test of rob's homemade adapter!
DOF adapter test from SAWMILL on Vimeo.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Homemade ghetto DOF adapter test
Homemade DOF adapter test - still searching for a good way to mount this to the cam, that's why it's so shakey. Lighting is dark, but it didn't look as dark through the viewer. I used an old 50mm lens on the end of my tubes, but I think if I had a different lens for better distance, I'd be able to get farther away from the focus. Lots to learn while making this thing. Also while filming, it was weird to view everything upside down.
dof test from virgis on Vimeo.
dof test from virgis on Vimeo.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
HV20 + Brevis + Various Lenses
Reading some of the posts got me back off my ass and using my camera. I finally finished my rail mount for my fluid head, and decided to do some lens tests similar to Mark's.
This is the HV20 + Brevis CF1(with 72mm achromat) + custom rails + various lenses
HV20 + Brevis + Various Lenses from Torin Segstro on Vimeo.
I like the 50 and 28 lenses the best, but as soon as I make a telephoto brace, I'll try it at some sporting event and maybe some wildlife shots.
This is the HV20 + Brevis CF1(with 72mm achromat) + custom rails + various lenses
HV20 + Brevis + Various Lenses from Torin Segstro on Vimeo.
I like the 50 and 28 lenses the best, but as soon as I make a telephoto brace, I'll try it at some sporting event and maybe some wildlife shots.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
DOF continued
http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/dof/index.htm
If any of you feel like trying to rig something up. This is another idea that seems "relatively" easy.
If any of you feel like trying to rig something up. This is another idea that seems "relatively" easy.
0$ DOF Test
Last night I made a DOF adapter out of a small box, tracing paper and a piece of an old fish eye lens. This thing only took me 3 min to make and with some tweaking I can easily install a focusing mechanism and a clearer focusing screen. This footage was shot in very low light in my house and has a lot of gain, but I think it would work wonderfully in a daylight situation. Check it out.
esuoh peerc from markusarulius on Vimeo.
esuoh peerc from markusarulius on Vimeo.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
More DOF
Scheming as usual.. i came across these DOF adapters. One is spensive. The other is not.
Not spensive:
Spensive:
Not spensive:
Spensive:
Monday, February 4, 2008
exposure lock
we need sd cards to do this (jump over 1/2 way through to see after):
Canon HV20 - Tv Mode Exposure Lock Demo from Michael Eskin on Vimeo.
CONTROLLING EXPOSURE ON THE HV20:
[Cell phone trick and SD Card trick included.]
First, make sure you install a medium sized mini-SD memory card by opening your LCD screen, then opening the little door at the bottom. This step gives you a way to check your settings, later on, that you won’t have without the card.
Push in the dummy card and it should pop part way out. With the camera turned OFF, pull the dummy card out and replace it with a real SD card. It goes in with the SD logo on top. Push in until it clicks and stays in. Close the door.
INITIALIZE THE CARD per page 65 of the manual. (Slider to card, rotary switch to Player, press function, select menu, select initialize.) Wait for it to finish formating the card.
Second, make sure the slide switches on the right side are then set as follows: Top switch to P and bottom switch to tape (not to card) even though you just installed an SD card.
CHECKING THE F-STOP AND SHUTTER SPEED:
Next you have to enable the photo mode so you can check the f-stop and shutter speed while in tape mode. (Do not do it with the sliding switch on the right side that switches it from Tape to Card.) Instead:
Push FUNC
Down Joystick to Still Image rec off (the one above menu)
Joystick right to LW (1920x1080)
Push FUNC to close the menu.
Now when you push of the PHOTO button on the top of the camera half way in it will display the f-stop and shutter speed in bottom right corner of the LCD.
SETTING THE SHUTTER SPEED:
Fully zoom out.
Press FUNC and at the top left of the menu it will say what mode the camera is in. When the top icon on the menu is highlighted, move the joystick left or right to select a mode.
There are two main modes to control what we want to control.
1) Tv mode (shutter priority), which allows you to manually control the shutter speed, but doesn’t allow you to directly control the gain or f-stop. Once the mode is selected you and joystick down.
