NEW YORK CITY - CANON EOS 7D

[milligrambeats]

what's the music?

[ambroseeee]

@milligrambeats B-Boy by Crown City Rockers. It was originally Empire State of Mind but YouTube took it down.

[BuckNutProductions]

i like cats

[thatniggbeme7]

hii what settings did u use in imovie to get it this good on youtube?

[ambroseeee]

@thatniggbeme7 I just hit share --> youtube -> HD 1080p

[gyuhankim]

this video never gets old ambrose haha. i watch it from time to time when im feeling homesick.

[JONARD72]

if this was shot with f3.5-5.6 lens, I will suck the Pope.

Honestly, what lens u used outside night shots?

cheers

[ambroseeee]

@JONARD72 Start sucking cause I can honestly tell you it was shot with the 28-135 f/3.5-5.6. I bought the camera right when it came out (switched from nikon so i had no lenses) and made it on iMovie. I didn't even buy the 50 1.8 until sometime in January 2010 or something.

[RayLovesRomania]

There's some noise in the low light condition.

[ambroseeee]

@RayLovesRomania Keep in mind this was only using the 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 , and if you note the date the video was uploaded the camera came out in mid-october 2009

[dobermansnp]

One of the best, better: the best video ive seen with the D7, watch out buddy couse Canon can hire u to work for then after this clip!

Awesome job! Congrats from Brazil.

[Db3st0794]

lol i like it :) arent you scared of someone jacking it? lool

[LLCARMY]

if i was u id forget the kit lense and snatch up a 50mm f1.8 they are cheap as chips and they look so much better in the low light shots...just gotta practice ur manual focus skills

[grumble5005]

what an asshole

[thetheyintheysay]

@grumble5005

shut up baichi

[roborovskihamsters]

How is it so smooth?! Handheld?

[ambroseeee]

@roborovskihamsters Yes, handheld, although I am making a steadicam right now. I just need to balance it out and I'll be posting it right after I'm done.

[ebteam96]

is much better

[NeilCairns13]

Nice work there man... lovely little film, and nicely edited.. esp like the dancer at the end :)

[captainpaddygarcia]

its got a nice feel to that, i've got a 7D but yet to use the video on it properly. I need to get use to the focus on it

[paxton987123]

good stuff dude. download iMovie HD 6, it was and is better than 09...

don't be afraid of 30p.....24p gets a lot of hype but its better to shoot with the extra frame rate and then when you have a final edit you can drop it down to 24 if you want...but do that if you are going to do a film print and show it in a theatre....30 p is fine for what u are doing...keep it up.

[dippenz]

good stuff

[drpapi6197]

this is an awsome video ambrose!!!!! should be a commercial for ny!!!!

[drpapi6197]

this is an awsome video ambrossee!!!!!

[w3tua]

This is badass. You're giving me inspiration to do more with my 7D. Great job!

[KaratCake]

what did u use to edit? that zoom transition is killer

[ambroseeee]

@KaratCake iMovie & ty, it's a the standard lens that comes with the camera

[1cobruh]

Wow thats amazing! I'm new to this. Is it a complicated camera to manipulate?

[ambroseeee]

Not at all, and it's so fun to play with so practicing isn't a problem

[ikicaq]

great video! did you shoot in 24p or 30p? were the speed ups done in imovie 09? any color correction?

[ambroseeee]

speed ups were done in iMovie w/o stabilization, i shot mainly in 24p, and no color correction but i did use some iMovie filters (glow, sci-fi, etc)

[ikicaq]

im also using imovie 09 to edit my 7d vids, its just to bad that imovie does not support 24p. it puts the 24p in a 30p timeline. I probably will be getting final cut pro soon.

[ambroseeee]

oh wow, i actually didn't know that.. i really want to learn how to use final cut pro, but the time constraints with college aren't really helping hehe. What lenses do you have by the way?

[ikicaq]

I just have two, EFS 18-200mm f/3.5-f/5.6 and EF 50mm f/1.8.

[ambroseeee]

I just bought an EF 50mm f/1.8, i'm going pretty low budget right now since the camera was a pretty hefty investment.. do you have any flashes?

[ikicaq]

the 50mm 1.8 is a good lens, cheap looking but makes great video and stills. no flashes yet. but ordered the Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8.

[ozfunghi]

Hehe, i own the 17-50mm tamron and canon 50mm 1.8 as well. My 7D is on the way (hope to get it tomorrow). I think i'm getting the falcon fisheye 8mm as well soon. Thinking about building a diy steadicam too... Just sold my good old 400d yesterday.

[chingvang559]

that's where the drunk lady fell over

[lunertic7]

nice! your doing great with the camera action bro.

[redlinax]

I SEE D-KWON (:

[KpxCasper]

good job. i like the part where im packing it wrong

[xshiiznapsz]

aw ambrose :) i especially like the last minute of the video :)

[decay]

hey isn't it illegal to record in the subways? lol i think you should try to either hold the camera more steady/use a tripod or use motion tracking of some sort to keep your video not so shaky. Also I think the city woulda been better choice xP

[ambroseeee]

Most of the footage was taken when I was going to school or on nights out, I didn't really intend for this specific video to be anywhere close to professional. I do have a tripod but I pretty much just took footage on my way to or from school, and bringing a tripod along with what I normally bring to school (textbooks, laptop, camera, notes, etc) would be overkill.

[ambroseeee]

I do plan on making another video featuring NYC (like Times Square) over winter break so hopefully bringing a tripod with me should be no problem. Also, during editing I did some image stabilization but it zoomed in so much certain aspects of the shot got cut off so I decided to leave image stabilization off.

[omegoditsjeff]

Nice Ambrose =),,,,

[dakotadotc0m]

wow i REALLY liked this.

good job. i hope there will be more soon.