Sony V1U / FX7 -- various sample clips

Hugh Mobley · March 30th, 2008, 11:51 PM

Cal State Fullerton Arboretum clip, 38 mb takes a few minutes to load, they have some spectacular flowers there. Taken with Sony V1

http://www.hughmobley.com/arboretum.html

Darko Debelic · April 15th, 2008, 05:34 PM

Hello Hugh,

I am very impressed by the high definition you achieve with your streaming clips. I have never managed to get that kind of sharpness with my V1 footage rendered for the web.

Could I ask you to give some tips on what kind of workflow is needed to achieve that kind of quality?

Thank you.

Hugh Mobley · April 20th, 2008, 01:13 PM

sure, I film at 1080i sometimes auto, sometimes manual, I capture clips with cineform NEO HDV usually as an avi clip and only deinterlace with cineform. I edit in Vegas 8 as progressive 29.97. and render as mpeg 4 custom, usually 1 pass at 3 mbps progressive at around 550 x 380 aspect. Rendering at a higher bit rate will increase clip size where it takes too long to load. My dvd's of the same clips are coming out almost as good as these and are sd, but are very good. the raw m2t played directly from the camera, on my hd tv are outstanding. Another thing you can try if you have cineform is to cature or convert directly to mov. clips and edit those and then render to mpeg4, colors are little deeper, blacks are little blacker, and so on. you have to see for your self. to play on your computer directly you cloud go to 5-6 mbps or even up to 8 but depending on your computer they may not play well, I use media player classic 6.0 because windows media player is buggy, quick time is no problem. I have tried filming progressive and never been happy with it unless the camera and talent or object is not moving and no panning or camera movement. so this is the way I do it now

Hugh Mobley · April 20th, 2008, 06:02 PM

here are two clips, one an avi and the other a mov captured with cineform and rendered mpeg4, there is a noticeable difference between the two, same camera settings. they take afew minutes to load, be patient

http://www.hughmobley.com/flowers%20avi.html

http://www.hughmobley.com/flowers%20mov.html

Darko Debelic · April 21st, 2008, 03:47 PM

Thanks a lot Hugh. I use Final Cut Pro but I am pretty new to HDV so I'll have to do some more experimenting with settings and such.

Your workflow seems pretty straightforward so I must be doing something wrong. :-)

Anyway, I had a good look at the .AVI and .MOV clips you posted and the AVI seems more natural to me, the MOV having whites blown up and the blacks pretty squashed.

I'll do some shooting and I'll let you see some stuff ASAP. Thanks again.

Hugh Mobley · April 22nd, 2008, 05:17 PM

everyone seems to see things just a little different, what I am seeing in the mov clip is slightly sharper, althought someone could sharpen up an avi clip. I will be glad to share my picture profile settings if u you like.

Hugh Mobley · April 27th, 2008, 10:46 PM

We shot some clips of the Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race 2008 to use in an upcoming pilot for a TV show, some test clips, Raw footage on HD TV thru a hdmi were outstanding, these take a few to load, clips 2 and 3 are same, 3 is 720p wmv hd (49 mb)

http://www.hughmobley.com/sailing.html

http://www.hughmobley.com/sailing%201.html

http://www.hughmobley.com/sailing%20wmv.html

Mauro Moreira · May 18th, 2008, 07:41 PM

Music clip of the music "O outro lado" by Drive-In.
it wat shot in 24p in a v1, but when i captured it came in 29,97fps w/ pulldown.

http://www.vimeo.com/outrolado

Mauro Moreira · May 19th, 2008, 06:25 PM

Any comments? Sugestions?

Ralph Roberts · May 20th, 2008, 01:32 PM

a 30-minute sample show that I am shopping around the networks:

http://1vid.com/component/content/ar...-and-iron.html

shot with my V1U, enjoy.

--Ralph

Tom Honey · May 20th, 2008, 01:49 PM

Some snowboarding shot with my FX7. any tips much appreciated.

sorry about the youtube quality but best i could do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEPmeoOnqY8

Sergio Barbosa · May 21st, 2008, 02:12 PM

This is a simple music video for the song "done" by the band "the LOYD", shot during a live concert, in just two takes, that's why there's not much to cut back and forth.

http://www.vimeo.com/1047144

Director: Sérgio Barbosa.
Camera: Sony HVR-V1 in 1080i50.
Edited in Final Cut Pro.

Be sure to check out the band's website: www.theloyd.com

Jamie Hellmich · June 9th, 2008, 06:24 PM

Small garden park on beachside in Ormond Beach, FL. Just wanted to shoot some tape in a nice setting.

