Shout out to HVX owners in Ohio--- shout back :)

My girlfriend recently moved to Columbus and I may go ahead and spend some of the semester with her if you need an extra guy on something.
 
Hey Prodigy, I was just up in Cleveland on Monday. I get up there every once in awhile. I'm about halfway between Cleveland and Columbus.

So does anyone have a solid workflow with your HVX's? I am still trying to digest all of the info and figure out a budget and equipment list for when I actually spring for the camera.
 
Donald, yes a little, I put some video up in the video section (just testing low light). Actually I've never had anything this professional, not even a DVX but I have done some events and weddings with cheep palmcorders and decided to make the step up to the next level. I'm more into video editing and wish there were more jobs like that where I live (near zanesville) but there's not. I did decide after doing some dv on it that I will be getting a firestore.
 
John Froton, I am very close to completeing my HVX workflow. I am just waiting on the cineporter for greater p2 storage.

I am fortunate to have found an editor other than myself which saved me a great deal of money for I did not have to go buy a loaded G5, editing software, and more.
 
Hello! I am a HVX owner in Ohio too! Soon to be buying 2 more cameras.
I have tons of workflow info and advice. I have just complted a HD feature with the camera as well. I have a lot of tips.
 
mattsdp said:
Hello! I am a HVX owner in Ohio too! Soon to be buying 2 more cameras.
I have tons of workflow info and advice. I have just complted a HD feature with the camera as well. I have a lot of tips.
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Would you share your workflow and some tips with us?

I figure I will be looking into using Cineform's Aspect HD with Premiere Pro 2 on PC. For the camera I will probably get two 4 GB P2 cards and swap footage onto a laptop. At least that's what I am figuring at this point.
 
That is a good way to start John Froton. But to me it really depends on your subject matter that you are shooting. Are you shooting features, commercials, music video, eng, or just weddings and such.

Each one of those scenarios is going to pose a different workflow situation.
Somthings are going to work better than other depending on what you are doing. Tell me more.
 
Matthias

Well, aside for some longings to do landscape and scenic cinematography, I have been researching a little bit on an endangered and threatened species habitat in the southeastern US. My mainstay would hopefully be piecing together documentary style footage with narrative.

I imagine the P2 cards won't make for the longest recording times but... eh, planning should help make it work.

a side note- I usually drive down to Columbus every month or two just to go to the Whole Food store. We're practically neighbors! I wish they had a Whole Food store here though ... it would save me a lot in gas :)
 
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Well John,
I see that you are doing documentaries. P2 is the way to go really. I would get at least 2 -8 gig cards. That way you will have the most storage space that is currently available. The fire store is interesting, but it does bring with it certain drawbacks, that I think are not needed out the gate. Working with P2 allows for every production scenario that you may encounter.

The P2 cards also will lighten your load, and keep you mobile. For what you are doing, get 8 gig cards. I personally prefer 4 gig cards, but i shoot features, so the 4 gig cards bring my shooting times back to the realm of shooting film, which I am used too.

Get a P2 Store! For what you are doing , I would highly recommend a P2 store. This will allow you to shoot and dump and format on the fly. Get a decent laptop, a good PC laptop will do, or a mac. I prefer a mac, but I also use pc's and the P2 works great in both.

Get a real good desktop computer for post! Make sure you get a system that can handle HD footage. Don't skimp, and don't get bootleg software!
I won't go into details about full post procedures, but I will tell you to be organized! P2 is great technology, but if you are a unorganized person, P2 will swallow you up.

If you get into Columbus, hit me up, and we could do lunch, and I can give you more details on workflow to help you out.
 
Thanks Matthias,

That sounds like good advice all the way around. Thankfully I am organized :)

It is not going to be easy to jump in and get everything all at once but all of the things you mentioned make a great deal of sense.

I have some more questions for you - Is it relatively easy to get a shallow DOF with the stock lens on the HVX? Or for doing feature film work do you really need a lens adapter like the M2 or something similar? With my old Sony SD camcorder I can sometimes get decent results if I close up the iris a bit and zoom in a little from a distance. The only problem is that it usually requires excellent lighting which is not always easily available.

It would be a pleasure to have lunch sometime and have a chance to learn from your experience. I am going to be traveling to Oregon and California in a week but will be back before September. It is too bad I won't have an HVX while I am out there. I am hoping that it won't be long before I can get the camera. How do you like the HVX compared with other cameras you've worked with?
 
I'm shooting a feature in the second half of August. Right now there's two days I'm going to have a second camera, one of the days we're doing an explosion. We'll be in Massillon, if anyone else wants to come down, we could definately use a third camera or more:) for the explosion. We're using the M2 adapter, and you can check out our workflow, etc...

pm me, if you're interested.
 
Hey John,

DOF on the HVX is pretty good. Espicialy in a low light situation. The camera itself has a couple things going for it. One, the camera is about 2 stops slower than the DVX, so getting DOF is no problem. Two, the lens on the camera is really nice. But keep in mind there is a kind of sweet spot in this camera lens wise. Personaly, I tried not to shot above a F4. That way I could really get the best part of the lens. Also, when shooting HD with this camera ....YOU NEED A FOLLOW FOCUS!!!

I can't tell you how sick I am reading the posts on this board, and everybody says buy this, but that...and no one every mentions anything about a follow focus. It is mandatory in my opinion.

I like the M2, I have one. Its not mandatory for DOF, but it does offer a look that is really nice for feature work.

I will catch up with you when you get back from out west.
 
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