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This was shot using my brand new Canon 5D Mark ii. It was my first time really using the camera on a real project.

Vino Veritas is a wine bar in Riverside California. The shooting experience was awesome. Everyone there was exceedingly nice and gracious about having a camera rolling on opening night.
Since I was shooting with the 5D, and in a nice wine bar, I opted to avoid using any light kits. This made for some harsh shadows, but kept the real ambiance of the location.

I shot with a Red Rock Follow Focus, and had the RR Matte Box on it as well, mainly for looks, in this particular case. The FF was a big help in this low-light, short DOF condition.
I only brought two lenses, both Nikons with a FotoDiox adapter: a 55mm f/1.8 and a 105mm f/1.8.

All was edited in Vegas Pro 8c using the Cineform codec. The original 5D2 footage was converted to Cineform using Gearshift from VASST.
I opted for 720-30p because I knew it was going to be played on a big-screen plasma TV for a city council meeting and then here on Vimeo.
Editing in that format was a dream.
Very little CC was done. In some cases I actually had to bring my exposure down a bit, due to the 5D2 great low light compatibilities. I tweaked CC on only 2-4 other clips, adding Curves or Levels and was still editing in real-time. Very nice.

If the video stutters here at all, I apologize. The original is, as mentioned 30p, and I've heard Vimeo shows in 24p. The conversion isn't always pretty, from what I've been told.
This is my first Vimeo showing, so this is all new. I hope you like it.
  • Snubz 3 years ago
    Looks very nice! I'll have to look into "Gearshift from VASST". Right now I'm trying to convert my footage to Cineform using HDLink but it always throws errors...I can't get it to work.
  • Matthew Roddy 3 years ago
    Yep. HDLink bombed out on me too. My deadline was crushing me, so I was stressing and Cineform's Tech Support was/is mighty slow in getting back to me. I still haven't gotten it to work yet, though I got a Reply from them last night with a suggestion. I'll give it a go tonight or tomorrow night.
    Gearshift obligates you to stick with Vegas' 8Bit. It automatically puts the clip on the timeline, renders it out to your choice of formats and saves the file where you tell it to. You just set it up and walk away for a bit. But as far as 8bit goes, I thought this looked great. I was just happy I met the deadline, thanks to Gearshift - and Vegas' ability to edit 720-30p in realtime.
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  • planetMitch plus 3 years ago
    Great work - makes me want to have a glass right now! We've added this to the 5D wiki at planet5d.com We've got more 5D reviews/still/video samples than anywhere else on the planet.
  • Matthew Roddy 3 years ago
    Thanks Mitch. Love planet5d!
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  • Dave Contreras 3 years ago
    Really really nice!
  • Matthew Roddy 3 years ago
    I appreciate that, Dave.
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  • Bionicpix 3 years ago
    Were you on sticks for all of these shots? Nice!
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  • Matthew Roddy 3 years ago
    Thanks, Bionipix.
    Yes, I was on sticks. I'm kind of old-school and really like a steady shot. Seemed right for this project.
    I'm shooting a bar next week that caters mainly to the Rock & Roll crowd. I'll probably be hand-held for that one, but I'm shooting that with an XL-H1 for where I work. Probably won't be posting that one here, since it's not really "mine."
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