About 11 minutes long, shot in 1080i and rendered to 720p per Vimeo standard's in Vegas. My gosh it looks good in 1080i on my dispay here at home, but I reckon this isnt' too bad for internet. First upload to Vimeo.

New camera, HG0862K lens and Manfrotto tripod, and I wasn't really taking my time with shot set ups, zooms and pans. Did about 30 minutes of tape in 40 minutes. It was the middle of the day in Florida, and HOT!

Darkened it up a little in post, as it was very bright and a little over exposed in the sunny areas, camera was in auto. I know a little more about the camera and it's settings now.

Learned a lot watching this for future shoots.

http://vimeo.com/1138325

Jamie

Jamie Hellmich · June 9th, 2008, 06:47 PM

Great stuff Ralph, and very moving. I hope it gets picked up.

FYI, I get some inspiration from the clips you post. I'm planning some "nature" filming trips here in Florida. We have a lot of beatiful areas here too, but a little "flatter" terrain.

Thanks,

Jamie

Ralph Roberts · June 10th, 2008, 07:43 AM

Thanks, Jamie!

--Ralph

March 30th, 2008, 11:51 PM	#46
Hugh Mobley Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Placentia, Calif Posts: 549	Arboretum Clip Cal State Fullerton Arboretum clip, 38 mb takes a few minutes to load, they have some spectacular flowers there. Taken with Sony V1 http://www.hughmobley.com/arboretum.html __________________ Hugh Mobley www.petplanetvideos.com http://exposureroom.com/members/hmobley.aspx/

April 20th, 2008, 01:13 PM	#48
Hugh Mobley Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Placentia, Calif Posts: 549	sure, I film at 1080i sometimes auto, sometimes manual, I capture clips with cineform NEO HDV usually as an avi clip and only deinterlace with cineform. I edit in Vegas 8 as progressive 29.97. and render as mpeg 4 custom, usually 1 pass at 3 mbps progressive at around 550 x 380 aspect. Rendering at a higher bit rate will increase clip size where it takes too long to load. My dvd's of the same clips are coming out almost as good as these and are sd, but are very good. the raw m2t played directly from the camera, on my hd tv are outstanding. Another thing you can try if you have cineform is to cature or convert directly to mov. clips and edit those and then render to mpeg4, colors are little deeper, blacks are little blacker, and so on. you have to see for your self. to play on your computer directly you cloud go to 5-6 mbps or even up to 8 but depending on your computer they may not play well, I use media player classic 6.0 because windows media player is buggy, quick time is no problem. I have tried filming progressive and never been happy with it unless the camera and talent or object is not moving and no panning or camera movement. so this is the way I do it now __________________ Hugh Mobley www.petplanetvideos.com http://exposureroom.com/members/hmobley.aspx/

April 20th, 2008, 06:02 PM	#49
Hugh Mobley Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Placentia, Calif Posts: 549	V1 clips here are two clips, one an avi and the other a mov captured with cineform and rendered mpeg4, there is a noticeable difference between the two, same camera settings. they take afew minutes to load, be patient http://www.hughmobley.com/flowers%20avi.html http://www.hughmobley.com/flowers%20mov.html __________________ Hugh Mobley www.petplanetvideos.com http://exposureroom.com/members/hmobley.aspx/

April 22nd, 2008, 05:17 PM	#51
Hugh Mobley Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Placentia, Calif Posts: 549	everyone seems to see things just a little different, what I am seeing in the mov clip is slightly sharper, althought someone could sharpen up an avi clip. I will be glad to share my picture profile settings if u you like. __________________ Hugh Mobley www.petplanetvideos.com http://exposureroom.com/members/hmobley.aspx/

April 27th, 2008, 10:46 PM	#52
Hugh Mobley Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Placentia, Calif Posts: 549	Clips from Yacht Race We shot some clips of the Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race 2008 to use in an upcoming pilot for a TV show, some test clips, Raw footage on HD TV thru a hdmi were outstanding, these take a few to load, clips 2 and 3 are same, 3 is 720p wmv hd (49 mb) http://www.hughmobley.com/sailing.html http://www.hughmobley.com/sailing%201.html http://www.hughmobley.com/sailing%20wmv.html __________________ Hugh Mobley www.petplanetvideos.com http://exposureroom.com/members/hmobley.aspx/

April 15th, 2008, 05:34 PM	#47
Darko Debelic New Boot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Torino, Italy Posts: 12	Hello Hugh, I am very impressed by the high definition you achieve with your streaming clips. I have never managed to get that kind of sharpness with my V1 footage rendered for the web. Could I ask you to give some tips on what kind of workflow is needed to achieve that kind of quality? Thank you.

