http://www.vimeo.com/4154464
We shot this back in December with the HV30, Raynox 6600 Wide Angle lens, and a Sony PCM-D50 sound recorder. It was shot in 24FPS TV mode 48 shutter. Originally we were going to use two cameras my friends XL2 and my HV30, so some of the first footage we shot in the snow was down scaled to SD. Well it turns out we didn't end up using the XL2 so with the special effects already partially worked on we made the decision to stick with down scaled SD.
The HV30 really did well in all the moisture and being exposed to temperatures in the low 20's and teens with it snowing most of the time. (I did have an umbrella) The only issue I had was with my wide angle lens. I didn't transition from indoor temperatures to the sudden cold. And within about 15 minutes I had moisture forming inside the lens. Thankfully no permanent damage. From then on I transitioned all my equipment with zip-lock bags to let them acclimate.
My brother worked many, many hours on the special effects manually masking out the "ghost" in after affects. And yes that was him also running in the snow barefoot at 25 degrees... He didn't complain once!
We learned that you can never have an indoor scene too bright for an hv30. Most of those scenes were well lit with two 75 watt desk lamps.
We shot this back in December with the HV30, Raynox 6600 Wide Angle lens, and a Sony PCM-D50 sound recorder. It was shot in 24FPS TV mode 48 shutter. Originally we were going to use two cameras my friends XL2 and my HV30, so some of the first footage we shot in the snow was down scaled to SD. Well it turns out we didn't end up using the XL2 so with the special effects already partially worked on we made the decision to stick with down scaled SD.
The HV30 really did well in all the moisture and being exposed to temperatures in the low 20's and teens with it snowing most of the time. (I did have an umbrella) The only issue I had was with my wide angle lens. I didn't transition from indoor temperatures to the sudden cold. And within about 15 minutes I had moisture forming inside the lens. Thankfully no permanent damage. From then on I transitioned all my equipment with zip-lock bags to let them acclimate.
My brother worked many, many hours on the special effects manually masking out the "ghost" in after affects. And yes that was him also running in the snow barefoot at 25 degrees... He didn't complain once!
We learned that you can never have an indoor scene too bright for an hv30. Most of those scenes were well lit with two 75 watt desk lamps.