare.com/files/22913178...media.wmv.html

I used a 10+ macro attached to the Canon A1 then at about 5cm from the macro I had a 7+ macro and then about 5cm from the 7+ macro I had a nikon lens.

On the second shot I twisted the 7+ macro a bit to try to get a kind "tilt and shift" effect going on. On the last shot you can see a lot of dust.

Anyway, let me know what you guys think. I'm far far far far away from having any knowledge on how to build a 35mm adapter. This was just a little test.

Alain Mayo · April 10th, 2007, 05:55 AM

This is my first day with my new xh-A1, I was testing how this cam was at night with available light. Shoot at 24f sd at 0db using one of the cinegama presets. One question , I was trying to upload one of the presets I download from here to the cam and the card to cam option was gray out , how do you upload from card to cam?.

http://www.mayosproductions.com/videos/24F%20NIGHT.wmv

John Wheeler · April 25th, 2007, 06:28 AM

Just received my A1 last wednesday. Cracked that thing outta the box and wow!!. I was impressed with the size, the look, the texture, the overall build. It's almost worth the 3,250 just to be able to look at it.

Had a chance to play around with it last night. Shot a few close up's of objects from about the house. Shot a sun-set as well.

The video I've posted here has its fair amount of problems. Some shakeyness, some graininess, some blurriness. All my fault. But there are a couple of good shots, showing the close-up, detailed, capability of this camera.

http://www.elpez.com/hd1.wmv

WARNING: the file is 190 megs.

j.

Trish Kerr · April 25th, 2007, 08:02 AM

That was spectacular. The coin shot and salt(?) into the glass was beautiful.
Thanks for sharing.

Trish

Noel Evans · May 2nd, 2007, 09:30 AM

Heres part of a 7 minute sequence that aired nationally in Aus and NZ. Did this a few months ago but just got the go ahead to share. Enjoy :happy:

http://www.scarlet-films.com/TAS_OPEN.mov

See if once is enough...

Nathan Quattrini · May 3rd, 2007, 09:55 AM

not bad, though i`m not big into cars, I like asian women :)) The quality is great, what preset did you use for indoors on the show floor?

Paul Torak · May 10th, 2007, 02:17 PM

Hello all; Just wondered if anyone recalls a clip/link that was up awhile back, possibly late last year, showing a musician playing guitar on a railroad trestle, in a warm sepia like tone? Could have been a band video.
Sorry, can't remember if it was in the A1, H1. or G1 forums. Now that I've rebuilt my computer, I should be able to view that video, and all the other great contributions here without the player stuttering. Thanks for any help in advance, and all the great pointers to using the A1 to it's fullest
Dave

Mark Rook · May 14th, 2007, 02:43 PM

Did a little more testing using the 25f on the A1. Panning seemed a lot smoother and the close-ups using manual focus gave great results. Shot with 1/50th shutter, auto aperture and 1/32 ND filter.

Vids 44mb

www.rcflights.co.uk/Videos1/25f.wmv

Mark

Michael Wach · May 14th, 2007, 03:39 PM

Nice shots...:) The Optical Image Stabilization works pretty fine - that is good to know :D

Brian Brown · May 29th, 2007, 11:24 PM

The worship minister at my church wrote a song for a father/ daughter that attend: he's an artist, and she a ballet dancer. We had interviewed the artist for a video segment to act as an intro to this live dance segment featuring his daughter dancing to the song, performed at a Christian conference we had last Tuesday at our church. We also were lucky to have a local string duet, Acoustic Eidolon accompany the live set, and I filmed it all, along with one rehearsal, to cut this music video, that we later used in worship services Sunday.

I shot everything on the PANALOOK preset, 0db gain, tungsten WB, and all hand-held (some shakily so) except for the interview segments.

