We have several HD Stockshots from South Africa. Ideal footage for your 2010 FIFA World Championship Football productions! See selection of our clips at: global-dvc.org/pond5.asp Cape Town, KwaZuluNatal, KrugerPark, Dance, TownShips etc.

My friends (very polite but very poor) from a township called Khula (sheds without water and electricity) just outside villacity St.Lucia KwaZuluNatal South Africa. This group performs for tourist on restaurant terraces in St.Lucia and here at the arrivaldeck from a hippo boattour on St.Lucia River at sunset. They sing and swing really great just like the other famous Zulugroup Ladysmith Black Mombazo. This music style is called Isicathamiya. Made famous by Paul Simon. They rehearse a lot and we hope to make them famous also. Help them please if you can. Please also search for "Khula Happy Singers" on YouTube for our one year old clip as promo for a great and very affordable B&B in St.Lucia. Absolutely one of the best spots to spent a few weeks in Zululand, close to the best diving spots SodwanaBay, Elephant coast, birds (Trompetbills), monkeys, many wild Hippo's, Crocks and HluHluwe Imfolozi Safari Wildpark.

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  • Wow! Stunning!
    One of the best Xacti clips I saw.
    It shows the great potential of this little cam.
    Any filter used?
  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    Thank you , no filter used, I was amazed also about this great quality.
  • Supplement:
    In the meantime Jan and me also are using the Sony Vegas Pro 8 for editing the xacti files, works smooth and perfect, even with low-speed computers.
  • Ross Youngblood plus 6 months ago
    Thanks for the tip... I'll take a look at Vegas Pro 8.
  • iamkalaniprince plus 2 months ago
    Wow Jan, what a great looking clip. These guys are so talented ! Thanks for this..
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  • Stephen Lewis plus 1 year ago
    Awesome!
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  • Maarten Toner plus 1 year ago
    Cute cam, good sound! Shame its so shaky / wobblie
  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    True, but this little cam is only 300 gramms, next time I´ll connect a string and stand on it or use a monopod or steadicam. But this take was not planned at all! It just shows that withut any help it is reasonable ok!
  • Maarten Toner plus 1 year ago
    only 300 gram? Well nice job in that case, its a perfect moment well captured.
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  • Underground Planet plus 1 year ago
    Amazing colors and the audio was surprisingly good if that was straight off the camera. Congrats to you and the group on a great video.

    - Ray
  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    Thank You Ray and others, Normally I use the fantastic "TomRig" (search google) DPA stereo mic. 4063BM. Studio quality! But believe me this time I just used the needle mics on the LCD door of the Xacti! Fortunately it was hardly windy!
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  • Rusty Rogers 1 year ago
    Fantastic... Indeed!
    The sound quality is actually pretty amazing!
    Beautiful sunset with your subjects offset by the light-colored grasses... really cool!

    Thanks for the post!
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  • Bo Lorentzen plus 1 year ago
    Jan - great shot - BTW. I have successfully edited the Xacti HD1 720P with Vegas 8 pro, it plays pretty straight in that software.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    Well Bo with my Vegas 8 it jitters stop and go all the time. Hope we can work this out. I tried the Sanyo editor enclosed in the box Ulead DVD movie factory 5 for Sanyo, but its so simple cant even make inserts and I also like to burn a BluRay DVD.
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  • Wolfgang Gaebler plus 1 year ago
    Very nice - the group and dthe movie!

    This little cam is really capable doing some nice shots...

    I've also made my "Nova Mar Bella Surfing" movie with that cam... but the colors were not so good at that day... ;-))
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  • Andreas 1 year ago
    superb!
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  • Rommel Cantalice 1 year ago
    the song is great but the little kid is the greatest....
  • victoria 1 year ago
    he's adorable!!
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  • ilolproductions 1 year ago
    The lighting is stunning... overcast but still a nice warm glow on the singers!
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  • Bekend van YouTube 1 year ago
    mooi!!!!
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  • lindo lindo (:
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  • victoria 1 year ago
    Where can we buy a CD or DVD?
  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    SHIPPING THE CD and THE MAKING OF PHOTO'S

    I'm so pleased Victoria aked if she can buy a CD. This will make them and me (for them) utmost happy. These guys have no other income. Hope many of you will visit them. Its worthwhile. They have a very nice (sponsorred) infocentre at Khula Township entrance and do township tours. We also visited a Sangome and they peform us a Zulu wedding dance. Please have a look at youtube search for "Zulu Wedding Dance" We will sent you the CD. Just mail me (hdv@live.nl) your address and I will sent you one. They sell it for it for 100 rand say $10. Thankx in advance. Some of our the making of photo's you find here: picasaweb.google.nl/VideographersCentre/GroetjesUitAflevering11?authkey=ZhFw6ml340Q
    and also here: picasaweb.google.nl/VideographersCentre/GroetjesUitAflevering10?authkey=Vsq4P1VcHh0
    A DVD we sure will produce next time we go or are you or others willing to come with us? I'm sure you have a great unforgettable trip. Keep February 2009 free!
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  • Amenon plus 1 year ago
    "Fantastic" is the word.

