New Music Video shot on Sony HDR-FX1E and 35mm adapter

Juan M. M. Fiebelkorn · October 2nd, 2005, 10:55 PM

ohh, good.
I was testing the camera a couple weeks ago and I found some bad blocking.
It is noticeable using interlaced mode, shooting moving people (specially horizontal movement, on skin tones, not close up shots but mostly general.Yours from the video would be considered close-ups for this purpose).
Also shooting moving water is a pain in the ass.
I guess that if internal Mpeg2 compression is compressing the fields together, shooting progressive would shield better results.
From my own experience I can tell that in fact it is(but don't know how much).
Now the question is: Which one is better in terms on resolution?

Nicholas Bartleet · October 3rd, 2005, 08:15 AM

Hi Ben, you are absolutely right about the chroma separation, which is due to a rather cheap macro i was using at the time. This is not the case now i have had the time to find beter quality parts, courtesy of Wayne Kinney and his efforts with his 35mm adapter. I look foward to seeing how that cavision rod support works out for you. It is great value isn't it!

Juan, I have done some simple tests, bringing footage shot interlaced and in CF25 (NOT CF24 which is aparently not very good). The quick comparrison i did was just to check i wasn't loosing loads of resolution by doing this, and I'll be honest, i couldn't see any noticable differences, and therefore in my opinion it seems silly to shoot in interlaced and go through the hastle of de-interlacing in post, with no noticable gain in image quality or resolution.

Dont know whether any of this helps, but i think CF25 is not too bad. I did turn the sharpness down to 0 on the camera, because otherwise everything becomes shrouded by black lines which isn't a look i like. However it does mean that the image is a bit softer than some.

Donnie Wagner · October 3rd, 2005, 08:37 AM

Here's another video shot with CF25 and the G35 adapter.

http://personales.ya.com/autodrome/

Looks really good...

Filip Kovcin · October 4th, 2005, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donnie Wagner

Here's another video shot with CF25 and the G35 adapter.

http://personales.ya.com/autodrome/

Looks really good...

really exellent. that video club video. especially close ups with nice used details like sweat drop, and that ringing glass thing above doors. really nice.

btw i cannot download the other mov mentioned on this site - car incidence
can anyone fix this? thanks.

filip

Dan Diaconu · October 4th, 2005, 02:34 PM

Here here! I second that. Nice work guys and good job Johnatan on the G35.
What lenses did you use? List them please, or post some pics of the gear. Was there a wireless FF?

Ray Boykin · October 5th, 2005, 09:29 PM

Nice set design! How much of the budget went to building the set. Once again, great video...keep up the good work.

October 2nd, 2005, 10:55 PM	#16
Juan M. M. Fiebelkorn Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Buenos Aires , Argentina Posts: 444	ohh, good. I was testing the camera a couple weeks ago and I found some bad blocking. It is noticeable using interlaced mode, shooting moving people (specially horizontal movement, on skin tones, not close up shots but mostly general.Yours from the video would be considered close-ups for this purpose). Also shooting moving water is a pain in the ass. I guess that if internal Mpeg2 compression is compressing the fields together, shooting progressive would shield better results. From my own experience I can tell that in fact it is(but don't know how much). Now the question is: Which one is better in terms on resolution?

October 3rd, 2005, 08:15 AM	#17
Nicholas Bartleet Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: upton uk Posts: 104	Hi Ben, you are absolutely right about the chroma separation, which is due to a rather cheap macro i was using at the time. This is not the case now i have had the time to find beter quality parts, courtesy of Wayne Kinney and his efforts with his 35mm adapter. I look foward to seeing how that cavision rod support works out for you. It is great value isn't it! Juan, I have done some simple tests, bringing footage shot interlaced and in CF25 (NOT CF24 which is aparently not very good). The quick comparrison i did was just to check i wasn't loosing loads of resolution by doing this, and I'll be honest, i couldn't see any noticable differences, and therefore in my opinion it seems silly to shoot in interlaced and go through the hastle of de-interlacing in post, with no noticable gain in image quality or resolution. Dont know whether any of this helps, but i think CF25 is not too bad. I did turn the sharpness down to 0 on the camera, because otherwise everything becomes shrouded by black lines which isn't a look i like. However it does mean that the image is a bit softer than some.

October 3rd, 2005, 08:37 AM	#18
Donnie Wagner Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 135	Here's another video shot with CF25 and the G35 adapter. http://personales.ya.com/autodrome/ Looks really good...

October 4th, 2005, 02:34 PM	#20
Dan Diaconu Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 804	Here here! I second that. Nice work guys and good job Johnatan on the G35. What lenses did you use? List them please, or post some pics of the gear. Was there a wireless FF?

October 5th, 2005, 09:29 PM	#21
Ray Boykin New Boot Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: round lake il. Posts: 13	Nice set design! How much of the budget went to building the set. Once again, great video...keep up the good work.