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first video of my new hv30 rig

sorry to say this video is pretty boreing, i held the rig attached to the rails and walked around my backyard attempting to rack focus while moving/walking.. w/ no sound ( only using the hv30s small lcd to monitor the filming - so some of it is off - i might look for a way to attach my 720p monitor to the rig so as to have razor sharp focus in the future) pulldown was removed on the fly with cineform hdv and then convrted to 720p for vimeo upload. Now this is my first attempt at 24p or ntsc footage for that matter so i hope it tunred out ok. all that was done in regards to camera setting were : 24p,cinemode and i white ballanced the camera prior to shooting. ( not sure if cinemode keeps the shuter at 1/48 but it came out ok - for my eyes anyway ). focusing was all done via the letus 35 using the follow focus. lens used was a nikon 50mm f1.4 lens @ f4.

regards Marty.
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  • Ed Reid 7 months ago
    wow i really want a proper camcorder now. All i've got at the moment is a digital camera that can take videos but just as an add on really. Don't get me wrong it's brilliant for taking pictures but a bit rubbish at videos.

    sigh. cool vid by the way i love the focus
  • Marty Wichtmann 7 months ago
    thanks man :) HV20 is dropping in price, so i would start there, the only reason i got the hv30 is beucase its black ( i feel makes the rig look more pro ).
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  • bryan fordham 7 months ago
    Honestly, The quality of the video is great, your rig is really cool :-) but it seems like you might benefit from either a glidecam or maybe a little less equipment attached to your rig. It seems a bit unwieldy for you right now. maybe with some practicce the jitters will smooth themselves out... but it seems when you are not shooting on a tripod maybe less is more? I dunno

    nice test video.
  • Marty Wichtmann 7 months ago
    thanks :) honestly this was just a quick test.. wasn't going to post up, as i live in australia (PAL) i was seeing if i did the pull down correctly for NTSC 24p, but thanks for the advice i will take it onboard.

    - marty.
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  • ian alex-mac 2 months ago
    Hey, in regards to your mention of the 24p Cinemode and whether or not it stays in 1/48, it probably does, but it might not! Check out the "cell phone trick" if you havent already seen it.

    dvxuser.com/jason/hv20/

    This is a bit confusing at first but its a really very helpful link.

    One thing i noticed about doing this, is that you need to get a pretty decent amount of light when you lock your exposure to these decent settings, otherwise its quite dark, which is more like what a film camera would require, so if you're going for 'filmlike' then it seems pretty good to me!
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