HD video of Philippine endemics with 5D2 (1 Viewer)

Romy Ocon

Well-known member

• Apr 4, 2009

• #1

Hi everyone,

Here's sharing short footages of a couple of Philippine endemic birds recently filmed with the 5D2 + Sigmonster + 2x TC. Gear and shooting info are provided in the links.

1. Balicassiao in the rain (Dicrurus balicassius)

http://exposureroom.com/romyocon_balicassiao



2. Indigo-banded Kingfisher (Alcedo cyanopecta)

http://exposureroom.com/romyocon_ibkf



Best regards,

Romy

 

Steve G

RAINBIRDER

• Apr 4, 2009

• #2

Congratulations Romy -you're getting some truly superb results!

 

Pluvius

Well-known member

• Apr 4, 2009

• #3

Agree with Rainbirder and with the sigmonster very impressive.

 

Nikon Kid

Love them Sula Bassana

• Apr 4, 2009

• #4

Who said DSLR should not have video, can't wait till 60d will it or wont it have Video.

Great Job

 

Sandpiper

Mike Powell

• Apr 5, 2009

• #5

Hi Romy,

Thanks again for sharing more of your incredible video footage. I particularly enjoyed the clip of the Balicassiao bathing in the rain. Hope you didn't get too wet filming it!

Mike

 

M

macshark

Electron Chaser

• Apr 6, 2009

• #6

Truly excellent. The kingfisher is magnificent in itself, but it is also pretty amazing to be able to see the legs and antennas of the ants that are crawling near the feet of the bird. This clip looks amazingly good despite compression artifacts which I suspect are mostly due to post-production processing to make it available on the web site. How much better is the original H.264 file from the camera?

 

Romy Ocon

Well-known member

• Apr 6, 2009

• #7

Thanks everybody for viewing and the kind comments.

macshark said:

Truly excellent. The kingfisher is magnificent in itself, but it is also pretty amazing to be able to see the legs and antennas of the ants that are crawling near the feet of the bird. This clip looks amazingly good despite compression artifacts which I suspect are mostly due to post-production processing to make it available on the web site. How much better is the original H.264 file from the camera?

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Yes, the compression artifacts (and loss of fine detail) are due to XR's transcoding. The original, already compressed *.wmv file uploaded is 177 MB (720p, 187 sec video), and XR displays it as 27.7 MB only.

The original 1080p footage, as well as the 177 MB 720P *.wmv file, are pixel-sharp in frames that were frozen by the slow shutter speed of the video.

Romy

 

Last edited: Apr 6, 2009

Romy Ocon

Well-known member

• Apr 6, 2009

• #8

Sandpiper said:

Hi Romy,

Thanks again for sharing more of your incredible video footage. I particularly enjoyed the clip of the Balicassiao bathing in the rain. Hope you didn't get too wet filming it!

Mike

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Hi Mike,

I was able to shoot from a make-shift shelter (a small tent used by park employees to shelter their motorbikes), hence no lens, DSLR nor birdnut was hurt during the filming.

Romy

 

Nikon Kid

Love them Sula Bassana

• Apr 8, 2009

• #9

I went back this time to see the kingfisher that just blows my mind absolutely perfect in full screen its awesome.

Well done Romy keep them coming, I am sure as video gets going on DSLR's we will see more.