NYC Times Square EX-1 footage

Stevet ,
I've already bought it and have taken posession (no vignette BTW) so i don't convincing.

ust tryong to figure out where & when I'll have problems and if there are any workarounds. The flash issue is a problem for one of my better clients unfortunately as among other things they shoot some events at night.
Bigger problem for that cllient though is they are Avid based. That is a problem I would like to see rectified soon because in every other way this Cam is perfect for them as they prefer a 1080 workflow.

Ergonomics suck on the HVX as well - I use a monopod and that is a great solution for both.

There are all sorts of minor annoyances with this camera but the picture and the color control trump all.


Lenny Levy
 
In the theater I shot there were a lot flashes from the audience, but none caused any partial exposures. They probably were to weak. Also, they were not shot at the camera.
 
beautiful!
i just went to a local shop today to play with the EX1. I was a bit overwhelmed at the complexity of this camera. the dealer hooked it up to a plasma and we played around. he was just learning the camera too I suspect. all in all, it is an excellent camera. it had just been returned by a sacramento news station that was "test driving" it. they left all their tests on the SxS card so we got to see the camera put through all the conditions and various settings. awesome stuff. it's making my choice very hard. i love panny and will probably still get the hvx but this camera and this specific footage of NYC has made the decision much muddier.
i concur. the food cart is especially awesome.
 
This may be a little of topic here but was wondering if any releases are needed if you ever wanted to use this footage in a commercial or sold the footage..I suspect yes. Nevertheless it was great watching the footage. Were you on a tripod most of the time?
 
EX1 rolling shutter

EX1 rolling shutter

i am excited to see that among all of the compliments on the beautiful NYC
footage, nobody commented on the rolling shutter lean that occurred on the rapidly-passing taxis in the foreground at

to me, this indicates that although the skew from rolling shutter is not ideal, perhaps it is not particularly noticeable upon casual viewing.
OR,
perhaps the beauty of the image combined with compelling story/subject is enough to distract the viewer from the skew effect of rolling/scanning shutter.

the leaning cars occur at:
1:00 (2/3 of the way through)
and twice at 1:35 (3/4 of the way through)
http://www.8112studios.com/nyc.mov

certainly "good enough" to go unnoticed.
 
Well, here's another obvious rolling shutter artifact:

Notice how the guy in the wheelchair looks like he's leaning, too:
 

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By the way, the footage looks very nice. Especially how it maintains details in the highlights and shadows.
 
DCSensui said:
Well, here's another obvious rolling shutter artifact:

Notice how the guy in the wheelchair looks like he's leaning, too:
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Actually with a little post production magic, I was able to straighten the guy up in the wheelchair.

Also, did anyone else notice the rolling shutter distortion in the face of the guy standing? If you look really hard you can see it (kinda looks like a mouse or hamster).

newlean.jpg
 
nice footage, please tell us a little more about the settings you used to achieve this nice look in the low night light of NYC
 
disjecta said:
Actually with a little post production magic, I was able to straighten the guy up in the wheelchair.

Also, did anyone else notice the rolling shutter distortion in the face of the guy standing? If you look really hard you can see it (kinda looks like a mouse or hamster).

newlean.jpg
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It's kind of hard to tell, but if I look real close I think I can see what you're talking about. ;)
 
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