A1 Pal Footage

rawfa

rawfa

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Alrighty, fellas. Here we go. The footage was all shot hand held (there's some shaky shots out there) using 25F. I can't remember the settings I used. I was so excited that I didn't really write anything down. I was changing the settings as I shot. I know that I messed around with Knee, Gamma, Black Stretch and all the other stuff. The shutter was usually at 50. Most times I had a ND filter on.

I'm REALLY happy with the camera, but I still have to play with a lot to get the full extent of it's capacity.

http://rapidshare.com/files/6197632/...a_A1.divx.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/6208482/Sagrada_Familia_A1.divx.html
 
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Congrats on your new A1 Rawfa! w00t! The users are popping up daily! DLing your footage.

EDIT: Colors are looking great. You might want to recompress, though. Find out what other members are doing to get their footage up. The compression is killing it.
 
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You're right. The compression doesn't to it justice...neither does the fact that the video is 720x576. But it's good to see what can be done with the A1 right out of the box with no CC. Did I mention I just love this camera :D
 
I want one! Grrr. And even though it's 720x576, if the compression is good then it can be blown up. That's a close representation of what a 480p HD download would be. =)

Happy shooting!
 
Whatta heck?! I don't understand. The file was available a couple of minutes ago. People downloaded it and everything. I tried it now and got "file not found" too. I'm going to try to upload it again. This is really strange.
 
That was very impressive for no effort Raf. I hope I won't be disappointed with my purchase of the A1.
 
To make a long story short, I got the camera today and took it to the street right away. I spent the last year using an FX1 and I can confidently say that the A1 makes the FX1 look like a toy camera with all the image control options it has. I'm sure what I did today is nothing compared to what really can be done once one master the A1's total potential. So far I'm extremely happy with my purchase and I just know it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Thank you Canon!

I'm going to try to make some controlled tests tomorrow. Oh, and I should be receiving the letus35A briefly, so you guys can expect some 35mm tests too.
 
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To make a long story short, I got the camera today and took it to the street right away. I spent the last year using an FX1 and I can confidently say that the A1 makes the FX1 look like a toy camera with all the image control options it has. I'm sure what I did today is nothing compared to what really can be done once one master the A1's total potential. So far I'm extremely happy with my purchase and I just know it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Thank you Canon!.
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how does the A1 handle highlights in comparison with the fx1?
nice footage!
 
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delaro said:
how does the A1 handle highlights in comparison with the fx1?
nice footage!
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I think the A1 handles not only the hightlights but everything better than the FX1. I used the Fx1 for one year and I always found it's "right out of box" footage too TV like. You really had to work on it to get film like footage...which means that if you have to do some unplanned shooting under uncontrolled circumstances you are in for a world of pain. But with the A1 it's natural footage feels much more film like no matter what. I didn't have anything to complain when I was using the FX1's CF25, but after using the A1's 25F I feel that 25F was a joke.

I'm still getting used to having 3 wheels to control zoom, focus and iris. It's an amazing feature. The 3 wheels are very very sensitive and allow you more detailed control than the FX1. I have to start looking around for more filmic presets though. Yesterday I created my own right out of the blue and even though it didn't look bad I HAVE to know what does what to get the best possible results.

1 thing that I REALLY miss from the FX1 is it's AMAZING LCD. That thing was huge and very good.

Today is raining, so I'll probably do some indoors shooting. With a little bit of luck my Letus35A might arrive today and I will be able to throw in my 35mm footage.

Just to finish my FX1 vs A1 opinion I must say that one of the best things about the A1 is the way how colors smoothly change between different degrees and stages before becoming a different colors...while on the FX1 I always felt the transition was much more abrupt.

Anyway, I hope this helps.
 
Hahaha gotta love the girl that finds out you're filming her! :D
Great footage man, can't wait to do some daylight tests this weekend. It's just too bad that when I get home from work, it's already dark every day.
 
I didn't have anything to complain when I was using the FX1's CF25, but after using the A1's 25F I feel that 25F was a joke.
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I assume that you mean CF25 was a joke, right?
 
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