    One of the videos I liked best on Vimeo - great music, great presence, great background. Congrats to the group and the producer. I hope they stay happy as they look.

    Curious about the meaning of the song.
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  • Justus Bruns 1 year ago
    Schitterend! Fabulous! Nice atmosphere
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  • Steve Holt 1 year ago
    Excellent one take video. Great job with the camera.
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  • Cardinal Sputter 1 year ago
    It could be a hit, my wife and I have been singing it all day. Great lighting & we are impressed with that little camera.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    Would like to see you both singing this and we will sure show it to this group! So ACTION... or come with us Febr. 2009!
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  • Core plus 1 year ago
    hi jan

    nice shot really

    there is a thing i would ask to you

    i see background not fine. especially 1.50 and follow , sky and water are really bad in pixels

    just would like to know if this is due to compression or present as well in raw from cam?

    i 'm in the mood of getting one as for absolute portability, but , browsing shots around , i've seen little problems such as pixels and focus hunting

    could you tell me you sincere opinion about it

    thanks
  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    Hello Core As many others can tell you this cheap little pocket HD cam is fantastic for times you didn't bring your bigger/better cams. And for Vimeoclips this one gives better 1280x720 results. Better than what I get after coversions for Vimeo with our bigger better quality HD cams! So if you like highest quality on your big Full HD LCD flatscreen at home go for the HD Sony's or Canons. If you like the best HD results on Vimeo go for this Sanyo Xacti HD1000 only proper editing is still poor.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    I'll show you soon what I did with this little 300 gramms HD camera on top of a boom with contraweight! Great looking crane shots!
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  • wow...
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  • Gerald Yancey 1 year ago
    Nice!
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  • Pablo Noel 1 year ago
    blow my mind
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  • Ted Avery 1 year ago
    Watching that made me feel really happy :) I'm in an African choir and seeing how these songs are meant to be performed is very inspirational.
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  • Wonderful, the song and the singers are marvellous. And of course very good quality. Thanks for share this video in vimeo, I like to much.
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  • David Reno 1 year ago
    thank you for sharing this
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  • One of the best videos I've ever seen on Vimeo, probably on the internet. I also quite like the shaky feel to it - I think some of the charm would be lost if this was too slick or 'professional' looking.
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  • Watermoore Imagery 1 year ago
    This is amazing! Inspiring. Those people are beautiful.
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  • marcello cardoso 1 year ago
    its , oh, so beautifull.

    what are they saying?
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  • Brandon Thompson 1 year ago
    Ok, so this video clip is the reason that I bought an HD1000 for myself. I was just floored seeing for the first time. Everything just works together so well. This seems like one of those "moments" that only happens once in a while. If you had taken time to tweak this or that or hunt down a stabilizer or any of those kinds of things, the moment would have been lost. This clip is just a great example of how a one-shot video can have so much impact. Great job!
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  • Amazing...
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  • monso 1 year ago
    so awesome
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  • bellissimo. Bellissimo. Bellissimo
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  • felaiuki 1 year ago
    beautiful!!!
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  • H8 1 year ago
    supa
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  • NiX Cadmium 1 year ago
    Very, very nice!

    Just as you said: Fantastic!
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  • Perfect, simply beautiful. Thanks for sharing this!
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  • timonoj 1 year ago
    That's such a nice video! I were in Reiger Park and I had the chance to assist to some of their ceremonies such as a sunday's mass, and a wedding. Their songs were so beautiful and sticky. Shame that I only had a Panasonic TZ-3 PHOTO camera. The thing recorded in 720x480 in raw video and I only had 2gigs of memory...I only could get very short videos :(
    Even worst, for the sunday's mass, the battery was dead alread T.T
    BTW, I also came to meet so poor but so nice people. Not having almost anything, they wouldn't mind giving their houses for you to sleep and staying with them. I felt so honoured that they invited us to a wedding. I have a short video (if anyone wants to see), but the overall quality (even the editing) is REALLY poor.
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  • Danariza 1 year ago
    yeah..!! fantastic.. very professional material.. !! goodluck !
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  • Hasan Ismail 1 year ago
    Thank you so much for sharing this Jan. Its really humbling to see talents such as this in their true stage performance. Not only do we hear and see that they're radiantly happy, you feel it in their soul. Their sincerity to their performance, the joy they bring despite the fact, the dance, the hope, its as real as it can get. Life's true rhythm. THIS also clearly demonstrates your experience with videography. For a cam that fits a pocket, you've taken HD1000 to heights that should be compensated by Sanyo!! But you're also granted gods given light during the golden hour which helps tremendously. I'll make it a plan to visit Global-DVC in Zandvoort maybe pick up the CD there. And I'm definitely curious what the itenerary is like for Feb 2009.

