Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 25th, 2012, 07:40 AM
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 25th, 2012, 05:30 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
Thx Pete for sharing, The framegrabs look very good indeed, too bad you don't have a videosample. I didn't want to be too nosy but since the stills linked to your site I had a quick look :) Is there...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 25th, 2012, 03:50 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
I"m on a roll...:) Anyone any experience in using a Beachtek DXA-5DA xlr adapter with handicams that have no xlr?
Just thinking out loud as the cx730 would be 40% cheaper (there's still a...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 25th, 2012, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
One more question a for those solo operators that use a 2 to 3 camera set up at a ceremony. Do you run your unmanned camera in full auto mode? And do you whitebalance all your camera's?
If I have...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 25th, 2012, 02:41 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
Thx for letting me know about the exposure control Keith, I already started a separate thread to get some more feedback about the xa10 features.
About small vs big, some weeks ago I came out of...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
June 25th, 2012, 01:58 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,115
Re: Canon xa10 setting exposure
Thx for the replies so far, good to know that the exposure can be controlled outside the camera with a physical button, even it is is a bit fiddly. If that was only possible through the lcd menu the...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
June 24th, 2012, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,115
Re: Canon xa10 setting exposure
Thanks Jim, I already asked this question in an ongoing thread about filming with small handicams at weddings (in the wedding section) but the thread got sidetracked a bit and my question got lost....
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
June 23rd, 2012, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,115
Re: Canon xa10 setting exposure
Thanks for the response! So If I get you right, the ring on the lens only controls focus, you can't assign exposure to it? is it then only possible to adjust exposure through the lcd screen?
Also,...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 23rd, 2012, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
Just to get a bit more on topic; I have been thinking about how to use the cx730 next time when I have to stand up at the altar to film the exchange of the rings, I had a houdloupe lying around here...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 23rd, 2012, 04:10 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
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Forum: Sony NXCAM / AVCHD Camcorders
June 23rd, 2012, 03:59 AM
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Replies: 142
Views: 44,751
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
June 23rd, 2012, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,115
Canon xa10 setting exposure
For those xa10 owners, as I understand the ring on the lens is only for setting focus? or is it assignable to setting exposure, shutter etc?
If you assign focus to the ring, is there another...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 22nd, 2012, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
Thx Pete for taking the time to share your workflow, if in your case your clients are happy with the result, that's really all that matters.
Actually, no :)
Like I see it you are a...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 22nd, 2012, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
Do you really do an all day wedding by yourself shooting video with several camera's, securing your audio with several recorders AND doing photography at the same time? :)
Sorry if I keep...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 22nd, 2012, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
Do I understand you right that you do video and photo at the same time?
I agree that you don't NEED sliders and/or steadycam or even dslr with very shallow dof to make a compelling wedding...
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Forum: All Things Audio
June 22nd, 2012, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 1
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Song freedom experiences
I was looking for a site that offers Music for my wedding videos at a reasonable price and I came across songfreedom dot com
After a mail conversation they claim you can pay a one time fee of...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 22nd, 2012, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
One reason why I want to get smaller camera's is that I"m getting tired dragging around the bigger camera all day (if you regard a xh-a1 big but I guess it is compared to a handycam) so I can carry...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 21st, 2012, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 10,474
Re: Shooting my first wedding next weekend
When you record without ML you get a red dot telling you are recording and sound is recorded automatically with it, don't see the advantage with a red cross telling you are not recording. :)
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Forum: Panasonic LUMIX S / G / GF / GH / GX Series
June 21st, 2012, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,711
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 21st, 2012, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 10,474
Re: Shooting my first wedding next weekend
I'm with Evan not to use ML just before a shoot if you never used it before, it's not like you install it and a magic wizard appears on the screen telling you whats all new, what each function will...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 21st, 2012, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 10,474
Re: Shooting my first wedding next weekend
For the ceremony I wouldn't try anything fancy like shallow dof, shoot with a wider dof, lock your camera's onto a tripod, choose your frame and let them roll. place one on the right and one on the...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 21st, 2012, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
About the ND filters, it's not that if the camera asks for it that you have to switch immediately, it's just telling you it's getting in too much light and that the iris is at a value which is not...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 21st, 2012, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
Oh, thx for the compliment Chris! ;-)
You really "ditched" your 130's? You sold them or do you only use them in other situations where you have the time to properly set them up manually?
Just...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 21st, 2012, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
Working solo with 2 or 3 camera's is always a risk, that's why a camera with very good auto functions is almost a must, there are some times where you have no other choice then to let the unmanned...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
June 21st, 2012, 01:08 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 51,825
Re: Shooting weddings with small handicams
For the canon xa10 owners;
It does have a lens ring for focus adjustments, what I only cannot see is how you adjust exposure? Both focus and exposure are 2 functions I like to be able to control...
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