If you use old Nikkor lenses with the M2, a 24mm would be very nice.

If you use old Nikkor lenses with the M2, a 24mm would be very nice.

We actually tested out a 18 to 35mm variable focal length today and got some good results. Here is the exact lens.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/1835.htm

Hey Fellas,

What "wide" or "ultra-wide" lense would you suggest with the M2 adapter? I have been searching and unable to find an idea of what which I should get. If you fellas wouldn't mind just to give me a hand in letting know me what wide lense you suggest (brand & mm) I'd truly appreciate your help. Ohhh and what Matte box would recommend - I know some are pretty pricey!!!

my best,
Joey Dee

For ultra wide a 14mm Nikon looks pretty good, we tested one out today, it was a bit extreme but would work if that was what you were going for. We use an indiesnap matte box.

Here's some more footage...
http://www.motivitypictures.com/smoking_sections.html

Some more footage...
http://www.motivitypictures.com/8_hour_rule.mov

and yet some more!

http://www.motivitypictures.com/the_last_dorito_web.mov

Cassidy those three videos are great. I love the editing on the last dorito.

Looks good, sounds good, flows good... I liked them.

Cassidy those three videos are great. I love the editing on the last dorito.

Thanks Gene, to much nickolodean does that to your editing style...

David / Cassidy

In that sample footage called the 8 hour rule
what mic/audio setup did you guys use?

Also was this footage just for fun, or did you actually
do something for Doritos??


Well I do the shooting...and all I have to work with is one 4 GB card. And you say 2 8GB cards are useless. That would pretty much be concluding that my footage is worthless. Take a look at how long 35 mm film stock last. About the same amount of time as my 4 GB card. 10 min of record time. I have trained myself to be a very selective shooter and I would suggest that all of you who shoot with MiniDV do the same. It's very easy to get into the habit of just shooting everything and then deciding later. Try and do that with film and you'll get fired pretty quickly.

I'm glad I only have a 4 GB card. It's called discipline.

David / Cassidy

In that sample footage called the 8 hour rule
what mic/audio setup did you guys use?

Also was this footage just for fun, or did you actually
do something for Doritos??

we used the SENNHEISER MKH 418-S SHOTGUN Mic, and it was for Doritos, plus it was for fun.

I just ordered a M2- but I am still researching the lens issue.
I read Nikons are the best.
There are so many. B&H has new Nikkors for $200 - $300
They are auto focus - but I called and found out you can set focus and f-stop manually. So they should work- yes?
Are they good quality?

Thanks!

I just ordered a M2- but I am still researching the lens issue.
I read Nikons are the best.
There are so many. B&H has new Nikkors for $200 - $300
They are auto focus - but I called and found out you can set focus and f-stop manually. So they should work- yes?
Are they good quality?

Thanks!

yes you can set them manually, the good quality ones are more expensive. You can tell a difference though.

so in other words- I should stay away from the new
Nikkors AF for $200- $400 ?

so in other words- I should stay away from the new
Nikkors AF for $200- $400 ?

well i have some of those and they look awesome, anything is better than the stock lens.. but some of the shots you saw here were using a 50mm nikkor AF for around 150 bucks. With a better lens you will get better resolution and less distortion. by all means get the better ones if you got the cash!

so in other words- I should stay away from the new
Nikkors AF for $200- $400 ?

I don't have my RedRockM2 yet, but I have a lot of Nikkor lenses. I think that you will find greater utility with the "faster" (wider aperture = lower f/stop #) lenses. I have pretty much every fast Nikkor prime in the current AF lineup, and many aren't particularly sharp wide open. So, you need to stop down by 1 or two stops, which will put you in the f/2 to f/2.8 range.

A Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 can be had for under $300 new, and it is noticeably sharper at f/2 than it's 50mm f/1.8 brother.

Great info- thans.
One more thing- How do I attach a Chroziel Matte box to a Nikon lens that takes 52mm filters?

