HD camera with 35mm adapter footage downloads

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• Dec 30, 2005

• #2

to the site.

 

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WideShot

• Dec 30, 2005

• #3

Welcome

It looks like you got some massive vinetting there. You can fix a certain amount of that but that vinetting is really bad, I assume this is due to the 2.8 fstop and not the Letus35 components. Otherwise, Id say the HDV+35 looks about as good as the other stuff Ive seen on the net

 

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syberfilm

• Dec 30, 2005

• #4

vignetting not caused by adapter...

The vignetting was caused when I color corected it.. It is not in the origanal clips... I don't know why the edges kept getting dark on some of the shots once I cahnged the color channels..... But it was only for testing purposes..

 

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WideShot

• Dec 30, 2005

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I must have been wrong, it was just the first one I looked at that had it. The drummer didn't although it looked like a small hotspot there, and for some reason I think the 3rd file is messed up. Audio but no video.
The 4th is great.. curious how it blows out the highlights so much though. As you said, though, you didnt tweak the camera. Overall very nice though.. Thanks for posting, please give us more when you shoot another

 

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knightly

• Dec 30, 2005

• #6

aparently, we blasted your bandwidth, can't get them at all.

 

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WideShot

• Dec 30, 2005

• #7

Erick, thank you for uploading new copies.

 

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knightly

• Dec 30, 2005

• #8

That looks pretty good, the blown out whites are nothing that a polarizer won't fix. I'm currently making a budget 35mm adapter (documenting this build better than the others too). I notice that there is a grain to all of the footage I've seen with 35mm adapters, I'm pretty sure that it is caused by the frosted glass and am concerned that pictures will seem to lack critical focus at contrast edges. I'm going to try to get (yeah right) the money to pick up a canon xl-hd1 soon and am very excited about the prospects from the HD footage I've seen from all these newer HDV cams. Thanks for posting.

 

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WideShot

• Dec 30, 2005

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I had started a thread on 35mm adapters somewhere here at IT awhile back. I'm getting to borrow an HC1 for a month or so soon so I will be able to try my current setup with it and see what I get.

 

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knightly

• Dec 31, 2005

• #10

is that camera running with auto exposure in those clips? that could account for the hotspots in the center. Could have been subtle until coloring the clips.

 

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syberfilm

• Dec 31, 2005

• #11

auto exposure

Yes. I think auto exposure was on.. I tried to do everything manual.. But I did not bring the book with me.... My next tests will be properly lit with proper exposure.. So check back next month.. I am trying to think of a cool short to shoot...

 

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knightly

• Dec 31, 2005

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I wait with baited breath! Right now, I'd even take more test footage ...I'm just curious to see how HD will react with the grain of the ground glass under controlled conditions. My main concern (for my self as I intend to buy a canon XL-H1 at some point) is that the grain in the 35mm adapter I'm currently making will come across too heavily, where it's covered up a bit by the lack of resolution in the miniDV cams.

Much of the test footage I've seen so far of the new lines of prosumer HD cams have me very excited as they look much closer to the resolution of film than SD (obviously). Not just that but they seem to deal with wide contrast ranges much better, not just diving up to white right away. Much wider mids.

 

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