Brad McGiveron

Smooth Flight

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:54:39 +0000

After a bit more time tweaking my Cinestar 6, I finally have it dialed in now and am getting some pretty smooth footage from it. More flights with the Sony NEX 5n and this time with auto focus on, which I usually never touch, but I thought I would give it a go to see how it would do with some basic crane/pan shots. For it’s size the camera is pretty impressive and can shoot video surprisingly close to the quality of my Sony FS-100. Definitely better then my 5D2 shoots as far as video resolution and aliasing .

Shot at 1080 60P and slowed to 30P.

Sony NEX 5n

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:18:13 +0000

I somewhat recently bought a Sony NEX5n and while out doing some testing with the Cinestar 6 multicopter, these are a few of the more interesting shots I grabbed. The tests were mostly for stability and gyro settings as well as camera gimbal tweaks.

Cinestar 6

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:01:56 +0000

I have nearly finished the new addition to the fleet for visual work… a Quadrocopter Cinestar 6.

Payloads will support our FS-100/5D2 and many other much smaller cameras like the NEX 5 or soon to be released NEX 7. I am again pretty impressed with the quality and general fitting of the kit as well as the MikroKopter electronics which power the rig and provide the GPS and NAV control for POI flying.

Testing a new Photoship One 3X Pro

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:19:18 +0000

One of the aerial photography RC helicopters I fly on a test in Langley.
Testing a new Photoship One 3X Pro camera mount stabilized by three gyros with a Canon 7D and 17-40 F4 lens shooting.

I was pretty impressed with the build quality of the gimbal and the front mounts… and for that price range, far better then anything I have seen so far.
You can check them out here at Photoship One

Another collection of shots from Squamish with the same setup.

GoPro Skiing

admin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:01:56 +0000

Messing around with a few GoPros and some different mounts last winter at Whistler BC.
Also messing around with Final Cut Pro X…. hmmm kinda wierd!

Filmed in 720 60P
GoPro Hero
Final Cut Pro X

Out Flying

admin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:14:26 +0000

Just a few snaps of a day out flying on one of my RC Helicopters.

N + H

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:50:22 +0000

A summer day in July was the date for a wedding of two friends which I filmed and had a great time. Some great lighting and mood in an outdoor setting that came off perfectly.

Two DSLR camera shoot with a 5D markII and 7D.
Timelapse with a 550D

Cinevate + Redrock shoulder rigs
2 Zacuto Z-Finders
Steadicam Merlin

Lens:
Canon 700-200L F2.8 IS II
Canon 700-200L F4 IS
Canon 16-35L F2.8
Zeiss 35 F2
Zeiss 85 F1.4

Sound:
H4N
2 sennheiser G3′s

Summer is almost over!

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:00:01 +0000

This summer has been a great stretch of sun and good times. I had a lot of days with the cameras out and probably shot more footage of video then ever before. My favorite shots are always on those days where there is no work and its just fun hiking and shooting stills.

Slower Days

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:59:35 +0000

Over the last 6-10 months I have shot a lot of footage for various projects and some just for fun. I put together some of my favorites into this short clip with a bit of music I scored for it in an evening.

Camera: Canon 5D markII and 7D

Lenses: Canon 24-70 2.8L, 70-200 2.8L II, 17-40 4.0L and Zeiss 35 2.0 ZF

Edited: Final Cut Pro

Color Correction: Apple Color

Testing out a Canon T2i

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:57:43 +0000

I finally got around to posting something as I have been busy working a lot this past winter and spring. I did manage to do a lot of shooting… just haven’t been in the writing mode. Anyways to make a long story short, I decided to grab a Canon T2i or 550D as it is also known. Firstly I love my 5D MarkII so I was going to get the 550D as a second or B-roll DSLR video camera for all of the canon glass I own… and not for stills. I had been reading the early reviews and basically felt it had been portrayed as the video equivalent of the 5D/7D without the cost and plus/minus a few features.

A quick trip out with the 550D and it proved to be a fairly decent addition to the other DSLR’s I own.