Terms

1. You can submit ONE video clip made by you personally using any camera. Just post it in this topic.
2. Clip must reside on vimeo or youtube video hostings and must have "personal-view contest" and link to contest page (for contest time).
3. Clip must be below 3 minutes in length (for any exception with length you must PM me).
4. Only new videos are accepted. Do not submit your one year old video.
5. Only videos featuring pets or animals like cat, dog, hamster, etc are accepted.
6. For first prize - video must have story to tell, must feature pet, must be funny and/or interesting.
7. For second prize - must feature your cat (yep, cats only!), must be funny/pretty/etc.
8. Deadline - March 9, reaching minimum 10 entries.

We are waiting for your videos:

About NEST

NEST is HK manufacturer of premium quality tripods and photo/video heads.
I use their legs and heads for few years and they are really top notch.

First prize - NEST NT-9403 carbon legs + 683H fluid head

Very sturdy carbon legs made using 10x layers of best carbon. Big legs diameter. Can handle with ease 12kg real weight of your rig. 100mm bowl. 1660mm max height.

683H is very good, fully metal, 100mm bowl head. With adjustments of pan and tilt drag, as well as counterbalance.

Second prize - NEST NT-6294CK carbon legs + new small fluid head

Sturdy and light carbon legs. Detachable leg that can be converted to monopod.

Small and high quality fluid head made specially for light tripods and easy travel.

It is good tradition to make winter video contests on PV.

Terms

1. You can submit TWO videos made by you personally or your small team using any camera. Just post it in this topic.
2. You can submit any video made after contest start or up to 3 months prior of contest start.
3. Clip must reside on vimeo or youtube video hostings and must have in description "personal-view laing contest" text with link to contest page (for contest time).
4. Video must be between 2 and 10 minutes in length. if you think that video is very good you can submit longer videos.
5. Contest duration is until March 17, or as we reach 25 participants.

Winner selection

1. In this same topic any PV member registered before contest start date can post names of up to 3 videos that he likes most. Contest participants can also vote for videos if they are not their own.
2. Members with more than 500 posts can post names of up to 5 videos that they like most.
3. In the closing day I'll post up to 8 videos list I like most.
4. Member with video that will get most mentions in lists will be declared winner. Winner will have special status on forum for one year.
5. In situation where two or more videos get exactly same number of mentions topic will be reopen to allow more members to vote.

Prize - Laing H5 Steadicam, new 2016 model

• Work with any camera+ lens combination up to 2.8kg
• Weight is only 0.67kg, so you can use it with bare hands for prolonged time
• Very compact
• Exceptional manufacturing quality Laing is known for
• No charging required :-)

We continue good tradition to make contests on PV.

Terms

1. You can submit one photo and one video per month, made by you personally using any camera. Just post it in this topic.
2. Photos of landscapes, flowers, kittens and dogs are accepted, people, especially portraits, and famous buildings must be absent.
3. Only beautiful "moving slideshows" are accepted (look at photos list for kinds). You dreamed about this day to come, right?
4. Maximum video length - 15 seconds. It is advised to do not have any cut points at all, camera movement must be absent or be smooth.
5. Clip must reside on vimeo or youtube video hostings and must have "personal-view contest" text and link to contest page (for one month time).
6. Photo must reside on Flickr with same text in photo description, size in post no more than 800px width.
7. Only photos and videos made during contest month are accepted, no old stuff.
8. Videos will have some priority over photos (we are video oriented community :-) ) Best is to have both.
9. If you use music, make sure you do it properly and do not break some copyright.

Winner will be selected each month by me personally (VK), announced and prizes sent during next month.

Public monthly prize will go to the maker of video/photo causing most prizes and discussions from members.

1st prize

Filters set consisting from

• Fotga Pro1-D UV filter
• Fotga Pro1-D CPL filter
• Forga Slim Fader ND
• Set of ND2, ND4 and ND8 filters
• All filters come in soft pouches
• Winner can choose preferred size of filter set (up to 77mm)

Public prize

• Include all the above except three ND filters.

Due to maximum exposure reasons, it's only uploaded on facebook for now.

https://www.facebook.com/tjibbe.pisvinger/videos/925653667473933

It is good tradition to make winter video contests on PV.

Terms

1. You can submit TWO videos made by you personally using any camera. Just post it in this topic.
2. Video must have really good story you want to tell to viewers. Music videos, horrors and pretty moving slideshows are not accepted as entries.
3. Clip must reside on vimeo or youtube video hostings and must have "personal-view contest" text and link to contest page (for contest time).
4. Video must be between 3 and 10 minutes in length (for longer length entries you must PM me).
5. Only videos made in November 2014 or later are accepted. Do not submit your one year old video.
6. New videos made specially for contest will have priority if all else equal.
7. Videos featuring pets or animals like cat, dog, hamster, etc will have small bonus added in evaluation.
8. Video about real life economics (manufacturing, etc) will have small bonus added in evaluation.

Winner, 2rd and 3nd places will be selected by me personally (VK) after viewing all entries no later than one week after deadline,
I will consult some influential members also for their opinion.

Prizes

For Winner

Full Fotga camera rig (mattebox, follow focus, camera base, rods and offset shoulder pad).

2nd place

Fotga M4 matte box, includes rods and C bracket

3rd place

Forga DP500 2 follow focus with QR

And here's the video. It was shot with Moon T8 using a SanDisk 32gb 80 MBs card and SLR Magic 12mm & 25mm. I had no time to actually light the shots and all post was done in edius. Decided not to grade the footage at all.

This is my first real shoot on my new GH3. Report of a very cool snowboard contest in french Alps (Semnoz). Handheld with two prime lenses : Oly 45mm f1.8 and Oly 12mm f2. Edit in Premiere Pro only.

Your comments are welcome! I'm a newbie, so I need advices.

Thx

Terms

1. You can submit any ONE video clip made by you personally using any camera. Just post it in this topic.
2. Priority will be given to new videos, made specially for contest.
3. Video themes with top priority: Christmas, videos about local firms making real products
4. You clip must have some story to tell, not to be just pretty video.
5. Clip must reside on vimeo or youtube video hostings and must have "personal-view contest" in description text (for contest time).

Contest ended!

Main prize for Black Magic owners - Skier Premium Cage for BMPCC

Main prize for owners of other cameras - Varavon 1m SlideCam V medium slider

... a self-contained SD Quicktime file with no proprietary codecs on either: - data DVD - USB flash drive miniDV playable DVD

I'm editing and rendering on Vegas Home Studio HD 11.0. I'm wondering if I should be changing the settings on the camera BEFORE even filming, to easier convert to SD..There are also so many output options on Sony Vegas that I'm at a loss on what the best transfer would be to maintain the best quality in standard definition. Wondering if a USB flash drive would maintain better quality than a playable DVD?...it seems like rather than forcing filmmakers to downgrade their finished product, the contest staff should be upgrading their equipment to handle HD...these are only 4-7 minute videos after all. The finished videos will be screened in a full size theater..something tells me they are going to look not so good.

Thanks for the help.