nice tip!

Hello Jan, one more nice tips from you...cheers.

Can you do manual focusing just with the camera or any cheap adaptor to the lens? It really sucks when you're filming and you can't change the focus manually while recording.

Tie Rip = Fancy Zip Tie?

Can you fit a letus on a HF10? I guess I could google it.

thanks for the tip!

great tip
happy 2009

Hello Jan,

I Love the Glasses part when i need them now..cos i am in the same situation..and i am sure you hate using them. Cheers Happy 2009!

up holland up!

Nice effects, Jan. A test card is a great idea, particularly for indoor shots.

awesome! thanks so much! i will def use that link to the card on my stuff from now on.

Very cool!

Good Idea I will have to get that.
Great Tip. Thanks.

Hey Jan, thanks once again, you are a treasure of knowledge :-) BTW: have you ever seen this steadicam clone? b-hague.co.uk/hague_mini_motion_cam_steadicam_type_camcorder_stabilizer.htm
I ordered one and plan to review it on Vimeo.

Great tip, great footage !

very good idea.
But I have a dude, do you correct the color in the video?
I like the final color in the video. How can you get this final result?

thanks

Very useful card to print, thank you

I just got one of these cameras, and it's great, however, I cannot, for the life of me figure out how to get it to output to my TV from the Dock. I have a Dell 26" HDTV/Monitor with two inputs for Component, and two inputs for S-Video. I've tried using all of them, and I get no picture on the TV. I have the camera in the dock, it's set on "Playback" mode. When I press the button on the dock to turn it on, my computer reads it via the Dock's USB, but the camera's playback menu does not show up on my TV. If I have the viewfinder open when I do this same procedure on the camera when it's in the dock, I get a menu that comes up asking if I am connecting to a PC or a Printer? The instruction manual is no help, nor is the online manual. Any ideas? I can't find any answers anywhere. Very nice video by the way. :D

Hello Jan,
First of all, thanks for all the tips about the Sony FX1000. Thats a lot of work, just to help others.

I need a good camera to make about 50 or more short instruction films for my work. (the computer system is brand new and up and running already)

My best choice so far, is the FX1000.
Looking for articles about it, I stumbled over this website.
I'll follow the progress of your testing it and will report back when I have the camera.

wow, this was a great help.....thanks for the tips!

I was wondering what specific lens that was- maybe you can help?

May I know any additionoal stepping ring required to use Letus mini for Xacti ?

I expect to see new lessons of the " Great Jan ".
Thanks for the tips, Greetings!

The way is begun giving the first step, cheer up!

hey, nice work
i would like to have a lotus mini
from where can i get one?

it's 'letus' and they're online, and they're not cheap, but look like the cheapest way of getting a 35 mm lens on a mini dv camera by far

May I know any solution to flip the image ? i build similar system with my old Redrock M2. But this camera don't have direct TV output.

Hello Jan-- Could you give us the name and manufacturer of the little screw-tightning plastic attachment that you used on the focus ring of your lens? I've searched for these for years and have never found them. Thanks!

thanks for that video mate, really well explained and your a character on the screen too!

Cheers!

I was thinking how great it would be to rack focus while shooting with the hd2000 and I saw your video. Wonderful! Only to find out the letus mini costs twice the amount of the hd2000.....now I'm sad

Hahah, i enjoyed the animation in the video. Kept it fun and engaging. Great edit.

Great tip! Thank you.

Thanks, those stuffs will be help me.

Thanks for the demo! Was there vignetting when stepping down to 37mm?

Jan! you are awesome. thanks for this info. Also, your sweatshirt is very cool. i want one!

Helpful advice.