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Video & Movie / Re: The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

« on: February 10, 2013, 12:59:41 PM »

^Manual white balance, but it was shot in raw so i tweaked it in post. I think the phenomena you're talking about was caused by the varying degrees of snowfall.

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Video & Movie / Re: The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

« on: February 10, 2013, 09:33:11 AM »

Don't listen to all the rude and obnoxious posts (which seem to be a large percentage of what you find on this forum).

To be fair, I kinda asked for it.

You video took a lot of effort in adverse conditions and turned out well. My only advice would be to try shortening the interval between shots for moving subjects such as traffic so the overall video appears smoother. I, for one, enjoyed your video. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks, and this is good advice. I struggled with trying to get the interval right. I wanted a short clip that covered a lot of time, so i had to make a compromise.  I think if i could do it over again, i would have cut the interval to every 12 secs, but with longer exposures (i was at 1/50 for much of the time).

But i kinda like the jumpiness too, and to some extent it was intentional. I'm a big fan of stop animation, so i kind of like the look of time lapses that don't try too hard to be video.  Does that make sense?

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Video & Movie / Re: 5D3 and 60D timelapse: Visions of the Southwest

« on: February 10, 2013, 07:41:45 AM »

Slick!

What type of files did you import into Premier? Did you use Raw? I really like the random rainbow at the end!

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Video & Movie / Re: Urban Exploration - filmed with Canon 7D

« on: February 10, 2013, 07:35:10 AM »

Good use of the slider, and good work with the exposure.

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Video & Movie / Re: The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

« on: February 10, 2013, 07:30:05 AM »

I think I'll go with S___-talking. No time-lapse where the camera gets moved that much will ever be taken seriously. Good luck next time.

That's good, because I hope i never create art that gets "taken seriously". That sounds dreadful. 

But I did try and minimize the camera movement. As i said before, conditions were far from ideal. In the end i tell myself it makes it look like film jumping around in the projector gate .

https://vimeo.com/59278065

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Video & Movie / Re: The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

« on: February 10, 2013, 01:27:58 AM »

I saw this too.  I really like the end (seeing the snow creep up the lens). But this is essentially a closeup (as are most time laps in snow, and for good reason).  It's a lot harder to shoot stuff in the distance during the snow with a time lapse because all of the snow in between you and the subject is effectively running interference.

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Video & Movie / Re: The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

« on: February 10, 2013, 12:47:56 AM »

It's transcoding again, i wanted to upload the 1080p version.  You can still down load the original 90MB while it is transcoding. I recommend this anyway because the compression takes its toll, especially in SD.

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Video & Movie / Re: The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

« on: February 10, 2013, 12:06:27 AM »

The perspective doesn't really show it, but that's apparently 22 inches+ on the ground. As you can see, they did a good job plowing the street and the sidewalks.

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Video & Movie / Re: The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

« on: February 09, 2013, 11:37:15 PM »

No offense, but that was boring.

Lol, i think that's why i kept it so short! That being said, I like the transition of light.  And, like i said, i think the exposure was pretty good given the hectic conditions. The dynamic lighting conditions and the bad weather made it a real challenge.

Coincidentally, i think i Amazoned that same timer (albeit forlornly) while i was doing the shoot. It's a definite must have (or something equivalent).

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Video & Movie / Re: The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

« on: February 09, 2013, 11:27:49 PM »

Thanks for the feedback!. Regrettably the crazy snow didn't hit till the middle of the night, and they pretreated the roads to melt the early snowfall. In spite of this, i tried to capture the chaos of the scene.

Normally i'd use a different setup for a time lapse, but the conditions presented some novel challenges. For example, I had to hang halfway out of my window to wipe the condensation off the glass every 5 minutes. I also didn't have a timer, so i had to manually hit the shutter every 30 seconds ( i had a remote, but no automatic timer).

It was a fun project and i definitely learned a lot. Shooting in raw was essential, because the the footage required a lot of tweaking in post just to make sure everything didn't look like a grey blob.

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Video & Movie / The Blizzard of 2013 Time Lapse

« on: February 09, 2013, 11:04:08 PM »

https://vimeo.com/59278065

I did a time lapse of the effects of the blizzard at Lechmere Station in Cambridge, MA from 10am to 6pm.

This was done using relatively short exposures taken every 30 seconds. Normally i'd try and stick to a 180 degree shutter angle, but to do so in this situation would have blurred the scene because of the sheets of snow.

I used a 5D mkii shooting sraw on a 100mm 2.8L Macro. Iso ranging from 100-3200, F-stop: 11-7.1 . I exported the video from Lightroom 3 using custom slideshow preferences.

Feel free to offer constructive criticism (or even just S___ talk since i'm usually hypercritical of everything).

Note: you should download the original MP4 to get the preferred viewing experience.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Philip Bloom reviews Canon 1DC

« on: February 07, 2013, 03:25:18 PM »

The C300 in the UK is by far the number one broascast camera, the title that in SD days was the DigiBeta.

Do you think he means "number one" as in the most used today? If so, that would be very interesting.

Looks like Philiip knew what he was talking about.

http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/Canon-C300-tops-list-of-most-popular-rental-cameras-_nid-2498.html

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: 6D not usable for shooting video?

« on: February 06, 2013, 03:52:22 PM »

The difference between 5Dm2 (and 7D 60D 600D and 550D - i haven't used a 6D) and 5Dm3 is massive when it comes to moire. Not 100% and 0 but enough to make a huge difference for people who actually use the cameras, rather than those who just bitch about them on the Internet.

I still think that in scenes where Moire isn't an issue, the 5D2 looks better.

5D2 seems(to me) to carry more detail in some shots, and have better color.  Basically,  i feel like i can confuse 5d2 footage with the big boys(Alexa, Red), or even film sometimes. On the other hand, i feel can pick the 5D3 out of a lineup almost every time.

I always figured that it was because the 5D2 came out before they had a cinema line, which the 5D3 was clearly nerfed to protect. 

But i agree that based on the stats, the 5D3 should dominate.




I don't know about that, the 5D2 has almost 2 stops worse SNR and once you sharpen the 5D3 files in post....
Aliasing and moire come up pretty easily too.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: 6D not usable for shooting video?

« on: February 06, 2013, 09:48:42 AM »

The difference between 5Dm2 (and 7D 60D 600D and 550D - i haven't used a 6D) and 5Dm3 is massive when it comes to moire. Not 100% and 0 but enough to make a huge difference for people who actually use the cameras, rather than those who just bitch about them on the Internet.

I still think that in scenes where Moire isn't an issue, the 5D2 looks better.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: 6D not usable for shooting video?

« on: February 05, 2013, 12:54:19 PM »

Don't listen to people posting who admit never to having used a 5dm3 but also claim it wont help with any moire issues because frankly they have no idea what they're talking about.

If this is directed at me, then it's a mis-fire.  I've never doubted that the 5D3 exhibits less moire, although I can't verify this through experience, however anybody who says a 5D3 exhibits no moire and never will frankly they have no idea what they are talking about.

Agreed. Moire is imposable to remove in all situations no matter what the camera is. It's something the human eye sees natively too. It's not just an artifact of A/D conversion.