post your best results with the D90

[Park Edwards]

why?

 

[Zak Forsman]

sorry if this is off-topic, but i'm gonna ask anyway...

has anyone seen D90 vids where dialog was recorded separately and synced in post? i know Zak is probably dealing with this challenge for LOSSFEST, but i'm looking for some examples that are available to watch.

thanks guys...

this is a test for that purpose... testing the sync of a Zoom H2 to the D90. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O1-PbsxRwI&fmt=22

 

[NJ3118]

this is a test for that purpose... testing the sync of a Zoom H2 to the D90. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O1-PbsxRwI&fmt=22

which lens was used?

 

[Zak Forsman]

pretty sure that is my 28mm f/2.0

 

[preston]

this is a test for that purpose... testing the sync of a Zoom H2 to the D90. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O1-PbsxRwI&fmt=22

that was synced audio?

 

[Zak Forsman]

that was synced audio?

yeah. recorded 48khz, 24bit stereo. compressed to AAC stereo 192khz. mic was mounted to the hotshoe on the Nikon.

 

[preston]

oh ok, gotcha. what will you be recording audio with/to when you shoot 'for real'?

(sorry again for being off topic)

 

[Zak Forsman]

oh ok, gotcha. what will you be recording audio with/to when you shoot 'for real'?

(sorry again for being off topic)

by nature of the project, we'll be using rented lectrosonic wireless lavs to attract as little attention as possible, going to a sound devices 702 cf field recorder. in situations where we can boom, a sennheiser 416.

 

[preston]

cool, thanks. can't wait to hear it.

 

[Andy Olson]

Hey Zak,

The Zoom H2 doesn't have XLR's right? What mic were you using and did you have a mixer?

Any post processing?

Thanks,
Andy

 

[Zak Forsman]

the mic you hear is the on-board stereo mics. no post processing.

z

Hey Zak,

The Zoom H2 doesn't have XLR's right? What mic were you using and did you have a mixer?

Any post processing?

Thanks,
Andy

 

[Andy Olson]

Cool. Was that the longest sync test you did?

I was thinking about getting the Zoom H4 to go with my D90, but all the sync issues I've heard about make me hesitate.

I guess I don't really do takes over 2 minutes usually anyways.

Love you work by the way. Really good stuff.

 

[Zak Forsman]

i don't know enough about the math behind it, but after i retime all my footage to 23.98 in Compressor, sync holds for a 5 minute take. whereas it drifts if i try to sync it up to the original 24fps file.

 

[Park Edwards]

i've never heard of the h4 having any sync problems??...this is a first for me

 

[Andrew Brinkhaus]

Is it?

 

[Park Edwards]

twis.

 

[preston]

any other examples of D90 footage with synced audio?

 

[mattsand]

i have a 10 minute pilot for my feature, shot on the d90 with h2 + wireless lav sync sound. email me if you want to see it and tell me who you are and why you want to see it and i'll see if i can arrange something. it won't be posted online, at least not yet.

/matt

 

[preston]

hey, that's ok matt. i'm just anxious to see/hear people getting good audio synced with D90 footage.

if/when i do another short, i wanna shoot it on a D90-type camera, as long as it (audio) won't kill me in post.

good luck on your project!

 

[mattsand]

the d90 records great scratch audio so i didn't even use a clapper, just lined up the waveforms, sometimes visually sometimes by ear. worked fine and held sync for entire 5 minute shots. we shot 2.5 hours of footage and it took me maybe half an hour to sync up (i used to do that for a living though, before i realized that editing wasn't my thing).

/matt