Thanks Ye Lu. It's the basic static type adapter. there's no Achromat. In fact I had to sharpen the footage a little in Post because the TwoNeil makes things too soft for my liking. I'm sure it works better on the HV20 but it's not brilliant on the JVC HD7. Hope this helps.

Hell Yeah I'll swap. Oh lucky us, heading into winter… cold and wet instead of warm and wet…
:-)
Thanks Tracy, glad you liked it. You're right, the jerkiness is the Vimeo thing, and I'm not quite sure what settings to change to try to get round it. Other people don't seem to have this problem…

I was under the impression that it's just something that happens with vimeo? I've seen it on other peoples video's too here.
But if you find out that it's fixable let us know.
I'm watching your video again and thinking how much using the glidetrack thingy adds to it.
It makes you feel like you are looking through someones eyes that are roving over the scenery.
Nice effect.

Yes indeed, although I may have overdone it a bit. A few more static shots would have been handy. I took about twice as many shots as seen here in the video but most of them were unusable due to the adapter being a bit rubbish. Still, I WAS there mainly to do shots with the Glidetrack and with the adapter so it is what it is at the end of the day. (Dig the philosopher here!)

I see some videos on Vimeo that jerk and others that don't so maybe there IS a way round it. Perhaps it's something to do with 'keyframes' which I understand is the number of times the original video is 'referenced' which at 24frames is nearly once every second which sounds about right for the jerk frequency. Hmm. I might try something without keyframes and see what happens.

The Glidetrack gives the video a more professional feel I think because it's something we see in films and on TV all the time. So much so that we tend to accept it as the norm. I'm going to use is on PEARL quite a lot so add interest to static dialogue shots.

Cheers one man. Nothing like the first coffee is there? MBL wasn't used on this one, I used some subtle settings in FCP in the Unsharp Mask filter.

You have to be subtle with it though!!!

Right. time for my afternoon coffee.

And Seasonal Blessings to you and yours also Rast.

Cheers!

Thanks Brian, I'd like to say I arranged it all especially, but you know how it is, you just catch right it when you can…

Thank you Captain. much appreciated.

Well thanks very kindly David, and can you believe that all of this footage was shot in about 20 square yards of woodland? That's why I called it 'A little corner of…" I really didn't go very far, there was so much right there.

Here's the glidetrack, made in Scotland by Alastair Brown
glidetrack.com/
and here's the link to the TwoNeil adapter
hv20.com/showthread.php?t=2825
but there are others out there making them and Pixel Viking has added a list here.
vimeo.com/hg10/forumtopic:321 if you;re interested. Like I mention above though, it's difficult to use and of limited quality on the HD7. I suspect it would be better if I had a Canon HV20, but I don't, hey ho.

Kind words indeed and I thank you. Blessed be, my friend.

well while you're messing about inside doing videodoodles, some of us are out in the wild majesty of nature doing grown up work you know! :-)
I'll swap you the glidetrack for your fancy high tech toaster...

No chance! lol

Tight wad.

I need the bread (groan).

Well spotted John. I was pleased with that one too. Made a mental note to use that again for something in future. Track and Tilt, looked quite slick to me when I saw it. Cheers for the comment.
Avey

Much appreciated Mario. All that was done in about 30 square yards, just picking our different bits from different angles.
I doubt I'll be using the lens adapter again, I'm not happy with what it does to the picture. I can get short depth of field by opening up the ap, standing back and zooming in, and the picture quality is much nicer. Still, I tried the experiment, you have to have a go don't you?

You have to zoom in quite a bit anyway to discard the vignetting of the adapter since it seems the HD7 sensors aren't actually in line with the lens. That probably makes a difference to the image with regard to the lens size.

Being a bit of a sucker for soft focus and shallow depth of field, I was all set to get one after seeing your film! I might anyway, as I'm increasingly drawn to all sorts of in-camera optical imperfections. I got some startlingly impressive stills last summer in Greece, with the camera in my iPhone, shooting through a glass of lager! A beer goggle, literally -- it's the way forward, I tell you!

Well feel free make me an offer for mine if you like as I probably won't be using it again!

Well thank you too Alastair, I always big-up the glidetrack wherever I can. It wasn't RastAsia by any chance was it? He's a good fella and enjoying his glidetrack very much I understand, as well he should.
Actually I've just seen that I put your email address on further up these comments. The temptation to put "Made in Scotland from Girders" was almost too much to bear…

I particularly like the tilt and glide at 2:12 and when I get PEARL finished and get back to my own filming, am going to explore that movement more.

Oh and of course you can pop it into the Glidetrack sample page, I'd be honoured.

Muchas gracias!

ok

Thanks Andrew,

I guess if you lift the lens end of the camera up a little (it would only have to be slightly) you'd miss the bar in the shot. OR offset it ever so slightly to one side and zoom in a bit before you start tracking.
It's not something I've tried yet to be honest. I use the Velbon DV6000. It's my medium weight tripod. I also have a heavy weight one but that's to heavy for lugging down to the woods.
I love my Glidetrack, it adds quality to shots every time.

Any questions, give Alastair a shout, he's a grand chap and very helpful.

glidetrack.com

Cheers again,
Avey

I should be charging extra for the relaxation therapy!

Thanks Touchdream

Thanks for dropping by Michael and the kind words. Much appreciated!

Avey