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Okay was playing around got about 5 hours of footage... Kinda getting the hand of it. Of course my apartment isn't the best place to film.. but its a start. Tomorrow going outside.. Will be filming NYC anyone needs any footage? I dont care what i'll be filming anyways and well if u need something i guess its cheaper to ask me when fly over here =)
 
I'd get a book on basic photography and learn what the iris does, how it works, and focal lengths, and well pretty much learn how cameras record images before you start trying to do anything fantastic with the HVX - its automatic modes leave quite a bit to be desired. If you really want to shoot this in ten days and not read how to do this I'd get an HV20.
 
Firstly, thanks Skr4tch for your post. I'm new to the forum and to film making as well. Your questions have had some great responses that I plan on benefitting from.

Second, can you put in a good word for me as I have been waiting about 6 weeks now for my HVX200 and 16GB P2 card? Had to put a deposit down as well.

I guess I will order Barry's book ahead of time as I can't fill out the special offer form from Panasonic without a serial number of the camera I still don't have. :happy:

I have a project coming up in October that I need to get ready for so hopefully my camera will come between now and mid August. Will do let's of test runs on my rug rats against my green screen.

Many questions to follow after I dive deep into these threads,

Ho...
 
It was a waste of money for HVX if you have no idea about the camera or the film making. I'm guessing you will be recording on mini dv in sd mode?
 
mumin said:
It was a waste of money for HVX if you have no idea about the camera or the film making. I'm guessing you will be recording on mini dv in sd mode?
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You're guessing wrong 720/60p.

And please keep comments about "wasting money" for yourself.
I came here to learn. There are some people who have 27k$ cameras, have been doing filming for 5 or so years and they still suck... I myself am an artist, so i think i have some abilities. And its my money, i earned it and i can do as i please.

And people please have some respect, you weren't born with the ability to make movies you all learned. And im pretty sure that most of you learned stuff from other people and experiments. So "empty" posts aren't really welcome.

Now for the update:

filmed some more and i like the 720 24p the most out of all settings... although it takes alot of room on the p2 cards its good that i have alot of them. As someone suggested to me i will be filming in 720 60p i guess i'll be able to make 24p in the process of editing. Went to the Apple store today played around with Final Cut Studio and decided to go with Avid Xpress HD if its anything similar to liquid i guess i'll feel comfortable with it. Now for the question where is the best place to get some filters for the avid?
 
Skr4tCH said:
You're guessing wrong 720/60p.

And please keep comments about "wasting money" for yourself.
I came here to learn. There are some people who have 27k$ cameras, have been doing filming for 5 or so years and they still suck... I myself am an artist, so i think i have some abilities. And its my money, i earned it and i can do as i please.

And people please have some respect, you weren't born with the ability to make movies you all learned. And im pretty sure that most of you learned stuff from other people and experiments. So "empty" posts aren't really welcome.

Now for the update:

filmed some more and i like the 720 24p the most out of all settings... although it takes alot of room on the p2 cards its good that i have alot of them. As someone suggested to me i will be filming in 720 60p i guess i'll be able to make 24p in the process of editing. Went to the Apple store today played around with Final Cut Studio and decided to go with Avid Xpress HD if its anything similar to liquid i guess i'll feel comfortable with it. Now for the question where is the best place to get some filters for the avid?
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Actually, you can get more recording space at 720p 24, but you have to choose 720p 24pN (native). Recording capacity doubles compared to 720p 60. Its on the manual. But beware about the focus...

As for filters, what are you looking for? Do you have Adobe After Effects? Actually, most PC guys I know (and Mac too) do heavy filtering in After Effects. Magic Bullet, from Red Giant Software, is one of the most popular. Google it.

One more tip: Always have two copies of your footage- EX: you have one card full, and copy it to an External HDD- Immediately make a copy of it. Hard Disks Fail often. It is, however, a lot more difficult (but not impossible!) for two hard disks to fail simultateously... This is P2's main problem, and my biggest concern (I already have more than 4tb of HDD storage...)

