I was in Rochester yesterday shooting B cam for some interviews. Got some decent shots of people and some other random things.

http://www.revolutionmax.com/frames/frames.html

Using the Panalook preset for the A1 and SD 16x9. I'm a little bummed because I completely spaced having the gain at 6 so there is a bit more grain than there would be otherwise. Still even in SD this thing always suprises me more.

- Kyle

I have recently bought a sigma 24-70mm f2.8 (constant) because I thought it could be a practical solution for when I can't take all my lenses. Before I tried it I was a bit afraid how it would work with low light, but after today all my problems vanished. This was shot with 2 small portable "fluo bars" and nothing else. The lens was always at f2.8. I don't really remember which preset I used. All I did on post was to mess with the levels.

http://rapidshare.com/files/51266133/Brevis_24-70_fluo_fast_CC_MB_80_Windows_Media.wmv.html

I will be posting a production diaries series for my upcoming Short 'Ultima Consecuencia'. I am still in high school so i will be on a limited budget and have actors from the school Drama department. If anyone can help me out with festival submissions in the US it will be really appreciated!

Video Link:
http://originalcrush.com/?page_id=15

Go to withoutabox.com for information on festivals if you already have not. You will find everything you need there. You should be able to find the right festival for your film.

This was fun...

I've messed around with different compression methods for YouTube, but I give up. It's still way darker than the original. Any suggestions for better hosting solutions?

Anyway, for the bright shots I used 1/6-ND, 1/60, f9.5. For the dark period I was at 1/4, f3.2. (no ND)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkNQFNTcp-o

Here's mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59fvFk8hqn4
had kids with me and couldnt constantly keep an eye on the camera.

Shot with A1 on vividRGB pref, sound: AT897

Check it out here:
www.eldersofthedarktower.com

Hey all!

Finally got my site thrown together and content actually hosted on it. I have a music video and a short film for an old contest up there that I shot on my A1 (as well as a second short music video that was done for fun), if you're interested.

www.rhapsodistproductions.com is the site, check under Portfolio and click either "Confession" or "I Can Feel Free". I Can Feel Free is slightly lower quality because I uploaded my youtube render for that, and I still need to recompress a higher rez version. Let me know if you like them!

I just got my A1. Did some low light and natural light tests. More grainy than I thought. Especially in the background. Usually most noticeable when I pause the image on my computer. Any suggestions on tweaking the settings to get a smoother look?

You would probably get more responses had you not posted this in the clips section.

Bill

Here's the A1, GL2 and HV20 working together in Puerto Vallarta for a baby sea turtle release.

No color correction yet, so you can see the difference. All footage is right from the cams. HDV to SD with a letterbox mask on the GL2.

The GL2 was in an Ewa-Marine housing.

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1227717682

its on the front page at www.eldersofthedarktower.com

on a side note, does anyone have a good workflow for getting good looking flv from FCP to Visual Hub?

www.eldersofthedarktower.com

Although this is a sketch, I think I would set up the lighting exactly the same for a real interview. Its a Lowell dvcreator 55 kit. There's a Rifa55 on the left as key light, a Omni light with an umbrella bounce for fill on the right, and a 250w pro light for a back light. The windows are also giving a nice blue back light. Mic is a AT897. Preset is vividRGB. It turned out a little red with the multiple format conversions. And yes, that's me with the awesome 'stache. Thanks for taking a look!

I was playing around a little tonight with this BRIGHT moon we have here...

http://www.jcdv.com/WMV/timelapse_moon.wmv

BTW, this is actually 2 clips into 1. The moon was shot first, then I shot the treeline. I played with the alpha channel on the moon and overlaid it on the tree shots.....

Hey Everybody,

Last week I decided to bring the A1 to poker night (a weekly tradition at my buddy's house). This was obviously a risky decision, considering there was alcohol involved. Luckily, not everybody showed up so it was a small game and nothing was broken.

ANYWAY, on to the stuff you guys actually care about ;D

First off, most importantly, I shot this in DV 16:9.

For the color segments, I used the Pana35 preset, and for the B&W segment I used the B&W preset (from the preset downloads sticky).

Shot in 60i in AV mode entirely at F1.6 (might have shifted slightly when I zoomed in).

