Two sisters at the beach on a cloudy day - 1st day with 7d

MikeQuill

MikeQuill

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This was my first time shooting video with my new 7d. The image quality was unbelievable when I viewed the footage on my 37" LCD TV (7d>Mini HDMI Cable>TV):



Here were my settings:
1080P
24fps
Canon 50mm 1.8 lens
ISO 100
Aperture 1.8
Shutter 800-1000
No ND Fader used
No color correction used

Let me know what you think!
Thanks
 
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Very very nice shots, love it!
The Canon 50 f1.8 kicks so much ass for a 100 bucks :)
I have a couple of the f1.4s in my bags but I still like the 1.8 better (wide open of course, stopped down the bokeh gets harsh and pentagonal)
 
I'm sorry but now somebody knowledgeable will have to explain to me the importance of 180 degree shutter again. That was beautiful and the high shutter speed as an option to a FaderND and 1/60 seems real to me again...I guess nothing is always, huh?
 
There is no "importance" of a 180 shutter. It just does a good job smoothing out the "not quite realistic" cadence of 24p. It's "familiar".

While I like the visuals of this video, the high shutter speeds makes it feel strobey. Not something I'd care for in most pieces. Though there is a time and place for it.
 
24p and 180 degree is just what we are used too thnx to the film conventions but between digital acuisition and internet distribution, what "we" are used too is evolving... If YOU like what you are doing looks like, that's all that's important in my book :)
 
Rakesh Jacob said:
If YOU like what you are doing looks like, that's all that's important in my book :)
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As long as YOU are the only person you need to please.. you're exactly right. However, if you're being paid (Client, producer, whatever) or you need to get distribution, you might want to make sure your "art" has legs to stand on.
 
mhood said:
all that pressure to conform must be hard on your creative impulses...
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Not necessarily. You can still find ways to be creative. A man in prison can still draw, and a man in a box can still dream.

Most of my work is pretty locked down, but just because I have to light interviews doesn't mean they can't be lit creatively. :)
 
Awesome! Reminds me of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. Good stuff. Yay the nifty fifty!
 
I'm so glad I ordered the 50mm 1.8 with my 7D. This has just reassured me I made the right decision (well, there wasn't a decision to be made, I could only afford the 1.8, but there you go...)

On topic, really nice looking footage, but some of the wider stuff seemed to have a lot of minute shaking in it, especially noticable around the edges of the frame? It's not a major distraction but I just found it slightly strange when paying close attention to the shots.
 
Nice video. Very sharp looking. Strange, but it seems like this lens was made to bring the sharpest looking image out of these cameras.
 
MikeQuill said:
This was my first time shooting video with my new 7d. The image quality was unbelievable when I viewed the footage on my 37" LCD TV (7d>Mini HDMI Cable>TV):

Let me know what you think!
Thanks
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Nicely done. Brave women, looks cold...

Regarding the high shutter and 180 rule, the high shutter is very noticeable in this clip, the ladies hair would have appeared to flow more naturally if the lens had been stopped down with an ND filter and the shutter kept at 1/50.

Given the choice between a higher shutter to stop down the lens to provide a shallower DOF vs. a lower f-stop resulting in a flatter image, I might have made the same choice. It's all a trade off.

It's also not mutually exclusive, for some of the close ups you might try getting as close to the subject as possible, go as wide as you can with a higher f-stop and adjust the shutter accordingly. It won't give you as shallow a DOF but it will look a bit more natural and probably be shallow enough.

Also on some of the long shots, if you would have slowed the shutter obviously more would be in focus but I think it would have resulted in the same look and feel. Probably the place where the high shutter was most noticeable was where the ladies were walking away from the camera at the waters edge, the movement of their hair was too crisp.

My comments are not really aimed at Mike, I liked the short as it is [and if that is your wife and daughter your a lucky guy], it more to jump in on the debate about the 180 rule.
 
Rakesh: I agree about the Canon 50mm 1.8. It's the only lens I have so far, and I'm really impressed by the image it puts out. What I've started to appreciate is that you can use it (along with any medium lens I suppose) to achieve different size shots, just by physically moving the camera.

Haha no, I'm not married to either of them! Just a couple of friends of mine.

Does anyone have experience with the $100 non brand ND fader from Ebay that Philip Bloom recommends? Seems like it might be the way to go.

Thanks for the feedback!
 
Chucks: I'm new to the SLR world, so could you explain why slowing the shutter would create a deeper focus? I wasn't aware that shutter speed affects DOF.
 
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