Early sunset. dvx/sgpro rev.2.

Love those lens flares! Excellent work as always, Smettli.

One question, when you mix slow motion and regular speed footage, are you switching to a 50i scene file on the camera for the slow motion shots, or just working with all 25p footage in post?
 
Beautiful and sharp..
Love it:)

Very nice colors!


What I want to know is do you use an UV filter?

And if yes.. is it on your pentax lens or on your dvx lens?
 
Thanks mates :)
Tommetass, I use my scene file f4 50i when shooting for slomo, and my scene file f6 when shooting 25p.
Wayne, there wasn't a lot of strength in the light outside so no UV filters was used, I just turned down the dvx iris a bit and set my pentax to f.2.8 (my favourite aperture on that lens).

-cheers!
 
Well I must say that was raw shooting, hand held suited the mood but just one thing. I don't own a 35mm adaptor and probably never will but is shallow DoF some kind of addicition once you've got a rig? Its nice to see shallow DoF footage, but in every single shot?? my eyes tend to lose the plot and don't know what to look at, like someone having glasses and taking them on and off all the time.
Nice work mate I did enjoy the vibe of the whole thing although some full focus shots would of been nice as well.
 
Robbie Comeau said:
He asked if you used a UV filter...Lol.
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Haha, I automaticly thought ND filter, my mistake :)
But no, no UV filter was used.

Shaun, I see were you are going. In the end it's all about the style you are going for and what suits each shot. I don't always shoot with shallow DOF, but we were just messing around and I thought shallow depth gave a more dreamy feel to the sunset mood. And it says itself that people are going to take advantage and play around with shallow DOF when they get an adapter, mostly because they couldn't before and it's exciting getting new results.
And let's not forget that using a 35mm adapter brings you closer to the technic of using a film camera which could be nice practice if you are heading in that direction :)

- Cheers!
 
Smettli said:
Haha, I automaticly thought ND filter, my mistake :)
But no, no UV filter was used.

Shaun, I see were you are going. In the end it's all about the style you are going for and what suits each shot. I don't always shoot with shallow DOF, but we were just messing around and I thought shallow depth gave a more dreamy feel to the sunset mood. And it says itself that people are going to take advantage and play around with shallow DOF when they get an adapter, mostly because they couldn't before and it's exciting getting new results.
And let's not forget that using a 35mm adapter brings you closer to the technic of using a film camera which could be nice practice if you are heading in that direction :)

- Cheers!
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Yeah its cool, I'd most likely do the same If I had an adaptor too,,, maybe for a little bit. When I got my first cam which was an NV-GS300, I was going mad pulling rack focuses and doing my damndest to get a shallow DoF look to some of my shots which is achieveable with this cam if you correctly set the shots up, then with a DVX the cam is so much better, for me trying to get a shallow DoF is a breeze but I only go for those shots as needed, like you said, its all about the style!
 
Hehe, reminds me when my school were holding the first days of camera class outside, were you could se all the camera men running as far away from their subject as possible to get the shallow DOF and all of the booming soundmen attached to those cameras were like: "Where the hell are you going?" Kinda funny :)


Triple, my dvx fstop was between 3.0-5.6.
And Oslo is cold and it snows like hell now, no place for a smoking man :)
 
great footage as always man. Im planning on ordering my sgpro very soon. What tips can you give to get a smiliar look as yours. Do you always adjust your lenses f stops or just the dvx iris?
 
Thanks man.
When it comes to looks, it all breaks down to the lens you are using and the lighting. I'm guessing you have been looking at a lot of different sgpro footage lately, so just note which lenses people are using and in what condition they are using them in. I have 3 different pentax lenses which I use, and they all have very different looks to them. I have been using the 55mm most becuase of it's nice quality glass and light efficiency(don't know how to spell that). And they all give different looks at different apertures, and I have come to learn that my 55mm works very well at f.2.8 because it renders the bokeh really nicely at that aperture. My 55mm also gives a more milky look to it compared to me 28mm which has more of a dark brownish look to it. So just keep your eye out on what lens specifications people are using in their test videos and you'll find out what suits your desires :)
I always set the aperture on my 35mm lens first to determine the depth of field I want and then I adjust the dvx iris to get the right exposure. That is also a nice thing with lenses of very wide apertures in speak of practical terms, as my monitor is not very sharp it's therefore nice to be able to open the lens aperture to f.1.2 to easier find the focus spot you want and then close the lens down to the aperture you intended to use.
There are a lot of experienced still photographers out on the internet with many years of knowledge on SLR lenses who writes and talk about their unique qualities, so do a lot of searching before buying(wish I did that) and I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun when you get your unit :)
Good luck!
 
Smettli, can you post some grabs??? thanks man, I have always like your work. but im on a dial up connection right now so yah.. I ordered my Sgpro rev.3 just because I love your work so much, can wait to post some films on here so we can critique them. please ithere post back or PM me of any sgpro with dvx secrets you might have. should be receiving mine sometime next month. and I will be using nikon glass.

Thanks,

Jon
 
thanks for the reply. yeah i have seen a lot of footage. and to be honest yours is the best. usually most of the footage is too dark. and out of focus and doesnt have the sharp detail like yours. but i still want to give the sgpro a shot because of your footage. i think its probably has to do with settings. how they set up there sgpro, and back focus and zoom. what do you think?
 
deckardScott1980 said:
thanks for the reply. yeah i have seen a lot of footage. and to be honest yours is the best. usually most of the footage is too dark. and out of focus and doesnt have the sharp detail like yours. but i still want to give the sgpro a shot because of your footage. i think its probably has to do with settings. how they set up there sgpro, and back focus and zoom. what do you think?
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The focus thing is hard because you have this tiny window of opportunity to get it right. Theres a tiny thin space of air between the subject / foreground / background and you gotta nail the focus between them, this is also why a lot of 35mm adaptor footage can be annoying, it needs practice to get that sweet spot just right.
 
Thanks for all of the kind comments guys.
Hehe, I don't have any secrets but I have my zoom set to Z76 and use this technic for setting the proper backfocus, which I got from Timurcivian:

"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."


Use this technic as getting your backfocus properly adjusted is alpha omega, and this technic will make your backfocus as sharp as it gets.
Looking forward to see your footage Jon, in the meanwhile, here are some grabs:


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you probably answered this before but what made you pick pentax as opossed to canon or nikon when you picked up your sgpro?
 
One should try their lenses that they can afford or have available...

And you shoot beautifully, very nicely handheld!
 
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