HMC40 Outdoor Action of UTV and Side by Side Vehicles

Using the Panasonic HMC40, I shot some footage outdoors with the following settings:
1) Panasonic .7x Wide Angle Lens
2) No ND Filters
3) Shot on Matthews M25 Tripod
4) Rode Videomic with Dead Cat for Sound
5) +1 Chroma
6) Edited in Adobe Premier CS4
7) Shot in PH720/60P Mode
8) Outputted using H.264 YouTube HD Preset, but changed the fps from 24 to 59.94 using the Adobe Media Encoder MainConcept H.264 Codec
9) OIS on

Category:

Education

Tags:

• HMC40 Outdoor Action
• HMC40 Wide Angle Lens
• HMC40 Adobe Premier
• HMC40 H.264
• HMC40 MainConcept Codec
• Matthews M25 Tripod

[dudeproductions100]

nice footage. turn the youtube settings to 720p and fill screen it. looks amazing

[hmc40videos]

@dudeproductions100 Thanks...I'm experimenting with a different x264Encoder codec as we speak that is drastically reducing the file sizes and producing an equivalent image quality...check some of my other codec videos and let me know what you think about the x264Encoder vid at 1054 bit rate to see if you think the quality is comparable to this one.

[Rickyyy001]

yea man it looks super good! being solid state is a plus, that thing must be tough if the dirt hasn't messed it up yet!!!

[hmc40videos]

@Rickyyy001 If I were you, I'd buy a Merlin Steadicam for what you're planning to shoot, a rain cover if you feel it's needed, and rock on. This camera will produce amazing results...the merlin is the next hing on my list of things to get to eliminate having to have a tripod when shooting more professional stuff. I'll come in from a shoot and it will literally be covered in dust. The zoom ring isn't as smooth as it was, and the door to the SD card will stick, but blow it out with some air...good

[Rickyyy001]

@hmc40videos merlin's are sick the thing is, i'll be skating behind the person who's doing a line so there's no way i could support one of those! haha but yea man i guess i'll have to find a dealer around and really check out the HMC40. thanks you've been a lot of help!

[hmc40videos]

@Rickyyy001 I hear ya, but I bet it could be done and you'd get a lot better footage that way, but I could be wrong. No problem...

[steeeeeezy]

do you like this camera and would you recomend it

[bilbomarks]

@mikecazzx Yeap. If you're watching in HD you're gonna need at least a cheap discreet video card.

[UTVRally]

Could be...

[StuartHaight]

I think he means stuttery as in no motion blur due to higher shutter speed. Your video is fine, just for future reference as long as you can hold a steady shot while panning etc it'll be fine.

Those vehicles look sick!!!