I have my Camera

Steven Thomas · November 21st, 2007, 05:53 PM

Chris, I take you're not seeing the weird vignetting that was seen between 10-25mm with Paul's camera.

Thanks a lot Chris.
I'm praying I will have mine mid next week!
Looking forward to your clips file.
Good news on the keying. I'm not surprised.
Looking at those 1080 30P still images posted a day ago or so, I was surprised how well the red car looked. I guess high rez pays off.

Chris Forbes · November 21st, 2007, 06:14 PM

I have not seen that but that was one of the clips that wouldn't import for me I'll have to redo that with different settings and see if that makes a difference.

Craig Seeman · November 21st, 2007, 06:25 PM

It looks to be Apple XDCAM 35mbps VBR 1280x720 wrapped in mov.

You may need Final Cut Pro with XDCAM codec installed to play these.

Quicktime will read the files IF you have that codec installed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ola Christoffersson

Same here! I tried Quicktime player, VLC, Windows media player, Zoom player and finally Power DVD. No luck! What format is this? It says .mov but the latest Quicktime version does not like the file.
Maybe it is using some kind of proprietary FCP codec?

Chris Forbes · November 21st, 2007, 08:58 PM

www.thevideodepartment.net/EX1/EX1TEST.mp4

This should work better.

Steven Thomas · November 21st, 2007, 09:19 PM

Thanks Chris. It looks great, it's also clean.
If you get a chance, try a scene with someone that displays the tighter DOF.

Barlow Elton · November 21st, 2007, 11:19 PM

I'm diggin' it, Chris. Looks like the 720p under/overcrank is going to be a lot of fun to play with.

Thank you very much for sharing. :)

Barlow Elton · November 21st, 2007, 11:29 PM

Chris,

If you're interested in doing some extra testing, I'm local. I have an HD-SDI capture workstation. We could actually test the output and see if it's "real" 10 bit or not.

Enjoy you're new baby and please keep us posted on your findings!

Chris Forbes · November 22nd, 2007, 12:37 AM

Hey Barlow,
PM with your contact details. You have email disabled on your user name.

Piotr Wozniacki · November 22nd, 2007, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Forbes

www.thevideodepartment.net/EX1/EX1TEST.mp4

This should work better.

Chris, is the camera so much less sensitive when overcranking or did you just set it up differently - the slomo part is quite a bit darker than the clip beginning with normal fps?

Alessandro Zumstein · November 22nd, 2007, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edwin Beeler

Hi Alessandro

I live in Switzerland, too (german part) and I'd be very interested in your first experiences with that camera - can you keep me informed?
Thank you
Edwin

Kein problem, sobald meine Kamera eingetroffen ist, werde ich ein paar testshoots durchführen und berichten, wie sie ist.
Wollte mir zuerst eine Panasonic AG-HVX200 anschaffen aber die qualität von DVCPRO HD , ist mir im vergleich zu XDCAM EX nicht so besonders überlegen in sachen farbqualität, usw.........

Piotr Wozniacki · November 22nd, 2007, 06:57 AM

Chris, is the EX1TEST.mp4 stright fromt the camera, or did you recompress it somehow? The reason I'm asking is that it's not recognized by the Clip Browser ("unknown format").

Piotr Wozniacki · November 22nd, 2007, 07:14 AM

OK - it certainly is not a raw clip, the data rate hitting 43Mbps! Also, it plays with Quicktime (no audio), I guess you prepared it a bit for us:)

Funny thing is it can be opened by Vegas, as well...

Alessandro Zumstein · November 22nd, 2007, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Forbes

Unboxing and footage tests to follow.

Serial number 40

Footage at the bottom of the page

www.thevideodepartment.net/EX1/EX1TEST.mp4

Hello Chris, i have a question, do you have problems with the wievfinder and the lcd screen (Death pixel)?

Do you buy the camcorder by BH photo video?