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Aperture is the Iris. The more open the more light goes into the camera. The more open the iris is, the shallower the Depth of Field (shallow= blurier background), but don't expect 35mm miracles. 2.0 and 1.8 are examples of measures displayed on the camera to say at what opening the iris is. Check the Viewfinder or the LCD.

Shutter Speed is, as the name says, the speed the shutter captures the image. The faster the shutter speed, the more it captures of the picture. Fast shutter speeds are used for capturing fast moving objects- more common on shooting sport events, for example. The subject stays sharp with movement. The faster the shutter speed, the more light the camera needs. If you are shooting 720p60, the minimum shutter speed you can get is 60. If you shoot 720p24, however, you can go to a 24 Shutter. So 720p 24 is better for low light situations.
 
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I keep thinking this posting is a prank of some sort, but then some useful info comes through. I love this forum.
I guess the most valueable info is that I learned I was born into the wrong family.
 
Luis Caffesse said:
ABSOLUTELY!

The HVX Bootcamp DVDs are required viewing for anyone trying to get up and running with the HVX.
Seriously.

It's like hiring Barry to come into your home to give you a one on one HVX lesson.
Get them - watch them - and then.....watch them again.
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I concur. I recently bought an HVX and bought both of Barry's Boot Camp DVDs. They have helped me immensely.
 
Its too bad there isnt some way for Panasonic to advance the DVD's to people (like me) who are waiting for the camera and cards. All this wasted time could be well spent going over the DVDs and getting to know the in's and out's of the camera.
*sigh*
This forum seems to be the next best thing as I've learned so much just reading posts of problems and issues people are having.
 
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Thanks Luis, I thought Barry's book and CD that came with the camera was the same as the Bootcamp DVD's. I really should pay better attention.
I'm ordering the DVD's as we type...
 
Where do you show? i'd love to see some stuff...

but you do realise now, its inevitable once you get good at it, you will stop making art and beomce a Cinematgrapher.....

i bought my DVX under the guise of i'll use it for video installation. 2 years later im shooting left and right and havet picked up a brush or pencil in ages.... sigh.... i miss making work.
 
If you are going to use Avid Express Pro (which I do) you will need to decide what time frame you want to be in, 24 full frames per second (24 PN) or 60 fields per second. It mostly depends on what type of final product you are making (I *think* you will want 60i for DVD output, but you could do 24P and do DVD-ROMs which would be a heck of a lot easier than DVDs). As a plus you can over or under-crank the footage for slo-motion or fast-motion, but you loose sound. Might be funny in a 'searching' scene.

The cool thing about Avid is that you directly mount the files the camera makes (there is no import step and thus no timeframe conversion opportunity). There are several posts on this forum on how to create the directory and copy the files. Your best bet would be a laptop with a PCMCIA slot and a big internal hard disk. That would allow you to simply copy the files off the cards as they fill.

Not sure on "Filters" for Avid, but there is an entire color correction and effect pallate functionality to accomplish a whole lot of image manipulation. What are you trying to accomplish?

Bob
 
Okay thanks guys.. TimurCivan- if you really want to see PM me i'll send you some stuff :) I was offered some galleries couple of times but i gave it up to a friend, he was more into arts then i (now he's an architect works in ESB) i was making art for myself and was helping out some friends (used to go to LaGuardia)

Today practice filmed 64Gigs of stuff... the only thing that i liked was in the evening (about an hour ago) and its about 5 seconds :) oh well..

Now let me get this straight.. QUESTION:

DO I HAVE to film in 24P or PN to have my final product in 24 frames ? Or i can go ahead and film in 60p and 24 and then edit it later on?!

And question number two... i got the disk for AJ SPD850.. with utility software as i understand drivers to copy from p2 to computer... is that right? or do i have to download different drivers or get another cd?
 
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