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ctambaros - May 15, 2008 - 10:37 PM
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Hi
i am looking for some more experience in filming snowboarders and am looking for anyone to film.weather its for a sponsor video or just so you can see yourself riding!!
i own my own camera which is a canon xm2 and also edit using final cut pro or avid!

i go to castleford xscape most thursday nights so if anyone would like me to film them email me at ctambaros@hotmail.co.uk

thanks

christina

Tomahawk - May 15, 2008 - 10:52 PM
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have you got any links to previous work? would be good to see.

ctambaros - May 16, 2008 - 11:32 AM
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hey yeah i havent done much with snowboarding yet but i have a documentary i have made that you could watch just so you can see what type of level i am at with filming and editing!

is there anyway of getting it up on here without having to put it on youtube?

charliebuoy - May 16, 2008 - 12:05 PM
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You have to link to somewhere off site for video I'm afraid.

Tomahawk - May 16, 2008 - 12:20 PM
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yea that would be rad always down for watching stuff.

whats it about?

dunx - May 16, 2008 - 01:49 PM
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charliebuoy wrote:

You have to link to somewhere off site for video I'm afraid.

At the moment...

ctambaros - May 17, 2008 - 01:28 AM
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okay well the documentary is about william wilberforce.

i am from hull and at the time we made this documentary it was the Bicentenary of the abolition of slavery!
and basically not many people from hull had any idea who or what it was william wilberforce did so this is a short documentary about him!

it seemed like a really boring subject to do....but this is why i love documentarys cause once you stay researching the subject it becomes very interesting!

anyway i hope you like it!

i am trying to upload it atm but its summat like 200mb and on youtube it says it can take anything from 1-5 miutes per mb so might be a while!!!

does anyone no any way to make it quicker or anything?

thanks

MetalJoe - May 17, 2008 - 08:10 AM
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Only real way is to decide if you want to sacrifice video quality for speed of upload / download. Fiddle around with reducing the image dimensions, framerate, video quality or audio/video codec used to try and prune down the file size.

edz - May 18, 2008 - 06:44 PM
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I'm not sure if they will let you film in xscape. Might be worth checking before you go down.

Tomahawk - May 18, 2008 - 07:34 PM
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as long as you ask permissin and sign a disclamior its ok, well thats what i have heard.

ctambaros - May 18, 2008 - 10:55 PM
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yeah i have checked and all you have to do is fill in this form on the day you go and your good to go!

ctambaros - May 19, 2008 - 06:14 PM
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hey here is the link to a short showreel i have made of some work i did last year!

i tried uploading my documentary but it was taking to long and i wasnt willing to sacrefice the quality of video haha!

but there is short clips of it in my show reel!

anyway let me no what you think!

thanks

ctambaros - May 19, 2008 - 06:14 PM
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oh yeah here is the link...forgot to put it in the last post lol!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIAmIyMqjfU

Tomahawk - May 19, 2008 - 06:26 PM
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^ nice. was a good watch. liked the poker shots at the end. and the clay animation things.

ctambaros - May 19, 2008 - 07:11 PM
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thank you!

oneloveofboardsports - May 20, 2008 - 02:02 PM
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Hey mate,

You may want to get along to the snowflex champs this coming summer, the level of riding is sick ! and brings out some new faces who will be gratefull of the coverage.

I think they are JUNE and AUGUST at Bearsden and Halifax then the last stop in NLM France, but check out www.akasnowskate.co.uk website as Wayne posts up all the info on here.

ctambaros - Jun 07, 2008 - 12:19 PM
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hey

thanks i will try and make it there sounds good!

Branny - Jun 07, 2008 - 03:19 PM
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The dates are

Sat Aug 16th Bearsden Ski & Snowboard Club, Scotland
Sat Sept 13th Halifax Ski & Snowboard Centre, Yorkshire
Sat Oct 11th Loisinord Stadt de Glise, Noeux Les Minnes, France

check out the press release here: FoTP News

I'm sure it's on SCUK somewhere too but self promotion is so much easier Razz

jonyfoz - Jun 07, 2008 - 06:09 PM
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ctambaros wrote:

www.vimeo.com allows HD quality uploads Wink

Markland - Jun 07, 2008 - 06:25 PM
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can someone recommend me a decent camcorder for under £200, i dont know whats better hdd or mini dv, i know mini dv transfers to pc in 'real time' and hard drive really fast and easy to do.

Tomahawk - Jun 07, 2008 - 06:44 PM
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miniDV destroys HHD

if you can get a canon elura i think. that the best cheap miniDV i have a ntsc one for sale but you probably wouldnt want that.
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Canon-Elura-100-Camcorder-Review.htm

best cheap mini DV camera ever made.

Markland - Jun 07, 2008 - 07:36 PM
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looks abit old that one i was considering this mini dv one
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/-/253/333/-/5113463/Sony-DCRHC51E-Mini-DV-Handycam-Camcorder/Product.html?searchtype=genre
what about an SD camcorder?

trendkiller - Jun 07, 2008 - 08:09 PM
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Look at the panasonic NG-VS series, superb quality considering the price.

Plus some cameras in that series have manual functions to allow you to get all Mack Dawg with it!

Panasonic (my personal choice) are really good, reliable, good quality and cheap.

Go down to comet or currys and have a play about with the menu systems of each camera, As that sways people too!

Markland - Jun 07, 2008 - 08:13 PM
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there like £350, how easy is it to transfer Mini Dv to pc and then use it in editing software?

Branny - Jun 07, 2008 - 08:33 PM
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very easy, finalise the disc, extract from the disc or camcorder using your editing software (i use ulead at the moment) and edit away

Tomahawk - Jun 07, 2008 - 08:36 PM
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^??? disc? finilise?

yea would of definatly suggested panny GS if your budget was a little higher might be able to pick one up second hand.

old is nto bad wen it comes to video cameras. best skate camera ever still used to this day was realeased in 1995. like 13 years ago.

id still say for your budget the elura is the best your gonna get.

wouldnt go near pocket Sd camera unless you dont want any manual control.

capturing miniDv is a simple case of plugging in your firewire cuing the tape and pressing capture in your editing program.

Markland - Jun 07, 2008 - 08:57 PM
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cool, i have an old (about 6 years) panasonic that has no flip out screen and is black and white through the viewfinder. picture is good but the battery doesnt work and its a rather big camera.

Mini Dv seems to be the format to choose, what about a new canon camera?

Tomahawk - Jun 07, 2008 - 09:34 PM
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to be honest i havn't read much about entry level miniDV cameras

since i have upgraded and gone to the prosumer level

but if you read some reviews on camcorderinfo.com they should defiantly point you in the right direction.

black and white viewfinders are still used on the professional video cameras. they show exposure better.

trendkiller - Jun 07, 2008 - 09:40 PM
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to be honest it depends on what you need it for, if you wanna make a little snowboard film. Then you need to think about things like manual features, is the camera in good in low light etc etc.

If you just wanna point and shoot, follow your mates at a dome, chuck it in your bag when your in the mountains then the majority minidv cameras under £200 will see you ok.

As for capturing footage its the easiest thing to do after point camera in direction of rider!

then all you do is have a big list of what you've captured drag each into an order on the timeline, chuck a song on it, sync it all up, then export and your sorted!

Check out this site and compare cameras within your budget.
<a href="http://www.camcorderinfo.com/">www.camcorderinfo.com</a>

Also things like extra battery,fisheye lens, lens cloths, tapes and firewire cables are all extras to include with in your budget.

Hope that helps a bit