gmoe
10-15-2008, 06:59 AM
Okay here’s some indoor run & gun event shooting test footage using the HMC150 and the Letus Ultimate with Nikon lenses.
In this first test, I wanted to see how well the HMC150 and Letus Ultimate combination would work in a run and gun type situation with not so great fluorescent lighting, no video assist monitor, no tripod, just the camera mic, and no time to white balance. Basically, your worst last minute run and gun situation.
This first clip is all shot at 1080 / 24P with Cine D / Ultimate Set @ 99
Here is the vimeo link. It's a little compressed and you can see macroblocking which is not in the original footage. Original footage transcoded to DVCPro is much better.
http://www.vimeo.com/1967522
I decided to only use one lens and that was my Nikon 28-70 AFS 2.8. The Gain was on medium on the HMC150 and the iris was opened all the way up. The aperture on the Nikon lens was also open at 2.8.
The results are to be expected, a little dark and grainy. You can see the grain, but it is not as bad as I had expected with my older HVX. There would be a lot more grain in the image with my older HVX that's for sure.
The camera, adapter and lens were mounted on a cavision shoulder mount rig that I have re-configured just slightly to give it a bit more balance.
This footage was taken at the Holy Redeemer Church and School in Philadelphia for a community meeting concerning the proposed casino in the neighboring Chinatown community.
http://componentgeek.com/HMC150&Ultimate%20Tests/No%20Casino%20%28Small%29.jpg
This footage is merely to test the limits of what the Ultimate and HMC150 can do in real world situations. I'd love to clean up the footage in post but I felt it was best to show it as it really is. The cuts are rough and are merely to show different shots from the event.
One interesting thing to note:
I only had one 16g ADATA SDHC card on me and of course these community events go waay long. At about 30 min. left of tape with the PH 1080/24P settting I was able to buy some more time by switching to the downgraded HE 1080/60i mode (I forget actually how much more time it bought me, I think another hour? Someone else do the math!)
Anyway, the footage isn't great but if you need to capture something instead of nothing. The ability to switch to a long recorded format setting on this camera can surely save the day. Luckily for me, I was shooting this just as a test, not for a real gig.
(By the way, this is not the ADATA card that went into the washing machine. That will be in the theatrical lighting event footage testing to follow shortly.)
http://componentgeek.com/HMC150&Ultimate%20Tests/No%20Casino2%20copy%20%28Small%29.jpg
Additional Footage:
1080 / 60i HE Recording Mode
I was originally not going to post this footage but I guess it's not as bad as I thought. Like I said, I had to down grade to the HE recording level in order to keep shooting since I only had one 16g SDHC Card. The footage still looks usable. I guess when you are in a pinch this might save you.
http://www.vimeo.com/1974982
(continued)
In this first test, I wanted to see how well the HMC150 and Letus Ultimate combination would work in a run and gun type situation with not so great fluorescent lighting, no video assist monitor, no tripod, just the camera mic, and no time to white balance. Basically, your worst last minute run and gun situation.
This first clip is all shot at 1080 / 24P with Cine D / Ultimate Set @ 99
Here is the vimeo link. It's a little compressed and you can see macroblocking which is not in the original footage. Original footage transcoded to DVCPro is much better.
http://www.vimeo.com/1967522
I decided to only use one lens and that was my Nikon 28-70 AFS 2.8. The Gain was on medium on the HMC150 and the iris was opened all the way up. The aperture on the Nikon lens was also open at 2.8.
The results are to be expected, a little dark and grainy. You can see the grain, but it is not as bad as I had expected with my older HVX. There would be a lot more grain in the image with my older HVX that's for sure.
The camera, adapter and lens were mounted on a cavision shoulder mount rig that I have re-configured just slightly to give it a bit more balance.
This footage was taken at the Holy Redeemer Church and School in Philadelphia for a community meeting concerning the proposed casino in the neighboring Chinatown community.
http://componentgeek.com/HMC150&Ultimate%20Tests/No%20Casino%20%28Small%29.jpg
This footage is merely to test the limits of what the Ultimate and HMC150 can do in real world situations. I'd love to clean up the footage in post but I felt it was best to show it as it really is. The cuts are rough and are merely to show different shots from the event.
One interesting thing to note:
I only had one 16g ADATA SDHC card on me and of course these community events go waay long. At about 30 min. left of tape with the PH 1080/24P settting I was able to buy some more time by switching to the downgraded HE 1080/60i mode (I forget actually how much more time it bought me, I think another hour? Someone else do the math!)
Anyway, the footage isn't great but if you need to capture something instead of nothing. The ability to switch to a long recorded format setting on this camera can surely save the day. Luckily for me, I was shooting this just as a test, not for a real gig.
(By the way, this is not the ADATA card that went into the washing machine. That will be in the theatrical lighting event footage testing to follow shortly.)
http://componentgeek.com/HMC150&Ultimate%20Tests/No%20Casino2%20copy%20%28Small%29.jpg
Additional Footage:
1080 / 60i HE Recording Mode
I was originally not going to post this footage but I guess it's not as bad as I thought. Like I said, I had to down grade to the HE recording level in order to keep shooting since I only had one 16g SDHC Card. The footage still looks usable. I guess when you are in a pinch this might save you.
http://www.vimeo.com/1974982
(continued)