I can't believe it! We actually have a shot at winning this thing. I'll keep you posted as things progress. Next step is going to Vegas on the 25th of April!
It's been a little crazy over here on the leftcoast! We've got the first episode of the slacklife series dropping in the next 48 hours! We are also entered to win an insane amount of gear from the guys over at shotover. If you haven't yet you should definitely check out our entry video!
I was beyond stoked to get early access to the highly anticipated GH5.
There is so much to say about this camera, but more than anything, I couldn't wait to just get out and shoot something with it. So I headed up the mountains with the Slacklife BC crew and had a blast messing around in the mountains.
This footage is the results from those first 24 hours with the camera.
Huge thanks to Trisha from Panasonic and Duane for sharing is camera with me in his first hours of having it.
Here are some responses to FAQ's I'll continue to update.
Song: Born For This by Royal Deluxe
For my highlining film you can check out http://Untetheredfilm.ca
For info on our upcoming series check out http://slacklifeseries.com
The Goal:
Camera specs and such are all well and good, but for me, I find I just don't know about a camera till I get a chance to shoot with it. So that was my goal, take the camera out to an adventure documentary situation and see what I can capture in one day. So this includes all the imperfections and mistakes I would make on any other doc shoot, and I cut together trying to focus on good content and not always the best most perfect shot.
Favorite Features:
- Image stabalization in body and combo with lens (dual is)
- 4k 60p and 4k24p 4.2.2 10bit
Lenses Used:
- 24mm Rokinon 1.4
- 12-35mm Panasonic
- 30- 100 mm Panasonic
Image Manipulation:
- There was 0 post stabilization used. I didn't realize this till I uploaded, but I didn't use warp stabilizer once because I was very pleased with the handheld look of the footage out of camera.
- I shot in Cine-V (didn't have a chance to load a LUT and use Vlog properly. I didnt want to risk messing up exposure and focus. Stuck with what I'm familiar with which is cine-v. when you only have 24hrs with a camera it's best to stick with things you know work well).
- I used neat video denoiser on the first handful of shots. They were shot at like 6400 iso.
Slomo:
There are a handful of 180fps 1080p shots in there. I learned it looks a lot better on closer objects, and the image definitely starts to fall apart at further distances (lots of moire and such). This is the best highspeed option I've seen on a camera this size though. Very stoked with the results. It cuts together well enough for the story.
Battery:
I shot this entire piece with one battery
Today I walk you through the process of how to quickly add 3d titles in After Effects.
1. Add 3d Camera tracker to your footage
2. Once the camera is solved, select Create Camera
3. Then on the layer you want tracked in 3d space, select the enable 3d box on the layer
4. Move the text into the scene on changing the position on the XYZ plane.
5. Export
In this episode, I explore the question of,
"Would it be better to wait sharing the behind the scenes of growing the business, until I've actually achieved growing the business?"
Would love to hear your thoughts?
Oh man it was so great to travel up to Vernon. I got to hangout with some rad friends and connect over the struggles of starting a business!
You should check out Justin Jacksons youtube channel.
Here is a rad video Justin put together with some great take aways for those wanting to start a business. Make sure to subscribe to his channel if you want more tactical advice in the future!
Guys I have a confession. I broke the chain. I talk about it in this video, and also show how I modified some batteries.
I got to hang out with my buddy RJ Bruni and explore some epic waterfalls! Check it.
Saturday was a big day for us here on the Leftcoast. We launched publicly the trailer for our new series SlacklifeSeries.com.
However, one thing that you didn't get to see, is the launch itself almost didn't happen. It's a bit of a bizarre story, but needless to say I was pretty scrambley the day before going live.
Watch the video to find out what all happened.