    Btw I'm sure you meant to refer the Khula Happy Singers to Ladysmith Black Mambaso instead of Mombasa. But I'm often confused with Mombasa as well after visiting it in Kenya's Coast.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 1 year ago
    Thank you so much for your reply and all others, yes I'm very very happy for this group to help them a little in popularity and this medium gives me a change to do so and show people their happiness.

    Whenever someone wants to come with us to do some more videopromo's and docs. for these people is highly welcome! (Even visit a Sangoma! See Picasa photolink on top page) We will go again febr/march 2009 again please drop me a line if you want more info : studio (adidadio) Global-DVC.NL.

    And sorry and thank you, but changed Mombasa into MombaZo this is the spelling on their albums!
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  • GUY LEITE plus 1 year ago
    GREAT!!!!!! Fantastic!! Beautiful
    I watch 3 times!!
    Thanks
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  • hayden 1 year ago
    excellent video, i love it
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  • Erez Henya 1 year ago
    It's always moving for me as a composer to see people using the power of music to escape from certain realities and move to different planets.

    That was a touching experience.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 5 months ago
    Thank you Erez!
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  • Dennis 1 year ago
    Echt een prachtige video :).
  • Jan van der Meer plus 5 months ago
    Dank je Dennis!
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  • Benito Brito 1 year ago
    WoW....amazing!
    I love it .
    Keep the good work up .

    Congrats
  • Jan van der Meer plus 5 months ago
    Thank U Buonito!
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  • Frederic Vercammen plus 1 year ago
    beautiful colors
    great work!
  • Jan van der Meer plus 5 months ago
    Thank you Frederic hope you can make it to AMsterdam Vimeo Meetup 080809
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  • Yves Bernas 9 months ago
    very nice take. The picture quality is also stunning.
    It looks like an EX1 take. Are you sure you did not shoot it with your EX1 :) ?
    This is just brilliant .
  • Jan van der Meer plus 9 months ago
    Wow thank you! Could buy 20 Xactis for one EX1 and no RSI and backproblems! No EX1 is really better quality but cant be carried around like this little baby and doesnt fit in my pocket!
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  • Very beautiful picture, super!
  • Jan van der Meer plus 6 months ago
    Thank you Yakov (such a nice cat! Cross between Siamees and...? )
  • Yes most likely, the half-blooded
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  • Ross Youngblood plus 6 months ago
    The Happy Singers just made my Monday afternoon brighter!
    Thanks to the happy singers and Jan for filming, and Vimeo for being here.
    --Ross
  • Jan van der Meer plus 5 months ago
    I am all happy now Ross! These people are so likeable hope you visit St.Lucia once.
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  • Very nice and I like their faces when singing. Quality video and music.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 17 days ago
    Thank you nice cat you are what brand? I love Siamese!
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  • eyestorm 4 months ago
    Really Beautiful!
  • Jan van der Meer plus 17 days ago
    Thank you
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  • Stake Productions plus 3 months ago
    Fantastic! That little boy was so fun to watch.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 17 days ago
    Oh I love them but lost contact, have to go back again!
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  • timtak 17 days ago
    I just came to find a sample of Xacti HD1000's file format to see if my processor can handle it (answer - playback at large sizes is fraught) but the band, music, and image quality and scenery all blow me away.

    I have a HD2 which is pretty easy to process but not nearly as good as this especially at handling motion.

    Super performance! It certainly was "fantastic". Please tell the band that they have a fan in Japan.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 17 days ago
    Oh I love them but lost contact, have to go back again! I know where to find them in the bush near St.Lucia.
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  • timtak 17 days ago
    By the way, how to you edit HD1010 video now? I guess it is all about processor power. Do you have enough now? How much is enough?
  • Jan van der Meer plus 17 days ago
    Read all about several conversion codecs here n this Vimeo Forum: vimeo.com/groups/sanyo/forums
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  • timtak 17 days ago
    "Mai asa" means every morning in Japanese.

    I am not seeing more of this band on Youtube.
  • Jan van der Meer plus 17 days ago
    Tried to get a transilation but this song was dedicated to me because they were so happy I give them this attention and produced a CD. But I have to go back to get more in contact! Whoever wants to join me, let me know!
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  • Jan van der Meer plus 17 days ago
    Tried to get a transilation but this song was dedicated to me because they were so happy I give them this attention and produced a CD. But I have to go back to get more in contact! Whoever wants to join me, let me know!
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  • timtak 17 days ago
    I would like to use their music as a sound track to my videos. I would give them credit. Would this be possible? How much is postage and a CD to Japan? Can I pay via paypal?
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  • timtak 17 days ago
    I don't really need a piece of plastic, so If I could just get the mp3's then I would like to pay $10 by paypal.
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  • timtak 17 days ago
    This makes me so happy. I have listened to it, over 20 times. It make me thinkg that everything is right with the world.
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