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Shot with a Nikkor 50mm f1.4D, some color correction. Everything handheld.

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  • Backlot Studios 11 months ago
    Thank you Roland so much!!!

    this video has finally settled the argument between a friend an I about the D90's lowlight ability. This has finally convinced him to shoot our next film on the D90 (when we get the camera...and money)

    thanks again!
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    You're welcome Rudy!
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  • Mattias 11 months ago
    How do You do to get so noise-free footage in lowlight?
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    check this thread, If you follow this method you can achieve very low noise footage:

    dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=152567
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  • naim alwan 11 months ago
    great footage.... AGAIN :) your children seem to be so comfortable infront of a camera... i think they are destined to be film stars ;)

    how can this be low light? there are over exposed areas in this, therefore, it must have been lit in some way, and considering that the shadows are very visable it must have been a reasonably bright light....

    now don't get me wrong i am a d90 user and i love it... but i think people need to understand that lighting a scene is very important, and that is does not mean having to spend hundreds on equipment...

    any light will light a scene.

    do not think you can just switch a camera on and press record... everything has to be setup...
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Naim! :)

    I should have title this D90+ ambient light, its more to show that you can achieve a pretty noise free footage with just ambient light... sure if you plan to shoot something important its better to set some kind of light, but if I go to some public places at night, I know the D90 when set correctly can produce some nice footage.
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  • nicholas chia 11 months ago
    do you use that stair stepping fix method on all your videos now? i dunno. it looks so much sharper.

    and and and.. if i may, ask, what are your render output settings? cause your d90 videos are quite phenomenal.
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    No Nicholas I didn't use the stair stepping fix in this video, I only used it with one clip yet...

    I used this method in premiere CS3 for rendering my videos;
    eugenia.gnomefiles.org/images/pcs3-h264.jpg
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  • Rick Horton 11 months ago
    This doesn't look like low light to me. It looks like the background just has substantially less light than the fore-ground.
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Yes, its very suggestive, for me less light would be no-light... just kidding :)

    Like I said, its more noise free footage with ambient light.
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  • Ahmad Al-Talib 11 months ago
    Really nice video..
    I like everything in it!! specially the low noise!

    i will look at the link you gave for Mattias and I hope it will work for me. Thanks again. By the way, is it worth to buy the Nikkor 50mm f1.4D??
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Ahmad!

    I think its worth it, especially if you shoot in ambient light and for achieving nice DOF.
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  • Vincent Kardasik plus 11 months ago
    Whaou! Pas de bruit sur ces images, les noirs sont impeccables...
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Merci Vincent! :)
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  • TeaBing 11 months ago
    Hi Roland and thank you for all your clips that made me buy a D90 too! Is this clip edited with the Lee Wilson stair-stepping removal aswell?

    Best regards from Sweden!
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    You're welcome Teabing, Hope you will enjoy the D90 as much as I did.
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  • Ben Conley 11 months ago
    Hey Roland! Beautiful footage and beautiful actors! If i may ask, what was your handheld technique?...any tips for your steadiest shots?

    Thanks!
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Ben!

    Here's the technique I used; I put the strap around my neck and then I pushed firmly away with the strap providing tension. that give me better control over the camera and the wobble.
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  • capice 11 months ago
    Nice, sweet & clean :-)
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Capice! :)
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  • Yardsnacker 11 months ago
    I love your videos, and your technique and of course gorgeous family. Merci beaucoup mon ami!
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Merci Yardsnacker, appreciate that!
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  • sham 11 months ago
    wow! im blown away! this tiny D90 has moved mountains & is strongly competing with the top camera beasts out there!! (btw wht song)
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Sham!

    The song is "Woman" by John Lennon.
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  • Vhp Records Australia 11 months ago
    Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrilliant Roland and good tutorial on Vimeo. But what is Camera control ?
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Kenny!

    You mean Camera control pro the software? if so, its an easy way with the software to change all the control of the D90 without going thru all the menus... thats all.
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  • stuart culpepper 11 months ago
    are you ever available in ny? do you have a reel other than vimeo?
  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Only on Vimeo... Unfortunately, I'm not available in NY :)
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  • Carole Cadieux 11 months ago
    Bravo Roll! La qualité de tes vidéos m'impressionne de fois en fois. Je lis toujours tous les commentaires de tes "admirateurs" et je suis en parfait accord avec eux.
    Une si petite caméra, une si grande qualité... Mais en effet tu as aussi des beautés qui ne nuisent pas à l'image non plus... hi! hi! Elles sont faites pour la caméra. ;o) Lâche pas, brother.

