Yeah the music was perfect!

it is sicker than 2 8 gig cards.

2 16 gig cards.

We got the cameras to shoot things for Vimeo.

corporate perk, here. HVX!

16 gig ones?!? X-O!!!

YEah, I was wondering if it was a corporate perk...damn, that is one hell of a perk, especially if with the 16 gig cards. I've priced it with the 8 gig ones, wow...

I'll work for Vimeo for free for this perk. I'm not sure, outside excellent social skills, what I'd have to offer though ;). haha!

I don't know if I would classify it as a "perk." It's a tool we need for our work. It's a very good tool.

I'll work for free just taking videos for you guys if you give me a camera... oh wait i already do that with my own camera.

perk smerk. vimeo needs to get with HD!

curious how quicktime compression and flash conversion compromises the overall "HDness." Does it even matter when watching on a VGA computer monitor? I'm still confused on a lot of these things...to the forums!!!

ooooo....imagine the possibilities

I totally missed that the first time I watched. Thanks for pointing it out. I really like when it stops for passengers. Neat vimeo.

I think 40 minutes.

Yeah, it takes a frame every two seconds. The problem was that the shutter speed wouldn't get low enough to smear. It only went down to 1/15sec. Adding ghost trails didn't work because the cars changed position too drastically. Basically adding ghosts just added more cars to the road instead of making smears.

I'm going to try the hack Ian posted below.

Too bad the shutter speed wouldn't change, that would have been ideal.

Yeah, my earlier rose footage included some 60fps.

Is that the stuff they put on bagels?

Please see the other comments on this page where we talk about the limits of the shutter on this camera. It was open as far as it would go. Also, you mean open up the shutter, not close down.

I did mean close down. Try a 270d shutter...

The camera can certainly do it.

and if you'd like to go lower than 180d to try and get the effect, it goes down to 10d. You shouldn't have a problem...

Close down doesn't make any sense. If it was a real film camera, you would be physically opening up the shutter to increase the exposure time.

The HVX doesn't normally allow you to adjust the shutter angle when in interval mode, but there is a "hack" mentioned above in the comments that allows you to shoot at 2fps and adjust the shutter angle. I'm uploading the results of that experiment right now.

That's the thing, only the Pany R200 camera as well as some Eclair manufactured camera allows you to close down the shutter opening higher than 180d. The HVX allows you to do whatever you want.

Because of simple mathematics, the smaller the shutter (the wider the shutter angle), the longer the exposure time, basically the more persistence of the previous image you get because of how the light is let in.

So, yes, because this digital camera allows you to close the shutter to as small as you like, you could take advantage of that to get the effect you want. (i.e., close down the shutter to allow for a 270d shutter opening)

I don't know why that sounds unreasonable...

"How Do You Open Up and Close Down?

So how do you "open up" and "close down?" You can change the shutter speed, the f-stop, or both. Let's go back to the snow scene. Your meter indicates that the proper exposure is 1/125th of a second at f/16. You determine that two stops of exposure compensation is needed. To "open up," you can: (1) change the f-stop to f/8 (f/8 allows two stops more light to reach the film than f/16); (2) change the shutter speed to 1/30th of a second (allows two stops more light); or (3) change the f-stop to f/11 (open one stop) and the shutter speed to 1/60th (open on stop), for a combination of opening two stops. To close down, you reverse the process."

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Have you ever used a film camera?

Haha, have I used a film camera?

... Bolex H-16, Bolex Rex-5, Arri-S, Arri-16BL, Arri-BL4s, Arri 435, Aaton XTR Prod, Panavision Panaflex-16, MovieCam Compact...

No, never in my life.

There's no magic button on a film camera to change the shutter speed. You have to adjust the shutter angle. On that digital camera you're using, yes, you can just change the shutter speed (i.e. exposure time), but on a film camera it's the shutter angle, and when I say close down I mean physically reducing the size of the shutter itself. You're just not understanding what I'm saying.

On the HVX you can change the shutter speed and there is also a virtual shutter angle when in film camera mode.

I think maybe we are confusing each other because you are talking about the piece of metal that is the shutter and I am talking about the hole that the shutter creates.

I know about the HVX settings. I was just saying how in reality you can't manipulate exposure that easily.

It's fine - I think we both get what's going on. I still think you should try and hit a 270d shutter and see how it looks.

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