An amateur journey of digital recording
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2010 World Community Conference
Apr 14th
Each year, Earth Expeditions holds a World Community Conference at the Cincinnati Zoo. This year, I was able to photograph and video the event. The difference this day was I only brought my Canon 7D. I used two lenses (50mm f1.8 and my 28-135mm f3.5-5.6) I edited the video using iMovie 09. iMovie works rather well for a simple movie editor. I as able to add music and do a little editing. I was really surprised how well the Canon 7D dealt with the indoor lighting. Although I could definitely tell the difference using my prime lens versus the zoom.
Check out the video I posted on our Project Dragonfly YouTube Channel
I used a combination of tripod (for the presenters and hand held for the hallway shots.
Let me know what you think.
My first video with the Canon 7D
Apr 13th
The Canon 7D is a game changer. It puts high-end video capability into the hands of prosumers (weekend warriors) like me. After getting my Canon 7D, the first thing I did was create a quick video in Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Check it out.
To see the video in HD, use the link to go to my Vimeo site.
Miami University Winter Day Test from Paul Sonoda on Vimeo.
Here is a link to the same video hosted on YouTube.
Observations
WOW. Does this camera take great video. My previous video setup was a Canon HV20. The Canon HV20 is a great dedicated video camera but does not have control over depth of field (Depth of field is when a part of the picture is in focus with other parts out of focus) I don’t know if it is cold or what, but the video is a little shaky. I need to figure out how to stabilize. The focus changes are done manually moving the focus ring on lens. The video was imported into iMovie 9 with a music track slapped over the top with some simple titles. All in all, not a bad result for my first attempt.