HV20 Cineform/Blackmagic Feature film in post at DVinfo.net

Abraham Lim · November 17th, 2008, 09:53 PM

Hey just wanted to finally post some things here after completing my feature film. Half was shot in Korea and the other half was shot in the Chicago area with an HV20 and recording to a PC with Blackmagic/Cineform codec. This was the hardest film I have done yet, but not because of the tech. Vehicle problems, my HV20 LCD went out and I had to buy a replacement HV30 during the shoot. I will be posting the story and the process on my website now that I have got close to finishing the cut. In short, HDMI capture worked great, dropped some frames on maybe 5% of the captures, but nothing that caused me any great trouble.

The Letus adapter I purchased had a way too intense vibration that when using the 24mm lens caused the picture to vibrate and blur. With longer heavier lenses I did not have this problem.

I am editing on Final Cut Studio 2 on a Macbook Pro, and there are problems editing CFHD codec on Final Cut. If you would like to check out clips resized and in the H.264 codec, go to my website [url=http://www.lincolnlogfilms.com]. Go to bottom of God Is D_ad page. I will be posting full rez H.264 clips this week.

My recording tech specs:

Canon HV20/30
Letus Extreme 35mm DOF adapter
Cavision RPMD90
HDMI cables 10 ft./15ft.
HDMI repeater
Zacuto follow focus (rental)
Nikon Nikkor lenses 24mm/50mm/35-100mm zoom
Bogen 510 tripod
Long Valley Equipment Seven Jib (modified)
Long Valley Skateboard dolly/track
Senheiser 416 12T mic
My old heavy boom pole
Sony DCT-8 DAT walkman
Miglia Harmony Audio Firewire interface

Blackmagic Intensity card
Asus ASUS P5B-VMB motherboard
2.6GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo processor
2GB RAM
750 GB Seagate SATA system drive
Windows XP SP2
Antec NSK1300 Micro ATX Computer Case w/300W
Lilliput 7" touchscreen monitor
Samsung 40" 1080p directors monitor (sometimes)

Well I hope to contribute all my trials and tribulations here. This site prepared me for the shoot and I got alot of invaluable information here. I am working overseas right now in Seoul, Korea teaching at a university and editing the movie.

Chad Jones · November 30th, 2008, 01:19 PM

Abraham,

Congrats on your project! Two quick questions... were you using the full size Letus adapter or the Mini Letus adapter?

How "unusable" was your footage that you shot with the 24mm lens?

Thanks,
Chad Jones

David Braund · December 1st, 2008, 12:17 PM

what was the resolution you captured at

2k, 720p, 1080p?

also with regards to the dropped frames, would it have worked better if you had, say 2 drives in a RAID-0 setup?

Jack Zhang · December 10th, 2008, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abraham Lim

my HV20 LCD went out and I had to buy a replacement HV30 during the shoot.

Nearly the same thing happened to me, my HC7 was in San Fran on a faulty tripod with a loose leg that tipped over and broke the mode switch, had to buy a HV30 in LA to continue shooting.

November 17th, 2008, 09:53 PM	#1
Abraham Lim New Boot Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles, S.Korea Posts: 18	HV20 Cineform/Blackmagic Feature film in post Hey just wanted to finally post some things here after completing my feature film. Half was shot in Korea and the other half was shot in the Chicago area with an HV20 and recording to a PC with Blackmagic/Cineform codec. This was the hardest film I have done yet, but not because of the tech. Vehicle problems, my HV20 LCD went out and I had to buy a replacement HV30 during the shoot. I will be posting the story and the process on my website now that I have got close to finishing the cut. In short, HDMI capture worked great, dropped some frames on maybe 5% of the captures, but nothing that caused me any great trouble. The Letus adapter I purchased had a way too intense vibration that when using the 24mm lens caused the picture to vibrate and blur. With longer heavier lenses I did not have this problem. I am editing on Final Cut Studio 2 on a Macbook Pro, and there are problems editing CFHD codec on Final Cut. If you would like to check out clips resized and in the H.264 codec, go to my website [url=http://www.lincolnlogfilms.com]. Go to bottom of God Is D_ad page. I will be posting full rez H.264 clips this week. My recording tech specs: Canon HV20/30 Letus Extreme 35mm DOF adapter Cavision RPMD90 HDMI cables 10 ft./15ft. HDMI repeater Zacuto follow focus (rental) Nikon Nikkor lenses 24mm/50mm/35-100mm zoom Bogen 510 tripod Long Valley Equipment Seven Jib (modified) Long Valley Skateboard dolly/track Senheiser 416 12T mic My old heavy boom pole Sony DCT-8 DAT walkman Miglia Harmony Audio Firewire interface Blackmagic Intensity card Asus ASUS P5B-VMB motherboard 2.6GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2GB RAM 750 GB Seagate SATA system drive Windows XP SP2 Antec NSK1300 Micro ATX Computer Case w/300W Lilliput 7" touchscreen monitor Samsung 40" 1080p directors monitor (sometimes) Well I hope to contribute all my trials and tribulations here. This site prepared me for the shoot and I got alot of invaluable information here. I am working overseas right now in Seoul, Korea teaching at a university and editing the movie. Last edited by Abraham Lim; November 17th, 2008 at 10:06 PM. Reason: mistype

November 30th, 2008, 01:19 PM	#2
Chad Jones Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Keller, Texas Posts: 36	Question about Letus adapter Abraham, Congrats on your project! Two quick questions... were you using the full size Letus adapter or the Mini Letus adapter? How "unusable" was your footage that you shot with the 24mm lens? Thanks, Chad Jones

December 1st, 2008, 12:17 PM	#3
David Braund Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 75	what was the resolution you captured at 2k, 720p, 1080p? also with regards to the dropped frames, would it have worked better if you had, say 2 drives in a RAID-0 setup?