Or
2) Cine mode. Cine mode tries to be fully automatic but has a gamma curve that tries not to blow out highlights or crush blacks, overall it seems darker though. CINE mode will ‘try’ to go to 1/48 at 24p. Once the mode is selected you and joystick down.
Why chose one or the other? Personal preference. Some people swear by one or the other. Others say use Tv mode outdoors and Cine mode indoors.
NOTE: This menu system is less intuitive that it could be. Even though you can manually control the shutter speed there is no menu item marked shutter or speed. It’s marked Tv. [How did they get Tv for shutter? Tv mode = Time value = fraction of a second.] In the manual they talk about Shutter prio. Maybe in the menu the limited space stops them from saying Shutter priority or shutter control, but there’s no reason to not say it in the manual.
SETTING THE F-STOP with ZERO GAIN:
What you do have control of is the Exposure control, which is really the camera balancing the shutter, f-stop and gain, but it can be locked when you get it where you want it.
Point the camera at a mild light source. No gain will be on when it is pointed at a light source. (Gain turns on when it's too dark.) Your LCD computer screen or LCD cell phone screen work fine. (Don’t worry that it looks bluish on the camera screen.)
One suggestion is loading a white picture in your cell phone. Another option is note pad in your cell phone. Make a document with only one period on it, then save it. Either way a fairly blank area to point the camera at is what you want.
Hold it pointed at the screen and press the joystick in. The joystick menu will pop up. If it’s not in EXP, move your joystick down until EXP is shown. Keeping it pointing at the screen, Press up ONE TIME and the exposure adjustment bar will appear in the upper left corner. (If you press up a second time the exposure lock will turn off.)
Note the adjustment bar is set to zero db, and was done when pointing at a light source. No gain is on and as long as the adjustment bar is on the gain is locked off!
Now you can aim the camera at what you’re really going to shoot and adjust the EXP left or right until you get the right light level you want. If you have the 70% zebra turned on make sure there are no zebra stripes.
You can now check the f-stop and shutter speed by partially depressing the photo button, even when the EXP menu is visible.
When you have it where you want it press the joystick in ONE TIME. The exposure bar will stay at the top left, but the joystick will no longer move it left or right. It is locked.
If the light changes or you move locations slightly you can press the joystick ONE TIME and make adjustments left or right. DON’T MOVE IT UP or you will release the lock and have to do it over again.
You can't check gain on the HV20, but if you record to tape you can put the tape in a more epensive camera like the FX-1 that can sense the gain on the tape.
more reading: http://dvxuser.com/jason/hv20/
and...
Canon HV20 - Tv Mode Exposure Lock Demo from Michael Eskin on Vimeo.
CONTROLLING EXPOSURE ON THE HV20:
[Cell phone trick and SD Card trick included.]
First, make sure you install a medium sized mini-SD memory card by opening your LCD screen, then opening the little door at the bottom. This step gives you a way to check your settings, later on, that you won’t have without the card.
Push in the dummy card and it should pop part way out. With the camera turned OFF, pull the dummy card out and replace it with a real SD card. It goes in with the SD logo on top. Push in until it clicks and stays in. Close the door.
INITIALIZE THE CARD per page 65 of the manual. (Slider to card, rotary switch to Player, press function, select menu, select initialize.) Wait for it to finish formating the card.
Second, make sure the slide switches on the right side are then set as follows: Top switch to P and bottom switch to tape (not to card) even though you just installed an SD card.
CHECKING THE F-STOP AND SHUTTER SPEED:
Next you have to enable the photo mode so you can check the f-stop and shutter speed while in tape mode. (Do not do it with the sliding switch on the right side that switches it from Tape to Card.) Instead:
Push FUNC
Down Joystick to Still Image rec off (the one above menu)
Joystick right to LW (1920x1080)
Push FUNC to close the menu.
Now when you push of the PHOTO button on the top of the camera half way in it will display the f-stop and shutter speed in bottom right corner of the LCD.
SETTING THE SHUTTER SPEED:
Fully zoom out.
Press FUNC and at the top left of the menu it will say what mode the camera is in. When the top icon on the menu is highlighted, move the joystick left or right to select a mode.
There are two main modes to control what we want to control.
