HVX200 + Letus35 flip + Free Saturday = this

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Andrew Yamaguchi

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I won't say I'm the next Robert Bresson, but hey. . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhu5xdsCE

Me and my film school buddies were doing test shoots with the HVX for some upcoming short films we'll be making. We used a letus35 flip and used a Nikon normal lens for all (but one) shots. Naturally we can't resist trying to make some sort of loose story out of it, so I hope you at least had a good time listening to The Police.

We shot it in SD 24pa, as I am still waiting for my P2 card from Panasonic.

Lessons learned. . .

Screw on the letus tightly, otherwise you get the borders creeping into the frame. Unfortunately by tightening it you tilt the ground glass at an awkward angle so you have to zoom in and lose some of the frame.

White balance. The rushes looked too cool (a bit like tungsten balanced for daylight) and so I had to apply a subtle amount of color correction.

Watch out for those DV decks, you never know whose tape has been in there.

PS I'm not ASC
 
I want to see the footage where the police arrest you guys for looking like you are going to explode a can of gasoline and destroy a public work of art in a downtown metro area.... be careful when you act in public. ;)

Just think of the promos for aqua teen in boston.... you don't want to end up like those guys.
 
Hey, when you tighten the Letus 35 Flip and the ground glass winds up at an awkward angle, there's a way to fix it. The threaded part of the Letus is just pressure fit into the rest of the Letus- if you screw it onto the camera and turn it with enough pressure, it will move independently of the rest of the Letus. You can use this trick to align it so the ground grass is perfectly horizontal, the way it's supposed to be. It's scary, but if you're careful it works. I had the exact same issue.
 
Andrew Yamaguchi said:
Screw on the letus tightly, otherwise you get the borders creeping into the frame. Unfortunately by tightening it you tilt the ground glass at an awkward angle so you have to zoom in and lose some of the frame.
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I have the same issue and end up using some type of paper shim to sit in between the Letus and the camera. It takes a while to adjust, but I can get the Letus to line up properly.

Does anyone else know if a better way to do this?
 
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