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Demystifying the VX - The Atavism
dude...:
vx hype is silly, its different if you actually used and filmed with one years back, but kids who started riding after affordable digital cameras were available, spending way over what theyre worth just cos theyre all retro and cool now is dumb. if youre still filming with one, you best be releasing your video on vhs and then watching it on a crt screen as well
also dv tapes can suck my hole, so annoying capturing them onto the computer (hope youve got a firewire port on your computer for that)
bluebmx:
While it's probably more hassle than it's worth, now that we have 4k cameras, you could run something wild like a 6.5mm circular fisheye on it, then crop off the sides and make a full HD (or maybe even slightly more resolution) 4:3 image. For normal shots you could just toss up 4:3 shoot safe lines and crop in post. I don't see the need, but for those die hards that love the look of 4:3 but would also like the crispiness of HD, the answer had arrived.
condrbkr:
--- Quote from: bluebmx on January 22, 2015, 01:44:18 PM ---While it's probably more hassle than it's worth, now that we have 4k cameras, you could run something wild like a 6.5mm circular fisheye on it, then crop off the sides and make a full HD (or maybe even slightly more resolution) 4:3 image. For normal shots you could just toss up 4:3 shoot safe lines and crop in post. I don't see the need, but for those die hards that love the look of 4:3 but would also like the crispiness of HD, the answer had arrived.
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4:3 on the average TV does not look right. I think if I saw HD 4:3 on the standard TV it would bug me but that's just my opinion. Let's have standards people!
CMcMahon:
--- Quote from: Narcoleptic Insomniac on January 21, 2015, 09:42:00 PM ---One thing about VX that makes it work so well for BMX (and skate) films is the aspect ratio. 4:3 gives the action on screen a sense of speed that hd widescreen doesn't quite capture.
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I disagree. The style of filming that went along with VX1000/Mk I fisheye is what gave it the sense of speed. You can do the exact same thing with the right type of lens on an HD camcorder (ie: the Whale-eye).
Narcoleptic Insomniac:
--- Quote from: CMcMahon on January 27, 2015, 02:20:50 AM ---
--- Quote from: Narcoleptic Insomniac on January 21, 2015, 09:42:00 PM ---One thing about VX that makes it work so well for BMX (and skate) films is the aspect ratio. 4:3 gives the action on screen a sense of speed that hd widescreen doesn't quite capture.
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I disagree. The style of filming that went along with VX1000/Mk I fisheye is what gave it the sense of speed. You can do the exact same thing with the right type of lens on an HD camcorder (ie: the Whale-eye).
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Have any examples of this?
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