1) Tv mode (shutter priority), which allows you to manually control the shutter speed, but doesn’t allow you to directly control the gain or f-stop. Once the mode is selected you and joystick down.
Or
2) Cine mode. Cine mode tries to be fully automatic but has a gamma curve that tries not to blow out highlights or crush blacks, overall it seems darker though. CINE mode will ‘try’ to go to 1/48 at 24p. Once the mode is selected you and joystick down.
Why chose one or the other? Personal preference. Some people swear by one or the other. Others say use Tv mode outdoors and Cine mode indoors.
NOTE: This menu system is less intuitive that it could be. Even though you can manually control the shutter speed there is no menu item marked shutter or speed. It’s marked Tv. [How did they get Tv for shutter? Tv mode = Time value = fraction of a second.] In the manual they talk about Shutter prio. Maybe in the menu the limited space stops them from saying Shutter priority or shutter control, but there’s no reason to not say it in the manual.
SETTING THE F-STOP with ZERO GAIN:
What you do have control of is the Exposure control, which is really the camera balancing the shutter, f-stop and gain, but it can be locked when you get it where you want it.
Point the camera at a mild light source. No gain will be on when it is pointed at a light source. (Gain turns on when it's too dark.) Your LCD computer screen or LCD cell phone screen work fine. (Don’t worry that it looks bluish on the camera screen.)
One suggestion is loading a white picture in your cell phone. Another option is note pad in your cell phone. Make a document with only one period on it, then save it. Either way a fairly blank area to point the camera at is what you want.
Hold it pointed at the screen and press the joystick in. The joystick menu will pop up. If it’s not in EXP, move your joystick down until EXP is shown. Keeping it pointing at the screen, Press up ONE TIME and the exposure adjustment bar will appear in the upper left corner. (If you press up a second time the exposure lock will turn off.)
Note the adjustment bar is set to zero db, and was done when pointing at a light source. No gain is on and as long as the adjustment bar is on the gain is locked off!
Now you can aim the camera at what you’re really going to shoot and adjust the EXP left or right until you get the right light level you want. If you have the 70% zebra turned on make sure there are no zebra stripes.
You can now check the f-stop and shutter speed by partially depressing the photo button, even when the EXP menu is visible.
When you have it where you want it press the joystick in ONE TIME. The exposure bar will stay at the top left, but the joystick will no longer move it left or right. It is locked.
If the light changes or you move locations slightly you can press the joystick ONE TIME and make adjustments left or right. DON’T MOVE IT UP or you will release the lock and have to do it over again.
You can't check gain on the HV20, but if you record to tape you can put the tape in a more epensive camera like the FX-1 that can sense the gain on the tape.
more reading: http://dvxuser.com/jason/hv20/
and...
New Fish Eye Lens
Yo this is the lens I just ordered.. For some reason all the kids call it the "Mini Death".
Bow chikka bow bow! Here some sample footage:
Bow chikka bow bow! Here some sample footage:
Capture settings in Final Cut Studio 2
Vanderland wrote:
From the URL below, I was able to capture from FCP using the Easy Setup shown here. I still would like to know if it is possible to capture in ProRes codec, or Apple Intermediate.
HDV is great, but having those other options would be a plus!
BTW, in this setup, when you capture "now", it splits the video in different clips automatically during digitization just like in iMovie.
Here is the source from my successful test in HDV:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306389
From the URL below, I was able to capture from FCP using the Easy Setup shown here. I still would like to know if it is possible to capture in ProRes codec, or Apple Intermediate.
HDV is great, but having those other options would be a plus!
BTW, in this setup, when you capture "now", it splits the video in different clips automatically during digitization just like in iMovie.
Here is the source from my successful test in HDV:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306389
HV20 Workflow from Sawmill
I followed this and it worked pretty darn good.
http://hv20.com/showthread.php?t=243
Come chat if you want to see how I did things...
Rob
http://hv20.com/showthread.php?t=243
Come chat if you want to see how I did things...
Rob
Tips from the Vanderland
Gear:
LENS HOOD and UV FILTER
Zol and I got this right off the bat...
