Hey there everyone. Just wanted to share the latest thing I've completed for a really cool whisky distillery here on Vancouver Island. Some of these shots were quite exciting to plan and execute.

I continue to be grateful to this community and the things I've learned here over the years. These small cameras are great tools that set us loose to create meaningful work. Thanks @Vitaliy - for setting this forum up and putting the whole thing in motion with unlocking the power and potential of GH1 & GH2.

Comments welcomed.

A while back my short The Boss won a few awards and got a load of views, well here's my latest bit of work, a music promo for James Yuill shot in the desert of Tabernas in southern Spain. (Where a bunch of films have been shot; the good the bad and the ugly, lawrence of arabia and mad max 3 amongst them).

We used a few choice lenses, mostly the Voigtlander 25mm f0.95, Canon FD 85mm 1.8 and a random CCTV lens (26mm f1.4 I think), coupled with one of the Sanity hacks (I think version 5).

Had lots of comments about the look, few people (and experienced people!) mistaking it for Red footage, so we got something right!

Thanks again to this site for the hack and knowledgable advice which helps indie filmmakers out no end . . .

Alex

My DP influence was Don McAlpine, particularly Medicine Man ;-)

Panasonic has not said anything about the RAW stacking capabilities the GH3 has. In fact I didn’t even know it had it until I first got mine. However, I had a chance last night to really play around with it for Astro Photography.

Simply put. The in camera HDR and RAW Stacking could be game changers. The GH3 already beats every single APS-C camera on DXO mark Canon makes. Canon has been the defacto camera for AP for many years.

Here are some images and videos I took last night while the full moon was out.

The in camera RAW stacking that the GH3 offers could finally allow us to get impressive images in camera and without ever hooking up a computer to the scope. For me that is essential.

The big issue is that you simply must guide the scope. Trying to do it with tracking alone won’t work. Right now I can’t afford to guide so I did some testing with brighter objects.

Below is a single image that was produced in camera by stacking many RAW images from different areas of space together. The only thing I edited was that some of the stars show through the moon. However, I have posted the original out of camera RAW file if you want to play with it.

I took the image of Orion first and then stacked four quick exposures of the moon over it. It is really easy because the GH3 shows you the original RAW image with the live view super imposed over it.

 Here is another image where I stacked the moon together in five separate exposures.

 If I get enough money to guide then I will try stacking the same object over and over again on top of its self to reduce noise and to also reduce the effects of light pollution.

Here are some of the RAW files if you want to play around with them.

http://twills.fatcow.com/Share/GH3%20Stacking/

It was a lot of work and it's not without its flaws, but considering the crew (three people including me apart from the make-up artist) and the time we had it came out quite decent.

Please tell me what you think!

By the way, I shot it with the Driftwood Apocalypse Now! 6GOP Nebula patch, and the lenses I used were:

· Rokinon 28mm f2.8 · Minolta MD 50mm f1.7 · Minolta MD 135mm f2.8

If you have any questions just ask!

We just shot a short film with the GH3 and it is finished now. It might be interesting for you guys to see what the GH3 can do. The film was shot over 2.5 days. I added some details in the film's description. Make sure to download the film for full 1920x1080 resolution, as I don't have a paid Vimeo account.

Let me know what you think also! Questions will be answered as well.

Link:

Watch on Vimeo for HD and download the file for a better 1920x1080p version without Vimeo's compression!

Not a Pro member so HD is only available if you watch this on Vimeo's site.

Let me know what you think of it!

All the footage were shot with a Canon 550D. Do have a look and let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

Let me know what you think, and if you want to donate that would be even better.

Here's the link to the campaign. http://www.indiegogo.com/skeletonhands

If you like the video or the band, feel free to share it.

Music in promo by Purity Ring

These are the first shots from a longer short we're trying to put in some festivals. Thought I'd just post some stand-alone edits of quick scenes to see how it's playing to people. Not really much to it yet, but I just wanted to post up some bits as we go along. Thanks for watching!

-Production Info-

Body: GH2

Patch: Intavenus 'Cinema Smooth'

Lensing: Sigma 30mm 1.4 (wide open, with Variable ND filter)

Grading: FCP 3-way corrector

Music in Protools 8

I'll load up more later but for now here's a penguin.

Thanks to Vitaliy and everyone on this site for making it possible for us all to go out and shoot quality stuff that will hopefully reflect well the efforts and sense of community that you can find only here.

This is the trailer for The Crazy Life. It's feature film being shot with hacked GH2.

Panasonic GH2 with Canis Majoris Night Matrix patch by Driftwood

Lenses used:

Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH Micro 4/3 Lens Panasonic H-VS014140E (kit lens) Jupiter-9 85mm F2 Sonnar m42 HELIOS 44M (2/58 mm) Zenit, Zeiss Jena glass Minolta Maxxum 50mm AF 1:1.7

Please comment !

http://uninexus.tumblr.com http://youtube.com/uninexus

Directed by: Vic Harris Produced and Written by: Shelli Wright Production Team: Ryan McBay, Ed Spangler, John Wrendinthal, Jay Brown and Timmy "Tip Toes" Tomlin Sound: Pete Grainger Edited by: Van Rueben Cop: J.R. Craig VO: Lee Kanne "Another One Rides the Bus" sung by: Greg Vautour

Filmed and stared in by real Veterans and Law Enforcement Personnel

Gear used: Cameras: Panasonic GH2's with Driftwoods Apocalypse Now 'Boom!' - Intra GOP1 24p Flat 4 matrix hack, shot at 1080/24P

Lenses: Rokinon 14mm T1.5 Cine, 24mm T1.5 Cine, 85mm T1.5 Cine, Tokina 11-16mm 2.8, SLR Magic 12mm 1.6, Nikon AIs 50mm 1.8, 105mm 2.8

Lights: 3 Kino Divas, 508 LEDs, 312AS LEDs,

Grip: Bogen 316 Head and Sticks, Dolly + track, Customized Camtree Car Mount Rig,

It started out as a little test of my new toy, the GoPro Hero 3. Just wanted to see how good it would hold up. Then I decided to make a little short film, as I really liked what I saw ;-)

Shot entirely on the GoPro Hero 3 in 2.7k 24p and 1080p protunes mode. I find it amazing how far you can push the grade to get a cinematic looking image. This is a 399 USD camera after all! Download the 1080p file and have a look if you like.

Music by Seu Jorge and Almaz, Everybody loves the Sunshine (available on iTunes)

This is a teaser of a film for a period of twenty minutes I wrote, shot and edited for the French channel ARTE in coproduction with ZDF channel. This is a making of a documentary project shot in 3D, which sets out to discover the secrets of the Cathedral of Strasbourg (Alsace). Atypical and innovative project, then.

For now it's only the teaser but I'll post here in the next film completely.

otherwise, just pass it on. It's too good not to!

Check out my latest short film 'A Day in 1951'

Please feel free to leave any comments.

This was shot with

GH2 running Canis Majoris Night Lenses; SLR Magic 12mm / Voigtlander 25mm / Zeiss ZF 1.4 50mm