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Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders July 17th, 2008, 01:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,283
Posted By Russ Motyko
Making a "full" length short a month after buying...

Making a "full" length short a month after buying a camera takes guts! Congrats!

Now comes the hard work; i.e. making your productions into masterpieces. In my opinion you absolutely must fix 2...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders July 13th, 2008, 09:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,894
Posted By Russ Motyko
Congrats on your purchase! 1. AGC is "Auto...

Congrats on your purchase!

1. AGC is "Auto Gain Control." That means that the camera is ignoring your "L" level gain setting and is selecting whatever gain it feels is best.

One reason that...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders July 11th, 2008, 09:27 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,265
Posted By Russ Motyko
Bill, you made a very good trailer. The...

Bill, you made a very good trailer. The TrueColor preset worked very well to give natural looking skin tones. TrueColor is probably one of my favorite presets and I used a tweaked version on a...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders July 10th, 2008, 01:01 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 8,265
Posted By Russ Motyko
Bill you said, "comments welcome." So don't get...

Bill you said, "comments welcome." So don't get mad when people comment or criticize your video.

I made a short clip that I posted on this forum and here's what Steven Dempsey said about it: "I...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders July 1st, 2008, 11:48 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,527
Posted By Russ Motyko
From what I've seen, no it does not. +30 R isn't...

From what I've seen, no it does not. +30 R isn't the same as +6db gain. At least not in the way of visible noise.
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders May 10th, 2008, 11:44 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,443
Posted By Russ Motyko
Very Nice!

Loved it! Rich blacks and saturated colors. Very nice. Reminded me of Philip Bloom's work.
Forum: Show Your Work April 15th, 2008, 12:57 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,975
Posted By Russ Motyko
Very nicely done. Song fit the piece well and...

Very nicely done. Song fit the piece well and some of the shots were really beautiful.

The colors and skin tones looked very nice. Did you use a custom preset and/or color correction in post?
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders April 14th, 2008, 05:06 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,902
Posted By Russ Motyko
Very nicely done. Cuts are nice and sharp and...

Very nicely done. Cuts are nice and sharp and the music helps inform the piece.

Just two things I noticed:

1. The mascot's footsteps sound very fake and "plastic-y."

2. When the camera...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders April 14th, 2008, 04:57 PM
Replies: 858
Views: 253,982
Posted By Russ Motyko
Very nicely put together. Composition is lovely....

Very nicely put together. Composition is lovely. Music fits the piece well.

The only thing that puzzles me is that 80+ percent of the shots were locked down. And those pans and tilts that were...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders March 31st, 2008, 02:25 PM
Replies: 161
Views: 70,085
Posted By Russ Motyko
I like it!

Haven't tested the preset extensively but I did shoot a short clip of a Sunday School egg hunt indoors. There was a mix of outdoor light coming in through a window and florescent fixtures on the...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders March 22nd, 2008, 05:36 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,684
Posted By Russ Motyko
Source of Error?

XH A1: Dark Subtitle Screen

VX2100: Bright Movie Scene

The key to any experiment is to keep all variables, except for one, the same. You didn't do that.

If anything your "experiment"...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders March 19th, 2008, 05:55 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,420
Posted By Russ Motyko
Yep. Grain, contrast, gamma. In the very least...

Yep. Grain, contrast, gamma. In the very least some contrast.
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders February 20th, 2008, 05:53 PM
Replies: 858
Views: 253,982
Posted By Russ Motyko
Jim and Brendan thanks for the encouragement. I...

Jim and Brendan thanks for the encouragement. I find it nearly impossible to step back and make a decision after I've seen the same footage 700 times. Its really good to get some feedback. :)

I...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders February 20th, 2008, 05:49 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,315
Posted By Russ Motyko
Jim did you shoot in a wider aspect ratio than...

Jim did you shoot in a wider aspect ratio than 16x9 or was the footage stretched during the upload?
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders February 20th, 2008, 09:45 AM
Replies: 858
Views: 253,982
Posted By Russ Motyko
B&W Camp Short

Saw some of the great things people were doing with B&W and decided to make something of my own.

All of the footage was shot the next day after I got my A1 so the settings were: 60i. Auto...
Forum: Show Your Work February 10th, 2008, 12:28 AM
Replies: 1,196
Views: 436,765
Posted By Russ Motyko
Here's my $.02 It is my belief that audio...

Here's my $.02

It is my belief that audio should be used to reinforce a feeling that the video creates. To fill in the gaps where dialog leaves off or to hint at things to come.

In your clip...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders February 7th, 2008, 11:47 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,059
Posted By Russ Motyko
I felt that there was no punch to the B&W. The...

I felt that there was no punch to the B&W. The only reason I can see for someone to use B&W in the 21st century is to create a certain look and I didn't think that happened. Maybe if you'd...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders February 2nd, 2008, 12:24 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,067
Posted By Russ Motyko
Sony Vegas 7 seems to have no problem switching...

Sony Vegas 7 seems to have no problem switching between frame rates.
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders February 1st, 2008, 04:42 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,713
Posted By Russ Motyko
Michael, - For some reason I didn't notice...

Michael,

- For some reason I didn't notice that I could output Sony AVC files straight out of Vegas. Thanks for pointing that out!

- One of the problems I'm not sure how to deal with is...
Forum: Alternative Imaging Methods January 30th, 2008, 03:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,422
Posted By Russ Motyko
Agree with Bill. Allot of the footage appeared to...

Agree with Bill. Allot of the footage appeared to be out of focus.

Thought the raw video file may not have had any noise, in order to be used in a film the footage would have to be combined with...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders January 30th, 2008, 02:54 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,176
Posted By Russ Motyko
Love the architecture and the colors. I...

Love the architecture and the colors.

I don't know about the blur around the edges. Personally it didn't do it for me. Seemed somewhat cheesy. I've always figured that the way to center a...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders January 24th, 2008, 04:34 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,713
Posted By Russ Motyko
Short Nature Reel

I got my A1 a while ago but have only recently decided to get some much needed practice. This short clip was inspired by some of Steven Dempsey's work.


No DOF adapter. VividRGB preset with...
Forum: Alternative Imaging Methods January 18th, 2008, 06:02 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 14,659
Posted By Russ Motyko
I'm sorry Steven but I can't seem to figure out...

I'm sorry Steven but I can't seem to figure out how to "look at the movie info inside the Quicktime file itself." Can you type the info out or briefly explain how I would go about looking at the...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders January 13th, 2008, 01:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,992
Posted By Russ Motyko
Reason for Extreme?

Hey Steven,

Why did you decide to go with the Extreme? Without it you could have opened up wider and there were only two or three shots where the shallow DOF seemed to make a difference or any...
Forum: Canon XH Series HDV Camcorders December 27th, 2007, 04:27 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,714
Posted By Russ Motyko
Custom Presets are your friends

I don't believe that someone has posted a specific preset that would match the A1 to the FX7.

If you have an opportunity you should get together with the FX7 guy and try some practice shoots under...
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