XHA1 NY Clip

ncje said:
Looking at my webstats to two days ago 500 people downloaded Ginza night scene - now if the file was 200mb well thats getting pretty high on one clip alone.
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Yeah, it's a little scary isn't it? I may need to take the NY clip down in a day or two-- nevertheless, I thought it was worthwhile footage to look at.
 
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Mirezzi said:
Yeah, those Firestores are incredibly expensive though ($2000 aren't they?), and part of the attraction with the A1 has been its "63 minutes for $10" feature.

Although, I have to say, that HV10 looks like a wicked b-role / vacation camera!
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Yes, they're not cheap. We'll see if they're worth it.

btw, it's more like "63 minutes for *$5*". :)
 
Basically, with HDV I get realtime editing and a minimal render time when I output back to tape. Render times always depend on how much the footage has been manipulated. In this case it took about 2-2.5x realtime for a finished render ready for output to tape.
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Thanks Elton, I was just looking for a ballpark figure. Sounds like your setup is allowing a nice workflow.

Ncje, I figured you were getting pummeled with all the downloads. You've been the pioneer with the a1, and your test clips have been very valuable in my decision making. Thanks to both of you guys for helping me to potentially empty my wallet.
(DVX for sale!)

-Kevin
 
Elton, the grabs bust some extremely serious ass. The DOF looks like the dof you would get from a 35mm adapter. I'm starting to think if it'll really be worth it buying one to go with the A1. I'm abroad right now so I can't download the clip...but I will do it as soon as I get home (how much of a nerd am I)
 
rawfa said:
Elton, the grabs bust some extremely serious ass. The DOF looks like the dof you would get from a 35mm adapter. I'm starting to think if it'll really be worth it buying one to go with the A1. I'm abroad right now so I can't download the clip...but I will do it as soon as I get home (how much of a nerd am I)
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Have to agree that the DOF on this cam and its boke (japanese spelling) is very organic and just looks great. Hard to achieve in a small interior which is where the m2 comes in like a champion. Great for music vids etc.
 
Elton said:
Essentially, I get realtime transitions and color correction while editing in an HDV sequence. (the latter I believe is due to the Kona card. It does accelerate HDV to some degree)
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Just throw this in: I am editing on a new 20 inch imac with FCP studio running dual monitors and Im getting realtime on cc also during edit. I was initially suprised. Of course no Kona card. I have maxed out the RAM wondering if that makes the difference.
 
rawfa said:
Elton, the grabs bust some extremely serious ass. The DOF looks like the dof you would get from a 35mm adapter. I'm starting to think if it'll really be worth it buying one to go with the A1.
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I fully agree!* I'll shoot with it as soon as available in Europe. Next December, right Rafa?

* Amazing. The best bokeh in the 1/3" range. -3db is also my favorite gain setup @lowlighting. I remember the most beautiful shots that I've seen, coming out from the Pappas' hands. BTW, do you know any news about him Barlow? How is he going?
 
cool stuff barlow. thanks for posting that. the cam on -3 gain seems to really puts out some gorgeous stuff, even in low available light.

in any case, i hope you had a good time in the city. the pace can get to be a little overwhelming, and i grew up here ;).
 
Had another look just now, and what its telling me is the same thing I have been finding. I was always worried initially with cc on HDV, but this stuff is holding up beautifully. My other experience with HDV is on the JVC HD100 and there is never any cc applied.
 
ncje said:
Just throw this in: I am editing on a new 20 inch imac with FCP studio running dual monitors and Im getting realtime on cc also during edit. I was initially suprised. Of course no Kona card. I have maxed out the RAM wondering if that makes the difference.
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That's great news! I'm glad you get RT CC because that is one of the most enjoyable things to do with A1 footage.

You really can push it all over the place for all kinds of looks, and ironically, it would seem that all the image control will (for most people) amount to a few basic looks shot in-camera, with most opting for a neutral image to shape later on in post.
 
Wow great clip, Elton. I like the image pulled here. That's sick as hell.

=( I was so close to going ahead and buying an A1 this past weekend. Gah.

I wanna see more 35mm adapter footage. But this is the best I've seen so far from the A1
 
I got home about an hour ago but I'm still picking up pieces of my jaw on the flor after watching this clip. Elton, you hound! Your footages rocks the house, my friend! Tell us a little bit more of what was done on post.
 
I thought the first grab was a bit soft, but then I saw in your clip it's from a panning shot so it's probably motion blur. The zoom shot is very nice, am I right you don't see the same cc in the clip that you used on the 2nd grab?

redfuse
 
rawfa said:
I got home about an hour ago but I'm still picking up pieces of my jaw on the flor after watching this clip. Elton, you hound! Your footages rocks the house, my friend! Tell us a little bit more of what was done on post.
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Thanks rawfa. Well, I hate to be boring but the process was simple:

--Shot relatively flat and neutral looking footage for more CC flexibility
--Captured and edited with the new HDV 24F support in FCP 5.1.2 (it's really nice)
--Copied the HDV edit into a less compressed timeline for a final render (bypassing the "conform to HDV process")
--Encoded a 720p h.264 QT via MPEG Streamclip. (still a very useful utility program)

Does that help?
 
Norbert said:
Wicked shots! I bet that zoom shot would have been awesome in slow motion.
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Yes, I thought about shooting 1080i for a slowmo effect, but I had very little time before I had to make a plane so I just shot what I could.
 
redfuse said:
I thought the first grab was a bit soft, but then I saw in your clip it's from a panning shot so it's probably motion blur. The zoom shot is very nice, am I right you don't see the same cc in the clip that you used on the 2nd grab?

redfuse
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You know what, I made a mistake on that first grab. I've been experimenting with different chroma smoothing techniques, and just in general taking the edge off of some the inherent sharpness of the footage, so in that shot there's actually a 1.5 pixel Gaussian blur applied to it. (strange, I know)

I forgot to export from the timeline that I didn't have that effect applied. The Times Square shot is actually much sharper than what you see in that grab.
 
Elton said:
Thanks rawfa. Well, I hate to be boring but the process was simple:

--Shot relatively flat and neutral looking footage for more CC flexibility
--Captured and edited with the new HDV 24F support in FCP 5.1.2 (it's really nice)
--Copied the HDV edit into a less compressed timeline for a final render (bypassing the "conform to HDV process")
--Encoded a 720p h.264 QT via MPEG Streamclip. (still a very useful utility program)

Does that help?
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Actualy, what I wanted to know is how you color corrected it. Or was it all done on-camera?!?!?!...which would make me pick the pieces of my jaw all over again :)
 
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