Rusty Ruthven

Pish. The bitrate is generous, but it's very poorly applied - Canon DSLR footage is rotten with artefacts. A better h.264 compressor (which I certainly wouldn't expect to see on a DSLR) could do far more with it. An uncompressed recording would have a lot of advantages, although I'd expect the aliasing to become comparatively more objectionable.

 

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oh no, i agree. It would have a lot of advantages. If the HDMI output was clean uncompressed HD.

the 7d and the 5d don't output a clean uncompressed HDMI signal any ways... so you would be getting an SD signal which is technically a down conversion from the native H.264 compression.

Thats why you would try rock this with an EX3 instead. In which case you can get 180Mb/s @ 4:2:2.

check it out here: http://philipbloom.co.uk/2009/10/12/conver...igns-nanoflash/

Hi all,

I am shooting two shorts in about a month as part of my degree. I am studying cinematography in South Africa.

I am shooting on the AG-HMC154ER because it is supplied by my university for free :D

I wanted to know if it would be wise to get a lens adapter for the cam so i can use primes instead of the zoom that it is fitted with? will i be able to get a shallower depth of field if I get faster lenses?

Thanks,

Rusty

Hi Rusty that must be an experience!!!My name is Lee Shoniwa and am a Zimbabwean based in Mozambique. I'm producing documentaries for NGOz and its quite interesting... Keep on working on the works mate, and is there any way that we can view your project on completion???

thanks :D

will prob upload it when we done... :D

eek...

no suggestions? :D

Hi hi,

I am shooting a 5 minute short in about a weeks time. I am in my second year at AFDA film school in South Africa. I have a lot of night shots that are taking place in a small Namibian village's main road and the other location is a bakery interior day and night. The short is based in the late 1950's in Namibia and its a musical. I want to work together with my production designer to achieve a specific look. My references for shot structure and camera movement is "Darjeeling Ltd." and for lighting there is a mix but for the road a would like to use a shot from "A long voyage Home" - Greg Tolland ASC.

I am shooting on the Panasonic AG-HMC154ER.

In my lighting inventory i only have 2 blondes. 3 redheads and maybe a 2.5k HMI. I might get a soft box for one of the blondes as well.

If anyone has suggestions or tips or anything. Perhaps some gear that i should look at getting in order to achieve the style.

Thanks,

Rusty