8k video, new quicklapse technique

[Arturo Sánchez]

Hi folks, I would like to share with you our last development in architecture motion photography.
I have created, together with Miguel "Macgregor" De Olaso (Reduser), a new technique called Quicklapse to obtain 8K video.
Here is the video+BTS: http://www.sanchez-olaso.com/blog/2015/2/24/capturing-8k-video-of-son-brull-behind-the-scenes
I hope that you like it.

 

[Michael Mayda]

Beautiful results from a very imaginative technique. Congratulations for having the stamina and time to design your system and workflow. Hope to see a 8K 24x36 Red cam soon.

 

[Mark Phelan]

Very nice. Not sure I completely understand how you did it, but the results speak for themselves. The water has interesting effects, not distracting, but interestingly different.

This is like watching Architectural Digest in motion.

 

[Mark Andersen]

Very beautiful results, but this is the exact type of quality that we will end up at some day soon as "motion" cameras progress toward full frame, lower noise, higher resolution etc. Red is certain to get there first and weapon is likely a move in that direction.

 

[Arturo Sánchez]

Quicklapse is basically, a stills burst with settings for video+post-production interpolation+time remapping. Shot with static subjects, like architecture.

Very nice. Not sure I completely understand how you did it, but the results speak for themselves. The water has interesting effects, not distracting, but interestingly different.

This is like watching Architectural Digest in motion.

 

[Arturo Sánchez]

We have just re-writed the BTS article for a better understanding ;-)

 

[Bob Gundu]

Love it.

 

[Mark Phelan]

"We needed to avoid any flickering generated by the fast actuation of the diaphragm."

An old-school question: Why wouldn't you simply leave the lens in manual mode and lock it to one aperture?

 

[Arturo Sánchez]

We exposed in manual mode, the flickering was generated because we used electronic photographic lenses as the Nikon tilt&shift ones.

"We needed to avoid any flickering generated by the fast actuation of the diaphragm."

An old-school question: Why wouldn't you simply leave the lens in manual mode and lock it to one aperture?

 

[Mark Phelan]

We exposed in manual mode, the flickering was generated because we used electronic photographic lenses as the Nikon tilt&shift ones.

That's what I was thinking, you had no actual manual control over the lens, like the older Nikkor AF-S type that were the last to have the aperture ring with lockout on the barrel. Did a quick google search and couldn't find a PC version in 24mm.

C'est la vie. Sometimes the advances made in camera design are not so helpful. Reminds me of the first digital camera I owned, a Nikon D1X, and how it didn't have a lever to allow for multiple exposures like my F3 did. I found that little feature to be pretty handy. Score one for film.

 

[Arturo Sánchez]

Y agree with your comment, Mark

 

[jake blackstone]

Red is certain to get there first and weapon is likely a move in that direction.

I really not trying to go off on a tangent and start a different discussion, but I just wonder what you're basing your statement on? Yes, at some point Red will get there, but "Red is certain to get there first"? Are you certain? Alexa 65 is an already existing medium format film camera, with censor already exceeding the full frame size of D800 and it is being currently used in production, hence your statement about Red will get there first can't be true...

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

I really not trying to go off on a tangent and start a different discussion, but I just wonder what you're basing your statement on? Yes, at some point Red will get there, but "Red is certain to get there first"? Are you certain? Alexa 65 is an already existing medium format film camera, with censor already exceeding the full frame size of D800 and it is being currently used in production, hence your statement about Red will get there first can't be true...

Very true

 

[Grant H]

"We needed to avoid any flickering generated by the fast actuation of the diaphragm."

An old-school question: Why wouldn't you simply leave the lens in manual mode and lock it to one aperture?

You can also do this with the automatic lenses. You simply activate the DOF Preview then disconnect the lens ever so slightly (slight twist). This locks the aperture blades and the camera doesn't talk to the lens anymore.

 

[Santos Ramos]

For flicker-free timelapse one has to shoot either wide open or has to press the DOF preview button and then unlock the lens to keep the aperture locked. I do this with my Canon lenses. If you use nikon lenses on the canon camera you will not get the flicker problem!