Sunday, January 30, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Canon DSLR Metadata?

 

Interesting 400' of 16mm gave you about 11' of shooting time. I wonder
how people survived?

D(speaking of Hitchcock and Rope)D

On 1/30/2011 4:10 AM, Bouke wrote:
>
> John,
>

SNIP
>
> (12 min. recording time max isn't working for a lot of normal work,
> shoulder
> work is possible but requires a lot of experience and a rig that is more
> expensive than the camera itself.)
>
> Bouke
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hollands" <johnhollands22@gmail.com
> <mailto:johnhollands22%40gmail.com>>
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 11:58 AM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Canon DSLR Metadata?
>
> > Is it just me, or is this whole EOS thing a bit of a crock?
> >
> >
> > We got a 60D - mid between 550 and 7, apparently, but with manual audio
> > levels...
> >
> >
> > Looks OK, shoots OK. VERY difficult to zoom during shot, the lens is NOT
> > the kind of smooth mechanism we are used to on even cheap video cams.
> > (Goes without saying, no power zoom).
> >
> > Hard to hold, especially while zooming. Viewfinder is awkward.
> >
> > Auto focus is AFAIK a joke!
> >
> > (I used the "other" button to force focus when suddenly the screen went
> > bright and focus locked in. No worries except the bright screen was
> > recorded)
> >
> > Picture quality seems good, though. Ours records HD MOV files which
> > integrate just fine. I guess I was expecting something more difficult...
> >
> > Early days, I guess, as we are getting used to it. VERY easy to go
> > wobbly hand-held.
> >
> >
> > john
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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