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Old June 21st, 2007, 05:46 AM   #16
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SGpro r3 footage

Hi guys,

I shot some footage over the weekend with the SGpro r3 and my FX1. I hardly ever get a chance to shoot anything so made a nice break from assembling adapters :)

Below are some grabs, no CC:

http://www.sgpro.co.uk/Sequence%2001.jpg

http://www.sgpro.co.uk/Sequence%2002.jpg

http://www.sgpro.co.uk/Sequence%2003.jpg

http://www.sgpro.co.uk/Sequence%2004.jpg

http://www.sgpro.co.uk/Sequence%2005.jpg


My problem is I want to upload a video, but I cant find any good output/render settings. I am using Premiere pro 2 and captured using premieres standard capture (not cineform).

Im not sure to if I should output to quicktime h.264 or a wmv file. I try but it comes out really soft, and I want to show how sharp this footage has come out.

Would anyone be kind enough to share some output settings so I can show the footage?

I also have tests shot with 1/600th shutter that I would like to show...

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I have uploaded a small version of some of the shots:

640x360 wmv, 96MB:

http://www.sgpro.co.uk/SGpror3_FX1.wmv

If people would like to see full res parts of this (say about 8 second clips), let me know which part.

I still need to upload the 1/600th shutter test....
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Old June 21st, 2007, 09:31 AM   #18
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What F-stop was each still taken with? ND? Cam aperture?

Will you be uploading full resolution pics and footage?

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My problem is I want to upload a video, but I cant find any good output/render settings. I am using Premiere pro 2 and captured using premieres standard capture (not cineform).

Im not sure to if I should output to quicktime h.264 or a wmv file. I try but it comes out really soft, and I want to show how sharp this footage has come out.

Would anyone be kind enough to share some output settings so I can show the footage?
I prefer DivX .avi files... they look so much better than h.264 .mp4's.
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Old June 21st, 2007, 09:49 AM   #19
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Hi,

The 50mm lens was mostly @ F4, the FX1 aperture around F3.5 with ND filter on.

The 85mm lens again @ F4, but the 20mm lens was wide open @ F2.8

Here are 2 full res clips:

http://www.sgpro.co.uk/Sequence%2004.wmv

http://www.sgpro.co.uk/Sequence%2003.wmv

Im just uploading some more stuff....
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Old June 21st, 2007, 11:41 AM   #20
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I have uploaded a small version of some of the shots:

640x360 wmv, 96MB:

http://www.sgpro.co.uk/SGpror3_FX1.wmv

If people would like to see full res parts of this (say about 8 second clips), let me know which part.

I still need to upload the 1/600th shutter test....
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Old June 21st, 2007, 01:27 PM   #21
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The 50mm lens was mostly @ F4, the FX1 aperture around F3.5 with ND filter on.

The 85mm lens again @ F4, but the 20mm lens was wide open @ F2.8
Thanks.

Bokeh looks good.
In both clips, there's a weird black outline on objects when they're in focus (wheat, left side of the man's jaw, right sleeve of t-shirt, etc.) they're in the frame grabs as well... what's causing that? The camera?
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Old June 21st, 2007, 01:50 PM   #22
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Hi,

Not too sure what you are refering to?
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Old June 21st, 2007, 02:06 PM   #23
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Maybe it's just me but I'm seeing a lot of grain in the out of focus highlights, they also seem a bit grey and murky as they make the transition form out of focus to focus.

Maybe it's the compression. Or maybe it's that I've been staring at a screen at the editors all day.
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Old June 21st, 2007, 02:11 PM   #24
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Stephen,

The grain (actually video noise) is in the uncompressed footage, coming from my FX1.

The murkyness is the wmv compression.

If you like, I can upload a low compressed quicktime of a short clip.

But, it would be nice if you could pop around again to test yourself, been about 2 years?
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Old June 21st, 2007, 02:22 PM   #25
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In both clips, there's a weird black outline on objects when they're in focus (wheat, left side of the man's jaw, right sleeve of t-shirt, etc.) they're in the frame grabs as well... what's causing that? The camera?
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Not too sure what you are refering to?
The only reason I noticed it in the first place is because it comes and goes.
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Old June 21st, 2007, 02:26 PM   #26
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Gotcha!

The sharpness setting on the FX1 is set to 12, maybe its too high.
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Old June 21st, 2007, 02:55 PM   #27
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Sounds like the culprit for the black edge and the bokeh grain.
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Old June 21st, 2007, 03:05 PM   #28
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Yeah, default is 8 (middle), i set it to 12, months ago, when i first got the FX1.

Maybe beyond the cams ability, huh?
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Old June 21st, 2007, 03:14 PM   #29
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I've never been impressed with Sony's affordable line.
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Old June 21st, 2007, 08:49 PM   #30
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And I've always been impressed with the SGpro. Really fantastic work Wayne. I'd be an owner long ago if I didn't have a vendetta against The Box design (shudder). Keep the sharpness at or below the 8 setting, and you should be fine.
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