"Winter" Sunset in LA

ianwood

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Getting the swing of this Phantom thing. Though I am still experimenting heavily with settings and workflow. Here's the best of two batteries worth of filming at sunset in Beachwood Canyon in the Hollywood Hills:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHyIkMBO50[/youtube]

What I like:
- In mild wind, the P2 with Zenmuse produces some amazing results.
- The GoPro has really grown into a amazing little camera.
- Protune!
- That I was able to rebalance the ZenMuse with an ND filter on the GoPro.

What I am still not happy with (tips welcome!):
- Inconsistent grading: Between Cineform, FCPX, Crumplepop HDR, etc. I am struggling to find the best way to grade Protune.
- White balancing: FCPX! Why, oh why do you not have a color picker??? I have to buy yet another plugin???
- Motion blur: Delivering in 24p limits panning options without tracking a subject.
- Lens flare: ND filter adds a lot of it.
- Horizon drift: Zenmuse off by a few degrees in a few shots.
- Disk space: Who knew you'd need 100Gb to edit 2 minutes of video!
- Gain noise: Take the ND off after dusk. Where's the noise filter in FCPX? What, another plug-in to buy? Uggh!

I should caveat all this by saying I have zero ambition to do anything other than use this to have some fun and learn a few things. That said, I do want to challenge my friend, the DP with the octo rig that he currently uses to shoot videos for a major automotive magazine. I am clearly very jealous!
 

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