We have a family of Great Spotted woodpeckers feed from our peanut feeder every day.

Great video. You've set me a challenge...

Ian
Festival Video and Audio Previews - Festival Previews Ltd

I'm a great believer in the spotlight mode and find it a very intelligent program on my Sony cams. It'll go from zero to -5 stops, a most impressive range. When you've no idea what the stage lighting director is going to do next, it's a lifeline.

Backlight mode is dumb stupidity next to it.

tom.

Thanks for the comments. The video was fun to do. I took the DVD to school today to show some students the bird. They also seemed to enjoy it.

Thanks John,
Yes, I too didn't like the footage coming from my A1 until I realized that taking time to set the camera adjustments properly, shooting with sufficient light and doing some nice color grading all adds to super footage! Can't wait to see your shots!
-Steve

rollerblading edit-me
 

A1
TERRA1 preset
1/150

skating at collins hill park ledges

Tripod Rolling on Vimeo

more Rollerblading
 

1:44
terra1 preset
60i
1/150


Tripod Rolling on Vimeo

nice. where in ga are you? anwhere close to atlanta/duluth?

yes, im in winder, north on 85 from you

Seasons Greetings
 

Just a quick thanks to all my new friends here at DVInfo, your gudieance, criticisms and wonderful examples for videography have inspired and push me to get better with my gear and have a better eye, so for that I'm thankful to Chris and this wonderful resource!

So here is a little Holiday Greeting we shot for a local marketing company!

Happy Holidays to you all!

Light Up LaGrange on Vimeo

Music Video XH-A1
 

Hi all!
I hope you like this (very simple) music video.
No preset.
Just CC with Premiere Pro

Els Amics de les Arts - Déjà-Vu on Vimeo

Cheers

Boeing 747
 

YouTube - Virgin Boeing 747-400 HD 720P video.

Canon XH-A1, 50i, no preset, CC in Vegas 7.

Deinterlaced in Avisynth. Uploaded as 1280x720p H.264 codec 5000kbps.

Comments welcome!

It still amazes me that despite my understanding of aerodynamics etc that those monsters get off the ground.
I found it interesting to see the mini tornado thingies forming around the intakes of the jets on power-up.
Looks good.

I couldn't help but notice the 'Keep New Zealand Beautiful' T-shirt.
Classic.

Yeah, the guy on the left spent 6 months there and brought it as a souvenir.

Very well done. From concept to finished video, all aspects that went into making this show in the final results, nice!

Nice Footage. As an ex-aerospace propulsion specialist, I can appreciate the majesty and beauty of these aircraft. You did it justice. Nice work.

park lake edit
 

messing around with a herin and the ducks

60i
1/150
TERRA1 preset

Park Lake on Vimeo

That was awesome! What a huge, majestic bird. Wow.

So now I have some questions. I live near a major airport (CLE) and the airplanes land right over my house, so I've managed to get some great long-exposure light trails on my DSLR.

But how do you get such great footage of the airplane on the ground? Do you need permission from the airport? I've been wary of taking my camera over there (really only 3/4 mile away) and filming at the fence line. But I'm concerned that a caravan of black gov't SUVs will pop up and take my gear. Is this not really a valid concern?

Many thanks to everyone who took time to comment!

The Jumbo was landing at Manchester Airport in England. I was filming on a grassy mound overlooking the airport boundary fence. Never had a problem with the authorities, however I guess it would be a different story if I where to film this kind of thing in the United States!

Tripod is a Vinten Vision 3.

Pittsburgh Skyline at Night
 

Any suggestions/critiques on this piece of video?

Pittsburgh Skyline - Night on Vimeo

I shot it with my Canon XH-A1 at +3 gain with a shutter of 1/8 and the LOWNOISE custom preset.

Improvements, if any? Suggestions on shooting night shots with a camera that has 1/3" pick-up chips?

Could you not have gotten away without the +3db? Especially at an 1/8? Looks good to me though... The cars seem to be moving too fast :)
Bill

I guess I should have shot it both at +3 and 0 to compare, but I didn't think of it at the time.

Glidetrack Teaser
 

A little teaser of the Glidetrack before we, THE VISUAL ARCHITEKS, do a full review including footage shot using the Glidetrack.

Glidetrack Teaser on Vimeo

VIMEO CHANNEL: The Visual Architeks on Vimeo
BLOG: The Visual Architeks Blog

Canon XH A1
Manfrotto 501 HDV
Amvona Tripod
Truelook Preset
MBL CC

Shot in our backyard.
 

Happy Holidays One and All!

