"In the woods", dvx/sgpro rev.2

Smettli

Smettli

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Hello guys.
My friend and work colleague flew in from out of town to attend a business meeting with me on friday,
and since the weather was so nice on saturday we went out to my favorite spot in the woods and did some test shooting.
Shot with 28mm, 55mm and 70-150 zoom lense.

right-click, save as..
http://www.rimeligok.no/anders/Espen/Espen.mov

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That's some crystal footage! It looks like converted HD

I agree with Lake. I love that cooling blue look.

Also, what's the name of that song and artist?
 
Thanks for the comments :)

The blueish look was achieved by setting the whitebalance to like it was shooting tungsten 3200k(not all of the shots), and then I messed around with it in magic bullet. I started from teh "basic" magic bullet preset and went from there.
The song is "Follow" by Bang Gang.
Cheers!
 
great visuals as always. first zoom footage ive seen on dvx35mm thanks for that. what method did you use for the slowmo out of all the hundred different methods.
 
Great footage! Two questions...

1.) What was the 70-150 zoom lens?
2.) What was your slow motion technique (it's very nice)?

Thanks.
 
The zoom lense is pretty cheap Soligor 70-150mm f.3.5 for pentax-k mount, which I got from my father old collection. But somehow it seems to have backfocus, which makes zooming while recording possible without loosing focus.
For slow-motion I used this guide: http://rarevision.com/articles/slow_motion.php (scroll down to "So how do I do this, man?!")

The only difference is that I shoot in 50i PAL(the guide refferres to 60i NTSC).
The technic is simple and works very well, I have actually stayed away from using any kind of slow-motion the 3 years I have had my dvx-100, too bad I didn't catch on to this guide earlier :)
BTW, the footage was shot with a shutter at 1/120.
 
Hey Smettli,

I dig the video. Is there an easily understandable guide to using the SGPro? I'm curious about it but I wonder how expensive it will be to invest in. How much money do I need to throw down total?
 
great footage. I'm waay to excited for mine to get here. Your footage always makes the wait just a little harder.
 
great footage once again Smettli. you have some real skills. great choice of music as well. I can't wait to get my hands on a 35mm adapter one day..
 
I don't have any guides on how to use the sgpro, It depends on how much you know about adapters. There is a lot of info on the sgpro on this forum and also sgpro's forum at www.sgpro.co.uk (there is a guide there to how to mount your camera to the adapter). You basicly just screw your camera onto the adapter, zoom in on the GG(this you will have to test at diferent zoom lengths to find what think looks best, I have mine at z78 because that's as far I can zoom in and focus). Then lock down the zoom ring and focus with some duck tape and when focusing on the GG I use this guide which I got from Timurcivian(gives razor sharp images):

"zoom in on the GG with your camera, with no 35mm lens on adapter, point it at a simlarly lit are (white wall, or something similar), keep the iris
on the HVX/DVX/A1/Z1 as open as possible, use ND filters if neccesary.

put a finger in front of the opening of the sgpro. this make sthe grain really stand out, and it makes
it easy for you autofocus to find it.

Autofocus on the grain, after taping it down.
put on the lens, set to infinity, auto focus again,
then turn the GGmotor on, and while focusd on something with detail,
autofocus again..... i knwo it takes three steps but it gives you PERFECT focus.

also, every 3rd take, autofocus with the lens focused on
something contrasty and with detial, because the autofcus motors do waft after a while."


When you are set-up right, you do what one should do with all video equipment one may own, test it to death :)
A good lense to start with is 50mm lens, preferebly with low aperture like 1.4, they give a nice shallow depth of field look and it's the one I tend to use the most. these lenses are pretty cheap and can be bought used from e-bay. The lower the aperture, the better and more expensive they usually are. And it's always a trick to go down a step on the aperture, since most lenses are usually a little soft on their widest aperture.
I can't say there is an "easy" guide to use an sgpro, just like it wouldn't be an easy way to operate a film camera for the first time, but this forum holds a lot of information about adapters and lenses, so read read read :)
But make sure you setup the adapter right(with the focus setting etc.) and then it's all up to the lenses you use, and since all lenses work in their own way, you just have to test them out properly(test the different apertures in different lighting, the bokeh and so on..).
The sgpro rev.3 with rails, sliding plate, achromat and one lens mount is about 455£ british pounds. and you can get a used nikon 50mm f.1.4 lens for 40$ from e-bay.

Good luck!
 
Great shots as always!

Are you pulling focus on the lens itself or using some sort of follow focus?
Jgastelb
 
is sgPro pricing comparable to Brevis/M2? Always see price in euros, so is it much more expensive?
 
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