I love it! (Because I live near Shibuya.)
When did you shoot this movie?

You're visuals are always amazing! I see you use the letus system. Does that turn the image upside down in the viewfinder?

The extreme and the ultimate have built in flips Ryan

Love the last shot with the smooth pan and the time lapse. What pogram do you use for the timelapse?

Great stuff ! it was refreshing to see shots of the characters within the city.

Also enjoyed the more ambient light in your shots, not usually typical with a nighttime-Tokyo-intersection-time lapse-vids.

I love the shots you do of the people. It's really amazing.

Wow, fabulous colours...!

love the mix between the slo-mo "people shots" and the action timelapses... as usual, really nice photography and very interesting subjects

Some real nice shots in here. I like the nod to WKW with the music. ;)

The resolution did not hold up at all at 1080p, though. I suspect the bitrate is too low or some other such problem.

For the love of God Phil, stop making us look so bad with these knockout videos! :) By the way, was that a damned Starbucks I saw?! Great stuff!

another great video Philip

Agreed with all of the above.

Love your work man. How did you all of a sudden pop up in Japan?

How do you carry your camera in the plane? You put it in your hand luggage?

Like it a lot. I like that you let the color go on the end of one shot so as to see what it looks like before and after Magic Bullet. What brought you to japan?

I like this one Phil. I think you have a gift for shooting people in moments. I love your landscape work as well, but I truly favor your work in this realm. Oh, I have a new video with a Letus adaptor on my page. The one with airplanes called Fort Laud. Hollywood International and I'd be honored if you checked it out, maybe put it on your channel!!!!!
Oh, and do you like the extreme or ultimate better?

nice video

Your stuff is the BEST ! really !

I lived in Japan for 18 months 1957 and 58. I loved Shibuya! But I really loved all of Tokyo. What an exciting City to photograph.

I look forward to more shorts from you out of Japan. Sorry to hear you got the shaft.

Wow, simply awsome
Great work, inspiring
Thanks

I was in japan 3 days ago, and unfortunately I couldn't go to Tokyo Shibuya.. thank you very much for this video

the videos are terrific, did you describe what 35mm lens you were using? When the EX1 was announced it was said it would be an $8000 item; however a few months later I acquired in NYC for $6500. Also, any news on the release of the EX3 and the estimated street cost in the USA Could it be a $9k or $10k item? JimW

Have you noticed the Letus Ultimate leaking a lot of light? Great work by the way, visually stunning compositions.

That was great :)

can you hack the frame rate on the ex1 like you can the hvx?

so it goes all the way from like 2fps to 60fps? that's awesome wish i could afford one and i wish my videos looked as nice as yours haha

Amazing!

Also an excellent choice of music.

great vid. I love japan, they are the best at animation :)

I'm going to dial up that Nat King Cole track again right now! totally inspired, although I have to say it still comes a close second to my all time favourite big band ham up: Paul Anka's version of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'... check it...

Wow, very nice, makes me wish for a video camera of this caliber. I've been spoiled by the nice quality I get of my SLR and expect the same from video, this cam with the 35mm adapter looks like it delivers. The hdv cams I've been working with have all been interlaced and while a big step up from dv the compression has just been too heavy.

I found the closeups and portraits especially nice in this video.

sweet mother of god... how do you do this kind of stuff...
nothing like else..

this is what i call quality

Always beautiful stuff with natural light Phillip!

I shot in Tokyo in January earlier this year but had to go naked with my HVX as it was winter and director was worried about light loss with M2.

Does the Letus Ultimate have the same light loss as the extreme?

I am really thinking about selling my M2+MicroX after seeing all your LEX footage shot with natural light.
Im always fighting for light and getting tired of always having huge lighting setups when working with my M2+MicroX.

I was fortunate enough to setup and test a LEX last month and was immediately blown away by the small amount of light loss it had. The thing that turn me away was the noticible grain when stopped down to 5.6 and when using fast shutter. Then today after looking at your stuff again I realised that in the past 2 years I have only used fast shutter for 2 jobs and Im pretty much always shooting full open with my M2. Duh!

I think im going to order an LEX by the end of the week. :)

Cheers.

Nice stuff Philip! I went to Tokyo, but all I really did was eat. Now that would make great shots, Tokyo Eats!

great video wow.wow.......wonderful.........

the colors are amazing

Simply great !!! I have been passing the Hachiko-crossing in Shibuya so many times and I was thinking about making a movie there ... but ... after I saw this, I will not ... hahaha ... it is simply awsome !!!

awww, you should have had a nuke explosion in the end.

Reminds me of Wong Kar Wai.

I just would like to say that music is by Joseph Kosma and not Nat King Cole . The original title is "Les feuilles mortes" lyrics by Jacques Prevert (1945).

Besides I like the video!

Hi Philip, i am a big fan, i love your work. I, myself am an aspiring filmaker and was wondering, what shutter speeds did you use for the time lapses?

Thank you for your art and keep it up.