Nature films shot with DVX100A at DVinfo.net

Steven Dempsey · February 2nd, 2006, 02:49 PM

Hello everyone,

A lot of you know me as "disjecta" over at the DVXUser board but for those who have not seen some of my stuff, here's a sampling:

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/magicalfall.html

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/marymoor.html

More films can be found on this page

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/mainfilmindex.html

Thanks for looking...

Mick Jenner · February 2nd, 2006, 04:37 PM

Steven
Brilliant,and thanks for sharing them on this forum. It was good to be able to find out about how you produce your work from your web site.

A pleasure to watch.

Regards

Mick

Chris Barcellos · February 2nd, 2006, 05:10 PM

Tremendously inspiring and beautiful...

Chris Pyle · February 2nd, 2006, 05:47 PM

Steven,

Love your stuff. Besides all the technical things, you definitely have an eye for this picture making process.

I was wondering if you know of any similar up-rezzing techniques for interlaced footage. I have a lot of stock nature and wildlife footage shot in 4:3 with a 1/2" Sony DSR-300 that I would like to mix with either HD footage, or more likely, 16:9 DVCAM footage shot with a 2/3" camera. This will then be projected in a theater on about a 25 foot screen. I know this is not ideal but it may be my only option. The footage I have is too difficult and costly to re-shoot.

Thanks,
Chris Pyle
www.wildlandfilms.com

Steven Dempsey · February 8th, 2006, 11:22 AM

Chris, the uprezzing technique most definitely doesn't work on interlaced material. I have tried uprezzing my DSR-250 footage and it looks terrible...You might need to de-interlace using a program like DVFilm or Magic Bullet and try uprezzing from there....haven't tried it.

Thanks for all the comments, everyone.

Alkim Un · February 16th, 2006, 04:48 AM

this is an error massage,

sorry.

Alkim Un · February 16th, 2006, 04:50 AM

steven you really did a fantastic work, I liked them very much.

I want to ask a question. did you try dvx200 hd camera, and if so this camera has the same manuel film look properties like 100a ?

I bought canon xl2 and host of accessories last week, and after I watched your film look movies with 100a I feel bad a little :) because I expect to make some manuel film look videos with xl2, any way I ll try and see next week When get the camera..

thanks,
alkim.

Ralph Bowman · February 19th, 2006, 10:48 AM

Steven...your films are carefully created and very moving...Are you using any
lens enhancement like a telephoto lens add on or macro filters? I think what impressed me the most was your use of light and closeupwork which brought the beauty of nature into play without a wide sweep and long vistas shots which the camera could not do without turning all to mush.

Exciting stuff...

Ralph Bowman

Dan Euritt · February 19th, 2006, 02:26 PM

steven, those bird shots in the first clip are awesome!! just a couple of comments...

there is some weird blockiness along the right-hand edge of the picture in that clip.

the presentation would have more impact if you could play it back full-screen... unfortunately you'd probably have to up the bitrate, tho... is it h.264?

thanks for sharing the link!

Brendan Marnell · February 19th, 2006, 02:48 PM

Thank you Steven, for Magical Fall in particular?

Mallards are tame enough but watching the ghost reflexing her missing foot was something else. Do you remember how far you were from the woodpecker on the apple and what gear you were using, please?

Bob Safay · February 23rd, 2006, 05:52 AM

Steven, I find your videos beautiful. Thank you for shareing. A question if I may. I have been looking for a good web host. If I may ask, who is your web host/server and how many gigs do you have? Thanks again. Bob Safay

February 2nd, 2006, 02:49 PM	#1
Steven Dempsey Disjecta Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 937	Nature films shot with DVX100A Hello everyone, A lot of you know me as "disjecta" over at the DVXUser board but for those who have not seen some of my stuff, here's a sampling: http://www.pinelakefilms.com/magicalfall.html http://www.pinelakefilms.com/marymoor.html More films can be found on this page http://www.pinelakefilms.com/mainfilmindex.html Thanks for looking...

February 2nd, 2006, 05:10 PM	#3
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Inspiring Tremendously inspiring and beautiful... __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

February 19th, 2006, 10:48 AM	#8
Ralph Bowman Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 59	Lens enhancement? Steven...your films are carefully created and very moving...Are you using any lens enhancement like a telephoto lens add on or macro filters? I think what impressed me the most was your use of light and closeupwork which brought the beauty of nature into play without a wide sweep and long vistas shots which the camera could not do without turning all to mush. Exciting stuff... Ralph Bowman

February 19th, 2006, 02:48 PM	#10
Brendan Marnell Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 938	Lovely stuff Thank you Steven, for Magical Fall in particular? Mallards are tame enough but watching the ghost reflexing her missing foot was something else. Do you remember how far you were from the woodpecker on the apple and what gear you were using, please?

February 2nd, 2006, 04:37 PM	#2
Mick Jenner Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: West Sussex England Posts: 843	Steven Brilliant,and thanks for sharing them on this forum. It was good to be able to find out about how you produce your work from your web site. A pleasure to watch. Regards Mick

February 2nd, 2006, 05:47 PM	#4
Chris Pyle New Boot Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9	Steven, Love your stuff. Besides all the technical things, you definitely have an eye for this picture making process. I was wondering if you know of any similar up-rezzing techniques for interlaced footage. I have a lot of stock nature and wildlife footage shot in 4:3 with a 1/2" Sony DSR-300 that I would like to mix with either HD footage, or more likely, 16:9 DVCAM footage shot with a 2/3" camera. This will then be projected in a theater on about a 25 foot screen. I know this is not ideal but it may be my only option. The footage I have is too difficult and costly to re-shoot. Thanks, Chris Pyle www.wildlandfilms.com

February 8th, 2006, 11:22 AM	#5
Steven Dempsey Disjecta Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 937	Chris, the uprezzing technique most definitely doesn't work on interlaced material. I have tried uprezzing my DSR-250 footage and it looks terrible...You might need to de-interlace using a program like DVFilm or Magic Bullet and try uprezzing from there....haven't tried it. Thanks for all the comments, everyone.

February 16th, 2006, 04:48 AM	#6
Alkim Un Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ankara, Turkey Posts: 136	this is an error massage, sorry.

February 16th, 2006, 04:50 AM	#7
Alkim Un Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ankara, Turkey Posts: 136	steven you really did a fantastic work, I liked them very much. I want to ask a question. did you try dvx200 hd camera, and if so this camera has the same manuel film look properties like 100a ? I bought canon xl2 and host of accessories last week, and after I watched your film look movies with 100a I feel bad a little :) because I expect to make some manuel film look videos with xl2, any way I ll try and see next week When get the camera.. thanks, alkim.

February 19th, 2006, 02:26 PM	#9
Dan Euritt Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carlsbad CA Posts: 1,132	steven, those bird shots in the first clip are awesome!! just a couple of comments... there is some weird blockiness along the right-hand edge of the picture in that clip. the presentation would have more impact if you could play it back full-screen... unfortunately you'd probably have to up the bitrate, tho... is it h.264? thanks for sharing the link!

February 23rd, 2006, 05:52 AM	#11
Bob Safay Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,558	Steven, I find your videos beautiful. Thank you for shareing. A question if I may. I have been looking for a good web host. If I may ask, who is your web host/server and how many gigs do you have? Thanks again. Bob Safay