haha, yeah! I said the very same thing to another DP tonight.

I like the marshall very much, and with a nice long magic arm can dual as another make-shift grip point. The Marshall is the best solution to this camera, imo. But, the screen on this camera is so freaking bright! Honestly, I'm not sure that the Zacuto Z-finder will do the trick for me. The only way a finder will complete this package, is if it swivels up and down like an HVX200, or any other viewfinder in existence.

That's good to hear. Did you have a specific model number on the marshall you could share with me?

Marshall V-R70P-HDA 7" LCD Monitor. It has a built in HDMI port. You'll also need a mini-hdmi to hdmi cable (which I bought cheaply on amazon [3ft]). The 7D accepts mini-hdmi, while the Marshall accepts a full-size hdmi.

You're awfully kind.

Yeah, I was surprised! I did it on a whim as I was walking back up the pier. The 7D with lens is so much lighter than any HVX200 DoF adapter I've ever used, so it lends to this kind of experimentation. Glad you liked it :)

That is indeed rolling shutter :D Yeah, I used Smoothcam in FCP to stabilize in post. If this were for a real production for a film, I would have used the After Effects plug-in to remove the rolling shutter before adding the stabilization effect, that would have removed it, but in this situation, with those specific guys, I actually kinda liked it! It's one of those natural technical anomalies that I'm sure people will start using in their art - like the blue horizontal light synonymous with Sci-fi films.

Yes, the LCD is one those things that I was actually very impressed with. It's sooo bright! I was shooting with it, in broad daylight, with no sort of hood or anything. But, I would recommend getting a small Marshall monitor. The way I see it, you can load out a sweet setup with this camera (everything new) for the same price you can get some of the older camera's for.

Right now, I only have UV and Circular Pola's, no ND's. I had the camera on auto-ISO almost all day actually. I normally shoot all manual on any other cam I shoot, but this camera's auto-ISO function is really quite incredible! Almost every shot in this video was automatically exposed by the camera. I've never seen a more reliable auto function EVER.

But, to answer your question, I essentially would raise and lower the shutter speed as the camera either needed more or less light to get the exposure. So, for example: Since the camera's ISO can only go so low (e.g. 100), the auto-ISO won't be able to correctly expose if the shutter is to slow (such as shooting in mid-day sun at 1/60, the camera then wouldn't be able to choose an optimal range because there's not an ISO slow enough to get correct exposure), so I would choose a faster shutter so that the camera can choose an ISO of my liking.

So, all that being said, I shot a shutter of 1/2000-1/4000 during the day, and lowered it to 1/100 as I lost more and more light, respectively. I hope that made sense :P

Well, only the two shots with the "glidecam" look.

I think you're talking about the video's still image before you press play? I used a Sigma 24mm 1.8 w/UV. Great lens.

Yes, I was pleasantly surprised by this too. I started shooting in the mid-day sun, and didn't feel constricted like other 3CCD HD Cam's. Once I get my new light meter, I'm going to do a test on it's dynamic range at Panavision.

I should upload what the 'steadicam' looked like before I applied smoothcam, lol, it was amatuer hour at best! I'm surprised the effect worked so well!! Just make sure to keep a very fast shutter if you try to do it, like 1/4000, so your images don't blur.

Ok, I'll try to do it tomorrow :)

I'm shooting a 12 minute documentary over the next few months on it. I'll post some teasers along the way.

Haha, that's cool man. It definitely adds a darker tone. I'm not sure I like it more. That song reminds me more of something that would be in 28 Days Later, as we look at the tattered and barren landscape of old London.

I was going for joy and happiness with this one :)

The dark side will always prevail! :)
Well, at least in my head.......

It was the 50mm 1.8, but each the zoom and the prime is a tool, and there are different situations where one tool is better than the other, moreso with video opposed to pictures. Having a nice 2.8 zoom is so nice to have when filming where time is quickly running out. However, if you have time to pick your shots, there's no doubt that the prime is the way to go. It just depends on what you're doing and how you need to accomplish things.

And yes, I was trying to get a varied amount of shots, with high contrast and low contrast, shooting into the sky, the sun, the ocean, the sun's reflection in the ocean, having the sun as a backlight, sun as keylight, etc...

