New XL-H1 speed clip at DVinfo.net

Barlow Elton · April 4th, 2006, 08:29 PM

Here's a clip of a timelapse/undercrank I was going for with the H1. It's called "FountainsSpeed". There's also a PhotoJPEG version that's 53.7MB. It's higher quality and easy to step through frame by frame.

Lemme know what y'all think...

http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/F...cty=US&lang=en

John Cordell · April 4th, 2006, 09:07 PM

Very nice. Great looking night footage. Thanks for sharing.

Barlow Elton · April 4th, 2006, 09:22 PM

Thanks John. btw, it's kind of fun putting it in loop mode in QT player.

Bill Anderson · April 5th, 2006, 08:34 AM

Thanks Barlow. I assume this is the HDV mode.

Barlow Elton · April 5th, 2006, 09:42 AM

Yeah, shot 24F wth a slow shutter. Sped up in FCP.

Robert Sanders · April 5th, 2006, 10:59 AM

More great experiments from Barlow! Right on. I love it.

Oh, and I'm a PhotoJPEG@70% convert now.

Barlow Elton · April 5th, 2006, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Sanders

More great experiments from Barlow! Right on. I love it.

Oh, and I'm a PhotoJPEG@70% convert now.

Thanks Robert! Oh, for PhotoJPEG you can thank Graeme Nattress for that. He told me a while ago that it was the best all around codec for HD intermediate work as far as what was actually available in QT currently. I had to finally get around to really testing it before I could confirm it for my own work.

Cineform someday in FCP may change this, but PhotoJPEG is a killer bang-for-the-bit rate codec.

btw, hope your trailer/feature shoot's going well.

Lauri Kettunen · April 11th, 2006, 10:18 AM

Barlow, I'm just curious: Is that magenta tone in your basket ball footage the same tone you actually saw while taking the footage?

The reason to ask is that it seems most of the XL H1 sample footages people have posted --such as Kaku, Pete Bauer etc.-- seem to share this same (unnatural) magenta tone. In your footage this bit coldish magenta tone pops up, for it does not seem to match with the warm reddish sunset. However, this may well be in the eye of the beholder.

Nevertheless, it would be interesting to know how big are the individual variations between different XL H1s. The custom settings I've used to avoid the magenta bias are:

RGN -2
GGN 0
BGN -2
RGM 0
RBM -1
GRM -2
GBM 0
BRM 2
BGM 2

Could you please try the same settings and tell whether the image became more neutral or not?

April 4th, 2006, 08:29 PM	#1
Barlow Elton Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UT Posts: 945	New XL-H1 speed clip Here's a clip of a timelapse/undercrank I was going for with the H1. It's called "FountainsSpeed". There's also a PhotoJPEG version that's 53.7MB. It's higher quality and easy to step through frame by frame. Lemme know what y'all think... http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/F...cty=US&lang=en Last edited by Barlow Elton; April 4th, 2006 at 11:47 PM.

April 5th, 2006, 08:34 AM	#4
Bill Anderson Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ottawa. Canada Posts: 163	Thanks Barlow. I assume this is the HDV mode. __________________ Bill Anderson www.williamanderson.ca

April 5th, 2006, 10:59 AM	#6
Robert Sanders Starway Pictures Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Studio City Posts: 581	More great experiments from Barlow! Right on. I love it. Oh, and I'm a PhotoJPEG@70% convert now. __________________ http://www.starwaypictures.com http://starwaypictures.blogspot.com/

April 4th, 2006, 09:07 PM	#2
John Cordell Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 69	Very nice. Great looking night footage. Thanks for sharing.

April 4th, 2006, 09:22 PM	#3
Barlow Elton Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UT Posts: 945	Thanks John. btw, it's kind of fun putting it in loop mode in QT player.

April 5th, 2006, 09:42 AM	#5
Barlow Elton Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UT Posts: 945	Yeah, shot 24F wth a slow shutter. Sped up in FCP.

April 11th, 2006, 10:18 AM	#8
Lauri Kettunen Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kangasala, Finland Posts: 445	Barlow, I'm just curious: Is that magenta tone in your basket ball footage the same tone you actually saw while taking the footage? The reason to ask is that it seems most of the XL H1 sample footages people have posted --such as Kaku, Pete Bauer etc.-- seem to share this same (unnatural) magenta tone. In your footage this bit coldish magenta tone pops up, for it does not seem to match with the warm reddish sunset. However, this may well be in the eye of the beholder. Nevertheless, it would be interesting to know how big are the individual variations between different XL H1s. The custom settings I've used to avoid the magenta bias are: RGN -2 GGN 0 BGN -2 RGM 0 RBM -1 GRM -2 GBM 0 BRM 2 BGM 2 Could you please try the same settings and tell whether the image became more neutral or not?