Hi All... I scored a ticket to the Obama inauguration and plan to produce serious web content with my D90 i.e. videos, slideshows, etc. One problem though: security says no tripods or monopods get into the gated inauguration viewing areas, which pretty much rules out shooting video due to jello effect of going handheld...or does it? I plan to bring my 70-300mm zoom which does not have VR. So...I would appreciate any ideas on how to work around this issue!
Mr. D90 goes to Washington
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Matthew Bennett
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You must become a robot, basically... at 300mm, with the addition of a 1.5 crop (Becomes a 400mm), you would have to be a yoga master to stand that still in the the blustery DC wind...
Just go out and grab a CCD camera with global shutter... aaaah, global blur.
I was watching DVX100 footage last night and it was so pleasing to see a zoomed in pan which didn't skew at all... it really was nice.
My advice,. just take a lot of nice stills, and then edit that together as a video with great sound bites, music, slow moves in, nice grading, etc...
Shooting d90 video you'll just kick yourself later 'cause it'll be so unusable.
squig
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you could try a string stabilizer- http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1041948/1_image_stabilizer_for_any_camera_lose_the_tripod/
maybe use it in combination with a neck strap by holding the camera away from you with the strap taught
maybe use it in combination with a neck strap by holding the camera away from you with the strap taught
bronxjragon
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or give me the tickets and ill go film for you
My advice,. just take a lot of nice stills, and then edit that together as a video with great sound bites, music, slow moves in, nice grading, etc...
Shooting d90 video you'll just kick yourself later 'cause it'll be so unusable.[/quote]
Great Ideas guys. I like almost all of them, many thanks:beer:.
One question: I want to shoot stills on highest resolution the D90 offers for maybe some gallery style prints later...but I'd like to streamline the rendering process when I edit them into video. I know I will be panning and zooming across the photos which could hang me up w/12mp stills. Do you know if there a way to down-res the photos before putting them in a timeline (I use Vegas Pro-8) that will allow you to do that?
Shooting d90 video you'll just kick yourself later 'cause it'll be so unusable.[/quote]
Great Ideas guys. I like almost all of them, many thanks:beer:.
One question: I want to shoot stills on highest resolution the D90 offers for maybe some gallery style prints later...but I'd like to streamline the rendering process when I edit them into video. I know I will be panning and zooming across the photos which could hang me up w/12mp stills. Do you know if there a way to down-res the photos before putting them in a timeline (I use Vegas Pro-8) that will allow you to do that?
Park Edwards
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i think you can do a batch process in photoshop...not sure exactly how. but i'd do it that way. then drag them into your editor.
Why not use Picasa? It allows a range of file sizes for exporting.
HowdyDoo
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I am currently researching shoulder mounts and I bet the El Cheapo would work very well with a DSLR.
El Cheapo Camera Stabilizer
Of course, there's the risk that the secret service will think it's some sort of bizarre rifle.
El Cheapo Camera Stabilizer
Of course, there's the risk that the secret service will think it's some sort of bizarre rifle.
