
Canon HV30 Second Time Test (Slow Motion) (HD)
3 years ago
This is a second test I did using my Canon HV30, shot all in slow motion. This took an hour to film and 3 hours to edit, find the music and render.
Shot in 60i Tv mode, 1/2000 shutter using "Custom" Image Effect set to -1 Colour Depth and -1 Contrast.
Edited with Sony Vegas Pro 8.
Colour corrected with Magic Bullet Looks and slightly increased contrast and brightness in Sony Vegas Pro 8.
Music Used:
"Daybreak" by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com
Note: Outdoors, I ALWAYS set the exposure to -2 so that the auto exposure doesn't "kick in", but indoors I use the photo button trick to lock exposure when it sets to f2.0 and drop it down to the lowest f1.8 possible to avoid that annoying, and stupid gain.
I know this isn't pro, but this is my second time using the camera and I have lots to learn.
Advice would be really appreciated.
Shot in 60i Tv mode, 1/2000 shutter using "Custom" Image Effect set to -1 Colour Depth and -1 Contrast.
Edited with Sony Vegas Pro 8.
Colour corrected with Magic Bullet Looks and slightly increased contrast and brightness in Sony Vegas Pro 8.
Music Used:
"Daybreak" by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com
Note: Outdoors, I ALWAYS set the exposure to -2 so that the auto exposure doesn't "kick in", but indoors I use the photo button trick to lock exposure when it sets to f2.0 and drop it down to the lowest f1.8 possible to avoid that annoying, and stupid gain.
I know this isn't pro, but this is my second time using the camera and I have lots to learn.
Advice would be really appreciated.
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1/2000 is great for sunny days and slo mo.
A couple things though...
The highway shot at the end got overexposed. Once you set the cam up for each shot, let the auto exp do its thing, and then adjust down from there to make sure the highlights don't blow out.
Here's the bigun: the slomo is not smooth, which is the benefit of 60i. There is a complicated after effects tutorial on hv20 for how to do it:
hv20.com/showthread.php?p=47024#post47024
Except use 40%, not his 50%. Also see if you can snag a copy of twixtor pro, to make anything into smooth anything.
Maybe the highway shot was blown out by contrast in post. This is where luma curves really change the game. I lower the contrast a lot in post and then use curves to give the midtones that high contrast feel without blowing out the blacks or whites.
The ones with the sopranos guy on the bike and the basketball were really great. I think the third should be indoor at 1/60 while using the tripod as a steadicam to get smooth moving shots. The moving shots are almost always more enjoyable unless you're going for a particular rare stillness effect. Watch Sweeney Todd with all its sweeping indoor steadicam shots to the swooning music. And if you master curves for color grading, you'll be untouchable.
Thank you so much for helping me, I really appreciate what you've done.
I kinda feel bad for the stupid smog at the road shot, but it's too late. Oh well..it's my second time ever using the camera.
Will message you when I get it.
24p also gives you compatibility with film standards, so you could potentially go big if you had something great.
Great job man!:)