Outreach Event
Title: Outreach Event
Location: The Vine Christian Center, Bridgend, South Wales, CF31 1LY
Description: Interview and gospel message
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2009-04-29
End Time: 21:30
May
05
May
05
GH1 Has no Live HDMI
In fact it has been confirmed that it doesn’t even have live SD composite out.So there is no way to externally monitor at all. Oh well – back to my HFS10 I go……mind you I am not complaining it is a beauty.And onward and upward until the Red Scarlet arrives.
Apr
23
Panasonic GH1 HD
Well,well,well.I have had my eye on this puppy for a while.It promises to be the most revolutionary camera of the decade in my humble opinion.Yes the RED one is miles ahead in many regards such as frame rate options,time lapse,RAW codecs etc but for once the indie filmaker has a few things on his side in one camera.Affordable price,portability,a huge sensor,( hopefully great low light performance), interchangeable lenses,( including Leica lenses – yum yum ), DOF control,24p and HDMI output.Panasonic have put quite a bit of thought into this camera and if it offers uncompressed HDMI output then I am sold.I was down to buy a Canon 5D Mark II until I realised that Canon had deliberately crippled the camera.No manual control,uncompressde HDMI or 24p.I cancelled my pre-order.
Well as for Panasonic I wrote to them in January and enquired about the possiblity to test the GH1 HD.They turned me down he he.Not enough clout I suppose….
Apr
23
New Canon HFS10 video
I have added another video to the HFS10 Cineform captures in my vimeo account.This really highlights how good the camera is.
Check it out
Second HFS10 Composite HD capture to Cineform from Henry Olonga on Vimeo.
Apr
21
Portable HDMI
Self contained and portable
Spent an afternoon working with the Magma chassis and a briefcase.Lots of soldering,taping,glueing and binding but managed to get it all in.Laptop,battery,invertor,power supplies,cables – all of it and it works great.Great thing about the magma chassis is that it actually can take pretty much any pci express card out there.HD-SDI,HDMI even camera link.
Matrox MXO2 Mini
New exciting product!!!!!!
http://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/mxo2_mini
Apr
21
Mugabe and the White African
I went and saw this film with my wife and father in law at a special screening at the Princesss Anne theatre.It was very,very moving and highlights the problems that Zimbabwe has with its leadership and how the problem of racism is not only in one direction in Zimbabwe.
May positive change come soon and may God be with Ben and Laura Freeth and along with Michael and Angela Campbell and the rest of the family in this difficult time.Our prayers and thoughts are with them and also all the nameless faces of the many farm workers they employ who have likewise suffered at the hands of such a terrible tyranny.
As I am going into short films myself I have a few observations from a techincal viewpoint – of course I may be wrong. It was shot as a documentary and as such one could get away with shaky archive footage and blown highlights etc. appeared to have an expensive camera look from the bokeh and depth of field but not sure what was used.Most of it was shot covertly so it would have had to have been small.It had I think a six blade aperture so it was a professional camera.There was a bit of aliasing from scaling so am not sure if it was shot in HD or whether an interlaced camera was used.I am not sure whether it was projected digitally but if it was transferred to film then then would have added an extra step,cost and loss of some resolution.At the end of the day – content is king and even though there were isssues with the picture I hardly cared as the movie was so moving.
Apr
10
Canon HSF10 – it is a beast!!!!!
Well this baby arrived on time and I have had it for a wee while now.In a word – it is a beast.This was a shoot I did the other day when I went for a stroll in my local borough.Man the image is sharp.Love it,love it, love it!!!
HFS10 Composite HD capture to Cineform. from Henry Olonga on Vimeo.
Apr
10
HDMI/Composite HD/HD-SDI DIY portable capture station tutorial
I have been capturing HDMI from my consumer camcorders now for a while and as I get asked quite a bit about how I do it I thought I would make a short tutorial as to how I go about it.
Hope this helps.
HDMI/Composite HD/HD-SDI DIY portable capture station tutorial from Henry Olonga on Vimeo.
Mar
20
More video shoot edits
Here is another series of videos that I have done recently – these two showcase my work with HDMI capture before I embark on my music videos and also my filmaking.I have a new camcorder coming next week.The new Canon HFS10 so I am really excited.It will offer 24p and has huge resolution for a camcorder.I bought the Panasonic TM300 but sent it back within minutes becasue I found it’s performance disappointing.My SR11 beat it in most of my own subjective tests.As a semi professional I am looking for that extra inch of performance and this didn’t give me any advance on my year old SR11.To any consumer – I am sure that this will be no problem as the image is very good.My main gripe was low light performance.
I hope you enjoy them – go to Vimeo to see them in HD – Better still – download the original file.
HDMI capture Showcase – North Wales from Henry Olonga on Vimeo.
And another
HDMI Capture showcase at Richmond Park from Henry Olonga on Vimeo.
Mar
16
An Evening with Henry Olonga
Title: An Evening with Henry Olonga
Location: St Nicholas Church, Mill Lane, BA2 6TU
Description: Herny will be sharing about his cricket and faith as well as entertaining you with some singing.
Start Time: 20:00
Date: 2009-03-24
End Time: 20:00