Thanks!

Cheers Steve! Appreciate it!

Thanks Peter!

My guess is it has to do with whether or not his 35mm adapter is on. 35mm adapter adds a lot of extra weight to the camera, and specifically makes it front heavy and hard to balance, or downright too heavy/dangerous for camera threads. Oh, and depending on the stabilizer, it's almost impossible to pull focus while on an stabilizer, so if you're gonna rack focus during a shot, prolly not gonna be sitting on a stabilizer.

Considering that most times, optical image stabilization is killed when you use and adapter, the hand held short DOF shots are quite steady. And of course, the Merlin shots are butter.

cheers

Thanks Ian. Makes a lot of sense.

Hey Dan. Sorry for the slow reply, been away from internet access.

I use two different cameras - a Canon XH-A1 with the Brevis 35mm adapter and a Canon XH-A1 with the Merlin handheld. It's a pain to carry both cameras with me but it's worth it.

As for how I decide when to use which, that's tough to answer as I operate a lot just on instinct. I'll see something that could work well with the Merlin and I'll go for it. I also have a few set shots in my head that I try to do each shoot.

Recently I've been doing less Merlin stuff on each shoot. Mainly because handheld it can take two or three tries to get it right. While I'm stuffing around doing that I could be getting solid, well composed non-Merlin shots.

Matt,

You have 2 XH-A1s? Not fair.

That'd be awesome! Start saving ;)

Thanks Casey! Means a lot coming from you.

Thanks Natasha! Love that song.

@50 Seconds, that's gotta be added vignette mask blur. Looks great though.

Yeah, I've added a tiny bit of blur on some shots. Tried to make it as subtle as possible.

Thanks heaps Rick!

Cheers Benj! Appreciate it!

Thanks!

Cheers! Thanks for checking it out.

Thanks Pablo. Shot with one XH-A1 and also another XH-A1+Brevis 35mm adapter.

Thanks Glenn!

Cheers. Thanks for checking it out!

Thanks Ian.

Thanks! It's just the lighting effect in After Effects ;)

Thanks for watching.

Cheers!

Thanks Adam. The light on the day was just amazing. Pretty much the most perfect light I've shot in. That's the biggest reason the footage came up so good.

Thanks heaps Nicholas, appreciate your kind words.

Yeah, it is a pain carrying all that gear around by yourself. It's probably not good for it to get left on the ground all the time but there's not much other choice. This is one of the reasons I'm excited about the 5D Mark II. I could use it as my 35mm cam and keep my A1+Merlin for the steadicam shots. Much easier to handle both of those on a shoot.

Photoshoot time really depends on the couple and the day. We usually ask for 2 hours - that way it's heaps of time to get some great shots and it's a more relaxed time for the couple. Rather than it being go go go all the time. Usually after the photography (my wife Katie) has finished her shots of a certain pose or moment, I'll then get the couple to repeat it for the video. Works out really well. I also keep shooting while the photographer is working with the couple to get some extra footage from different angles.

Thanks Arthur!

Thanks!

Thanks heaps Trevor!

Thanks Vlad!

Hey Pete! My suggestion would be not to pan - or pan very very slowly. If you're only seeing the glitches in Final Cut then maybe try watching the raw movie file in Quicktime. Do the glitches appear then?

Thanks heaps Jeff! I appreciate your comments.

Yes Gary, it sure is! :)

I use Magic Bullet Colorista and Magic Bullet Looks for all my colour correction and grading. The most important element though is to shoot in good light in the first place. No amount of colour correction or software trickery is going to get great colour out of poorly shot and lit footage.

No, this was their actual wedding day. The clip is just used as a teaser to give people a taste of the wedding.

I've never used the Panasonica HMC 150 so can't comment sorry! :( The A1's are a great camera though.

Cheers Shaun!

Thanks Samu!

Thanks Supra!

Thanks Colton. I appreciate you taking the time to watch it!

Thanks Rakesh!

Thanks Janix!

No added lighting used. Thanks!

Thanks mate!