MichaelTiemann
Active member
This is not so much a test of the HMC 150's imaging capabilities, but a demonstration of how far I could get after futzing around for a few days with my new toy(s).
The subject of the video is a Buchla 200e analog synthesizer. It came out of the closet when my guitar teacher suggested that I should try practicing against a drone. Needless to say, instead of downloading the audio from a link he sent me, I built my own.
And, because my new camera just showed up last week, I figured I'd try to make a video of the thing. That led me to all kinds of explorations and edifications. I'm not sure I got everything right (indeed, since uploading it, I've thought of at least two other things I need to change/explore), but would be interested in any teachings that may help to inform my beginner's mind.
http://vimeo.com/13802382
My scene file settings are:
Detail level: -7
V Detail level: -7
Detail coring: 0
Chroma level: 0
Chroma phase: 0
WB: Preset 3.2K
Master ped: 0
A.iris level: 0
Gamma: CINE-LIKE D
Matrix: NORM2
Skin tone dtl: OFF
The recording format is PH 1080/30P with a target of Video HD (1280 x 720 30P @ 1500 KB/sec)
The video is 12 minutes of continuous hand-held footage, and since I wasn't born with a steady-cam in my arms, I framed the shots to be as far inside the 90% margin as the 90% margin is inside the full frame (i.e., about 80%). With that raw footage I used a camera smoothing filter to get rid of my worst shakes, scaling up the footage about 133%. Then I scaled that up-res'd footage down to 720P for Vimeo, which should have evened things out on a pixel basis. No?
What can I do to make my video look even more HD? Other suggestions/tips?
(The two I'm thinking of are (1) drop the Master Pedestal to -10 or -15, and (2) under expose a bit more, as most of the green LEDs have completely blown out the highlights of the CINE-LIKE D gamma curve.)
The subject of the video is a Buchla 200e analog synthesizer. It came out of the closet when my guitar teacher suggested that I should try practicing against a drone. Needless to say, instead of downloading the audio from a link he sent me, I built my own.
And, because my new camera just showed up last week, I figured I'd try to make a video of the thing. That led me to all kinds of explorations and edifications. I'm not sure I got everything right (indeed, since uploading it, I've thought of at least two other things I need to change/explore), but would be interested in any teachings that may help to inform my beginner's mind.
http://vimeo.com/13802382
My scene file settings are:
Detail level: -7
V Detail level: -7
Detail coring: 0
Chroma level: 0
Chroma phase: 0
WB: Preset 3.2K
Master ped: 0
A.iris level: 0
Gamma: CINE-LIKE D
Matrix: NORM2
Skin tone dtl: OFF
The recording format is PH 1080/30P with a target of Video HD (1280 x 720 30P @ 1500 KB/sec)
The video is 12 minutes of continuous hand-held footage, and since I wasn't born with a steady-cam in my arms, I framed the shots to be as far inside the 90% margin as the 90% margin is inside the full frame (i.e., about 80%). With that raw footage I used a camera smoothing filter to get rid of my worst shakes, scaling up the footage about 133%. Then I scaled that up-res'd footage down to 720P for Vimeo, which should have evened things out on a pixel basis. No?
What can I do to make my video look even more HD? Other suggestions/tips?
(The two I'm thinking of are (1) drop the Master Pedestal to -10 or -15, and (2) under expose a bit more, as most of the green LEDs have completely blown out the highlights of the CINE-LIKE D gamma curve.)
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