Blocky images when handheld

Attic6

Attic6

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I just lucked out i think.

I got asked to shoot a feature, and with a little luck it will pay for me to purchase an ex1 to rent to the production.
BUT i have been told by the rental house that the codec cant handle hand held stuff and breaks up into big squares.???

70% of the shoot is handheld, am i going to be stuck with a lemon and no usable footage ???

help...
 
Complete nonsense.

I's very hard to break the XDCAM codec.

Shaky handheld footage will be nauseating and unwatchable before the codec breaks.
 
Does anyone have a still grab from panning across a focus chart at a reasonable shutter speed, not the 1/25th that all the damn manufacturers use for some unholy reason...
 
Yes Attic..
If you pan the image it turns into large blocks. This is the number on reason I bought it. LOL
There's plenty of footage. Look for it.
 
Even Barry Green, who was very sceptical about the codec of the EX1 admitted that it is hard to break. In handheld shots you might have rather problems with the rolling shutter of the CMOS sensors.
 
Blocky images? Who told you that? A Panasonic dealer? :)

Seriously, I have yet to 'break' this CODEC. Even turbulating water coming down a river at the bottom of a waterfall didn't break the CODEC. Each frame looks crisp and sharp at 1080P. I'd reckon 720 would be even better quality, though the extra quality would be lost on my eyes--it looks about perfect.

Now if you're talking SQ mode, that may be different, but slow moving scenes I shot in SQ looked better than the output of my HDV camera.

I just looked at some footage I shot at orchestra rehearsal last night and it's amazing. Pause on any frame and it's a printable 8x10 photo that looks very detailed and gorgeous color. I'm watching at close range on a 30" HP monitor and even with my face 13" from the screen, it looks crisp. The camera performs extraordinarily with stage lighting. And the audio from the built in mic was pretty round and sweet. With a little cut in the mids via EQ, it sounds good enough for televised material. I was surprised that it sounded this good from 66' away by an exit where one of the cams is set up. Put a Rode NT4 on this camera and you've got a fantastic A/V capture system.
 
The only other thing you might plan on is a shoulder brace. The EX1 is not real easy to handhold for long periods since it is not a shoulder resting camera. First thing we did is to go out and get a shoulder brace, using your entire torso as the camera support... worked beautifully.
 
I mentioned a shoulder brace in the very generic sense. There are a bunch out in the market. I think Philip B.said he owns 2 or 3... and you can see them in the WWI re-enactment footage he's posted (although he didn't say anything thing about the long stocking hat he was wearing!!!). Varizoom has a nice one... Glidecam, etc...
 
For my own shooting I use a CAVision shoulder brace that is slightly modified with a soft pad to keep it from skidding off my shoulder as well as to make it more comfortable.

It's slightly offset to allow my eye to line up with the eyepiece. I can't see the LCD screen that close up, so I prefer to shoot through the eyepiece.

I also have a monopod mounted with a quick release plate and that helps keep the camera supported if I'm working with it for hours on end.
 
FrankC said:
I mentioned a shoulder brace in the very generic sense. There are a bunch out in the market. I think Philip B.said he owns 2 or 3... and you can see them in the WWI re-enactment footage he's posted (although he didn't say anything thing about the long stocking hat he was wearing!!!). Varizoom has a nice one... Glidecam, etc...
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dude, it's like the best hat like ever!!!

shooting loads of handheld clean ex1 footage, robust as hell! Letus footage looks smashing too!

get the cheap shoulder mount, my stuff was SOOOO steady today with it. $40 can't go wrong! It's the ebay one
 
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