| Tony Davies-Patrick |
February 4th, 2010 12:52 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fairhurst
(Post 1481424)
When shooting with a DvSLR, the editor is your friend. Show the shots where you nailed focus. Skip the shots where you didn't. For narrative, this might mean lots of takes and taking the time to review the material on a good monitor before striking any setup. For documentary, this might mean that you have to cut some shots from the final edit that you really wish you had nailed.
One of the most impressive videos that I've seen for nailing focus is the SEC Championship Game video. It was shot with a Cavision finder, a monopod, and very fast 200mm and 400mm IS lenses. I'd bet he dumped a lot of footage in the bin, but the stuff he kept is marvelous.
SEC Championship Game 12.5.2009, GeorgiaDome on Vimeo
Here's the associated "making of" video
SECHD: how it was shot... by Patrick Murphy-Racey on Vimeo
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Jon, thank you very much for posting that Patrick Murphy clip, it really was interesting.
I too used to use the old RT & RS cameras way back when (although didn't like the loss of light to the viewfinder, so eventually when back to moving mirror SLRs).
I think that Canon still own the rights to this technology, so they wouldn't need to obtain extra copyrights if they were to design a new hybrid DSLR without a moving mirror, and therefore (as Patrick explains) allow for true AF lenses to be used at full capacity for fast-paced video. |