$21
http://www.goshotcamera.com/c=SKt1PktjmVwQmtaO7JEqUUilb/product/LHP003DV43TSF/Rectangular_43mm_lens_hood__UV_filter__cap_for_Digital_Video_DV_Camcorder.html
Damn! Its even cheaper now!
TRIPODS AND VIDEO HEAD
I just purchased these in LA before the break. Best quality and best deal. You would expect to pay at least $300 for a comparable tripod here in Calgary. The fluid motion head is the only way to go. Its made just for our cameras...

$81
http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/BG1502/
$86
http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/ID0013/
I’ve also ordered one of these...
http://www.joby.com/products/gorillapod/slr/
DEPTH OF FIELD ADAPTER
I’m still scheming over this.. But will prolly cave in a month and get it. You would still need an SLR lens for this to work...

$197
http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?t=2825
Click on the samples in the link to see what a Depth of Field adaptor can do?
Audio stuff comes in the one of the next emails
YAY!
LENS HOOD and UV FILTER
Zol and I got this right off the bat...
$21
http://www.goshotcamera.com/c=SKt1PktjmVwQmtaO7JEqUUilb/product/LHP003DV43TSF/Rectangular_43mm_lens_hood__UV_filter__cap_for_Digital_Video_DV_Camcorder.html
Damn! Its even cheaper now!
TRIPODS AND VIDEO HEAD
I just purchased these in LA before the break. Best quality and best deal. You would expect to pay at least $300 for a comparable tripod here in Calgary. The fluid motion head is the only way to go. Its made just for our cameras...

$81
http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/BG1502/
$86
http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/ID0013/
I’ve also ordered one of these...
http://www.joby.com/products/gorillapod/slr/
DEPTH OF FIELD ADAPTER
I’m still scheming over this.. But will prolly cave in a month and get it. You would still need an SLR lens for this to work...

$197
http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?t=2825
Click on the samples in the link to see what a Depth of Field adaptor can do?
Audio stuff comes in the one of the next emails
YAY!
Episode #3
Episode #3
Mark Vanderland said:
I have a very easy assignment idea that I saw on Vimeo. Search “5x5”.
Do a 5x5 of your own theme.
here is mine...
5x5 Walking dog at Bearspaw Dam from markusarulius on Vimeo.
sawmill's
Night 5x5 Raw footage from SAWMILL on Vimeo.
Night 5x5 from SAWMILL on Vimeo.
Mark Vanderland said:
I have a very easy assignment idea that I saw on Vimeo. Search “5x5”.
Do a 5x5 of your own theme.
here is mine...
5x5 Walking dog at Bearspaw Dam from markusarulius on Vimeo.
sawmill's
Night 5x5 Raw footage from SAWMILL on Vimeo.
Night 5x5 from SAWMILL on Vimeo.
Episode #2
Episode #2
The topic/theme is "RED".
sawmill's
Things that are RED from SAWMILL on Vimeo.
virg's
red stickfa from virgis on Vimeo.
vanderland's
RED from markusarulius on Vimeo.
zol's
Seeing Red from ZOL on Vimeo.
Philippe's
I see red from Philippe on Vimeo.
The topic/theme is "RED".
sawmill's
Things that are RED from SAWMILL on Vimeo.
virg's
red stickfa from virgis on Vimeo.
vanderland's
RED from markusarulius on Vimeo.
zol's
Seeing Red from ZOL on Vimeo.
Philippe's
I see red from Philippe on Vimeo.
Episode #1
To start off our club, we will all be challenged to create an episode based on a certain theme or subject.
Episode #1
Time Lapse - create a time lapse film.
virgil's
dRiVe_2_wERk from virgis on Vimeo.
sawmill's
Cowtown Timelapse from SAWMILL on Vimeo.
zoll's
Ping Pong from ZOL on Vimeo.
vanderland's
Edgewater time lapse from markusarulius on Vimeo.
Episode #1
Time Lapse - create a time lapse film.
virgil's
dRiVe_2_wERk from virgis on Vimeo.
sawmill's
Cowtown Timelapse from SAWMILL on Vimeo.
zoll's
Ping Pong from ZOL on Vimeo.
vanderland's
Edgewater time lapse from markusarulius on Vimeo.
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