There was a little #%)*% in the music at the beginning of video, I am not sure it's supposed to be like that...for first like 7seconds.
You captured some beautiful images overseas! Architectures are just stunning.
For your video, I am not sure if it's codec/export setting, but it didn't look as crisp as it should. Did you use any presets? When I first purchased A1 and didn't use any presets, mine kinda look like colors looked less standing out and I see the similar colors on yours as well (for example, the shot of flowers at 3:55, color could have been more vibrant with tweaks)
Otherwise, I like how you frame the bridge and streets and stuff. Didn't you wish the sky was bluer? Mother nature just does not want you to capture that clear blue sky sometime when you need it!
Thank you for sharing your video. It makes me wanna go visit Amsterdam. (Never been to Europe.. shame..)

JJ

ps. I see you have same problem with the audio on your other video?

Thanks Trish, I had fun making it and sharing!

Bboying breakdance in HD test
 

I have been filming everything since I got my xh a1 in SD which is when it was first released because i havent had the need to film in HD and what i tried looked terrible because I use Premiere Pro CS3. I recently trialled Cinform Aspect HD and it really work well.

I filmed the following in 50i and have deinterlaced it in premiere. You will see in two shots i used effects just to see how they would come out. I have also colour corrected the start. I had to turn the gain up on the day because we lost almost all light.

This is only a test with no real editing and the I have not picked out the best moves. But what do you think?
Just incase you are wondering there is no sound!
www.markogrady.com/hd/HDTest.wmv

Thanks J.J

Agree , the outcome is not up to my expectation , yes I did used some preset from this forum such the VIVDRGB and others , also I made some color correction in Avid.

Videodoodle No.1
 

This is what most people call 'test footage',but to me it's not test footage because I've already tested everything.
This is what I call a 'videodoodle' - I haven't decided on an actual project so I'm just shooting random stuff,important to me,but meaningless to everyone else (although I have to say that I love watching other peoples 'test footage'!)

I shot all this footage this afternoon over the space of an hour.
Videodoodle no.1 on Vimeo

Nice work man.
The footage looks really good, makes me wanna buy an adapter.
It seems that this adapter is more price friendly for us from europe.

Cheers Hubert!

Yes,the SGPRO is the way forward. Picture quality,build quality and price make it the top of the pile I think.

airshow
 

airshow in Ostrava - Mosnov in Czech Republic, 37min, wmv 960x540 (1,8Mbps), 502MB.
There was a very bad weather. You can download this airshow there - http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/DNY_NATO_2008.wmv

XH-A1, ND filter, shutter 1/50, Libec zoom controller, manual focus. Nice to hear your view.

Too long for me to watch. Seemed like there was no editing in my opinion. Did have some nice shots tho :-)

It is not some short music shot, I know. But there was a lot of editing, rough material have about fives hours .-) . Thanks for answer (short video from this airshow I will make later).

Bisous d'Erquy
 

As mentioned on the forum before the BBC reviewed the XH A1 in which they suggest a preset to give the colourist a reasonable exposure range. So I thought I would film bits and pieces during our last holiday in France using the 'BBC' preset. I haven't done any cc, apart from slightly pulling the blacks. Hope you enjoy it!

Bisous d'Erquy: Bisous d'Erquy on Vimeo

Very nice Oliver. I enjoyed watching it and the many clips and angles made it fun.

Merci Olivier. What is the preset? Where you shooting at 30F?

Thanks, pleased you like it!

Robert, I shot at 50i using the BBC preset which you can find by reading the following document BBC - R&D - Publications - WHP034 - Addendum 22.

A holiday guide surely deserving of a slot on a BBC programme. Enjoyed it greatly, esp. how the music fit so well with the character and edit of the film.

New Narrative Short
 

Hello guys, I just started shooting a short film for my NYU application portfolio due on november. I'm used to making these short 'production diaries' for all my projects and I thought i'd share the latest episode with all of you. I hope you like it.

Originalcrush Production Diaries #4

Rock my HV30 Promo
 

Hi everyone

Just had some spare time to make a short promo for the HV30, shot it using the A1 and the RNG35 DOF Adapter.

http://www.vimeo.com/1874645

Enjoy

I really enjoyed it! Great work!

Thanks Chris, it's good to sometimes just to play around :)

Haha I bet. I love my HV30 and hope to get a A1 sometime in the future.

My first video
 

Hummingbird shot in high shutter speed on Vimeo

This was done on a 2002 Dell Dimension 8300 platform that I've upgraded...video card(NVidea 7000 series I believe) and upgraded to 4 gig memory along with external drives.

I've been using this video to describe to 5th graders the ruby throated hummingbird here in Minn. Done with no sound as I do the narrative live.

Truth is....

I wasn't thrilled with the windows media version of what I ended up with...windows media HD

Mpeg was mt2 and didn't give me anywhere to go....Adobe primiere elements 3.0. I have no problem upgrading here...but...

So, this necessitated a trip to my local PC/software business to see if I could buy a better PC/software pkg. for under $2,500..my hobby-teaching video budget.

So far, no luck.

So this is what I've learned...being a teacher and all.

Mac...too much $$$....and a website that is extremely vague about what I might need to get to do what I want to do.

