XH A1 film test (old)

[brennangillis2009]

Really nice footage, but excellent colour correction.

[curioussyndicateband]

I used the XHA1s to make the Curious Syndicate music vid! I like it!

[MichaelXhardcore]

What do you think of the Redrock M2 Cinema lens adapter??

[FXProductionsVideo]

for a 360p shooting video camera that is AMAZING quality!

[jasedotcom]

Did you use a Letus 35 adapter?

[JamesWorldStudios]

God dang, if you people cannot take a bloody joke. I feel bad.

[scvranger]

Looks good, nice shots. What shutter speed and Gain settings are you using? Also, did you slow any of the clips down in post? I have an XH A1s too, and I'm trying to dial it in. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[puma71189]

Thank you for this video. I have been torn on what kind of camera to buy to make my movie. This videos quality and artistic achievement has been the greatest help to me in deciding that this camera is the one to buy.

-Nick

[MattReynaFilms]

Gotta love those colors.

[the1mightygod]

dude how did u get the picture saturated like that ? btw nice camera work ......

[TheEngine9Experience]

Loved the image quality and camera handling. I think you made an excellent choice to use the background sound along with the music. It gave the video a more organic feel along with the images you chose. Again...loved it. I just purchased this camera yesterday can't wait to put it through it's paces. Had been using a Canon GL2 for a year.

[Vustler]

wow 

[GroupMusicGroup]

amazing HD! =D

[misterawat]

This guy is the Steven Hawking of film making!!

[santygugu]

The one who sings this song? And since is song entitled? Forgive my English I am Spanish. A great greeting to all...Thank you....

[santygugu]

Since it is called the song? The one who sings it? Excuse my English. I am Spanish and speak very slightly English...It wanted to know since there is entitled the song and the one who interprets it...Help me jejee A great greeting to all

[bakanbi]

this is the white people anthem

[conewells]

Great shots. I must be doing something wrong, bc I cannot get images like that with my own xh-a1. Very hard to stay in focus when shooting actors in a scene. The manual's no real help.

[seven7years]

man that looks so good with just the camera itself, and of course Color. Good job man. I want this camera so bad. I need a job! haha

[TheJodoChannel]

Amazing!

[JacksonTrengove6]

awesome work, totally inspiring me to go and get one.

[Gerschanel]

how do you get this warm effect from this camera , what editing programme are you using and what settings are you using

[conewells]

Nice work. I need to get my act together, because my images look so dull

from my own Canon XH A-1. ( I have not used the SG lens, but that's no excuse)

[movielab2punto0]

look like a red camera

[JamesWorldStudios]

Fake, Canon XH A1s is 1080i, why does it only go up to 480p? Also the blur of backgrounds ain't as good.

[Andyax]

@JamesWorldStudios What a stupid comment :P I exported this video as 480p a looong time ago, because I added it to my hompage. I didn't have that much space on my homepage, so I couldn't upload HD video. Then later, I just uploaded this same file to youtube, instead of exporting again. It's easy to achieve shallow depth of field like this if you zoom in alot, use as open aperture as possible and make the object be as far as possible away from the background.

[JamesWorldStudios]

@Andyax Congrats, I trolled you at the time. :)

[FLIGHTSIMEXTREME]

@JamesWorldStudios  And 2 years ago youtube didnt allow 1080p or 720p

[NJmetal94]

@JamesWorldStudios what are you retarded? You can still put it up in different qualities than 1080

[LethargicBannanazZ]

@JamesWorldStudios please leave you ignoramus.

[JamesWorldStudios]

@LethargicBannanazZ Dude, you make 0 sense.

[LethargicBannanazZ]

@JamesWorldStudios How about I put in in stupid people terms. Get the fuck off of this video if you don't know what the hell your talking about you stupid asshole.

[JamesWorldStudios]

@LethargicBannanazZ Hahaha someone has anger problems. If you take things that serious, you should not even be on the internet in the first place. Talk about stupid people terms.

[LethargicBannanazZ]

@JamesWorldStudios ok buddy i'm not even mad you're the one who doesn't even know about film making and are calling this video "Fake" and saying that it "ain't" blurred enough (which by the way is called a depth of field). I just don't likeit when people talk about things they don't know about.

