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25. Whistler & Blackcomb Mountain - Whistler, Canada.
2 years ago
April 19th, 2008 as part of my Vancouver / Vancouver Island vacation, I rented a car and drove the 120 kilometers north from Vancouver to Whistler. This stretch of highway is called "Sea to Sky" just to sort of get you in the mood :) it's a really nice drive.
After arriving in Whistler, I bought a daypass to go up on Whistler Mountain by gondola - a 20 minute ride or so.
I'm not sure if it's the highest mountain I've ever been on but it's surely the best view I've had from any mountain. It was windy and quite cold up there but it didn't seem to matter :) I wanted to get some good shots from up there.
The 'TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival' was going on that week but even so, Whistler Village seemed like a nice and quiet place. I wonder how things will change when the 2010 Winter Olympics are held here.
For your information, I don't ski - however, seeing this, I might have to learn how to and return some day :)
After arriving in Whistler, I bought a daypass to go up on Whistler Mountain by gondola - a 20 minute ride or so.
I'm not sure if it's the highest mountain I've ever been on but it's surely the best view I've had from any mountain. It was windy and quite cold up there but it didn't seem to matter :) I wanted to get some good shots from up there.
The 'TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival' was going on that week but even so, Whistler Village seemed like a nice and quiet place. I wonder how things will change when the 2010 Winter Olympics are held here.
For your information, I don't ski - however, seeing this, I might have to learn how to and return some day :)
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Nice footage, by the way. When the music started, I thought that it was going to be 'Walk This Way' by Aerosmith. :-)
I was about 7.100 feet up - or 2 kilometers.
My sis and her family live at 10,000 feet, so I cannot shoot video there. I just wonder how their hard drives in the computers seem to do OK at that elevation, but our HG10 hard drives aren't to be used at that altitude.
I guess it's not a question of how it works, but how reliable it is? The only thing I can think of being an issue is the thinner air can't dissipate the heat as well. But in cool weather that wouldn't be a concern.
haha jk
There's some quite interesting footage from Vancouver Island coming up later. I think the small town of Tofino and the area surrounding it rivals any nature I've been lucky enough to see so far.
My favorite spot is still the southern part of Utah, though - if that eases your American heart :) That area really has a huge WOW effect on me...
vimeo.com/forums/topic:3671
Let me know if you have more questions :)
Set the camcorder to 24p and shoot in TV mode at 1/48. Cinemode is good for some scenes but don't use it to start with. The HG 20 doesn't shoot in true 24p, so you'll have to go through a process called 'pulldown removal' if you want to achive true 24p (this is an NTSC problem - PAL user don't need to do this): eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/04/canon-avchd-24p-pulldown-removal/
Start with that. It should keep you busy for a while... :)
TV Mode at 1/48...I have a slight problem I have 1/30 and 1/60. I'm going take video with 1/60 as of now until you get back to me.
As for 24p, Should I stick with 60i so that I can slow down on snowboarding tricks, I know 24p is what movies use. Are there significant advantages and disadvantages (besides the pulldown removal) that I should know about?
...sounds like you need to read your manual :)
downloads.canon.com/cpr/software/video/VIXIA_HG21_HG20_Manual.pdf
Page 47: Changing frame rate to PF24
You should also see this:
vimeo.com/1513146 about progressive (p) vs. interlaced (i). 60i doesn't give you more frames pr. second and doesn't help you with footage that needs slowing down.
60i is 30 frames pr. second
30p is 30 frames pr. second
24p (on NTSC) is 30 frames pr. second - you need to do pulldown to get true 24p (24 frames pr. second).
It's all a bit technical, so read your manual a couple times first. Then try to find some videos that tell you about all the technical bits. I'll all make sense in the end :)
Let me know if you need links to specific tutorials...