New nex-ea50 film: Sahara

[Steven Digges]

Thanks for the details.

There had to be some luck involved in one of my favorite cuts??? The white goose flying way beyond the tree branches. How else would you have known to focus out there unless it there was others that came by first?

Quack, Quack!

[Steven Digges]

ooops...posted twice.

[Noa Put]

Originally Posted by Steven Digges

There had to be some luck involved in one of my favorite cuts??? The white goose flying way beyond the tree branches. How else would you have known to focus out there unless it there was others that came by first?

Luck? What's that? I always work according to script, the goose had a copy.

I heard the bird taking of on the left side of me but I couldn't see it in the beginning through the trees (their wings make this distinct clapping sound when they hit the water), I just had a small window in front of me between the trees where I could see the water and little time to capture it so zoomed in manually on that point, (good thing I had the powerzoom set to off) focused using the magnifier, panned quickly left and started tracking the bird as soon as I saw it to the right. It was just a matter of a few seconds and it was gone. There was some luck involved.

[Chris Quevedo]

Originally Posted by Noa Put

The video is also available for download from vimeo for those that want to pixelpeep, remember that it’s a lower quality then the original, on my big screen the native image looks very good. For those that are interested, you can drop me a line if you want to see the 1080p 50p master, I rendered a 35mbs 1080p 50p file (about 900mb) so I might place that on a dropbox account for those that want to download that.

Sahara on Vimeo

Hey Noa, is the offer to possibly see the higher quality version still a possibility? My Dropbox email is chrisdq82@gmail.com

I would really appreciate it!!!

[Noa Put]

Hi, just shared the file with you, would be interested to know what you think about the image quality.

[Steven Digges]

Originally Posted by Noa Put

Luck? What's that? I always work according to script, the goose had a copy.

I heard the bird taking of on the left side of me but I couldn't see it in the beginning through the trees (their wings make this distinct clapping sound when they hit the water), I just had a small window in front of me between the trees where I could see the water and little time to capture it so zoomed in manually on that point, (good thing I had the powerzoom set to off) focused using the magnifier, panned quickly left and started tracking the bird as soon as I saw it to the right. It was just a matter of a few seconds and it was gone. There was some luck involved.

That is not luck. That's smart shooting. I was a pro sports shooter for many years. Yes, "the thing that makes the great shot" has to happen, but if your not ready and capable it is missed more than it is captured. Now that I am not shooting sports I get the biggest kick out of watching photogs on the sidelines. When the action explodes at the sidelines in front of them you will see three out of four with lowered cameras and shock on their faces but their will always be that one guy that never stops shooting. Who do think gets "the shot".

Steve

[Chris Quevedo]

Originally Posted by Noa Put

Hi, just shared the file with you, would be interested to know what you think about the image quality.

hey Noa,

i love the image quality, but i do see the moire. but its weird that i never noticed it in vimeo when i played it on the same monitor. i know vimeo uses compression, but i never noticed it there.

anyways, i enjoy the image quality, but i still am not certain if i'll get this or the FS100. neither has ND filters, but the FS100 can see more in the dark... i like how the EA50 has that form factor though :-/ but i'll probably not usually use it for ENG stuff. it'll likely live on a tripod in controlled environments and then about 20-30% of the time need to go into the field for run & gun. *sigh*

[Noa Put]

Here the fs100 is about 2500 euro more expensive then the ea50 so then I would expect it to perform better, If I would have had the cash I probably would have gone for a Sony fs100 or Canon c100 but for what I paid for the ea50 you do get a lot for your money.

[Noa Put]

Originally Posted by Steven Digges

That is not luck. That's smart shooting.

Let's just say it was a lucky smart shot :D

Nice video! Too bad about the EA50 shortcomings, but you obviously worked around them.

[Noa Put]

you can't expect a flawless camera for that price, if it was it would hurt the sales on several higher end and much more expensive camera, you often get what you pay for.