A hi(ish)-rez version, 1024x576 90MB WMV file is here: http://www.browncowvideo.com/kennedy/jitd.htm

A low-rez Flash version is here: http://www.browncowvideo.com/kennedy/jitd_lo.htm

The intro/ interview of the artist, Scott Kennedy, is here (also Flash):
http://www.browncowvideo.com/kennedy/interview.htm

Enjoy,
Brian Brown
BrownCow Productions

March 11th, 2007, 05:26 PM	#16
Steven Dempsey Disjecta Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 937	In-camera black and white footage Hi again, Here's some footage I did with my BW preset. Same park as previous footage http://www.pinelakefilms.com/XHA1/parkBW.wmv __________________ Try my Digital Therapy: http://www.pinelakefilms.com/digital_therapy.html Films on ExposureRoom: http://exposureroom.com/members/disjecta.aspx/videos/

March 16th, 2007, 11:03 AM	#17
Kevin Martorana Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 250	Steel Mill Footage Guys....I have posted some stuff on our website...I'm hoping my web admin doesn't "bust" us due the the amount of bandwidth downloading... Maybe Chris can give me access to upload these files. Here's the deal... this footage was shot both HDV and DVCProHD at the same time. We used the HD-SDI output and ran matching TC also. There is a PDF file you can read about how we did this....Canon did a little article on us...so just download the file. Also...all the shots in this QT are DVCPro100 except one. I know it will be tough to tell which in a compressed QT....but I'll tell you. The last shot is HDV. We edited this on an Avid Adrenaline...ingesting the DVCProHD AND the HDV. There are several scenes in this video (ultimately a 28 minute plant tour and a 4 minute tradeshow video) where we COULDN'T power or tether the DVCPro HD deck....so we just shot HDV. We thought it would be a good test. It was...we can see the difference of course....but cutting the footage together matched nicely...and ultimately...downcoverting it to SD and playing on a DVD in letterbox mode....no one can see the difference. I was seriously impressed with the white hot whites...and the grays and blacks and keeping the chroma colors. Contrast is not an issue with this camera. Also...we used a N6 ND filter in the matte box for the pouring shots, in addition to the ND on the camera. Camera was set 1080i and shooting 24f. Enjoy. Go here to download: http://www.takeoneprod.com/canonxlh1

March 16th, 2007, 04:48 PM	#18
Steven Dempsey Disjecta Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 937	Hi Kevin, thanks for posting. I think you meant to post this in the XLH1 forum because this is where we post footage from the XHA1 and XHG1. Here's the XLH1 forum: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=126 I'm sure Chris will move it. __________________ Try my Digital Therapy: http://www.pinelakefilms.com/digital_therapy.html Films on ExposureRoom: http://exposureroom.com/members/disjecta.aspx/videos/

March 20th, 2007, 05:29 AM	#19
Rolf Seitz Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Zurich (Switzerland); Luxembourg (L) Posts: 44	My first clip Hello, here my first sample clip of my A1. Shot in 1080/25f for my current project on bouldering. CC done in AE Pro 7.0. Compressed with Sorenson Squeeze 4 (1280x720 25fps). Criticism is welcome! ;) http://www.nge.netprovide.com/oldmovie.mov Couldn´t find any link tags, so please copy&paste the link. __________________ Canon XH A1 -> Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro Manfrotto 701RC2 on 755BK

March 26th, 2007, 01:00 PM	#21
Rafael Lopes Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 1,239	A1 35mm adapter test Hi Gang, Check this out: http://rapidshare.com/files/22913178...media.wmv.html I used a 10+ macro attached to the Canon A1 then at about 5cm from the macro I had a 7+ macro and then about 5cm from the 7+ macro I had a nikon lens. On the second shot I twisted the 7+ macro a bit to try to get a kind "tilt and shift" effect going on. On the last shot you can see a lot of dust. Anyway, let me know what you guys think. I'm far far far far away from having any knowledge on how to build a 35mm adapter. This was just a little test. Last edited by Rafael Lopes; March 26th, 2007 at 02:22 PM.

March 22nd, 2007, 05:18 AM	#20
Dom Stevenson Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: London UK Posts: 430	short and sweet. A budding Buster Keaton?