This is a private video on Vimeo

Rog Lee

By the way. Highlights are blown. I'm still learning this machine. Guess I'll never be a pro but I do have fun.

Leopard and Hyena
 

Hi,

Also this year again very nice experiences during our day and night drives in South Africa Leopard & Hyena on Vimeo

I have some problems with interlace but don't know how to solve (tips?)
I use Avid Liquid edition 7.2

Movie made with Canon XHA1 standard settings.

Wil

Hi Wil,
Really nice pictures of the Leopard & Heyena. It is ashame about the interlacing though. I would suggest you try adjusting your output settings in Liquid. The best bet would be to output to 720p then upload that to Vimeo. The file size may well be large, but Vimeo will compress it anyway. By outputting from Liquid with a progressive file, you will get rid of all the interlacing problems. Play around with the output settings & see how you go. If you are still having problems, please let us know.

Groeten,
Bryce

Jason,

Go to the Vimeo site and at the forum there is a sticky page (Look for "Tutorials")explaining the editting, format, de-interlacing procedures for just about every NLE.

Here's the link to the Help page forums:
Vimeo Technical Help forum

I use Vegas. here is the link for it.
Eugenia’s Rants and Thoughts Blog Archive Exporting with Vegas for Vimeo HD

Hope this helps.(just got the xha1 for Christmas)

One rookie to another.
Happy shooting,
Michael

xha1 first shots with my christmas present
 

I had to throw this up. I am quite excited about my gift. I upgraded from a canon elura 100 to an XH A1!!!!!!! OMG! I have spent many hours viewing dvi. Just want to say "Thanks" for all the great advice that is availible here. I greatly appreciate you sharing your wisdom and experience.

HD FOOTAGE CANON XH A1 on Vimeo

Camera set in manual, 1/60, preset vividrgb, manually white balanced with a small canvas frame I found in the garage.

Clouds were moving very, very quickly in and out. Sometimes I adjusted the iris ring, at other times I just let it go and do its thing.(Recommendations how to handle this situation are welcome)

Thanks again,
Michael

This helped me out a lot, Wil

TUTORIALS: Vimeo HD exporting guides from many editors in the Vimeo Technical Help Forum

Michael

Sample clip done with 35MMFILM preset
 

Using a totally new approach, i developed the preset 35MMFILM which is optimized for 35mm adapters.


Sample video: Test on Vimeo



35MMFILM features:

• Less magenta than ever
• Lower gamma
• More color separation and contrast

To acheve a lower gamma (lower than possible with the A1) i rised the high-mid to high levels.
Just lower slightly the lens aperture of the camera and you will get lower gamma with normal highlights and mid tones! :)


It is interesting to see how much different is this setting from the others.

GAM N
KNE L
BLK P
PED -9
SET -9
SHP 2
HDF M
DHV 0
COR 0
NR1 0
NR2 H
CMX 1
CGN 25
CPH 0
RGN 12
GGN 20
BGN 10
RGM 7
RBM -2
GRM 3
GBM 10
BRM 7
BGM -3


See some screengrabs comparisons here: DVXuser.com -- The online community for filmmaking - View Single Post - OFFICIAL A1 Custom Presets thread
.

Thanks Mike!!! This is going to help a lot! :)

Bryce and Michael,
many thanks.
I will change a few of my movies via this guide.

Wil

Full Promo Shot with the Canon XH-A1
 

This is a full promotional video shot with the Canon XH-A1 for Airsoft Louisville:

You can watch it here:
Airsoft Louisville Full Promo on Vimeo

Hope you enjoy it. Comments welcome.

Tony

Great footage Michael! I just got my camera about a month ago myself. Isn't it awesome!? I particularly liked the footage of the dog. Keep up the good work.

JD

Presets
 

Do you guys have the updated presets list. I lost mine and when i tried to upload from here they are scattered every where. If any body have a complete list that would be a blessing. Happy new year to all.

here is all the presets in excell
 

Lake District England
 

Hi, hope you dont object but thought I would put my latest film up for your expert critique.
It was filmed early morning at ullswater on my way back to Scotland, it was so cold that morning, in fact -8 centigrade most of the morning but it left a mist hanging over the water.
cheers john

ullswater By john estcourt On ExposureRoom

Woww nice film !

Did you use a preset i like the colors.


Grt Arnold

hi Arnold, preset was pana look, but i colour graded it in post to bring out more of the colour in the sky.
thanks for the positive comments.
john

Great work, John.

Last time I was there the visibility was about 20 feet due to the incredible downpour. Nice to see the area looking so good.