So fun to watch and so not cool for the A1. OUCH!

Wow! Makes me want to clean my lens.

It looks like you have a polarizer/protector on it so thats a good thing!

THAT....WAS.....EPIC!!! I felt the pain you must have felt. It was stressful/awesome to watch! Thanks for sacrificing your camera for such an incredible shot! I owe you one

AWWWWWWWWW MAN! That's too F'n painful! I couldn't watch the whole thing. Why man? Why? I hope she's alright.

OMG that was insane.. great footage but dam that I feel for the xh-a1

cool shot though...

Sorry, but that was pretty cool! :)
Send that cam in for a servicing before you use it next.

Wow, what a lovely lovely shot. As soon as the explosion goes off it's a bittersweet journey knowing what was about to happen. Fantastic to post it up too though...

I cried a little inside.

Favorite part was the reversed explosion at the very end.

oh for a simple plastic bag....its coming, its here,its stopped working...oh my

bugger... ouch!!!!

hope the cam survived?

Great footage - I hope it was worth it in the end????

Haha. My inner dialogue was awesome just now:

"Oh, SWEET. Oh shit. No no, yes, cool, NO no no no , YEEESSS"

That was awesome!

Oh noes!!1!

Ouch ouch ouch!

Aww dude, that sucks...

Nooo, it survived I assume. Little dust is no death to the mighty A1. I know one guy who splashed he's with mediterrean salt water and it didn't stop working...

All the best,
T

nice video ^^
dont know if i should cry or lough, but i got one question: the zoom at the startup has an amazing range; is it just the normal 20 x zoom or did you use any adapter?

ouch

Ouch!

We're going to have to report you to the A1 police...
nonetheless, way cool shot.

what was you expecting to happen?

That is pretty good video... nice choice of music. I feel bad, but for the XH, but at least you made it worth it :)

the music accompanying this vid is pretty funny
hope your cam is still working a-o-k!

doh!

You'll probably make enough money from a stock footage site to make your money back on the A1. Would an underwater housing have been good to use in that situation? Then you could just jump into a lake and wash it off.

Buy a new Canon with mastercard
Go to Australia with mastercard
This footage: priceless ;)

Yes, you gambled your canon but the final result is spectacular!
Great! And this is fear!

Wow, a lot of different emotions you get while watching this.

ha ha yea i feel bad for the xha1 not you :P

Dude! This footage is seriously painful to watch. I'm not sure if you were hired to capture this, but if so I would imagine you'd be able to expense any damage/repairs.

yikes

It's an ouch all right !

But it's worth it :)

If the camera still works then Canon should pay YOU for taking this great shot :p

Wow.

Holy moly...my A1 is hiding under the table now and shaking...thank goodness Canon's are tough. Thanks for sharing this amazing footage.

That burns. Good song choice.

WOW! Next time, RENT!

"I don't know what you're talking about... it worked great for me..."

I got a XH A1 and that was painful to watch. Really awesome clip though. I hope that dust does not mess up your heads. Glad to here the camera is still rolling.

Wow! I had to play that explosion so many times because that was so incredible! Although, I feel bad for that camera that had to stand through that. Hope it's ok!

All The Best
-Blayke

feel your pain mate!!!

ouch, did you have a UV filter at least?

Wow. Awesome. But man, that's crazy.

cool footage... a plastic bag may have helped a little..??? just a thought

D:

nice shot! so worth it.

Great shot, too bad about the camera but hopefully it survived ok.

ah u daredevil.

oh man, that makes me cringe, I have 2 xha1's and you are a brave man to leave one in that situation.

How many fps and what shutter speed did you shoot that at?

That hurts :).... expensive Clip!
The Blast-Sound at 01:25 sounds GREAT!!!!

Amazing pictures! It was worth your cam for us, but was it for u? ;-)

One question: did you stay behind the camera or did you take cover?

Maybe next time use a raincoat?

At least you got the shot you were after...

i felt the pain :(

Wow fenomenal el video

ouch!!! ... what do we do to catch a great picture...

LMAO! Oops! ;-)

Travel to Emerald - $1000
Hard Hat to Protect Your Head - $25
Stable Tripod - $500
Canon XH-A1 - $4000

GETTING THE SHOT NO MATTER WHAT

PRICELESS.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY,
FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, THERE'S MASTERCARD.

I was left rubbing my eyes.....