    Ta tite soeur.
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  • Roland Cadieux plus 11 months ago
    Merci Carole!
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  • Grimonprez 10 months ago
    et oui et du coup on connais ta famille.. beaux contrastes le dernier bout , les GRMPZ de Belgique, si tu passe...
  • Roland Cadieux plus 10 months ago
    Merci Grimonprez! Salutation aux GRMPZ de Belgique :)
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  • snakemaq 10 months ago
    Roland

    You are a great artist man. This video is so beutiful. All is excelent, the light, the childs and the Lennon music

    GREAT JOB
  • Roland Cadieux plus 10 months ago
    Thank you Snakemaq! :)
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  • Ryan Hakes 10 months ago
    Wow, great footage!

    Did you use "camera control 2" to change the settings in your camera like Car3o suggested in your dvxuser link?

    Or did you adjust only the in Camera menus?
  • Roland Cadieux plus 10 months ago
    Thanks Ryan!

    I used "Camera Control Pro 2" maybe twice... to try it. its faster to set the camera but on the field I use the camera menus.
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  • Johan Röisland 10 months ago
    Your great videos here made me go buy the D90 with a1 16-85 35-5,6. :-)
    Next stop will be the 50 1,4

    Thanks!
    //Johan
  • Roland Cadieux plus 10 months ago
    Thanks Johan!

    Hope you'll like the D90 as much as I do, looking forward to see some footages of yours. :)
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  • Ivan Mbakop 10 months ago
    Salut Roland, je suis desole de t'harrasser ainsi, honetement je conais personne d'autre qui arrive a maitriser cette cam comme ca. Pourait on peut etre faire une quick tuto par telephone? en bref je voudrais juste savoir comment obtenir des images aussi pures que les tiennes. Grainless basically.
    Please give me solid workflows :) les liens que tu m'as envoyes n'ont pas etes tres utiles, toutes les methodes n'ont rien donne.j'ai le kit lens et un 50mm 1.4

    Merci Bien Roland
  • Roland Cadieux plus 10 months ago
    Salut Ivan, il ne te reste plus qu'a faire des tests et tu finiras par trouver le "setting" idéal... ma méthode est exactement celle que je t'ai déjà expliquée dans un autre post...

    "l'important après avoir abaissé l'exposure compensation à -0.7 ou -1, c'est d'avoir une image en LiveView qui reflètte ce que l'oeil voie et même un peu plus foncé, alors la tu appuis sur lock AE-L.

    Tu peux obtenir une image plus foncé en pointant une zone plus claire avec la caméra ou une image plus claire en pointant une zone plus sombre... "

    Bonne chance!
  • Ivan Mbakop 10 months ago
    Roland, FINALEMENT, FINALEMENT, j'ai pige... comme tu disais, ca a pris pas mal de tests tu sais... :) J'etais tres contnt de voir des image en available light sans trop de noise... Le probleme quand meme que j'ai fini par avoir c'est le shutter speed... ca a l'air un peu trop rapide la, je voudrais m'arretr a 1/50 a 1/60...
    C'est un casse pied hein, j'espere que le remplacement de la D90 arrive vite la... :)
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  • Billy Almaguer 10 months ago
    Great work again Roland. I enjoy your video ventures.
  • Roland Cadieux plus 10 months ago
    Thank you very much Billy!
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  • James Goudreau 10 months ago
    Salut Roland!

    Like many others, my decision to buy a D90 was made much easier by seeing your video work. Thank You.

    I have a question. You mentioned that you cannot focus while on the steadicam without an electronic focusing device. Did you use such a device in this video?

    I have purchased the u-Flycam, but having trouble with focus.

    Thanks,
    James
  • Roland Cadieux plus 10 months ago
    Hi James!