Windows P.C. 64 bit........... with lots of warnings that my old software wouldn't work.

Take care.

Rog Lee

Water World
 

More Surfing, and some green screen effects. Schleprock going off the Richter scale.

Kauai Nalu TV

XH-A1 Frame Grabs - Longboarding a Parking Garage
 

Some frame grabs from footage i shot this weekend. we had excellent lighting and captured some amazing footage. stay tuned for the full length vid soon.

http://photos-051.ll.facebook.com/ph...80662_5310.jpg

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Wow you really got some great shots there! I am looking forward to seeing a video.

What is it that you want to do exactly?

$2500 can get you a nice mac that will be more then sufficient for HDV editing if that's what you're interested in.

Hello Morgan,

Here is a P.C. system that I'm looking at.

Customize your d5000t series direct at HP Home & Home Office Store

I could pay more for a Mac. But I don't see what I would gain.

Rog Lee

Teacher and Novice that I am.

Music Video teaser(SGPRO,XHA1,HV30)
 

I made this with a XHA1 and HV30 and an SGPRO 35mm adapter - PLANES OVER PARIS on Vimeo

wow, these frames look very nice. Please share some of the technical info too once you put up the footage (if you don't mind) - I just got an XH-A1 a couple weeks ago myself.

btw - what's the best way to do frame grabs like this? (I'm a mac user)

I'll give you technical info now because i'm still working on editing the footage. I shot at 24f around 1/120 shutter speed, ND and I'm still using the VIVID RGB preset.

for these screen grabs i viewed the footage full screen in final cut pro (go to view, video playback, select digital cinema desktop preview, and then hit command F12 to view your playback window full screen) , and then just did command shift 4 to screen capture. worked pretty well.

High School Film Class and the XHA1 and Letus Extreme
 

I teach a film class to 13 students three days a week at a high school in Central Louisiana. The class has shot four short films using the XHA1 and the Letus Extreme. The films can be found at www.firstframefilms.com. The four videos are called "The Sounds of Music", "Mr. President", "Misunderstood" and "Jonathan's Last Day". The class would love feedback and your thoughts on the videos. You may leave them either here, or using the comment button under each video on the site.

I informed the class today that dvinfo.net is probably the best source to find a community of people who will help them shape their craft. As you watch the different films, please keep in mind that the oldest video (Jonathan's Last Day) was shot on the second day of class, and that the newest video (The Sounds of Music) was shot six weeks after the fact. While the students are still in a very elementary stage of learning film techniques, I think you'll find that the students are learning the tools of film quickly and that the improvement from one film to the next is observable. And frankly, I think you'll be impressed at what they can do. Thanks ahead of time for any feedback you might have for the class. The students check the website frequently and will take to heart any pointers or helps that you might have.

Hey, looks really good, the only thing, "The President" with music, turn the music down a little bit. is really hard to hear what are they saying. But nice work. thanks

Break the Cycle Film
 

You can find a few clips shot with my XH-A1 at Break the cycle film | breakthecyclefilm.com

Some use the SGPro R3 35mm lens adaptor. The clips that are available at the moment are randomly selected from each riders section and not really edited.

Some really great footage and a well put together site with the pics ands video blog style.

Really works well - some of the photos are quite good

you hardly recognize the canon a1 in that rig setup - looks very professional

and i want that jacket with the chalk style designs on it!

did you use the sg on all the footage? - even the farther shots with the fast cycling - if so - what kind of lense did you pick for ones needing the longer depth of field?

trish

The sgpro was used on most of the footage. Sometimes i just used the camera on its own. When you're using the adaptor you have to think much more when setting up the shot and think of where the rider is going to go.

Side on shots work well because you don't have to focus too much. Shots where the rider is coming towards you are harder to focus on. If the rider is far enough away they will always be in focus.

Very cool - thanks for the info - a 35mm adapter is still on the horizon but eventually I will get one

good luck on the entire film - it will definitely be action oriented viewing and the lush irish landscape gives a great backdrop

trish

VISON02 + Looks footage
 

Hi,
i did some test footage using the VISION02 preset + Looks Plugin. Enjoy:

Munich in motion (Canon XH-A1) on Vimeo

Looks really great! What exactly did you do in Looks?

Thx. I used a look I created for a short film. It is very important to play with the "mix" setting in FCP in the "filter" section to get the best picture (depending on the brightness of the footage)

New Clip
 

All right so it's not the ideal Dempsey style, absolute kudos to that guy, but it is an XHA1 so I thought I'd post the link so the folks on this site could check it out. Competitive surfing is a sub culture but very real to the kids who are into it. 10 hrs of filming, 521 clips, didn't realize the lens had a salt mist on the last great interview of the day@#%&*. Won't let that happen again. So I squeezed 70 clips into 5 minutes of the trailer.
I might try the EOS Photo preset next time... Or something to bring out the blue and blacks when the sky is grey. Trying to get better...


Hawaii Surfing Federation By Bill Thesken On ExposureRoom



Kauai Amateur Surfing

I enjoyed that! It's not easy to make a 5 min video of surfing, but you pulled it off and kept me interested. The interviews are great!