[JamesWorldStudios]

@LethargicBannanazZ Its a joke. I know tons of stuff about the Canon XH A1 due to me owning one. I have the manual book that came with, I been video making for a LONG time. I think I know a lot, but that comment is soooo 'stupid' that it made no sense, therefore....I was just fooling around. Explaining myself takes away the laughter. Meh, but many others did not get it so I got negative votes. I suppose people really do love their electronics enough to not get things.

[stavit2]

My suggestion is turn off ur sound if a song is playing...but very cool!

[walk888]

what's the name of the song playing in the background?

[treveenos]

nice man

[crapfactoryfilms]

thats one hell of a camera

[TROSKY1994]

Name of the song Please

[ArnaudHoude]

What is the song ???

[NoslemProductions]

for the color correction how did you do that?

[zandronovo]

hey Andyax beutiful video. What kind of editind software you used to tweak the color? really nice work!

[TheCinemaScoop]

AAAAAAAAAAH I want a XH-A1 soooooooo bad

how much does it cost?

o and i was looking at the redone camera wow its big and csts like 17599 dollars

btw nice vid

[shwrd]

you can xha1s on ebay for under $3000 :)

[TheCinemaScoop]

@shwrd Thnx

[delto777]

dont fuck me that camera is of god

[attackonh3]

do you remember what set you had it on?

[yanfrom1987]

scorpions,,,???ahaha

[littlenickyn]

Pretty decent for it's price. The RED ONE is still the best though for amateur film makers.

[MichaelDaeche]

@littlenickyn

I lol if you are being serious.

RED ONE takes nice images but for an amateur... I don't think any aspiring film maker will be willing to spend over 30 thousand dollars on their very first camera and if they are... Then this world is doomed.

[littlenickyn]

Ok. Never said for someone's first film. Just stating that it's nice and very professional looking. You can rent the nicer cameras FYI. Everything is "amateur" no matter what camera you use, till you get paid for making movies.

[did4h2k]

the red one costs also 10 times more than the xha1, i wouldnt concider it a cam for amateur film makers (maybe if u have a rich daddy, lol). 30k for 1 camera(bundle). 1 camera wont be enough if you shoot on 4k and high framerate since the cam will overheat pretty soon and needs its break. so u need a second body. we´re at 47k now, having 1 single lens sofar....

a nice rig based on an xha1 (camera+35mm addapter + matte box + tripod + rails + monitor + mics + lights) will be around 15k.....

[littlenickyn]

The difference between an amateur and professional film maker, is a pro makes money doing it as a career. An amateur does it as a hobby. So... I can't afford the REDONE either, but if an amateur is wealthy, then they'll have a huge advantage. Know what I'm saying. :)

[did4h2k]

seems my last comment got lost somehow, sry if i double-post...

a red shoots @ 4k, a normal home-cinema-system has no 4k projector, 1080p is max you get at home. so there is no point in buying a red if you dont show your movies in a cinema (google 4k projector to see if 1 would fit in your livingroom, lol).

when i turn on the tv i see many amateur shoots - news, reality shows,.... its not the money which makes you pro. 50% of my work is for free, 50% is regulary payed - so am i semi-pro now?

[littlenickyn]

@did4h2k

Well, the goal of most film makers is to get accepted to film fests where their films are shown in theaters. They don't make movies to show their family and friends, that'd be rather pointless.

And professional news camera are very expensive, way more than the REDONE. Same with reality shows and anything you'd see on the normal networks. Sure, some commercials use amateur equipment, but usually only local commercials.

[did4h2k]

u sure have an advantage shooting your stuff on 4k when you finally end up in a cinema which also uses these kind of projectors, true (which is quite a low percentage at the current time)

still, if ur budget if lower than 100k you will get a better result if you spent ur money in a 9k cam (xha1 costs 3k) and have the rest for accessory, actors, ...than wasting half of ur buget of camera and 1 lens.

