Is this acceptable for hand held 1080 24p?

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asingfield

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Hi guys, you may remember me a coulpe of threads ago talking about shooting handheld at 24p. Here's a example of shooting hand held (justing using the 20mm Pancake and the EVF, no rig)







Just seeing if this would be acceptable for a professional job, not too shakey.

cheers Aaron.
 
Absolutely handheld? No rigs?

If yes, since the GH1/2 is so light, try using a Spiderbrace or something. The microjitters of CMOS handheld makes me feel Im' having a seizure, not really nice to watch.
 
Pietro Impagliazzo said:
Absolutely handheld? No rigs?

If yes, since the GH1/2 is so light, try using a Spiderbrace or something. The microjitters of CMOS handheld makes me feel Im' having a seizure, not really nice to watch.
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Yes, this video is all done handheld and using the EVF. Where do you get the Spiderbrace from?
cheers
 
If you have Final Cut, run the Smoothcam filter on those shots. They will look as if you shot them on a tripod. Not only that, but you can tweak the settings to make it seem as stable/unstable as you want if you're looking for a handheld look without the dslr shake.
 
asingfield said:
... Here's a example of shooting hand held (justing using the 20mm Pancake and the EVF, no rig) ... Just seeing if this would be acceptable for a professional job, not too shakey.
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Looks great to me. Nice job!

As-is, I don't think it's "too" shaky, but some additional stabilization wouldn't hurt. Perhaps either an occasional tripod shot and/or use even the most basic shoulder rig, monopod, etc. Cheers.
 
I don't really have that much to add, as I thought the footage looked great.

Except that I now think bats are awesome.


EDIT: Actually, I do have something to add. I remember, years ago, Stumbleupon showed me something pertinent - http://www.xs4all.nl/~wiskerke/artikelen/string.html

Lightweight, $2, easy to carry around and would probably give you just that extra bit of stabilisation. Sure, doesn't look super professional, but if it gets the job done, who cares?
 
"Sure, doesn't look super professional, but if it gets the job done, who cares?"

The company that's paying you to shoot a video for them... rigs are good investments because they work and don't loose value... buy what you can afford now, and as your needs change upgrade. Sure you can get buy with all sorts of little tricks but pro equipment is designed and tested and does what it's meant to do with no workarounds, at least it should. So yeah, for handheld it was pretty steady, maybe do your first gig handheld like that, use that money to buy a rig or cage, shoot another higher end job, sell your cage and get a so and so rig with rails, etc...
 
A lot more stable than the intentional shaky cam so over used these days. Looks fine as is for insert shots and cutaways with tripod shots.
 
Razz16mm said:
A lot more stable than the intentional shaky cam so over used these days. Looks fine as is for insert shots and cutaways with tripod shots.
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Well... Usually shake cam is done with film cameras, the shake looks better than CMOS wobble.

Imagine Jason Bourne on a 5D! Noooo, my eyes!!! :D
 
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