Hi Guys.

I have had my 5D sitting in my bag for the past few months as a backup and on a recent holiday/business trip to NZ, I shot this video:

Vimeo Link

YouTube Link

Feedback is welcome!

Chris.

Wow! Great work! Beautiful scenery, New Zealand is a special place!

Beautiful stuff! How do you accomplish your smooth pans?

Hey Chris that's really nice. Can't wait to see more.

Have you been doing video long?

Thank you for that Chris
I left NZ in 1978. I have been back only twice since. It is where my heart is.
Your video bought back many happy memories.

I now have a 5D2 & hope to get back to NZ (& OZ) next year - If I can create a video 1/4 as good as yours, I would be a very happy bunny!

What video editing s/w do you use?

Wow!

Man that's one awesome video mate. I've linked it to my website (hope you don't mind).

How did you do the slow moving pans, you have a steadycam thingy?

sachman wrote:
Wow! Great work! Beautiful scenery, New Zealand is a special place!

Thanks. It is an amazing place. I fell in love with it last year.

wbrad wrote:
Beautiful stuff! How do you accomplish your smooth pans?

I used a Manfrotto 503HDV video head.

Steve Sieren wrote:
Hey Chris that's really nice. Can't wait to see more.

Have you been doing video long?

Thanks Steve. This is my first video. I have done a 'behind the scenes' video, but that's it.

Donald Gray wrote:
Thank you for that Chris
I left NZ in 1978. I have been back only twice since. It is where my heart is.
Your video bought back many happy memories.

I now have a 5D2 & hope to get back to NZ (& OZ) next year - If I can create a video 1/4 as good as yours, I would be a very happy bunny!

What video editing s/w do you use?

No problems Donald!
I used Final Cut Pro. I only just picked it up, so I have allot to learn.

Jack Daws wrote:
Wow!

Man that's one awesome video mate. I've linked it to my website (hope you don't mind).

How did you do the slow moving pans, you have a steadycam thingy?

No worries Jack. Glad you enjoyed it.
I used a glidetrack

Regards,

Chris.

Stunning video, went straight into my vimeo 'likes' folder

Awesome video, but from a critical stand point, your cuts seemed choppy and abrupt. you had a slow paced theme with fast paced cuts which threw off the rhythm and didn't give the viewer enough time to absorb the scene.
Slower pans with slightly longer holds would work really nice. though overall a great visual aid.

Excellent work Chris !!!

P.L

Beautiful scenery and a great job putting it together. I loved it!

Rich

That was pretty special. Thanks for that! What lenses was this shot on?

Well done Chris. I need to check out the video capabilities of my own Mk II.

Very cool stuff Chris. Loved the behind the scenes stuff too (would like to see more!) Any idea if Clarkson is coming back for season 14?

Also, cool site. What are you using that allows me to move through all of your images with the scrollwheel? Never seen that before, but it rocks.

AMAZING... anybody who knocks the video capabilities of the 5D2 needs to see this and then crawl in a hole... i really love this video it showcases the truly unique landscape very well

Spoolin wrote:
Hi Guys.

I have had my 5D sitting in my bag for the past few months as a backup and on a recent holiday/business trip to NZ, I shot this video:

Vimeo Link

YouTube Link

Feedback is welcome!

Chris.
what kind of filter did you use ? the colors look great ! the video is awesome

Ridiculously AWESOME. It's like, you have a stunning photograph, and then it suddenly starts moving! Awesome job, makes me wanna own a HD camera as well Nice choice of music as well by the way, Hans Zimmer is the best

Daniel K wrote:
Awesome video, but from a critical stand point, your cuts seemed choppy and abrupt. you had a slow paced theme with fast paced cuts which threw off the rhythm and didn't give the viewer enough time to absorb the scene.
Slower pans with slightly longer holds would work really nice. though overall a great visual aid.

Thanks Daniel.

I appreciate the honest feedback.

tonyhart wrote:
That was pretty special. Thanks for that! What lenses was this shot on?

16-35, 24-70 and 70-200.

ajkessler wrote:
Very cool stuff Chris. Loved the behind the scenes stuff too (would like to see more!) Any idea if Clarkson is coming back for season 14?

Also, cool site. What are you using that allows me to move through all of your images with the scrollwheel? Never seen that before, but it rocks.

Thanks AJ.
Wouldn't have a clue to be honest!

I used simpleviewer for my site.

anorphirith wrote:
Spoolin wrote:
Hi Guys.

I have had my 5D sitting in my bag for the past few months as a backup and on a recent holiday/business trip to NZ, I shot this video:

Vimeo Link

YouTube Link

Feedback is welcome!

Chris.
what kind of filter did you use ? the colors look great ! the video is awesome

I used a ND Grad filter for some shots and then graded the video in CS4.

Cubibubi wrote:
Ridiculously AWESOME. It's like, you have a stunning photograph, and then it suddenly starts moving! Awesome job, makes me wanna own a HD camera as well Nice choice of music as well by the way, Hans Zimmer is the best

Thanks.

Chris.

Really enjoyed watching this along with the other video. Off topic, but how did you get the floor white in the car shoot?

amazing!

how did you get the smooth zoom / pans?

also how long did you stay and how much did that cost and where did you go?

I'm planning on going sometime january and any information would be really helpful!

btw you said you graded the video in CS4, i assume in Aftereffects? Or am I wrong?

Wow, thanks for sharing.

Guess I need to take a trip to NZ now. The scenery looks amazing.