Next time I film an explosion, protect the camera. got it.

: )

!!!!!!!!!!!!

ouch

Haha! Yep, poor camera... but the shot was TOTALLY worth it IMO ;) Just put it in some sort of protection next time, but continue filming and sharing that kind of awesome shots!

OUCH! Your camera didn't deserve that!

Hope it works still

-TJ

liked everything, but the song was not fitting, really, i guess.
nonetheless, the rolling cloud was awesome.

Well atleast you got some awesome footage

you should've used an hvx - slow-mo FTW!

WOW!
GREAT footage Mate!
That's a VIMEO Hall of Fame Job if ever I've seen one!
HOW did you explain that one to the insurance company??? ;))))

Nice Post!
Awesome!

poor camera but how about that BIRD at 17 sec!

Great footage, looks like you picked the wrong spot to film :)...Hope your cam is ok...

Awesome! Hope XH-A1 resisted.

Awesome man, I think the shot was worth it!

So funny but so sad ;-)

what a bad day for you

watch the bird! at 18 seconds in to the right of the screen flying left!

nobody else saw that?

Be lucky you were able to walk away from that with relief. These simple inexpensive things would have saved you:

1. dig a trench pointing towards the subject slightly wider than the camera but deep enough your camera is below the top of the trench. if you can't dig a trench, built a low u-shaped wall of earth, concrete block, or other solid material around the camera position
2. set your camera far enough back into the trench or u-shape that you can still get the shot you want while protecting the camera from debris
3. use a short tripod set as wide as it will go and as low to the ground as possible. bury the feet in the ground for good stability or use sandbags to hold the camera still during the blast shockwave and initial ground tremors
4. get a piece of bulletproof glass or make your own economical and disposable glass with two regular pieces of glass and ballistic lamination between them (purchase 2" or 3" glass if you can't use the other two options). place the glass in front of the camera. It can rest on the ground, but you need to have something supporting it so it is not resting on the camcorder. The correct size will be big enough to set in front of the camera protecting not only the lens but also the camera sides, top, and tripod. your filter lens won't stop a 10lb rock traveling at 100mph
5. seal up the top of the position with a piece or plywood and enough sandbags that the blast wind won't blow the cover off. the construction or destruction crew will normally loan you what you need to cover all your positions since you will return it.

you were so very luck a rock did not come flying out of the blast area and hit the front of the camera or the tripod at high speed (or fall from the sky and hit the top of the camcorder after the dust cleared). If you build your position carefully, the ballistic glass will be the most expensive thing you will lose if something goes wrong.

Many people have lost very good cameras that way. 'Dirty Jobs' with Mike Rowe has a whole segment in one of their shows explaining the "unwise decision" of an unprotected camera in a blasting zone while Mike receives the now FLAT camera in a plastic bag from the blasting site foreman. The footage from a second camera shows the unprotected camcorder position being destroyed in the initial blast wave, followed by tons of the muck landing on the position, and finally huge rocks falling out of the sky and landing on the protected position of the second camera. It was a $8,000 lesson for their camera man, and it would have cost another $5,000 if the second cameraman had not covered his camera's position.

15-30 minutes prep with very little cost for the protective glass would have been all you needed to prevent this situation. Anticipation is the key to a good filmmaker.

Man do I feel your pain...thanks for sharing!

Man that was a-w-e-s-o-m-e, but you are a lot more crazy than I could ever be. Great shoot.

ouch!! At least you got some neat footage.

Whau, I haft XH-A1...no coments.

OMG...did you see that bird? look closely on the right hand side of the screen ....just below the level of the cliff. The bird looked like it hit a brick wall and then it never made it out of the rising ashes. Poor thing.

AMAZING!! Beautiful footage regardless...almost worth every penny...mmm.maybe not....but still sick footage none-the-less

Heck Yeah!

Hahaha. thanks for taking one for the team. That reminds me of when we were in Afghanistan and the CAS dropped a 2,000 lb JDAM in the wrong spot. Similar outcome had we been 200 meters closer, only we were holding the camera. You can see the shock wave charging us. It was cool.

combatfilms.com/cfrtv_archive_0016.asp

Explosive film making!

Some how this reminds me of the ocean or a volcanic eruption

awesome footage but does the camera still work...?

Nice audio! Loved the explosion.

Sell that clip as stock footage & pay for your next camera.