Forum: Canon XF Series 4K and HD Camcorders
July 8th, 2012, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 18,960
Re: Looking at stepping up from XF100 to XF300
I have said it a few times in other topics on this forum but my Sony cx730 is equally light sensitive compared to my T2I (which should be comparable in lowlight to the 7d) paired with a 35mm f1.4...
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Forum: Canon XF Series 4K and HD Camcorders
July 8th, 2012, 05:26 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 18,960
Re: Looking at stepping up from XF100 to XF300
Adding gain does not have to be a bad thing, just see how well a sony fs100 or a 5d markIII perform at very high gain levels with very clean images as result, it's all about how the camera's handles...
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Forum: Canon XF Series 4K and HD Camcorders
July 8th, 2012, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 18,960
Re: Looking at stepping up from XF100 to XF300
Try doing this with a canon xa10 or a sony emor r series, you have to see it to believe it but my small sony cx730 can match my t2i in low light when I use a 35mm f 1.4 lens, wide open at 1600 iso...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 7th, 2012, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,174
Re: BD Discs - recommendations
I"m using quvido blu ray printables now without any issues so far, I had a batch of verbatims before but they appeared to be "lth" (low to high) discs that caused many playbackproblems on older...
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Forum: The TOTEM Poll: Totally Off Topic, Everything Media
July 5th, 2012, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,106
Re: misleading sony commercials
really, you don't see it?? That shows how careful they picked their shots, when you see someone filming they overdid the shallow dof but just look at the following shots and pause the image: 00:02,...
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Forum: The TOTEM Poll: Totally Off Topic, Everything Media
July 4th, 2012, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,106
misleading sony commercials
Commercials often tend to exaggerate and often it's intentional to highlight their strong point but go over the top with it, like everyone knows red bull doesn't make you really fly, and the viewer...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 4th, 2012, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,308
Re: Dance recital, how many unhappy parents
Same here, one camera wide that shows the whole stage and once set I don't touch it anymore and a second camera to follow the action closer, if it's a small group I keep them nicely in frame and if...
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Forum: General HD (720 / 1080) Acquisition
July 4th, 2012, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,013
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
July 3rd, 2012, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 20,540
Re: Canon XA10
Oh, now I see I"m mixing up camera's :) allthough I don't have any experience with these first generation 1/4th inch hdv camera I can imagine that the difference with the current xa10 will be even...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
July 3rd, 2012, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 20,540
Re: Canon XA10
Was the z1 not the pro version of the fx1? I have edited some fx1 footage that was used at a wedding where I was filming with my xh-a1. From what I remember the fx1 did produce very nice and warm...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
July 3rd, 2012, 04:51 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,537
Re: Transcoding t3i footage in Premiere Pro CS5?
Harm said scrolling the time line was disk I/O dependent, that's why I refered to canopus own codec as I would expect a high bitrate format to benefit from a raid set up and a heavily compressed...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
July 2nd, 2012, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,537
Re: Transcoding t3i footage in Premiere Pro CS5?
Where do you see then the advantage of decoding avchd footage with 64bits NLE's? Does that show during playback?
About fast scrolling the time line, with 80 to 100 mbs edius HQ avi footage that...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 2nd, 2012, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 10,474
Re: Shooting my first wedding next weekend
I think for a first wedding you did well and you seem to have done a lot of effort using different techniques like slide and steadicam like shots.
I do think you have to look at your exposure,...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
July 2nd, 2012, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,537
Re: Transcoding t3i footage in Premiere Pro CS5?
28mb avchd and 45mbs dslr mov files run smoother in edius 6 then a trial of premiere cs6 on my pc, That is when scrolling the timeline, there I don't see any benefit of working with a 64 bit system.
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
July 2nd, 2012, 02:07 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 20,540
Re: Canon XA10
Correct me if I'm wrong but the HVR V1 has 3 ClearVid CMOS sensors according to what I found on the Sony site.
D.J.: Where you will notice the most difference between your V1 and the XA10 is that...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 1st, 2012, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
I should be editing today but I"m too tired after doing 2 weddings in a row :) so I just imported all footage from yesterday's wedding and had a look and took out some parts to show cx730 footage I...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 1st, 2012, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 1st, 2012, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
yes, the vivitar flash grip is something I"m going to try to find localy, just something very basic to get a more solid grip on the camera, at this stage I"m just worried that soon or later the...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
July 1st, 2012, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,537
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 1st, 2012, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
thx for sharing this Chris, I am thinking about just one handle on the right side very close to the camera's body, I stll need to be able to fit it in a small bag and I also need to reach the zoom...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
July 1st, 2012, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,537
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 1st, 2012, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
I actually find that the right exposure is quite important to get good footage with the cx730, I have been doing the exposure manually the past 2 days, it's just that I have been doing that with my...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 1st, 2012, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,129
Re: Anyone using C300 for Weddings?
My 16 times cheaper handicam does that too :) No camera is actually overkill for doing weddings if you a, have the budget to buy one and b, have the clientèle that expect and pay for someone using...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 29th, 2012, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
I just came back from a wedding and have another one tomorrow, my footage is importing as I type, I made a bold move and left my xh-a1 at home today and filmed the ceremony with the sony cx camera's...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 29th, 2012, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,129
Re: Anyone using C300 for Weddings?
One easy trick to get a much better exposed shot under these circumstances is to put the exposure in automatic, the camera will then do a very gradual iso adjustment, I have done steadicam shots from...
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