GH3 Snowshoeing in VT

Thanks...man we just got another 18" at the farm today. We're pretty high in the mountains.
The light weight 60p was really the reason we picked up a pair of these - for this project where we're trekking out to a lot of backcountry locations.
It was my first tests with the GH3. I had a .09 ND and had it on a really light PVC rig we have for them for this type of stuff.
Actually shot it with the tiny EVF...waiting for someone to deliver a loupe solution - going to have to gaffer something on for now.

Really loving the images. I think we'll shoot them for more than slomo.
 
dan.carter said:
Nicely done! Thanks for the winter adventure, we don't get much snow here in Phoenix.
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Thanks Dan, I just saw your new piece. Really rich and photographic stuff. You and I are shooting with very different profiles and remarkably different conditions - I think it shows the creative range and potential of this little beast.
 
flinty said:
It makes me feal inferior,hand held film like that is something i never manage.
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Don't feel inferior, although I was surprised at how useable it was just using the crappy little EVF against my face.

I've got a couple of little PVC rigs for small cameras like the 5D, combined with the GH3 and 20mm it's like a feather.

I had it draped over my shoulder while I was snowshoeing and would just lift it up and shoot on the fly, never shut the camera off for two hours in very cold temps and the battery was still full when I got in.

We do a lot of outdoor sports, doc, promo stuff that requires a lot of trekking so I tried one of these on a lark and I've used them on dozens of shoots now with nothing more than adding a Manfrotto QR.

They're ridiculously cheap and light, they get thrown all around the equipment van and locations and never fail.

Here: http://www.spiderbrace.com/
 
jimagine said:
Don't feel inferior, although I was surprised at how useable it was just using the crappy little EVF against my face.

I've got a couple of little PVC rigs for small cameras like the 5D, combined with the GH3 and 20mm it's like a feather.

I had it draped over my shoulder while I was snowshoeing and would just lift it up and shoot on the fly, never shut the camera off for two hours in very cold temps and the battery was still full when I got in.

We do a lot of outdoor sports, doc, promo stuff that requires a lot of trekking so I tried one of these on a lark and I've used them on dozens of shoots now with nothing more than adding a Manfrotto QR.

They're ridiculously cheap and light, they get thrown all around the equipment van and locations and never fail.

Here: http://www.spiderbrace.com/
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Interesting thanks,i have a shoulder brace a pretty old one that fits over both shoulders,i also use monopods but mostly tripod on my GH2,as i say i am poo hand held filming with a light camera.Back in the old days i could manage hand held better with my Sony VX2100.
 
flinty said:
Interesting thanks,i have a shoulder brace a pretty old one that fits over both shoulders,i also use monopods but mostly tripod on my GH2,as i say i am poo hand held filming with a light camera.Back in the old days i could manage hand held better with my Sony VX2100.
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Remember that all of this footage is slowed down, which masks and hides a lot of movement. At 24/30p frames per second you would notice footage that is not stable.

To the op, great footage.... Nice
 
Thanks, and yes, slomo makes for very smooth handheld.
I will say though, that with this simple rig I regularly shoot 24p with the Canon 50mm and 85mm and it looks like perfectly steady.

I think the trick that a lot of people don't get handheld is to always float the camera a bit...it smooths out every shot.
 
I do notice some heavy artifacting in the water, even from the downloaded 'original'. But you said there was some CC done in FCP, so that 'original' isn't really. Any chance of uploading the actual MOV from the camera? (Or if you have any other clips of the stream?)

http://www.depositfiles.com/en/
 
The file is a compressor output using Vimeo standards..probably 10-20k.

The water is absolutely silky smooth, no artifacts even in the Pro Res master from the timeline.
I'm on satellite in the mountains and can't really upload the 1.5GB file.
 
Glad you could see it. The smooth, natural handling of the flowing water was one of things I liked a lot when I got back to the studio.
 
Well that's pretty humbling.
That film is a cinematographic gem. The fly fishing scenes are poetry in and of themselves.
 
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