Forum: Nikon Photo for HD Video
February 19th, 2014, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,672
Re: D800 HDMI output strange behaviour
This is an interesting thread. Did you ever get a solution that worked for viewing higher res output on your monitor?
I have a wedding coming up in June where I'm going to want to get some shallow...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
February 15th, 2014, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 13,273
Re: Do brides want shallow depth of field?
I'm late to this game.
I am still using trusty video cameras to do my weddings.
I know there is no way I can get bokeh like a DSLR with a 50mm F1.4 etc, but I'm managing.
Recently, I've...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
February 15th, 2014, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 13,151
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Forum: General HD (720 / 1080) Acquisition
February 15th, 2014, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 8,196
Re: Best way to deliver raw footage from AG-AC90?
For weddings, I offer all the raw footage on an external 500GB Hard Drive in whatever format it is recorded in (for me, a mix of AVCHD and HDV).
Around Christmas time, Amazon has deals just about...
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
February 14th, 2014, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,232
Re: 3 Axis Gimbal Stailizers - The Ghost
I'm not sure about that one, but a buddy of mine just got The Ghost
The Ghost camera stabilizer DSLR video steadicam (http://sicvisuals.com/the-ghost/)
I haven't seen it, or any footage, as he...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 31st, 2014, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,601
Re: Enquiries
Yeah a great on-going debate here for sure.
I've done it both ways - prices online and prices not online.
Right now, I'm in the "Prices not online" mode, because after watching the Ray Roman...
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Forum: SPC - Single Person Crew
January 30th, 2014, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 13,608
Re: Steadicam?
There's no doubt that steadicams and their derivatives can give some great eye candy, especially for wedding videography.
I've heard of the learning curve and of course the cost, associated with...
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Forum: SPC - Single Person Crew
January 30th, 2014, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,465
Re: My First Real Shoot
All excellent points so far.
I would also like to stress the audio portion of this equation. Having excellent audio is paramount to making the final product watchable. If the audio is weak, noisy,...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 28th, 2014, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,433
Re: Good examples of Event Videpgraphy
Ahhh dance recitals. So glad I don't do those anymore! Haha
At one time, I was doing several dance studios that had 300+ students, and recital times were in the 5 hour range and they were over the...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 24th, 2013, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,985
Re: Evening receptions running late
I don't stay past 10 PM and make the abundantly clear up front and in my contract.
I've found that when it starts getting that late, there is a very very small percentage of footage that can be...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 24th, 2013, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,629
Re: Using footage to promote yourself
For me, out of respect in my opinion, I keep all my videos private.
I don't put them all online, but for the higher end projects, I got to where I would make the couple a website within my own...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 18th, 2013, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 7,609
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 18th, 2013, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,463
Re: Cheapest acceptable quality audio recorders?
What I've done is gone with the Tascam DR-05 ($79.99 USD at BH) and it's larger brother the Tascam Dr-40 (I got on Amazon.com last Black Friday time for pretty cheap). My regular second shooter also...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 18th, 2013, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,505
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 18th, 2013, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 7,609
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 18th, 2013, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,035
Re: Wedding DVD - Full Version
I've been filming weddings for about 13 years now and have always done the "long form" documentary style. My final videos have always been around 45 minutes to an hour depending on what all is...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
November 30th, 2013, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,387
Re: xa20 vs XF105
I have the XA 20, and really like the picture colors right out of the camera. Sharp too. The 20x zoom was why I got it. I don't do a lot of major color correction or grading.
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 29th, 2013, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,639
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 22nd, 2013, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,300
Re: School Plays
I swore off recording any kinds of school events a long time ago.
When you've got kids scurrying about on stage and around stage, it would make me nervous to have mic stands and mic cables running...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 22nd, 2013, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,065
Re: Royalty Free Wedding Music
Thanks! I'll check that out.
I remember back in Premiere 5 or 6, there was a basic smartsound thing included with it. In fact, sometimes I'll hear some Smartsound tunes on local cable commericals...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 20th, 2013, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,065
Royalty Free Wedding Music
I am curious, does anyone have any recommendations for good royalty free music sets?
Back when we started in early 2000, we spent several hundred dollars on a 10-disc set from somewhere and while...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 20th, 2013, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,639
Re: Pluraleyes or WooWave for syncing?
I hope it works relatively easy.
For over a decade I've been "brute forcing" my way through 3 and 4 camera wedding ceremonies by looking for a significant audio instance that can be heard across...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
November 20th, 2013, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,639
Plural Eyes Discount here.
Currently BandH is having a deal where if you buy the $96 Tascam DR05, they throw in the $199 Plural Eyes 3 "free".
You're essentially paying $96 and getting an audio recorder out of it. lol
I...
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Forum: High Definition Video Editing Solutions
November 19th, 2013, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,547
Re: Laptop suitable for editing with Adobe?
Not a bad price on a 17".
Last Friday I got a Dell XPS15 to use with Adobe CS5. I've had an onslaught of video projects and needed something I could edit with during lunch at my day job. I'm...
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Forum: Sony NEX-EA50 (all variants)
November 14th, 2013, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,189
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