Cycling Clip

[HansK]

I grabbed some footage the other day at one of our local twilight criteriums (cycling event for you folks that don't know). Here's a grab from one of the clips.

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This was another learning session with the camera. Trying 30p with different shutter speeds. The clip above was shot at 1/500th. You can view the clip here:

http://www.hanskellner.com/archives/2004/08/26/santa_rosa_twilight_criterium_preview.html

Also, I used auto focus for most of the shots because of the camera movement, subject distance changes, etc.. It did a fairly good job of locking in on the riders. But, not as good as when I manually locked down and shot.

I took some other shots with my fish-eye lens. Will post a couple of grabs from that later.

This camera just keeps me smiling

 

[gualbert]

Re: Cycling Clip

Kewl!!! Hey, what aspect ratio you used with the compressed video clips? Looks like the PAL h/w ratio. At one point in the clip looks like you were going to get hit! Cheers!

 

[DCERVENKA]

Re: Cycling Clip

very cool!  

Yeah, your still shot looks 16x9 while the video is 4x3?

Off topic... You wouldn't happen to know Glenn Fant?

 

[HansK]

Re: Cycling Clip

I used Cleaner XL to create the compressed clips. For both I selected the default settings for medium download. Then I reduced the sound to 22Khz/mono. Otherwise, I left the defaults. The output resolution, 320x240, is 4:3.

 

[HansK]

Re: Cycling Clip

[quote author=DCERVENKA link=board=Clips;num=1093511221;start=0#2 date=08/26/04 at 12:15:23]Yeah, your still shot looks 16x9 while the video is 4x3?[/quote]

The still is right off the timeline at 720x480 (dv) so it's showing up at 1.5:1 and looks widescreen. It's normally scaled down (horz) by 0.9 by the editor to get the correct aspect ratio.

Off topic... You wouldn't happen to know Glenn Fant?

Yup, I know the name and have seen him at the races.

 

[DCERVENKA]

Re: Cycling Clip

Cool!  Glenn and I used to race cyclo-cross (in SC) and mt. bikes (all over) back in the day!

A lot of cool videos on your web site too! What camera/setup are you using for the ride a long shots (in the 2002 video section)?

 

[HansK]

Re: Cycling Clip

[quote author=DCERVENKA link=board=Clips;num=1093511221;start=0#5 date=08/26/04 at 14:43:22]used to race cyclo-cross[/quote]
Hey, if you aren't racing CX anymore you need to get back into it! Especially here in the bay area. There are several great CX series.

A lot of cool videos on your web site too! What camera/setup are you using

For the helmet camera shots I am using one from helmetcamera.com which is then hooked to a Sony TRV30. I'm finishing up a new helmet mount that will use only the Sony for capturing. That will give me better images. If you make it out to one of the CX series there's a good chance you will see me filming.