What's really interesting about this is the lack of motion jitter I normally see in (nearly) every other rolling shutter camera. Did you run this footage through any special plugins (or record externally)? Truly gorgeous capture! I would have assumed that the size of Hasselblad's sensor would further exaggerate this phenomenon (rolling shutter & temporal aliasing). I'm truly baffled. Lovely video, but the technical perfection of the capture truly enhances the footage to a different (higher) level.
Hi David, thanks for the comment. No plugins or external recording were used for this. Really happy you enjoyed the video as it stretched my abilities at the time of filming. Matching the camera movement with the motion of the danjiri or participants may have assisted in keeping the image skew free.
@@MatthewCarmody It's not so much the traditional rolling shutter panning effect to which I'm refering as much as it is motion artefacts (artifacts?) or motion cadence. There doesn't appear to be an accepted term for it, but it's basically what you see between frames that change. Either way, it's not visible with your footage; and its lack thereof subliminally (at the very least) contributes to a much more overall cinematic capture experience. Half the world doesn't seem to know or care (consciously) about the phenomenon, so maybe I'm talking out of my ass. I'm truly astounded at the quality of video out of the Hasselblad, especially for an in-camera capture. From what I understand Hasselblad's engineer's have tweaked the sensor output/debayering chutzpah magic to more effectively render skin tones, so there's a massively understated benefit to using these cameras for video. I really assumed video on these cameras would be an afterthought more than anything else. Okay, so after my long-winded reply: any dislikes of using this camera for video other than the fear-inducing anxiety of pavement encounters? How manageable were the file sizes?
@@Dstonephoto Thanks for the clarification. The are several issues. It overheats in summer or during extended use. The proprietary files need transcoding before use. Audio is horrid and not very useful even as scratch. But the video quality is just that amazing, so I worked around these drawbacks.
@@MatthewCarmody Thanks, your response was unexpected! Totally agree that the issues you highlighted are really non-issues in the grand scheme of things and easily dealt with (imo) considering the return you get on that incredible image. No pain, no gain. Have a good weekend!
Because different parts of the video take place at different times of day, I'm going to assume that you varied the use of the different lens sets you said you used as per each shoot, so if that's true, would you mind telling me which lens sets you used for which section of the video? Because I think all of it looks great, I'd just like to know which parts used which sets of lenses as I'm interested in investing in the Thalia lenses with the platon so I can analyze the image of this setup.
Hi Zebius. For lenses, Mamiya for all prep shots, Leica for actual festival day shots, Mamiya for shrine shots and Hasselblad 24mn for all wideangle shots if i recall correctly.