April 21st, 2008, 03:47 PM	#50
Darko Debelic New Boot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Torino, Italy Posts: 12	Thanks a lot Hugh. I use Final Cut Pro but I am pretty new to HDV so I'll have to do some more experimenting with settings and such. Your workflow seems pretty straightforward so I must be doing something wrong. :-) Anyway, I had a good look at the .AVI and .MOV clips you posted and the AVI seems more natural to me, the MOV having whites blown up and the blacks pretty squashed. I'll do some shooting and I'll let you see some stuff ASAP. Thanks again.

May 18th, 2008, 07:41 PM	#53
Mauro Moreira New Boot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: São Paulo SP Posts: 14	Music Clip Teaser Music clip of the music "O outro lado" by Drive-In. it wat shot in 24p in a v1, but when i captured it came in 29,97fps w/ pulldown. http://www.vimeo.com/outrolado

May 19th, 2008, 06:25 PM	#54
Mauro Moreira New Boot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: São Paulo SP Posts: 14	Teaser Any comments? Sugestions?

May 20th, 2008, 01:32 PM	#55
Ralph Roberts Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Alexander, NC Posts: 188	American Prisoners of War: Men of Steel in Cages of Bamboo and Iron a 30-minute sample show that I am shopping around the networks: http://1vid.com/component/content/ar...-and-iron.html shot with my V1U, enjoy. --Ralph __________________ --Ralph Roberts, CEO 1VIDeo / aBOOKS / Creativity, Inc.

May 20th, 2008, 01:49 PM	#56
Tom Honey New Boot Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 17	Promo made with my FX7 Some snowboarding shot with my FX7. any tips much appreciated. sorry about the youtube quality but best i could do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEPmeoOnqY8

May 21st, 2008, 02:12 PM	#57
Sergio Barbosa Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 140	Music video - done by the LOYD This is a simple music video for the song "done" by the band "the LOYD", shot during a live concert, in just two takes, that's why there's not much to cut back and forth. http://www.vimeo.com/1047144 Director: Sérgio Barbosa. Camera: Sony HVR-V1 in 1080i50. Edited in Final Cut Pro. Be sure to check out the band's website: www.theloyd.com

June 9th, 2008, 06:24 PM	#58
Jamie Hellmich Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ormond Beach, FL Posts: 105	Ormond Memorial Gardens shot with V1U Small garden park on beachside in Ormond Beach, FL. Just wanted to shoot some tape in a nice setting. About 11 minutes long, shot in 1080i and rendered to 720p per Vimeo standard's in Vegas. My gosh it looks good in 1080i on my dispay here at home, but I reckon this isnt' too bad for internet. First upload to Vimeo. New camera, HG0862K lens and Manfrotto tripod, and I wasn't really taking my time with shot set ups, zooms and pans. Did about 30 minutes of tape in 40 minutes. It was the middle of the day in Florida, and HOT! Darkened it up a little in post, as it was very bright and a little over exposed in the sunny areas, camera was in auto. I know a little more about the camera and it's settings now. Learned a lot watching this for future shoots. http://vimeo.com/1138325 Jamie __________________ V8 Pro; Sony V1U & HC1 w/Ikelite housing + HG conversion lenses + gear; DIY Q6600/Vista 32bit pc with Sony BWU-200S BD burner & Asus DVD burner; Sony DSC-H9 still cam

June 9th, 2008, 06:47 PM	#59
Jamie Hellmich Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ormond Beach, FL Posts: 105	Great stuff Ralph, and very moving. I hope it gets picked up. FYI, I get some inspiration from the clips you post. I'm planning some "nature" filming trips here in Florida. We have a lot of beatiful areas here too, but a little "flatter" terrain. Thanks, Jamie __________________ V8 Pro; Sony V1U & HC1 w/Ikelite housing + HG conversion lenses + gear; DIY Q6600/Vista 32bit pc with Sony BWU-200S BD burner & Asus DVD burner; Sony DSC-H9 still cam

June 10th, 2008, 07:43 AM	#60
Ralph Roberts Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Alexander, NC Posts: 188	Thanks, Jamie! --Ralph __________________ --Ralph Roberts, CEO 1VIDeo / aBOOKS / Creativity, Inc.