[did4h2k]

plus, depending on the situation, tv stations use different kind of cams - super expensive studio cams for their news moderation or gameshows, but also these "budget" 3k cameras like the xha1 for reality shows, news feeds and so on.

to show you how amateur these cams are... did you see the hollywood movie crank2 (i know its story sucks)? you wanna know which cams they used? check wikipedia, surprise surprise, its an xha1.. and even an hf10, a cam worth 800€. ~20 million $ amateur movie, nice

[TheGAMlNGbros]

looks like a movie lmao!

[VictorIbarra1]

So this is shot not using the Sgpro..?

[Andyax]

@VictorIbarra1 That's right :) Just low aperture (around f1.8)

[brandonleesanders]

doesn't look like it. Looks like he utilized the high zoom. Typically when zoomed in it naturally creates a shallow depth of field. This can be achieved with most digital cameras, you just have to practice and understand your particular camera to get the desired DOF.

[DeuceMindTV]

@brandonleesanders YES! U UNDERSTAND IT!

[BZLProductions]

wow... wow

[jeystonemusic]

the only competition to this camera is the RED...end of. I own the XH-A1 and it is amazing!

[brandonleesanders]

5D Mark ii

[jeystonemusic]

tu che...It is also amazing, better picture quality maybe but a bitch to use I heard...isn't it like a normal photo camera

[akumulgator]

yes, but how you did so great looking color of film?? please tell me

[jeystonemusic]

you heard of post production?

[diegomh]

just wonderful!

[XxOxMrsNickJonasxOxX]

Christian Fortune tweeted this =)

[DeanWB]

Good job mate

[cleopas7]

hey Andyax, so i get inspired by ur videos. The Lens "Pentax 50mm f1.7" how much are those supposed to cost...i want to get them. Some advice?!

[adamdieter1204]

this camera is around 3000 i guess u can get for 2500 but that is used

im saving up for one now

[555bzona]

Great shooting, really film look, i have the same camera (Pal), what setting did u use?

[brighdaylen]

So cool.

[horeyes41]

nice, what is "color"? an app for mac? or the effect of color in final cut ¿

[Andyax]

A app for mac, yes :)

[thenakedsurfer89]

Aye my brew nicely done, did you use color in FCS2?

[Andyax]

Thanks. Yes I did :)

[Masakione]

What is that "Color" everyone uses:D?

[reddupo]

Get Magic Bullet Suite

[Studio595]

No. Its an app in the Final Cut Studio bundle. Its very nice if i do say so myself. :D

[Crazy216Carl]

great fucking shots man

[ANDYWARHOLISMS]

Brilliant.

[Peterpufferbelly]

where are you in this?

[Andyax]

Behind the camera? :P

[Peterpufferbelly]

no I meant where are you? location

[ned316]

can you please give us a tutorial on the Color...how you did this...or just a quick tutorial please would be awesome :)

Thank u

[visivopro]

God finally someone that knows how to use this camera nice video.

[Andyax]

Hehe thanks ;)

[ikkeennigij121]

didn't you edit any settings except for the colors?..because wow

[Andyax]

Contrast and colors :)

[CantBanMySkills56]

what song is this?

[ikkeennigij121]

mad world by...gary or something like that

[kaisergrendel]

Mad world by Phil Collins

[KOB5]

It's Mad World - Gary Jules. Which is a cover of the Tears For Fears original.

[itstheowner]

What Preset did you use while shooting this?

[snowbrdr88]

Beautiful. Even for just a test, I really enjoyed watching this. I like the color correction/filters you use. I've just started shooting pre-professional work, and this just inspired some thoughts for my 2 min continuity project. Thanks, definitely subscribing!

[muhanadfilms]

how did you get a cinema ratio on the xh-a1 or did you cut the video in post

[widerangledotcom]

its called cropping.

[muhanadfilms]

i thought so thx

[digitalshortcuts]

In final cut just use the 24p codec.

Sony, Canon whatever, they all print progressive in an interlaced format. If you want native progressive go with the Panasonic HVX 200. You get true progressive and true slow motion too. I have had my Canon XH-A1 for a year and I am still trying to beat the HVX 200. But it is mainly due to the Red Rock.

[ydrjtt]

Amazing audio. Sounds like its got a fucking boom.

Does anyone know the song used?

[NorcrossMedia]

Mad World.

