Canon SX1 IS video Easter Weekend Sun Rise in HD

[PatrickLeeRyan]

Very striking.  Love it!

[bassandhouse]

Can you please tell me what settings you use for filming in dark conditions? It looks so muddy when i film in dark conditions!

[photopuppet]

You could love the twin Digic processors in the higher end Canons... you can get photos without interrupting the video with those :) I'm addicted and want one now!

[photopuppet]

Amazing colours! I have an SX1 too. :D

[bigpanther]

Very impressive video and stills

[KingGillyMan]

@wise87

You always want to be there 30 minuts before Sunrise and or Sunset, this allows you time to adjust the camera settings for diffrent tones/contrast etc,, you can get better tones by changeing the EV or the light adjustment to darker or lighter, or you can use filters,, :)

[JoeStyle8]

@KingGillyMan I don't notice much the rolling shutter here, maybe things are going a bit too fast to notice. Check it out!

[quanvantruong]

It's not a good idea to capture one footage with more than 5 minutes length (continuously). I usually capture videos from 30-120 seconds and edit them, joining them into one file so that it's not boring

[KingGillyMan]

@quanvantruong

yes i can agree, but this was my first vid, and i was getting the full feel of being there in one take, editing is another chapter that wasent planed :) cheers,,

[JoeStyle8]

@KingGillyMan if you insert short 6 second cut aways or b rolls with that long shot, it would be nice. keep the audio of that lenghty shot.

[criticaltinker]

for all who have this camera:

suppose you have enough SD card space, how many minutes of full HD video recording can you do each time? what's the limit in GB or minutes? thanks!

[KingGillyMan]

on my 16gb you can do 48.20 minutes ( 1920 Res )HD video or on normal SD mode at 179.25 minutes! (640 Res) ive herd that there is a cap for so many minutes on HD mode but you can still record again after, but i havent ran it any more that 5 mins i gess on HD, but there is a Canon Camera Hack that can by pass it etc,,

[criticaltinker]

is the size of this camera the same size as the sx20 is? or smaller?

[KingGillyMan]

A comparison of the Canon PowerShot SX1 IS vs the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS. ... 128 x 88 x 88 mm, vs, 128 x 88 x 87 mm, They are approximately the same size ...

[criticaltinker]

thanks. i asked because the display in walmart is only sx20. now i pretty much know the size of sx1 is. thanks again.

[criticaltinker]

48.20 minutes continuous? or there's a limit each record?

[KingGillyMan]

maybe on SD video mode but i herd on HD mode there was a cap at 15 mins i think, but you can still record again after that, must be a processing thing i gess,,

[JoeStyle8]

@KingGillyMan i think its the overheating issue and the FAT format of the SD cards that prevents you from recording over 4 gigs or 12 minutes straight. I have hard time recording live events/recitals with just one SX-1. I ended getting the Canon T2i to bounce back and forth with different angles to keep cameras from over-heating.

[KingGillyMan]

@JoeStyle8 ahaaha how ironic!! i just got me the Canon 550d Ti2 3 weeks ago!! :) but i think the video runs better on the SX1 IS than the 550d, the 550d seems not handleing the panning in free hand, like haven shutter lag,, do u know why??? the SX1 is better, and dosent have that problem,,

[JoeStyle8]

@criticaltinker 12 minutes/4gigs

[sfjohn5]

anyone tryed the fuji FinePix S1800 im looking in to maybe getting it  =)

[KingGillyMan]

Nup! not me,,, but fuji finepix do have nice cameras and qulity, and Lumix !

[drbackjack]

WOW!!! That is beautiful! Oh, and nice camera.

[Tfarewell4]

How much space do the HD movie files take up?

[KingGillyMan]

at screan 640x480 video quility 184 minuts! and 26 seconds! on a 16gb card, and on HD setting 1920x 49 minuts and 9 seconds! on a 16gb card, if you have the 4gb card, just hafe what i got here and hafe it again :)

[Tfarewell4]

I was thinking about getting this camera and so far it looks really good. I have a pc with windows xp and I need something to edit my video if I want to make a movie. Cause the video format is .mov which is for apple computers. Do you know the best thing to get?

[KingGillyMan]

Yes, for windows, download Media Player Clasic "NOT! Media Player" and then download a Codec called ( K-Lite Codec Pack ) then go into media player and change a cople settings and away she goes!! :)

[u2ten]

What couple of settings you need to change on the MPC? thanks...

[KingGillyMan]

I use the K-lite Mega Codec pack with Media Player Classic Player

After installing K-Lite with default settings, configure the media player classic like so:

(make sure to set Media Player Classic the default APP for .MOV files)

1- go to View/Option

2- Go to Player panel and Format

3- Select "Quicktime file" and change the mode from quicktime to directshow (click on "quicktime" on the right)

4- Go to "Internal Filter" panel, make sure that H264/AVC (DXVA) is checked on the right side

[Tfarewell4]

what is the file size for your videos when you put them on your computer. How much Megabytes/Gigabytes per video usually?

[KingGillyMan]

whoohhhH!!!!!! there big!!! in HD mode, so u need a big hard drive! heres an example of one of mine!,, 480mb HD vid at 1 minut 34 seconds! where i compressed it useing i think Prisum video converter or V-downloader and came to 61.5mb :)

[KingGillyMan]

I use the K-lite Mega Codec pack with Media Player Classic Player

After installing K-Lite with default settings, configure the media player classic like so:

(make sure to set Media Player Classic the default APP for .MOV files)

1- go to View/Option

2- Go to Player panel and Format

3- Select "Quicktime file" and change the mode from quicktime to directshow (click on "quicktime" on the right)

4- Go to "Internal Filter" panel, make sure that H264/AVC (DXVA) is checked on the right side

[robertohoffmann]

What kind of class card did?

[KingGillyMan]

you can do it on a 4 Gig SDHC but the higer the qulity of the card or higher lever/Class of the card, like 1,2,3,4 or standard , platnium, Gold the better/smoothness of the video, i have a 16gb platnuim class 60x class 2 card, i couldent aford the next level, and to make it run in HD properly i use Media Player Clasic with A Codec and 1-2 settings you can make video run smooth!! :)

[Albiongashi]

nice video canon sx1 is is great

[Petozzi]

n1! SX1 IS <3

[koka888]

Fantastic video, great camera:-)

[remix873]

It is a nice Video. I live NZ.

[remix873]

love NZ.