ncje's A1 Thread

scharky said:
How come no one wants to shoot in overcast. I love overcast days, I guess I have to I live in Seattle, but just because it's overcast doesn't mean you can't shoot something great, especially people. I'll take overcast shots any day over the "no" light shots that everyone seems to "test" the camera with (present company excluded) :) Stop looking for excuses Barry and Ncje :)
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Heh, seriously just fine drizzle rain all day, very low dark clouds.
 
Good news . No work today (Im meant to finish documentary opening concept) and its a perfect day! Im taking my daughter to the cruddy park near here, but theres plenty of shots to be had.
 
Today got some footage of a nice bright day. Took the daughter for a walk in her "shaky cart" with no OIS on. Then a few oher shots I threw together. This was shot very fast on the run. Used a polariser on every shot but the last small timelapse piece.

EDIT: I shot this entire sequence whilst controlling my daughter - not a bad effort I thought (think not? then you try it :P )

http://www.scarlet-films.com/A1/SUNNY.mov
 
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thanx to share. did you add some kind of glow effect or degrainer in post? your daughter shot looks like if you did. a little bit bleached out.

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No post work. Could be my polariser. The one I am using is from my DVX, Im not getting good results from it in HD. My daughter is half Japanese, has very pale skin.
 
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So, no Red Rock this time? Some of your rack focus shots kind of had that look.

Fun stuff, thanks for posting.

Cute daughter too. :) I suppose we'll be seeing her grow a little in the next few years just like folks around here have seen mine growing up. *sniff sniff*.
 
Yeah Elton no Red rock. Next time I will be doing a breakdown of setting the redrock up on the A1 in this case though using Cavision baseplate and mattebox. Kind of like a how to then shoot some lit stuff with it.

My daughter is two today!
 
happy b-day to her my friend.

question for you about your quick video. the piece that begins at 1:46, when you pan down and to the right it seems really jittery/studdery. do you know why it looks like that?
 
scenedirector said:
Now I'm CONFUSED!!

I called the 888 number on my Canon USA warranty card to ask, and the Canon rep had told me if the camera is NTSC and it comes with the USA warranty card, you are okay.

Also, yes, I found out that digitalfotoclub.com has a physical store front under another name. That store I DID find on the CANON website as an authorized seller.

Guys, help me out, help me help you out, and DAMN IT, if these cams are gray market!!!

Now I'm stuck with them, so how do I make the best of it????
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Well, for what its worth I bought my Canon Optura 30 from digitalfotoclub.com back when they were clearing them out with the $100 rebate. The rebate was definitely only valid with authorized Canon dealer purchases and I did redeem the rebate. I sure don't remember where, but I remember pulling up a long list of internet dealers that were authorized before making the purchase and www.digitalfotoclub.com was on that list.

Now, is there a chance they're no longer authorized? Certainly. I hope they are, because I ordered my XH A1 from them as well. Its definitely a US model, I've registered the serial number with Canon and all the warranty card(s) and accessories are all there.

So while their store front looks "hole-in-the-wall", they at the very least were an authorized Canon dealer recently (and may still be, since it looks like people are getting conflicting info). And they also make absolutely no effort to hide the fact that they operate under multiple names, so I have no problem with that.

Anway, I hope they're still authorized. I've certainly gotten excellent service with every order I've placed there (the A1 was my third Canon purchase). Their staff has been friendly on the phone (pretty rare for NY I guess) and I've gotten fast and helpful email response from them. I suppose everyone's mileage may vary of course.

If the camera breaks in the first year, guess I'll find out for sure!
 
coffee said:
happy b-day to her my friend.

question for you about your quick video. the piece that begins at 1:46, when you pan down and to the right it seems really jittery/studdery. do you know why it looks like that?
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Cheers mate. Panning much to fast for the shot and if I recall shutter speed was 1/120th but I had limited time and one go at it. Daughter was running crazy.
 
Understand that they may actually be authorized for digital still cameras, but not authorized for the XHA1. Different product lines are not carried all by the same dealers; EVS, for example, is authorized to sell the XL2 but I don't believe they're authorized to carry the XLH1. Don't know about the XHA1 or not.

All I'm saying is that I called Canon and asked them about digitalfotoclub.com, told 'em the website and the physical address, and Canon said "nope, no record of them being an authorized dealer for the XHA1." But I don't know about other product lines.
 
Because if you're authorized, that means you have a relationship with the manufacturer and can buy from them.

A non-authorized dealer cannot buy from the manufacturer. They have to scrounge up units wherever they can get them.

So think of it like a new car dealer (authorized dealer) vs. a used-car lot (non-authorized dealer).
 
ewww used car dealers...... so do they reverse crank the hours on the heads by rewinding tapes??????
 
"Also, yes, I found out that digitalfotoclub.com has a physical store front under another name. That store I DID find on the CANON website as an authorized seller."

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=774731&postcount=153

"Just talked to a Canon rep AT CANON.

They are legit!!!

Hurry up and buy them why you can at digitalfotoclub.com guys. Great service, especially through Ken, great price, and of course, GREAT CAMS!!"

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=774057&postcount=144

isn't this two answers?..
 
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