Edited in Final Cut Pro. Filters added were CGM Brightness & Contrast, Stylize-->Vignette, and CGM Timewarp FF.

Editing time: Approximately 6 hours on and off while at work.

Enjoy! And, as always, please let me know what you think!*


http://www.loftonfilms.com/PokerNight.html


*Disclaimer: No animals were harmed during the filming of this short. All rowdiness was directed by John Lofton IV. We aren't really that crazy, I swear. Drink responsibly, especially when playing poker for money with your friends. This video may cause the inexplicable urge to jump up out of your chair and dance. Thank you.

I like it overall, great idea... The only thing I wasn't really a big fan of was the vignette only because in the center it seemed to be very substantial where the vignette stops mid way in to the frame... Maybe if you expanded it out and feathered it a little it might look just a tad smoother... But overall I really thought it was pretty cool...

WOW.
Nice!

Enjoy guys. here's the link:

http://www.mabusinc.com/destructive.html



My site is www.mabusinc.com

Mike

Had you previously posted this one on DVXuser? I think I've seen it before...

Hello

3 days ago I bought CANON XH A1. This is my first footage... There is some problems with light strobe (sorry that), but i did not used any special lights, softboxes or sth.else. I just made some colour correction by hx a1 (custom preset) and that's all!
I tried to show DOF of this camera. And this is it: www.contrust.ge/canon_first.mov = 28Mb

Mike

Hi

I just don't get it. Why didn't Canon made it possible to record to the SD card in the XH-A1? As I understand the write speed to a SD Ultra II SDHC is about 9MB/s and HDV has a bitrate of 2,5MB/s (25Mbit) so speed can't be a problem. I've tried to save a HDV file on a SD card and there was no problem playing it on my PC fom the card. A firmware upgrade to handle recording to a SD card would be a nice christmas present. Perhaps sometime in the future when/if 16MB SDHC card will store more than one hour of HDV footage. Or an external cheap SD recorder connected to FireWire instead of an expensive hard disk recorder.

Or am I simply asking to much??

Regards,

/Bo

Sorry, this post should not have shown up here, but in the "Canon XH G1/XH A1 HDV Camcorders" section. I don't know how to move it!


/Bo

A low light situation,have to put some level correcion to get this kind of look!
http://www.bouchakour.de/video/samourei.mov

cheers

Hi

Okay, I know this is goofy video, but I just did it for my girlfriends birthday for fun. I shot it and edited it in half a day, sooo...

And it does have a lot of "in" jokes, so sorry about that.

Just thought I'd see what anyone thought of the effort. And the white background and such. Also you might get a laugh.

Check it out... (BTW, I'm waiting on th LetusExtreme which I just ordered a couple of days ago... wheee!)

Thanks!
Sean

http://www.sanczel.com/jessbirthdayvid.htm

Here is a poem i shot for my friend its a poem about love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF3kMTBO2n4

btw i just want to add that youtube hurt the quality of the video

I try to test different situations with my Canon A1 Camera and slow motion.
You could see it here:

http://www.vimeo.com/460074

I bought my new 35 mm adapter - SGPro Rev.3 and I used it with my camera Canon A1 with lens Canon FD 85mm f1.4.
You can see the video:
http://www.vimeo.com/460049

and could see the camera with adapter:

and picture:

Hey people, this is my first video post. Its a little short clip shot at a friend's house. Slightly edited, no effects and no adapter.

The link : http://www.stage6.com/user/emilio_tha_don/video/2013635/First-Touch


Enjoy

pas si pire ! jaime bien l'effet vert sur l'image .

I was finally able to get this on the web. Playing with my New MacBook Pro, I made a temporary site for new projects. This was done with FCS in 24p. I use the VividRGB setting.

http://web.mac.com/csbarnhill/Site/Movies.html
My original site for Photography www.charlesscottphoto.com

Very nice footage. You've inspired me to take my XH-A1 out of the box (where it's been for the last month) and go out and shoot something.

Some still frames from Sunday. Shooting raw A1, now CC or post work. Movie is called "Shroud".

Very nice.