On my HVX I use the 104-82 step ring- but I do not see a step ring for 52mm.

Great info- thans.
One more thing- How do I attach a Chroziel Matte box to a Nikon lens that takes 52mm filters?

On my HVX I use the 104-82 step ring- but I do not see a step ring for 52mm.
You must use two more step-up rings... I have a 82mm-58mm and then a 58mm-52mm. You might be able to find 104mm-??mm and a ??mm-52mm, but I doubt you'll find a single ring solution for 104mm-52mm. This is why I went with a rails mounted matte box... you can just use a rubber or cloth donut.

we used the SENNHEISER MKH 418-S SHOTGUN Mic, and it was for Doritos, plus it was for fun.

Cool, we just wrapped on some Frito-Lay projects using the HVX as well....
I live about 2 miles from the company HQ

what dolly system did you use for the video?

so in other words- I should stay away from the new
Nikkors AF for $200- $400 ?

The 50mm F1.8 prime is excellent. You probably won't be dissapointed with the results.

The 24mm F2.8 is also great and about $300 new.

JohnG

we used the SENNHEISER MKH 418-S SHOTGUN Mic, and it was for Doritos, plus it was for fun.


I was telling my sound friend that it was just a shotgun

He was telling me they probably used a plated mic to get it soo
sharp and loud.

Well the reason it is so sharp and loud is because none of that was live... we did it all in post. Every noise you heard was recreated with the microphone pointed very close to the shoes, the cupboard door opening, and all the rest.

It took some time, but to me sound is another way of making the visual experience more enriching... because you don't just watch a movie you listen to it as well, and the audio should be as good as the visual.




I was telling my sound friend that it was just a shotgun

He was telling me they probably used a plated mic to get it soo
sharp and loud.

I have to say that I loved the footage!

Really great considering that you created all this with whatever you had around.

And made it compelling and emotional.

Exceptional , I would say with more to come from your company I am sure!

infact it makes me want to hire you guys!

I am curious as to what HD monitor you were using upside down
and what do you think the footage would look like with a really good HD lense.

I would think that it is important to have a great lense to get the best resolution.

And what do you think this would look like blown up?

Could this setup be used for feature film like the DVX was?

Cool, we just wrapped on some Frito-Lay projects using the HVX as well....
I live about 2 miles from the company HQ

Hey Mike, I would love to see some of it!

What is the name of the song in first clip you posted? Everything looks amazing. Good job.

What is the name of the song in first clip you posted? Everything looks amazing. Good job.

It's Ian Brown, and i think it's "Soldiers"

Here's another...

http://www.motivitypictures.com/Lost_Doritos.mov

Great work, Cassidy. What was the music track in the insect spot?

Great work, Cassidy. What was the music track in the insect spot?

Hey, it was something i made in reason 2.5 and then did reverse sound effects in protools...

Hey Cassidy, really great stuff..... very crisp and GREAT coloring!

Can you post a few RAW images uncompressed, no enhancement and no color correction, etc..?

I think it would be interesting to see.

Cheers,

what monitor did you use for focusing? How much does it cost?

great stuff,

tnx

Here's another...

http://www.motivitypictures.com/Lost_Doritos.mov

Is that the GG I can see flickering ?
-matt

GREAT SCOTT Matt, you are absolutely right!

It starts at frame: 00:02:13, you can see it fluttering in the branch all the way to 00:04:13...

It seems more obvious where areas are out of focus.

Maybe she was running a little slow that day? It seems timed with the shutter.

Too bad you guys never won the Doritos superbowl contest. I'm presuming that you guys shot your ad for the contest.

Hello all, I thought I would post some footage (very compressed) of some shots from Rwanda Africa.. we were shooting a doc there in April...

http://motivitypictures.com/rwanda/

Like the shots very exciting definitely not in the states...
Good to hear from you guys (it's been awhile)

What setup was used in the car steadicam?