[kisauer]

what do you think of the 24f to the 24p. is it really that different? also can final cut edit with the 24f

[NorcrossMedia]

24p=sony

24f= everyone else

[woominlee2]

Do you get the depth of field by keeping the camera zoomed in a lot? Does some of it have to do with the aperture? Are you getting the contrast with the exposure? How are you doing the colors?

[brandon4455]

He got the depth of field by using zoom yes, as well as most likely stopping down with ND and opening up the aperature. There isn't a big trick to getting a shallow depth of field.

[woominlee2]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Just making sure there might be some trick I have yet to learn. Thanks.

[aminudm]

there's actually a trick used to create a shallow DOF. It's used in andyax other videos. It's called DOF adapter or 35mm adapter. These adapters can be used to have a 35mm SLR lens on the video camera and have the effect of 35mm film on a 1/3" CCD.

It costs 1000++ for a bundle set.

[woominlee2]

Very cool.

[hamlintyler]

Can you tell me what settings you use to achieve a look like this? im just about to buy the xha1 Thanks !

[itstheowner]

Fantastic video, especially the beginning. Great song choice.

[razman93]

how did you change the depth of field? i have an xh-a1

[weezinsuffy]

Was this shot in HD mode? Can you tell me what settings you use to achieve a look like this? Thanks !

[razrox]

looks nice, what format is this? is it quicktime? please tell me, i have the same camera but the quality i upload on youtube looks awful

[Alphetto]

Very Very Good, Color Correction and Montage.

[ned316]

tutorial on COLOR! pleaaaase :D

awesome shit dude!

[BR00T4Lvideos]

Great videos, friend. You have a talent. But what do you mean, you use 'color' to change colors. Explain, please?

[Andyax]

Thanks mate!

Color is a mac-based-color-correction-sof­tware-for-final-cut-pro :P I recommend it!

[BR00T4Lvideos]

Oh. So, did you change the colour A LOT or just a little bit? Btw, how much was your XH-A1? I really want one lol...

[777pr0ductions]

its $3,000

[brandon4455]

Colors is good, but it's still kind of clunky. Basically, anything you can do in Color, you can achieve in After Effects as well on the PC, so don't feel like you are obligated to get Final Cut Studio in order to do proper color correction. :)

[brandon4455]

Oh, and forgot to add, sorry... GREAT SHOOTING! :) Really enjoyed the video, very well done, bravo.

[KlasBenny]

Väldigt snyggt :) 5/5

[prankster01234]

Ja, det var en fin video! Det här är min första gång var att skriva på svenska!

[KlasBenny]

That's cool :D Det är fint!

[prankster01234]

Ja, det är en trevlig kamera! Har du en?

[KlasBenny]

Nej. Jag har en Canon Hv20. Du då?

[prankster01234]

Jag får XH-A1 i ett par dagar. Jag använder man för närvarande A1 och en Panasonic DVx-100B med ett produktionsbolag i arbetet för

[KlasBenny]

Det låter fint det!

[prankster01234]

Ja, det ganska bra:)

[mekkyobiks]

Was the sg pro used in this video or was it just the Canon XH A1 by itself, great great great video

[Andyax]

Thanks. This was just the XH A1 :)

[obe3]

I have the Canon xh-a1 and on full apature and zoom i dont think I can get the dof u got there? what did you do lol! =D nt fair

[steliber]

he used a DOF adapter 35mm lens adapter

[sonicballer8888]

no actually he didn't. The description says NO ADAPTERS.

[Andyax]

Thats right ;) You can get a very nice depth of field if you zoom in a lot and open the aperture as much as possible :)

[fillingthegaps]

hey waa just wondering how you got this effect...is it a plug in? was it edited in final cut pro??

[Andyax]

Are you talking about the colors? I have used a software called "Color" to fix that. ;)

[Exkild]

Whenever I hear this song I think of the Gears of War trailer. (which is awesome)

This movie was also good. Very nice camerawork!

[Andyax]

Thanks!

Yes, I know the music is a bit used, but it was new when this clip was edited :P

[kinghenna92]

To bad the invisible gun guy, Mr. Jones isn't playin here, because he's awesome! Men xh a1 er digg, jeg som nettop fikk det! : D