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June 6th, 2008, 09:38 PM
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Z7 short wildlife clip
Here is a short clip I got using the Z7 and a 400mm still Nikon lens.
No tweaking - straight from the camera. These are 2 short sequences stitched together. PAL, 1080i, 25p, 1/50, -6 Gain As can be expected it looks much nicer on a big HD Sony monitor. This was taken from about 20 meters or so (just guessing). Any advice as to how I can improve this are greatly appreciated. http://www.vimeo.com/1127928?pg=tran...il&sec=1127928 Cheers, Ofer levy Sydney http://www.oferlevyphotography.com |
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June 6th, 2008, 09:53 PM
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Improve it? You're kidding, right?
Very impressive... |
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June 6th, 2008, 10:03 PM
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June 7th, 2008, 01:01 AM
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Waw! Fantastic.
I bought a V7 yesterday, so I'm very interested in telephoto lenses: which aperture has the 400 and which adapter did you use? BTW: Only one minor problem when I view the clip: everything is upside down... :-) |
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June 7th, 2008, 02:13 AM
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I use the Mike Tapa's adapter - http://www.mtfservices.com Cheers, Ofer Levy http://www.oferlevyphotography.com |
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June 7th, 2008, 07:00 AM
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Wow that looks good!
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June 8th, 2008, 11:11 PM
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WOW, thanks for posting! Please post anything else you'd wish, I'm sure many people will enjoy seeing what this camera can do.
I hope to be posting some of my footage soon, although I have really only been testing out the camera so far so I don't have any great footage. Quote:
The only thing that I can think of is it looked a little shakey (but I'm guessing the bats & the trees were both moving in the wind). All I can think is buy the best tripod head you can. Telephoto at those legnths w/ video you want a real high quality head w/ extensive drag settings. Being able to pan & tilt smoothly is tough at those legnths & impossible on cheap sticks. |
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June 8th, 2008, 11:18 PM
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I use decent tripod and tripod head for the job (Miller carbon fibre and Vinten Vision 3) the shot is absoulutly shake free as I wasn't touching the camera or handle. The movement of the bats is what causing the effect you see. I do have a lot more footage but I will have to leave something for the doco itself...(-; |
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June 9th, 2008, 11:02 PM
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watching it again I can see that all the movement isn't coming from the camera, but I did figure out what you could improve on. the dialogue. people like talkies & here you have two bats saying NOTHING. what is with that? make sure you fix it before distribution. what fstop were you shooting on? did you use an external monitor to focus? was this shoot in 1080i60, or 1080p24, or 1080p30? thanks again for posting & making me more eager to recive my adapter from the UK |
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June 10th, 2008, 01:45 AM
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The info is in the beginning of this thread. I didn't use an external monitor. I didn't even use the camera's LCD. Using the viewfinder in B&W works best for me. |
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