I had to upgrade my video equipment for an upcoming trip to Ethiopia and purchased a Canon XF100, great little camera, great results. Here is a taster with various members of the family 🙂
Calcs
media: 25fps 1080p 50Mbps
Real world gives about 80 minutes per 32GB card
If three cards, then 240 minutes storage
=4 hours shooting capacity
1TB drive
=1024GB
How many 32GB cards will fit onto a 1TB drive?
1024/32=32 cards
32 x 32GB cards=42 hours footage
50Mbps
=50x60x60Mb per hour
=(50x60x60)/8 MB per hour
=((50x60x60)/8)/1024 GB per hour
=22GB approx per hour
=> 32GB card should hold approx 87 minutes
Real world gives about 82 minutes
55 min seq
Just for reference, a 55 min sequence at XDCAM HD422 1080p25 (50 Mb/s), 1,920 x 1,080 is around 21.58 GB
Crow Street Pictures
New vehicle coming soon …
SRtS 130923
More shortening, concentrating on the opening three minutes. Realising I need a big piece of music (why is it always the music which gets me motivated?) and conciseness. Andrew C responded saying he might be available on Wednesday.
SRtS 130920
Today I was mostly shortening. Went from 64’45” to about 56’45” without too much damage. Left a slug in for the opening which needs to be shot and edited. I think Aine & Gav are much reduced. Still need to improve the end, in particular sonically. Will be good to bounce off other peeps in the very near future.
smartLav
Bought one of these puppies today from cvp.com in the UK, ordered yesterday, arrived today! Great service from CVP I’m glad to say,
Anyway, the smartLav – I haven’t had a chance to test it properly yet but from one or two recordings through RodeRec (paid version) it sounds just as you’d expect from a cheap mic – it’s grand but a little hissy. I haven’t as yet had time to fiddle with settings at all, or read the manual for that matter. I’m reading that airplane mode on the iPhone is important so maybe there’s an interference issue, dunno but will test it properly over the next few weeks.
SRtS 130919
Viewing of the whole cut as it stands today with DB for the first time, plenty to talk about since it’s 15 minutes over length but the reaction was mostly good. Very positive about The River, something DB hadn’t seen before, very emotional for him.
There are parts of it as a film I really like, REALLY like, for instance that whole section from DB being ill in India through to the monsoon breaking and the climb into Nepal, music vibe and pictures working well for me here. Also I’m really liking the white water River section, especially around Qumarleb and beyond to the capsize and resume.
Have to concentrate on music and getting it to a better length.
My Big Idea
My Big Idea
Irish student Tara McGrath has pioneered the development of a fuel efficient stove which she wants to field test in southern Ethiopia with ngo Self Help Africa. Chronic respiratory infections are caused by breathing in wood smoke from indoor cooking fires and Tara’s stove could help reduce this problem as well as the burden on the environment.
Client: RTÉ
Production: Liberty Films
Producer: Claire Ryan
Director: Julian Hills
Camera: Andrew Edger
Editor/Location Sound: Hugh Chaloner