April 10th, 2007, 05:55 AM	#22
Alain Mayo Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 81	24F at night This is my first day with my new xh-A1, I was testing how this cam was at night with available light. Shoot at 24f sd at 0db using one of the cinegama presets. One question , I was trying to upload one of the presets I download from here to the cam and the card to cam option was gray out , how do you upload from card to cam?. http://www.mayosproductions.com/videos/24F%20NIGHT.wmv

April 25th, 2007, 06:28 AM	#23
John Wheeler Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Antonio Texas Posts: 85	New Footage. Just received my A1 last wednesday. Cracked that thing outta the box and wow!!. I was impressed with the size, the look, the texture, the overall build. It's almost worth the 3,250 just to be able to look at it. Had a chance to play around with it last night. Shot a few close up's of objects from about the house. Shot a sun-set as well. The video I've posted here has its fair amount of problems. Some shakeyness, some graininess, some blurriness. All my fault. But there are a couple of good shots, showing the close-up, detailed, capability of this camera. http://www.elpez.com/hd1.wmv WARNING: the file is 190 megs. j.

April 25th, 2007, 08:02 AM	#24
Trish Kerr Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 294	That was spectacular. The coin shot and salt(?) into the glass was beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Trish

May 2nd, 2007, 09:30 AM	#25
Noel Evans Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 157	Little clip... hmmm Heres part of a 7 minute sequence that aired nationally in Aus and NZ. Did this a few months ago but just got the go ahead to share. Enjoy :happy: http://www.scarlet-films.com/TAS_OPEN.mov See if once is enough...

May 3rd, 2007, 09:55 AM	#26
Nathan Quattrini Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 740	not bad, though i`m not big into cars, I like asian women :)) The quality is great, what preset did you use for indoors on the show floor? __________________ Cinematography Site

May 10th, 2007, 02:17 PM	#27
Paul Torak New Boot Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Willoughby, Ohio Posts: 6	looking for a video Hello all; Just wondered if anyone recalls a clip/link that was up awhile back, possibly late last year, showing a musician playing guitar on a railroad trestle, in a warm sepia like tone? Could have been a band video. Sorry, can't remember if it was in the A1, H1. or G1 forums. Now that I've rebuilt my computer, I should be able to view that video, and all the other great contributions here without the player stuttering. Thanks for any help in advance, and all the great pointers to using the A1 to it's fullest Dave

May 14th, 2007, 02:43 PM	#28
Mark Rook Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Aberystwyth, Wales, UK Posts: 91	25f pans and close ups Did a little more testing using the 25f on the A1. Panning seemed a lot smoother and the close-ups using manual focus gave great results. Shot with 1/50th shutter, auto aperture and 1/32 ND filter. Vids 44mb www.rcflights.co.uk/Videos1/25f.wmv Mark

May 14th, 2007, 03:39 PM	#29
Michael Wach Tourist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Penig, Germany Posts: 3	Nice shots...:) The Optical Image Stabilization works pretty fine - that is good to know :D

May 29th, 2007, 11:24 PM	#30
Brian Brown Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Estes Park, CO USA Posts: 426	Music Video (inspirational) with XH-A1 The worship minister at my church wrote a song for a father/ daughter that attend: he's an artist, and she a ballet dancer. We had interviewed the artist for a video segment to act as an intro to this live dance segment featuring his daughter dancing to the song, performed at a Christian conference we had last Tuesday at our church. We also were lucky to have a local string duet, Acoustic Eidolon accompany the live set, and I filmed it all, along with one rehearsal, to cut this music video, that we later used in worship services Sunday. I shot everything on the PANALOOK preset, 0db gain, tungsten WB, and all hand-held (some shakily so) except for the interview segments. A hi(ish)-rez version, 1024x576 90MB WMV file is here: http://www.browncowvideo.com/kennedy/jitd.htm A low-rez Flash version is here: http://www.browncowvideo.com/kennedy/jitd_lo.htm The intro/ interview of the artist, Scott Kennedy, is here (also Flash): http://www.browncowvideo.com/kennedy/interview.htm Enjoy, Brian Brown BrownCow Productions