Alpha Beta Omega
Veteran
That's very impressive. No noise, sharp and pleasing. A bit blown but it doesn't distract.
Brief encounter with an F3 today....
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Matt Gottshalk
Resident Preditor
Kenyon KS-8
The blackbird, or any other hand held is useless in a helicopter.
You need one with a gyro.
That footage looks amazing. Its so crisp. I love it.
Timur,
With your experience with the EX1/ EX3 etc., how does the resolution of AF 100 compare with the EX1 / F3.
Dan Keaton
Well-known member
RyanDeFranco; said:
I am very surprised by your comments.
The nanoFlash will not go into record mode without at least one CompactFlash card, with room left on it.
And it will not go into record without a valid video source, just as one would expect.
And one can setup the nanoFlash to record on Incrementing Timecode, if one uses Record Run timecode.
And, depending on the camera, we can trigger the nanoFlash so when you press the Record Button on the lens, the nanoFlash starts recording.
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The AF100 is close to the resolving power ofthe EX series. It's just soft enough to look organic, but still sharp enough to please resolution freaks. For reality, documentary, and commercial work, the EX3 is about the best you can get for low budget work. For narrative, i would prefer the AF100's sharp but still organic image hands down. The AF100 looks like a movie. The EX cameras look like life.
Andrew Stone
Veteran
If you are thinking about a Steadicam in a helicopter. Don't do it. Experienced operators will tell you not to. In Steadicam courses they make a point of telling you to not do it. Use gyros as mentioned. Kenyon Labs are the defacto standard for gyros. KS-8 's are big. You could probably get away with the 6's or the 4's but they are expensive (as are proper Steadicam rigs). Gyros require servicing every couple of years to replace the helium inside them and of course you have the power and gyro mount and bracing to deal with.
There was a comment about HD-SDI and being compromised with one port... Most bits of hardware that are used on HD-SDI ports have pass through ports on them so they can be daisy chained. Check a Marshall monitor. Even the recent Small HD monitor that seems to be popular with low to medium-low budget shooters has a pass-through HD-SDI port. NanoFlash has a pass-through port as well.
PaPa
Major Contributor
wow, the colors and contrast are amazing. I am blown away with the quality of the blowouts..
RyanDeFranco
Active member
Thank you Andrew I now know ten times as much as I did about doing it right--but I was referring to CMR's original design, a gyro stabilizer.
Rich started work on his dream project but soon realized the development costs with these type of parts can get extraordinary.... hence the blackbird, no gyroscope, counterweight and damn good design. start-up capital.
Ever since reading that I've been looking forward to stress-testing the original pride and joy gyro... airborne might be the extreme, of course.
But when you come home from a long imperfect day running cable on a passionless set, drive the truck back 2 hours in the dark there's really nothing funnier than the image you guys had of me--desperately clinging to a handheld blackbird, hanging out a helicopter, wind sending the whole rig parallel to the ground.... i got to smile twice, and i wasn't expecting to at all.
(ps us kids might be dumb, but we're not that dumb.)
mkfotos.com
Well-known member
Here you go, from a local shooter, Adam Boozer: http://vimeo.com/16511916 and http://vimeo.com/16517250