Steve Crow
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I think the answer lies in re-exporting each clip with the new high quality sound – a product like Plural Eyes or Dual Eyes might save you a step or two but it can be done manually just as well.
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The upcoming Black Magic CinemaCam has advertised it will shoot in RAW video mode when the product is released, not a HD DSLR either
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If I read the article correctly, the Canon has IS and the Tamron doesn’t so for that reason I’d go for the Canon myself. On a T2i you are going to get an automatic 1.6 magnification on the lens so that will help you out. A 5.6 f-stop is very much on the slow side so that means you probably are not going to get much shallow depth of field action in your shots but on the other hand it will help keep things in focus which could be a plus with rock musicians bouncing all over the stage, ha ha!
Better check with the concert hall if they allow tripods or monopods in the regular seating, they may not.
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Well the 18-55mm is not really a great lens as you already know. What are the apertures for the 55-200 and the 18-135 – what you ideally want is a lens with a constant aperture so that the lens doesn’t darken as you zoom in, something in the 2.4 area would be great but again, expensive. Look into renting
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I don’t think there is much good news for you.
Based upon the image you provided, you would be quite a long ways away from the stage which means you definitely need a zoom. Also, of course you are going to be at an angle to the stage. It also means you are going to need a:
1) tripod or monopod to stabilize your camera and help eliminate jitters
2) IS or some brands call it OS for optical stabilization I believe. With a zoom every tiny movement your hand makes to disturb the lens is magnified
3) A Looong focal length – maybe someone else can give you an estimate on the length needed based upon your picture
4) Lens with the ability to shoot at a very open/fast aperture – say something like a 2.0 – WHILE at the long end of your focal length, say 500-800mmm
Now I don’t have a clue what focal length you need, I understand you can buy cheap “lens extenders” that give your lens more reach but at the cost of light loss and maybe even some softening of the image.
What it all comes down to, and I’m sorry I haven’t gotten to the point until now, is that the lens you need is going to be very expensive. I don’t see any likelyhood of you finding a cheap alternative that is going to work for you. Not every shot is possible with the equipment you have, I don’t have any long lenses at all so I can’t do wildlife videography with my T2i but since I typically only interviews humans in the same room with me, I’m able to live with it, ha ha! 🙂
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I will have to read that article. I just wrotea fantasy type post on my blog about what kind of super hd dslr camera you could end up with if you extended light field tech into video and beyond
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I did further testing just to satisfy my curiosity and what I found was that it is DATA RATE that is most to blame.
For instance, I just exported another video that was also 1280x720p, ProRes 422 and the file size came out to 195MB per minute which means a 40 minute video would have been 7.8GBs not the 18.2GBs I got with my earlier video that started this thread.
The only difference was in data rate – the first video was 58.88Mbps while this latest video was only 25.94Mbps- creating a much smaller file size
I didn’t specify any particular data rate, just selected Export as Quicktime/Current settings and let FCP do the work – for some reason it choose a much faster data rate for the first video
Oh and regarding the wav audio idea, I’ll look into that.
Thanks for the conversation guys
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Yeah when I get a moment, I am going to prove this to myself by exporting two 30 second movies from the timeline with the only difference being one has a HD motion video on the timeline and the other is a low res still image – the file sizes will be the same.
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HI Juan,
Thank for responding. I wasn’t thinking about it that way for some reason…I was thinking that the content should somehow influence the final file size but maybe that’s not really the case.
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Yeah I guess I did misunderstand a bit on that one, sorry!
I once learned that the definition of value is price divided by or relative to performance/quality
I probably wouldn’t buy a Marshall either – would love to HAVE one but just couldn’t afford it
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