A Beautiful Ending (XHA1/Letus Ultimate) at DVinfo.net

Steven Dempsey · October 15th, 2008, 09:00 PM

Fall has begun in this neck of the woods.

Canon XHA1/Letus Ultimate, Kessler 8’ crane.

Most shots done with Nikon 24mm f2.8 set to f8, some shots with 50mm f1.8 set to f8.

Preset used is “EOS Photo”. You can find it on DVInfo.net.

I tweaked the color and brought the black levels up and did minor white balance color correction.

No narration in this one.

On Vimeo: A Beautiful Ending on Vimeo

Bill Fredette · October 19th, 2008, 02:58 PM

Hi, Steven. Very nice. May I ask how you prepare it for Vimeo? The day my A1 arrived about three weeks ago, I ran out to shoot some of the fall colors in my part of Upstate NY. I rendered it out according to the parameters detailed on the Vimeo site, but the result suffers from compression artifacts in a way that your videos do not.

Again, beautiful work. It was a pleasure to watch.

Bill

Steven Dempsey · October 19th, 2008, 03:01 PM

Thanks Bill.

I always render it at a higher bit rate than they recommend. So my files for Vimeo are set to 10,000mbps. It seems that if you start with a good "master" file, it compresses better on that site.

At worst, you can make the higher rez version available for download so people can see it closer to how you originally intended.

Bill Fredette · October 19th, 2008, 03:19 PM

Thanks for the tip, Steven. I didn't even have a tripod for that first outing, so I won't be subjecting anyone to a higher res version of that footage. It just felt so good to be out shooting again (I left public television 7 years ago to attend med school and am now coming close to the end of my residency in pediatrics). And Autumn in this part of NY has a way of making even hastily shot footage look good.

Bill

October 15th, 2008, 09:00 PM	#1
Steven Dempsey Disjecta Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 937	A Beautiful Ending (XHA1/Letus Ultimate) Fall has begun in this neck of the woods. Canon XHA1/Letus Ultimate, Kessler 8’ crane. Most shots done with Nikon 24mm f2.8 set to f8, some shots with 50mm f1.8 set to f8. Preset used is “EOS Photo”. You can find it on DVInfo.net. I tweaked the color and brought the black levels up and did minor white balance color correction. No narration in this one. On Vimeo: A Beautiful Ending on Vimeo __________________ Try my Digital Therapy: http://www.pinelakefilms.com/digital_therapy.html Films on ExposureRoom: http://exposureroom.com/members/disjecta.aspx/videos/ Last edited by Steven Dempsey; October 16th, 2008 at 01:38 PM.

October 19th, 2008, 03:01 PM	#3
Steven Dempsey Disjecta Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 937	Thanks Bill. I always render it at a higher bit rate than they recommend. So my files for Vimeo are set to 10,000mbps. It seems that if you start with a good "master" file, it compresses better on that site. At worst, you can make the higher rez version available for download so people can see it closer to how you originally intended. __________________ Try my Digital Therapy: http://www.pinelakefilms.com/digital_therapy.html Films on ExposureRoom: http://exposureroom.com/members/disjecta.aspx/videos/

October 19th, 2008, 02:58 PM	#2
Bill Fredette New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Worcester, NY Posts: 19	Hi, Steven. Very nice. May I ask how you prepare it for Vimeo? The day my A1 arrived about three weeks ago, I ran out to shoot some of the fall colors in my part of Upstate NY. I rendered it out according to the parameters detailed on the Vimeo site, but the result suffers from compression artifacts in a way that your videos do not. Again, beautiful work. It was a pleasure to watch. Bill

October 19th, 2008, 03:19 PM	#4
Bill Fredette New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Worcester, NY Posts: 19	Thanks for the tip, Steven. I didn't even have a tripod for that first outing, so I won't be subjecting anyone to a higher res version of that footage. It just felt so good to be out shooting again (I left public television 7 years ago to attend med school and am now coming close to the end of my residency in pediatrics). And Autumn in this part of NY has a way of making even hastily shot footage look good. Bill