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Christening with Z5 · February 18th, 2009, 01:08 AM

Guys let me know what you think about this. I had the Z5 in full auto just to test it's capabilities

Panayiotis christening on Vimeo

Stelios

Luke Oliver · February 18th, 2009, 03:02 AM

can i just ask how long your main feature was, i have just shot a christening but am struggling to make it longer than your trailer

??

luke

Tom Hardwick · February 18th, 2009, 04:19 AM

Oh-oh - lots of colour correction needed Stellios - peoples' faces switch from brown to blue. And I see your tripod in the background and the wobbles on the film... and auto exposure plays havoc very early on. The dreaded CMOS electronic flash as well.

Still - nice that you've cut it to the music and there are good closeups.

tom.

Luke Oliver · February 18th, 2009, 04:25 AM

how can u stop that flashing, i get that in all my weddings

Tom Hardwick · February 18th, 2009, 04:39 AM

You can't stop the flashing - that's the point. I've just had 64 electronic flashes go off in a 15 second cake-cutting and I'm very glad I shot it on a CCD camera. CMOS (especially slowed down) would have looked awful. Here's a snippet.

tom hardwick on blip.tv

Yang Wen · February 18th, 2009, 08:33 AM

How do you find the shutter roll on this camera? My understanding is that it's pretty severe on the Z5 and FX1000 (same sensor in both)

Stelios Christofides · February 18th, 2009, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luke Oliver

can i just ask how long your main feature was, i have just shot a christening but am struggling to make it longer than your trailer

??

luke

The whole video is 45 minutes long, but that's what the customer wants, most of the church ceremony (about 30 minutes) and the rest at the reception.

Stelios Christofides · February 18th, 2009, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Hardwick

Oh-oh - lots of colour correction needed Stellios - peoples' faces switch from brown to blue. And I see your tripod in the background and the wobbles on the film... and auto exposure plays havoc very early on. The dreaded CMOS electronic flash as well.

Still - nice that you've cut it to the music and there are good closeups.

tom.

Yes you are right Tom about the colour correction and the auto exposure, but that's what I said at the beginning, that I left everything on auto deliberately for all to see what the Z5 can do in situations like that. I will correct though later at re-upload. Now the reason that I didn't use the tripod a lot is the nature of Greek christenings that the "action" moves from place to place and you have to be everywhere. I did use though the spiderbrace a lot. Well about the CMOS flash, it doesn't bother me at all. Thanks for your comments.

Here is the new link with the colour corrections. How does it look now Tom?

http://www.vimeo.com/3278222

Stelios

February 18th, 2009, 03:02 AM	#2
Luke Oliver Major Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Guernsey , Channel Islands Posts: 242	re can i just ask how long your main feature was, i have just shot a christening but am struggling to make it longer than your trailer ?? luke

February 18th, 2009, 04:25 AM	#4
Luke Oliver Major Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Guernsey , Channel Islands Posts: 242	re how can u stop that flashing, i get that in all my weddings

February 18th, 2009, 04:19 AM	#3
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	Oh-oh - lots of colour correction needed Stellios - peoples' faces switch from brown to blue. And I see your tripod in the background and the wobbles on the film... and auto exposure plays havoc very early on. The dreaded CMOS electronic flash as well. Still - nice that you've cut it to the music and there are good closeups. tom.

February 18th, 2009, 04:39 AM	#5
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	You can't stop the flashing - that's the point. I've just had 64 electronic flashes go off in a 15 second cake-cutting and I'm very glad I shot it on a CCD camera. CMOS (especially slowed down) would have looked awful. Here's a snippet. tom hardwick on blip.tv

February 18th, 2009, 08:33 AM	#6
Yang Wen Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 991	How do you find the shutter roll on this camera? My understanding is that it's pretty severe on the Z5 and FX1000 (same sensor in both)