Bill Heslip · November 22nd, 2007, 10:11 AM

When someone gets a chance, it might be fun to test a standard ExpressCard in the EX1 and see what happens. Hopefully, something good!

Chris Forbes · November 22nd, 2007, 10:26 AM

It is less sensitive when over cranking . . . but the exposure was my fault I was actually running both ND filters with the iris set to about 4 - 5.6.

I didn't buy my camera @ BH I believe local service is worth so much more. And we have a great place here in Salt Lake called TV Specialist. They are the best.

Yes the MP4 is not straight out of the camera. It was compressed with mpegstreamclip. For my windows friends.

Yes I do have a dead (stuck) pixel on the LCD. It shows as bright blue. But it is usually covered by the Icon that indicates which card your writing to and it's within .25 mm if the top edge of the screen so I am not to bothered by it.

Id love to try a non-approved Expresscard but I don't have any maybe monday I'll see if I can find one @ compusa.

November 22nd, 2007, 06:57 AM	#26
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November 22nd, 2007, 07:14 AM	#27
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	OK - it certainly is not a raw clip, the data rate hitting 43Mbps! Also, it plays with Quicktime (no audio), I guess you prepared it a bit for us:) Funny thing is it can be opened by Vegas, as well... __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive Last edited by Piotr Wozniacki; November 22nd, 2007 at 07:48 AM.

November 21st, 2007, 05:53 PM	#16
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	Chris, I take you're not seeing the weird vignetting that was seen between 10-25mm with Paul's camera. Thanks a lot Chris. I'm praying I will have mine mid next week! Looking forward to your clips file. Good news on the keying. I'm not surprised. Looking at those 1080 30P still images posted a day ago or so, I was surprised how well the red car looked. I guess high rez pays off.

November 21st, 2007, 06:14 PM	#17
Chris Forbes Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut Posts: 155	I have not seen that but that was one of the clips that wouldn't import for me I'll have to redo that with different settings and see if that makes a difference.

November 21st, 2007, 08:58 PM	#19
Chris Forbes Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut Posts: 155	www.thevideodepartment.net/EX1/EX1TEST.mp4 This should work better.

November 21st, 2007, 09:19 PM	#20
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	Thanks Chris. It looks great, it's also clean. If you get a chance, try a scene with someone that displays the tighter DOF.

November 21st, 2007, 11:19 PM	#21
Barlow Elton Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UT Posts: 945	I'm diggin' it, Chris. Looks like the 720p under/overcrank is going to be a lot of fun to play with. Thank you very much for sharing. :)

November 21st, 2007, 11:29 PM	#22
Barlow Elton Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UT Posts: 945	Chris, If you're interested in doing some extra testing, I'm local. I have an HD-SDI capture workstation. We could actually test the output and see if it's "real" 10 bit or not. Enjoy you're new baby and please keep us posted on your findings!

November 22nd, 2007, 12:37 AM	#23
Chris Forbes Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut Posts: 155	Hey Barlow, PM with your contact details. You have email disabled on your user name.

November 22nd, 2007, 10:11 AM	#29
Bill Heslip Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southeast USA Posts: 129	When someone gets a chance, it might be fun to test a standard ExpressCard in the EX1 and see what happens. Hopefully, something good!

November 22nd, 2007, 10:26 AM	#30
Chris Forbes Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut Posts: 155	It is less sensitive when over cranking . . . but the exposure was my fault I was actually running both ND filters with the iris set to about 4 - 5.6. I didn't buy my camera @ BH I believe local service is worth so much more. And we have a great place here in Salt Lake called TV Specialist. They are the best. Yes the MP4 is not straight out of the camera. It was compressed with mpegstreamclip. For my windows friends. Yes I do have a dead (stuck) pixel on the LCD. It shows as bright blue. But it is usually covered by the Icon that indicates which card your writing to and it's within .25 mm if the top edge of the screen so I am not to bothered by it. Id love to try a non-approved Expresscard but I don't have any maybe monday I'll see if I can find one @ compusa.