Thanks Michael...This was shot around March, I think and I was there around 5am and shot for a couple of hours.

Thanks...you are probably right about the cuts...I don't even think I have the original EDL anymore. Most of these shots are being sold as stock footage...

Good idea...hey, maybe they'll end up on archive.org for the rest of us. =P

Thanks, hardly any at all...I think I only tweaked the levels to produce slightly richer blacks...

The preset is called VIVIDRGB. I don't actually have the file available right now but here are the parameter settings:
Gamma: Cine1
Color Matrix: Normal
Color Gain: 25 (This is about the limit. Adding more color does very little to enhancing chroma and does a lot for introducing unwanted noise)
Color Phase: 0
Knee: Low
Black: Middle
Master Ped: -5
Setup Level: 0
HDF: Mid
H/V Detail: 0
Sharpness: 0
NR1: Off
NR2: Off
Coring: 0
Red Gain: -2
Green Gain: -2
Blue Gain: -3
RG Matrix: 0
RB Matrix: 0
GR Matrix: 0
GB Matrix: 10
BR Matrix: 0
BG Matrix: -13

I don't understand much of color correction, but can I get a photography like this on my Canon 5D Mark II? What should I do?

By the way, the video is incredible. It looks like a David Lean film. Actually it instantly reminded me of the 2005 film adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" starring Keira Knightley. There's a scene at the end of the film that looks exactly like this. Wonderful! I'm amazed.

It is a limitation of the lens itself. It is more prevalent at certain focal lengths (particularly in the extreme wide end).

Thanks for your reply!
PS. You seem to have the perfect workflow with this camera. I've seen a lot of footage shot with the XHA1 last couple days - most of the time is so badly interlaced its just not worth viewing imo. Also you master the color/photography/post so bloody well...
Ah... i know what they call it... Experience! ;)

Bought an XHA1. And indeed, at wide angle there is a lot of red/green fringing on left and right.
In some shots on a testshoot I did yesterday, you can see it too! See vimeo.com/804461

When I opened my box, I found a camera and 8 years of experience. The latter is much more important than the former.

I've seen fantastic stuff shot with a HV20 and crappy stuff shot with XH-A1.
But overall it seems like the XH-A1 is a fantastic camera able to produce great shots with little experience just because the quality of the camera is so damn good for the buck. If I look at stuff shot on a sony V1 (which is more expencive then the a1) its not better at all!
But the slomo function on the sony's are cool ;)

That's kinda my point. You can hand a 35mm Panavision camera to someone and say, I want you to shoot this film exactly like Conrad Hall would. You have the technology in your hands but it's going to take a lot of experience to capture the image just right. This is just a general comment...it's not about me or any other individual...it just is.

anyway, cant get experience without a cam ;) so got myself a XHA1 yesterday! Did some test shots and find it to be razorsharp. I'm learning the good (hard) way: no presets or AE programs. All manual! (phew... lucky i know some photography theory) I'm amazed about the amount of DOF I can get with this cam. It takes some zooming but it's great at about f2.8 halfway.
My cat is starting to get bored with me following him around with this piece of equipment ;)
Soon I'll have something posted on vimeo..
Thanks for convincing me of getting this cam (actually your footage did)

Thank you, that's very nice of you to say. It genuinely feels good to inspire others.

That's very nice of you to say. Thank you.

24f

Elena, I sent you a message directly because the explanation was a little lengthy for a reply here. The condensed version is that you are using a PAL camera and 25f is just about identical to 24f so just use that.