    For this video I didn't use a steadicam, only handheld. without an electronic device its impossible to adjust focus. I just pre-focus before shooting or infinity focus if I'm far enough.
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  • Paddy Deng 10 months ago
    Really nice video to show the ability of D90 movie mode. I just switched from Canon 50D to Nikon D90 because you Roland lol, love my D90 so far. I have Nikon 16-85 and Nikon 70-200mm 2.8 so far, thinking to get a 50mm lens, which one you think is better the Nikon 50mm 1.4G or Sigma 50mm 1.4?
  • Roland Cadieux plus 10 months ago
    Thanks Paddy! you can check ken Rockwell web site for reviews about lens. kenrockwell.com/nikon/50mm-f14-afs.htm
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  • Vittorio Salvadori 10 months ago
    My God... how can I resist now!? I feel the need to have the nikon D90
  • Roland Cadieux plus 10 months ago
    :)
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  • Keith Williams 9 months ago
    The 50 f1.4 afs looks such a good lens, was it your first choice?
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  • Keith Williams 9 months ago
    Hi forget the previous, I have just noticed your website -
    kenrockwell.com - and its brilliant information for all, everything you could think of I guess answered.
    Many thanks Keith.
  • Roland Cadieux plus 9 months ago
    You're welcome Keith!
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  • Mike Gallaher 9 months ago
    Eh Roland very nice work. After ordering my D90 today I was a little relieved to see how well it makes videos. After reading some of the blogs I was scared I made the wrong decision. What do you say to all of these jellowing problems they claim it has, do you recommend that tripod thingy.
  • Roland Cadieux plus 9 months ago
    Thanks Mike, I never really had problems with the Jello effect... if you are careful about moving the camera you should be ok. A tripod is always welcome if you can afford to use one.
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  • Ivan Oliveira 9 months ago
    Hi roland. Thanks for so many posts.
    I really want to buy a d-90 but I'm still afraid it might not work as I expect. Can you tell me for how long do you shoot with it? like 30 minutes, maybe more? What are the downsides?
  • Roland Cadieux plus 9 months ago
    Hi Ivan, you can shoot for 5 minutes maximum segments, (plenty of times for my needs) but you can start right away after that time, it will start to shut down after a period of around 25 minutes non-stop shooting... need to take a break after... the camera need to cool down... there is lots of downsides, wooble, no full manual control (iso,shutter), compression... etc. but for me anyway its still worth it, I love the camera. :)
    check this website for more info: dvxuser.com/V6/forumdisplay.php?f=143
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  • fierman 8 months ago
    can i ask u some thing? in this video is a AF 50mm f/1.4 D, or a manual lens 50mm f/1.4 D?

    thanks in advance,
  • Roland Cadieux plus 8 months ago
    Thats an AF 50mm f/1.4D.
  • fierman 8 months ago
    :D great... and one more, are u use this trick :

    dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=1461660&postcount=15

    or this one :

    dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=1398587&postcount=3

    on this movie?

    GREAT thanks bro....
  • Roland Cadieux plus 8 months ago
    Yes, I use some of the setting from Car30, I used the second one for a manual lens once or twice.
  • fierman 8 months ago
    this morning I just already try Car30 trick... and it work... :D

    but when i try the 2nd one its didnt work on my AFD lens... :D hehehe... next time i will try the 2nd one trick with a manual lens :D

    Thanks dude :D

    sorry if ma english is Baddddddddddd...... hahaha... i'll try to make it better. :)
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  • photorun01 8 months ago
    nice video especially music
    what is the music?
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  • Roland Cadieux plus 8 months ago
    Thank you! The song is "Woman" by John Lennon.
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  • Banzai Studio plus 8 months ago
    what about the sound? how does it work? can i plug a microphone?
  • Roland Cadieux plus 8 months ago
    The sound is mono, you cant plug a microphone, you will need something like that: reviews.cnet.com/voice-recorders/zoom-h2/4505-11314_7-32792828.html if you want stereo sound.
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  • Bernardo Arce 8 months ago
    Hi! Congrats on your video.
    How come you don't get any jellyish motion while paning?(of course you're not paning very fast but you still do some paning from one kid to the other).
    Maybe slow paning is not that big of an issue... am i right?? or did you do something else to avoid the jelly monster?
  • Roland Cadieux plus 8 months ago
    Thanks Bernardo!

    If you handle the D90 very carefully then you shouldn't have any issues with the jelly monster :) I rarely had problems with it.
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  • Johannes Courtens 6 months ago
    Well.. it certainly isn't low light with the kit on..
  • Roland Cadieux plus 6 months ago
    No.. :)
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  • David H. Cho 4 months ago
    very nice
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  • billy wayne 3 months ago
    good footage! but how do you control the exposure when you shotting on d90,all by AE-lock?
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  • Great work! I have had a D90 for a while but have yet to master it such as you have!
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