Do it and get a 5D you wont regret it. Thanks for watching Luke.

Gorgeous photograpy! I am lucky to live in Australia. Jayne

Cheers Adam. Maybe a bit warmer than Poland also. How are you zooming out in your Timelapse projects? It's a great effect.

Mike

Hey, the zooming out in my videos is done entirely in Sony Vegas. There is a very simple tool for zoom & pan.

It's approx. 24 degrees celsius now in Poland. I guess it's warmer in Australia this month.

Cheers mate!

Cheers Nick. Don't have any bling in my vid's but I guess the chopper is pretty cool. Could do with some Dreamwheels skids though HaHa!!!

Hahaha, dreamwheel skids make any helicopter look like a million bucks!!

Thanks Simon. True North is the perfect size for this mission. If there are any TV exec's who are reading this it's all for sale hint hint!!!

Of next week to shoot Varanus and surrounds for Apache. Thats going to be pretty cool too.

Thanks for tuning in again Simon.

Ummm, the comment about the size of the TN was a joke, I was referring to the tinny with that name on it. Cheers though!

Yeah, yeah, I've heard all about your helicopter trip. It's not what you know, huh? ;-) Have fun (but I know you will)

I'm as sharp as a bowling ball.

Don't know Al I first thought it was the camera now I believe it's the software. Don't have the answers yet. I'm still searching. Thanks for watching. The full 16gig quicktime movie works awesome on Christians MacBook Pro.

The 720 version looks outstanding as well, but yes these 5D MK ii files require a lot of power to play smoothly.
Yeah we had our share of software problems as well, working on Borneo. Had to make the footage coexist with 25 frame 720p footage from a JVC proHD camera. Final Cut Pro was not happy, constantly skipping in playback of all the 5D MK II files. Eventually converted everything to 25 frames 720p using Mpeg streamclip and it worked beautifully.

Cheers.

Thanks Moayad.

Good O Luke. I keep trying to get better. Hope it shows.

Mike

Hey Markky. Welcome to Vimeo. You may have to start posting some vid's, Slideshows etc of your own work now that your part of the community.

Your right about the subject matter but I think also it has a lot to do with the cameraman's sensitivity in relation to getting ones best side:)

Thanks for spreading the love on your blog also. See ya Thursday.

Mike

Thanks Paul. Yeh the whales were playing ball just nicely and not a Japanese Whaler in sight. There is something special about seeing these majestic animals in the wild.

Me Too!!!!! and I just got back:)

Cheers Bud.

Thanks again for tuning in Jenn. I'm going to Perth for a tutorial on the 5D MK2 and importing it's files into FCP and working an edit. I will try and film it so all you guys out there can get some help if you are struggling with the workflow.

Mike

Ahhh the lovely Carissa. Welcome to the community. Thanks for posting a comment. You can keep your job for another 10 years:) Hows Mark and the Kiddies?

Mike

I cant recall saying I didn't color correct? What comes straight out of the 5D can be awesome but sometimes a little tweek makes it super awesome. hahaha

Thanks for watching Riggey

Haha, I get it, niiice ;)

Sorry not too sure of the score as my brother Christian gave it to me. I will endeavor to find out and update my text.

Music is taken from M. Night Shyamalan's movie The VILLAGE scored by James Newton Howard

Thanks Brad. What amazing animals they are. We saw heaps of them throughout our journey and it was great to be able to see them in the wild in such a beautiful place on such an awesome boat. You gotta get over to do it one day.

It's the location that needs to take all the credit Carl. Rugged, majestic, isolated. Paradise on earth.

It is easy Jared. Amazon!!!! man you are going to nail it with a 5D in your kit. Make sure you share me some of your stuff.

Mike

Thanks for the encouragement!

If I could ask a few questions... The workflow is completely new to me, and I will not be editing until I return to Sao Paulo. I am wondering what I need to concern myself with while filming pertaining to my edit? I know that I need to use compressor to create different frame rates, I can't think of anything else I would need to do purposefully while shooting (besides selecting frame rates... which I can't) while keeping editing in mind. Also, I will be going with about 280 gigs in compact flash cards, if I run out of room, can I just dump the card onto my hard drive straight and just worry about workflow later? Basically, the less of post-production preparation I can do in the Amazon, the better. If I can simply film, move stuff to the hard drive and worry about all of the editing details later, I would be a happy guy. Any surprises I should be prepared for?

Thanks for your insight! Appreciate it!

Hi Jared. First make sure your CF card's are the correct speed for your video. I use Sandisk Extreme 4 cards which are 45MB/s/300X 8Gb. I haven't gone for bigger cards as if a large card was to be corrupted you may loose 16 or 32 GB's of info instead of only 8GB.