This is an adaptation of a theatrical play called Jeff Koons.
I know that you won't be able to understand what they say, but I figured I would post it here, since it's the first project I completed with my A1 and it has some interesting things going on.
Anyway, the play is totally surrealistic so it doesn't really matter whether you get the dialogue or not.
Just so you know, the whole play is based on "The Artist" , making fun of those who pose as "Artists" and the whole modern art scene in general.

http://www.snapdrive.net/files/516833/Jeff%20Koons.avi

Showreel shot with a Canon XH-A1
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=112699

Anyone know of a place to rent the camera in the NYC/New Jersey area?

Mine unfortunately has to take a trip into the shop and I have a shoot this Friday!

Thanks --

Hey folks, this is my second video post around here. Its a montage of a couple of shots that I took during a road trip to Toronto city.

http://www.habouryentertainment.com/clip/Toronto_ride2.mov

Finally I have uploaded my stuff...
www.vimeo.com/672933
Only 1st sequence was shot by canon.
Rest is my portfolio shot with sony z1 and my college's sony UVW Beta cam.

JJ

I've waited long enough, now it's time to get this learning curve started.
After watching all your posted footage, I attempted to do similar shots.
Let me know what I can do to become a skillful videographer.

I'm bracing for shock!!! ((cheez'n))

http://www.vimeo.com/673932

Greg B

hello JJ! Keep up the good work!

This is the clip #2, the bride-groom clothing. An both impressive and fun wedding clip.

http://www.vimeo.com/722432

She is pretty darn gorgeous. nice images and colors

Hello, everybody!

CANON XH A1
Redrockmicro M2 HD 35mm adapter
Nikon mount + Nikon Zoom Lens 70-300mm f4-5,6
sorry, without tripod!

post-production: Adobe Premier CS3, whitout color correction!!!

So, waiting for your comments!

here is the link: http://www.contrust.ge/ku.mov =40mb

P.S. - I discovered one problem of this adapter (maybe other adapters have this problem too). LENS FLAREs! They are turning around! :) May be somebody knows how to shoot whithout this turning around :)???

Thanks,

Michael Maisuradze

Hello,

This started out just practicing different shots. (enough for a 30 sec short)
I've been watching all the sample clips and I'm interested in doing some personal story telling myself.
I'm open for comments or suggestions on better production.

http://www.vimeo.com/812673

I thought it looked great. I liked the combination of shots of the stuff on the table. I liked it. Plus, that guy (you?) looked really...like he had a lot on his mind...

Nice!

I plan on doing a considerable amount of shooting in the area around where I live in southern Utah. As a result, I've been working to develop a small collection of presets that will work well for the conditions I will find here.

I'm leaving right now to go shoot some more footage with the two presets I've created based on my testing to date. I will post some of that footage tomorrow, but I thought I would first share with you some stuff I shot last week. The presets I have developed now are hybrids of my "toned-down" version of Steve Dempsey's VIVIDRGB, the NATURALO preset from the original collection on the preset thread, and Paolo Ciccone's recently-posted recommended preset. I like aspects of all of them, and have tried to find a middle ground that incorporates the best qualities of each into one or two preset options. The two presets I have come up with I have named RICHSOFT and WARMSOFT.

So, here is a link to footage I shot using Ciccone's preset and a somewhat modified version of NATURALO. Tomorrow or Friday I will post footage shot in RICHSOFT and WARMSOFT.

http://www.mediafire.com/?yg2y0m2nf1j

I shot this (http://www.vimeo.com/838711) with my Canon XH A1 while at my in-laws. Not much time outside and got only 10 minutes of footage. Tried to put it together so we can remember next summer as to how much snow we got in 2008.

For those of you living in nicer and warmer places... Ok, ok, ok, you can have a pick on us...

Feel free to post comments and suggestions, this is my first clip.

Benoit Bissonnette

Good job for such a short shoot. I liked the music as well. Looks like a great place to "visit" ;-)

SD frame grabs??

I went to Disney Epcot 2008 flower & Garden Festival then I took the camcorder to test the new Preset, I dind't have my tripod, so there is a little of movement.

Shot at:
HDV 1080 60i 120
TrueColor Preset
Auto WB

Render as
Sony AVG MP4
1280X720 30P 6Mbps
use little of Color Curve only

http://vimeo.com/883152

another one with no color curve done

http://vimeo.com/887721




thanks