Feb 06
adminDesign, Photography, Video 5d, 7d, Apple, Canon, Final Cut Pro, HDSLR
So according to a post on planet5d yesterday, Canon will soon (in participation with apple) be releasing a plugin for final cut systems.
The plugin will allow the final cut pro ‘log and transfer’ utility to open camera cards and import/ingest clips, adding custom meta data etc. For thos of you who have used log and transfer for panasonic p2, or Sony’s XDCAM Ex the interface will be very similar.
With the time it takes my trusty old 4 core mac pro to convert these clips to prores, I should be able to build a better fruit bat.
Apple has not released the download yet, but we are assured it is free.
http://blog.planet5d.com/f0a
Will be available here as soon as its released.
Dec 29
adminDesign, Photography, Video 7d, Apple, Canon, Final Cut Pro, HDSLR
So recently I’ve been shooting like a bandit with the 7D and while its nice to not have to pull vision of tape at real time, the h.264 compressed files do take a while to process. Not only are they extremely processor intensive, there doesn’t seem to be a one stop solution for HDSLR post workflow.
I use MPEG streamclip for converting h.264 to prores 422, and then pipe the output in to QtChange which allows you to enter specific timecode from your slate. While it is a ‘workable’ solution, it is certainly not elegant.
Enter Gluetools…
Gluetools apparently are soon releasing a plugin for final cut pro that will add ‘log and transfer’ functionality to HDSLR memory cards, but it is so much more than that, allowing you to view/edit metadata (in a canon video file?) use the date/time stamp as start timecode, and heaps more.
Vincent Laforet has the scoop…
Vincent’s Blog
Aug 31
adminPhotography 7d, Apple, Canon
So, I completed the second Graphic design assignment this morning…
It was a duality piece, called face to face.
The jig was, take two shots of yourself, no assistance. One of yourself, portraying how you think you look to others, and one that is how you think you look like to yourself… Bit of a self absorbed piece, it was pretty fun picking up my prints from the shop this morning let me tell you.
I used some computer assistance, in the form of canon’s EOS utility software, this enabled me to ‘liveveiw’ the camera, and monitor my shot, set my focus from the remote while in pose, set the timer and punch a few shots out.
I was happy with the indoor one, where I am playing guitar, not so happy with the outdoor one, my eyes are a touch out of focus, and It printed too dark. For my major pieces from now, i will make the effort to print at school, on the colour matched monitors.
- EOS Utility with LiveView enabled
While the camera is connected, you can use this mode to frame your shot, set your focus etc.
Unfortunately, I was using the EOS utility on an old PC laptop, Which prevented me from having the shutterspeed/iso/aperture settings open at the same time as the LiveView preview.
- LiveView Zoomed
When in liveview mode, you can zoom in on a point to set focus manually.
Over the next month, I will be attempting to take a long exposure of the night sky, to get the trails, and make the most arty of arts.
Jim out.
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