I take a MacBook Pro with me and a 1 TB external hard drive. I dump all my footage onto the external drive using a CF card reader. All the files export from the camera as Quicktime Files and can be previewed by clicking on them. You can then delete anything which is no good. You can then back up that footage onto DVD from your drive if you are concerned about your hard drive shitting itself. Once your downloaded you can clear your your cards ready for the next day.

Make sure your 5D has the new firmware update loaded on it. It should be if it has only been purchased. Make sure you take a good tripod preferably with a fluid head. Hand holding is a real problem as the camera is so light it picks up every shake from your hand.

Shoot obviously at the best times of the day Sunrise and Sunset. Make sure you take a polarizer filter and some graduation filters for sunrise and sunset if you can. We use a Lee Filter kit which screws onto the front of the lens. A neutral density filter for day shooting may be handy when taking stills.

Watch your aperture settings. The 5D has the ability for an extremely shallow depth of field. It can be a problem with too large an aperture setting and getting acurate focus.(No auto focus in Video Mode)

The rest you'll work out as you go. have fun and don"t drop it in the drink.

Firstly, thanks a ton for the detailed information. This is what makes Vimeo unbelievably worthwhile.

For better or worse I have 2 CF3 32 gig cards. For right now, it's what I have to work with. Luckily, the tax on technology imports is so horrendous here (78%!!!) that I can sell these cards for a profit when the time comes.

Everything you wrote made sense and I had assumed most of it. Mostly by checking out videos here and other sites reading reviews and comments until my eye balls fell out. I just purchased the 5D, (literally found a 5 minute window of availability 3 weeks ago on B&H's site), so I am hoping that the firmware update comes with the model.

The only thing that I was not sure of was the comment about making sure my memory cards are the correct speed for video. I tried to do as much research as possible, I thought the CF3's were fast enough?! Does it not have to do with mb/s? Is it a setting or something I should know about?

Thanks again for the insight. Above and beyond man, really appreciate it. I'll definitely share whatever I manage to film there with you.

Too kind Naveed.

Say something Chris :)

Cheers Adam

I did a little more on this trip but the first trip I viewed the whole lot on a three inch monitor. Bugga!!!!!

Thanks for the comment Lawrence.

You wont regret it Zulu.

Hi Jeff. I just finished watching a BBC doco on the Yellowstone National Park. Now that was impressive. It made my stuff look soooooooooo budget.

Thanks for the rap.

Mike

Dont know the answer to this? Probably not?

Hi Jon. Cheers mate. The heli shots were done with me supporting the camera on a monopod and jamming the whole rig into the cushion of the chopper. No Gyro (cant afford one of those) I cleaned up the shakes with Smoothcam filter in FCP. Came up pretty good.

The whales performed on Que. Shit if I had them in a big arse aquarium I'd have a million hits by now tee hee!!!!!

As you can see I'm still green at your super human video feats. I'll get over it. Thanks for the comment mate. Speak to you soon.

Mike

Very cool.

Believe or not...all those views have transpired into exactly 0 new jobs for me. :(

I'd much rather more work!

I haven't done a paid job yet. Got plenty of stuff to do but no one wants to cough up the coin.

Peace Love and a little BEER also mate:)

Thanks Martin. What's it like in the CRep for shooting.

Mike

Cheers Bill. I see you have been putting your new 5D to good use also. My water action involved a little less speed and a little more nature. But well done mate and it has been good talking to you.

Mike

Hi Dan. My word of advice is always put yourself out a little bit more to get the gear you know you want. If you go a compromise you will always be saying if only I had a 5D. I know a few guys who got a 1Ds MK3 just before the 5D Mk2 was released and they were bummed out.

It's a great camera and has no peers for the price at the moment.

Cheers Daniele. I see you weren't too happy with your last vid. It looked ok to me but I know when you watch something over and over you get pretty sick of it pretty quick. Maybe you need a change of location. Maybe down under in Oz.

Mike

the quote at the beginning of your vid pretty much sums up my feelings about mine.

Thanks Maria.

Cheers Big Merv. What no gold star this time?

Good on you Tommy. Tell Canon why you are buying it because of the community of awesome videographers on Vimeo.

Cheers Andy. It was all hard work:)

Thanks Bashar

It was hard work. Ok Ok it may of been a little bit fun. Ok Ok it was a hoot. Thanks for the comment Grant.

She does make a good narrator doesn't she. Might have to ask her if she will do it for a free trip on True North. ha ha

Thanks Al

Cheers mate but it wasn't Christians work it was mine. He gets too much credit for his beautiful stills already.

Thanks for watching