patrik@forsberg.se
New member
I just came home from an round the world trip with my HVX200 and DoP Anthony Dod Mantle. We have been shooting a commercial for 16 days, and I thought it might be a good idea to post our experiences on shooting 720pn50 PAL. First of all I would like to thank Barry for all the technical advice on the camera, Dan of P2 for all the good thoughts and Björn Adamski for his PAL work-around and for spending a day with us in Stockholm prior to the trip. It is because of you guys it all went so well!
As we were travelling sort of incognito, shooting the commercial in a documentary style, and as we were travelling through China, Japan, USA, Argentina, Brazil and South Africa, we needed something that could pass for a tourist camera but still give us images good enough for a top class commercial. We choosed my HVX200, and we have not regret it one second. I am the lucky owner of both a 535 and the A-Minima, but there is no way we would have gotten all the good stuff we did with the slower and much bulkier film work-flow.
We wanted to shoot slo-mo, so the obvious choice was 720pn50. Only problem was that my company edits on FCP and as we all know the 720 is not compatible. I called Dan of P2-log, and he put me in contact with Björn Adamski of germany. Fantastic guy, who gladly came over to sweden and taught us his work-around.
We shot 46 full 8gb cards, and thank to Björn we did not experience any problems what so ever. His way: protect card, insert card, copy both files on cards root-level to new file named 001, 002 etc on internal harddisk, check files with P2-log, de-mount card, turn off card power in the list (symbol beside your AirPort symbol) take out card physically. Unprotect card, put card back into camera, format card.
Anthony was very pleased with and impressed by the camera. We used it with a softfx 2, some grads and a polarizer. The way we see it, it is probably the best digital solution for lightweight digital. At least until my RED arrives......
The look is very film-like, even though we left the adapter at home. But I guess that is a split credit. Anthony is a fantastic DoP.
The commercial will air in a couple (4?) of weeks, and I will post it as soon as I have the clients permission. Hopefully I will get permission to show some stills in a couple of days.
All the best, and once again: Thank you Björn, Barry & Dan
As we were travelling sort of incognito, shooting the commercial in a documentary style, and as we were travelling through China, Japan, USA, Argentina, Brazil and South Africa, we needed something that could pass for a tourist camera but still give us images good enough for a top class commercial. We choosed my HVX200, and we have not regret it one second. I am the lucky owner of both a 535 and the A-Minima, but there is no way we would have gotten all the good stuff we did with the slower and much bulkier film work-flow.
We wanted to shoot slo-mo, so the obvious choice was 720pn50. Only problem was that my company edits on FCP and as we all know the 720 is not compatible. I called Dan of P2-log, and he put me in contact with Björn Adamski of germany. Fantastic guy, who gladly came over to sweden and taught us his work-around.
We shot 46 full 8gb cards, and thank to Björn we did not experience any problems what so ever. His way: protect card, insert card, copy both files on cards root-level to new file named 001, 002 etc on internal harddisk, check files with P2-log, de-mount card, turn off card power in the list (symbol beside your AirPort symbol) take out card physically. Unprotect card, put card back into camera, format card.
Anthony was very pleased with and impressed by the camera. We used it with a softfx 2, some grads and a polarizer. The way we see it, it is probably the best digital solution for lightweight digital. At least until my RED arrives......
The look is very film-like, even though we left the adapter at home. But I guess that is a split credit. Anthony is a fantastic DoP.
The commercial will air in a couple (4?) of weeks, and I will post it as soon as I have the clients permission. Hopefully I will get permission to show some stills in a couple of days.
All the best, and once again: Thank you Björn, Barry & Dan