I guess all the editing is being done on your laptop
Must have walked with a few extra batteries both for your laptop
and HVX.

Send some more footage...

Nope... Just a really sturdy tripod.. shooting 60 frames a second makes it look like a stedicam though!


Like the shots very exciting definitely not in the states...
Good to hear from you guys (it's been awhile)

What setup was used in the car steadicam?

I guess all the editing is being done on your laptop
Must have walked with a few extra batteries both for your laptop
and HVX.

Send some more footage...

Video done for Crowe Chizek...

http://motivitypictures.com/crowe/cynthia1.mov

Video done for Crowe Chizek...

http://motivitypictures.com/crowe/cynthia1.mov

Anything done in post to this clip... read at the beginning of this thread that you use Magic Bullet... so just wondering what color correction you did...

Thanks...

Video done for Crowe Chizek...

http://motivitypictures.com/crowe/cynthia1.mov

Glad to see your videos here again.

It is wonderful to see what you can do in a low budget production. The way to tell a low budget production with your films is like in this case is that you had no makeup artist to fix the shinny faces and office girls hair.

I don't know in your neck of the woods, but a production like that here in Miami should cost no less than $10K. You don't find a lot of those, but you also don't find your kind of filming either.

I like this. one. Very tight presentation.. the only problem was that it seemed too dark. Especially on one side of her face when she was speaking.

can you repost your original m2 footage? Looks like you took it down before I got to see it :(

All your others clips have been awesome!

Video done for Crowe Chizek...

http://motivitypictures.com/crowe/cynthia1.mov

Well done... I am guessing the fast motions from top of frame to woman standing against railing was done with undercraking the footage...

Also looks like you used some cinematic color adjustments in the camera (well done.) Did one person shoot edit this project or was it both of you guys?

Well done... I am guessing the fast motions from top of frame to woman standing against railing was done with undercraking the footage...

Also looks like you used some cinematic color adjustments in the camera (well done.) Did one person shoot edit this project or was it both of you guys?

We did use some undercranked footage...

As far as the project we had a full crew.. director, DP, grip, make up artists...

A set of Nikon Primes were used with the adapter....

Here's another one...

http://motivitypictures.com/crowe/Andrew_Exp_Message_Diversity.mov

Anything done in post to this clip... read at the beginning of this thread that you use Magic Bullet... so just wondering what color correction you did...

Thanks...

Just a few color corrected elements.. only mixing and low mids and high for the interview.. some of the outdoor stuff was obviously extremely color corrected...

Glad to see your videos here again.

It is wonderful to see what you can do in a low budget production. The way to tell a low budget production with your films is like in this case is that you had no makeup artist to fix the shinny faces and office girls hair.

I don't know in your neck of the woods, but a production like that here in Miami should cost no less than $10K. You don't find a lot of those, but you also don't find your kind of filming either.


yes.. we wish we could have brought in a making up artist for b-roll... it was shooting off the hip as we went through the office... i think it does ok though. The interviews were much more thought out...

I like this. one. Very tight presentation.. the only problem was that it seemed too dark. Especially on one side of her face when she was speaking.

It does ad a bit of a dramatic feel... I also crushed some of the blacks slightly... thanks for your comments.

can you repost your original m2 footage? Looks like you took it down before I got to see it :(

All your others clips have been awesome!

Hey thanks.. I'm uploading it right now... sorry about that...

Cassidy

I those last two videos for Crowe were excellent - well shot, lit and edited. I'm sure your clients were happy! Keep em coming!

Very inspirational.



Drew

I just ordered a M2- but I am still researching the lens issue.
I read Nikons are the best.
There are so many. B&H has new Nikkors for $200 - $300
They are auto focus - but I called and found out you can set focus and f-stop manually. So they should work- yes?
Are they good quality?

Thanks!

Yes, you can set focus and f-stop manually.. you just turn it... my 50 mm can go to 1.8