Steev,
Your stuff looks amazing! Thanks for the great footage! What is your process in FCP for color. All your stuff looks so good and I'm wondering in you have a general process. Certain filters, certain settings, etc. I know you adjust for each shot but do you have a general list of favorite settings? Do you use Magic Bullet? Thanks |
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Regarding Magic Bullet, actually I have yet to put any Magic Bullet Editors Look Suite stuff on any of this. Can you imagine! :) I'd probably go there for white and/or black diffusion for sure. And I'd choose to do that in post instead of ProMist filters on acquisition most likely. The camera already looks gorgeous and not overly sharp and video-ish. |
Man that is a mean looking setup you have there sir. Love that Marshall and the 35 adapter.
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Thanks Steev,
Thanks AMAZING color for the camera without much tweaking. Another question. You were using primes on the 35mm adapter stuff, right? I noticed a fair amount of breathing when you pulled focus. I thought that lens breathing only occured with a zoom lens. I'm not a photography nut, so I don't know a ton, but I thought there was no lens breathing when pulling focus with prime lens. I guess I'm wrong though? You need cine lens? |
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My thoughts are: A) My shots in an edit won't last longer than 3 seconds B) So the audience won't care C) I can dolly or jib the shot to add overall movement that would make the breathing look intentional D) As we get into this, we start wanting the whole real deal, but remember, this is indie stuff; dunno about you, but 2 years ago I was only putzing around with a Canon GL1. So all of this is a Quantum Leap ahead. |
steppy footage
Steev,
Your demos has had a huge impact in my decision making of buying this cam. I found however the slow motion demo way too steppy *basket ball match*. I hope it has more to do with codec issues etc. Great contribution. |
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In short, I'd say, if you have enough light, or not too much light, or the means to control it through filters or light control, you can get the look you're after with the HVX. It's amazingly variable. You'll notice a number of tests so far with high shutter speed, since I was curious how it looks, and how DVCPRO HD handles highly unique frames that high shutter speed results in. |
Another test for how DVCPRO HD handles complex motion:
http://www.holyzoo.com/content/hvx20...ock_Test09.mov |
Steev... dude... did the polar bear get ahold of your camera or something? :)
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So I had my mill master friend Warren intrigued enough to make a prototype skater dolly, yes indeed, and he just finished it today! The stock HVX lens was a breeze to work with: http://www.holyzoo.com/content/hvx20...ottleDolly.mov The 35mm MPIC proved to be very very challenging as I expected, but I think I got some good shots dollying and pulling focus. My back freakin hurts now. http://www.holyzoo.com/content/hvx20...5mm_Test11.mov Now I need to get Warren to fashion a bowl mount for this thing now, so I can use my Bogen 519 head on it. -steev |
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Nifty.
And the dog seems to like it too... |
@ Steev: That footage of the skater dolly is looking good! Are you just making it for yourself or planing to take it in production/sell it?
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I'm working with Warren to fine tune things and get to a finished device. Any one interested, please private message me for details on the how, when, how much, etc. After this he may be tackling a steadicam-like stabilizer as well.
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