It comes stock with Final Cut Pro 6 or 7

I just played with it tonight. Took some time to mess with but I'm very pleased with it. Will use it on future projects. Thx for the update.

Just make sure you only use a wide angle and a fast shutter for smoothcam, for best results.

Yes, it's by Alexi Murdoch "All of my Days" from the "Away We Go" film. I'll add it to the description.

huh?

I thought you don't fixate on technics...
paying preference art-component! if you understand me =)

ps sorry for my english! =)))

This was my first time :)

Feature filmmakers use primes a lot. I'm not sure about the 4:2:2 thing. Rolling Shutter is the issue of "Jello" style movement in the image when moving the camera around to fast. Just google or vimeo rolling shutter for example.

What time of year is there a lot of fog at SM?

I looked - the rolling shutter thing is about the sensor - while film and CCD get 'the pic at once' CMOS sensors scan down the frame, taking a finite but short amount of time - if there is fast-moving footage, as the sensor scans the image from top t btm, the subject 'moves' leading to skew and so on. Interestingly, this is the same effect that you would get wiith a 35mm film still camera with a flim-plane shutter or with a rotational shutter as found in film cameras. There is no film camera out there (i think) which gets the whole image at once. (shutter angles and so-on) As for fog at SM, I saw it there in Jan definitely, though I was there at all sorts of times and can't remember definitely (I was there in the mid 90s so memory is failing!) When I saw it it was a wall at about the prom to 1st st. As for fimmakers sing primes - of course, but the first decent HD camcorder you can attach primes to starts at about GB pounds £5000 - or $7000. The 7D for £1500 plus lenses is a bargain! Just don't shake it around!

How interesting about the 35mm film plane. I think I remember reading that somewhere, but you just reminded me of it. The RED ONE suffers from the same problem, but much less extreme. Thanks for SM fog info! I love fog! And yes, the 7D is a bargain, but it's downfall is the CMOS, and it is indeed why it is cheaper than the camera's you're comparing them too. But, for intents and purposes, viva la 7D!

Thought you might find this interesting - ident shot with a RedOne for channel 5 in the UK. Wonder if this is some extreme use of hacking the CMOS to scan slowly while the cam rotates around the subject... youtube.com/watch?v=zycEyuhN5Vs
Do you know how fast the cmos scans on the 7D & how is shutter speed related to scan speed?

also - I run a media degree programme and had to get a couple of cost-effective (cheap) HD camcorders. I went for Sony HVR_V1 - also with CMOS sensors, so should be able to post some test footage when they arrive.

That commercial is crazy! I have no idea if the rolling shutter and the shutter speed are related, but I don't think they are. I shot from shutter 1/100 to 1/4000 in this video, and I didn't see any difference as I shot, but maybe there's a subtle difference. Could be. I've never heard of someone hacking the CMOS scan speed, but the only way to achieve something like this without hacking the camera, is to mount the camera to a circular track, and dolly the hell out of it!

I can understand your rant against CMOS sensors, but footage shot on REDs have been in features for quite a while now.

District 9 had a majority of its footage shot on a RED One and while the vfx crew had to, on occasion, replace the background with a virtual one, the majority of the footage was quite usable. And it was one helluva shaky ride.
Given time, I think things will only get better.

Yeah, I dont doubt any of what you're saying, but I appreciate what Canon is doing, but there again, the canon 7D isn't an end all be all, but it works amazing for the people who's work aligns with the abilities of this camera.

I do love this camera but I am being driven slightly demented by the rolling shutter. I have feeling it might even become a look in the future that people try to achieve, perhaps rolling shutter effect plug in for AE. "man I really want my footage to look like the old canon 7D, that camera really changed the way movies are made." quote from future guy

haha, yeah really. Spot on!

haha, awesome. Sweet dreams my friend.

Yeah, i did end up using a very fast shutter. I think some people mind, but most seem to not. My friend and I got into a conversation about it. The super fast shutter has an almost "MTV" quality to it. But, again, it's preference. I shot it at 1080p at 24fps. Honestly, the only reason I shot at such high shutter is because I don't have any ND filters yet :P

I like the high shutter speeds, it always reminds me the 28 days later action shot on the canon xl1s. Video looks great Drew.

Hey Steve! Thanks man! I just uploaded a new video here: vimeo.com/7282791 check it out :)

Hey thank you!