Michael Johnston
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Eric,
I have had no complaints about the HD image from brides. In fact, some have commented that it looked better than their favorite TV shows (usually TLC shows).
I’ve noticed that burning to Blu-Ray actually does something like flatten the image and eliminates most of the noise I see while editing. I can’t explain it but I like it!!! -
Three quick things about 1/3″ chip cameras. 1. CMOS chips, regardless of what you’ve read, are NOT better than CCD. 2. Because of the small chip, anything over 0db will have noise. No way around it. For the NX5U, -3db is actually 0db. Operate above -3db and you’ll get grain or noise, especially in the blacks. 3. 1/3″ chips need A LOT OF LIGHT. Close the aperture (iris) below f4 and you’ll get grain/noise. No way to avoid it.
Keep the camera at -3db or -6db and the iris between f2.8 to f4 and you’ll get a fantastic image. That means you have to light the he’ll out of indoor shots for optimal quality.
Obviously, the EX1/3 or any other 1/2″ chip camera will have more room to play within gain and aperture while 2/3″ chip cameras allow for using the full range without quality issues.
Bottom line, there is no way to get 2/3″ chip quality out of a 1/3″ chip camera. You get what you pay for. Buy a $3000-$5000 camera and get $3k-$5k quality. Spend $60k, get $60k quality. Either way, it’s still better than SD or those $60k BetaSP cams from 10 years ago.
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Hmmm..,never thought of offering a Blu-ray player with the pkg. I just offer both with no additional charge for HD. I give them the option of purchasing a “Digital Copy” for use on their PC’s, iPods, iPhones, etc.
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I got an external LG Blu-ray burner at Best Buy for $129. Hard to find. They sell out almost as soon as they come in and the stores don’t get many at a time. I had a store associate tell me when they would come in and only one Best Buy in the entire DFW metro was getting them. I was at the store the day the truck arrived and waited two hours to get one. Initially had issues with it until I realized it needed an immediate firmware upgrade. After the upgrade, it’s worked flawlessly.
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Have you considered going FireWire into a laptop and capture live to eliminate ingesting later? That would save you a significant amount of time. I did that all the time before going tapeless with a NX5U.
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Pond5.com
It’s a stock footage site that now sells music. I’ve gotten great tracks for as little as $2. However, I’ve noticed prices going up for music to around $10-$29 per track.
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Shahinian Insurance does single day coverage for about $100. Don’t have there number on hand but I use them when insurance is a must. Just got 3 days insurance for $125.
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Shot a three cam wedding two weeks ago. One cam pre-ceremony, 3 cam ceremony, one cam reception. NX5U was the primary with a HD1000U and a JVC Everio as secondary. Ended up with 4 hours of footage. Three hours of footage is pretty normal for me on a 6 hour wedding shoot. Usually takes two days to edit from import to DVD burn.
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I import it all. I usually shoot on Saturday, import, log and create DVD graphics on Sunday, edit the entire wedding on Monday (14 hours of editing), and have the entire project to discmakers for production Tuesday morning. Takes them 3 weeks to get the finished DVD’s to me which means the couple have their wedding DVD’s within 30 days. If I get backed up, I create the graphics and order blank DVD’s and burn them from an image file once they arrive.
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This is what I do. Keep in mind I’m using Premiere. I export as a full quality m2t 1440×1080 (for HDV) file and upload it to my YouTube account. Once YouTube processes it, I simply download the 1080p mp4 file from YouTube. It’s the highest quality at the smallest file size. I’ve yet to find a way to export video from my NLE that matches YouTubes quality at such a small file size.
So, instead of figuring out the export setting for your website, just figure our what works best for a YouTube conversion.