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Comment on Canon 7D (1080p) by Claudemir Portes

Claudemir Portes — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:08:54 +0000

Alto Refúgio – Teu amor (Canon T2i)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6m9XrexrZU
http://www.myspace.com/altorefugiorock

Comment on Convert between framerates (24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, …) by Ome Two

Ome Two — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:56:10 +0000

I tried to “upframe” – convert mp4 with 23.976 to 30 frames rate. Does not work. I mean, output file still has 23.976 frames rate.

Comment on Canon 550D (1080p) by Vishal Khanna

Vishal Khanna — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:07:39 +0000

I’m an indie film maker and I’m seriously looking to buy this camera with the EF 18-135 IS kit to make my first feature.
My budget isn’t over INR 60,000 (USD 1,300 approx).
What do you suggest?

Comment on Composition calculator by Jon Mac

Jon Mac — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:30:28 +0000

Now this is a very useful tool. I’ve been looking for something just like this!

Comment on HDR Video – with 2 Canon 5Ds by Doug Burke

Doug Burke — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:31:40 +0000

Very Impressive! I have enjoyed using HDR in my still work and would love to incorporate it into my videos. Eager to see more!!!

Comment on HDR Video – with 2 Canon 5Ds by Alex G

Alex G — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:31:43 +0000

Nice blog, here in Mexico we are also using HDSLR’s to do nice stuff!!! I really can’t think of a better (and cheaper) way to do it!

Keep up the good work

cheers

Alex

Comment on Compare RED, Canon 5D and Lumix GH1 in 1 spot by txp50vt20b

txp50vt20b — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:24:06 +0000

One small factual correction – the G2 doesn’t have in-body Optical Image Stabilization – it’s in the lens, the same as with the other Panasonic Micro Four Thirds models. What’s changed with the G2 is that the control to switch OIS on or off is in the camera menu. The G2′s 14-42 kit lens lacks a physical OIS switch on the lens body, unlike (for example) the 14-140 kit lens that’s bundled with the GH1.

Comment on Convert between framerates (24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, …) by yellow

yellow — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:53:28 +0000

@TheToad, I find QTInput scales the luma, even with latest QT Alternative installed. It appears to scale the luma twice though, so levels appear correct until you check them on a waveform or histogram to see combing and data loss.

So i use Haali Media splitter and remux into a matroska container, then use AVISynth & Haali bundled .dlls to read the mkv’s to decode the h264.

Also for anyone reading, never use FFmpeg to convert to RGB always use AVISynth. FFmpegs swscale expands the luma crushing blacks and clipping whites, and on default settings for interpolation looses about 50% of colour data compared to AVISynth’s conversion.

This all works on Linux too with Wine.

Comment on Panasonic GH1: give it a film look by Jimbow

Jimbow — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:32:19 +0000

It originates from hotrodcameras.com as mentioned.

If you have read through the Spectra arcticle you referred to you know that by no way is their guide a way to get a scientific camera ISO rating but a way to expose midtones consistently.

However the original HOTRODCAMERAS tip is to achieve a “film look” with GH1. A different aproach and application. And as further explained on the hotrod site, the reason for the above mentioned procedure is to get the best latitude out of GH1 while keeping the detail in highlights.
As it appears that the GH1 has more detail to play with mid and under exposed levels than at highlight end.

Comment on About by Oliver Lief

Oliver Lief — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:08:36 +0000

Hi!
I love your blog.
I recently directed a book trailer for my wife’s novel, YOU ARE NEXT, using my Canon 7D (except for two flashback shots that were shots on a toy Harinezumi camera).
I would love it, if you would take a look.

The vimeo link is:
http://vimeo.com/13644298

I hope you like it.
Thanks again for your wonderful blog.

Best,
Oliver Lief