How to Set Exposure for Video Cameras – a Geoffmobile tutorial

In this brief tutorial, Geoff from geoffmobile.com explains about exposure in video cameras:
-what is ISO? Sensitivity of sensor
-what is shutter speed, 180 degree rule for shutter (should be twice the frame rate)
-what is aperture (size of lens opening)
-discussion about setting exposure in mixed Sun / Shade outdoors
-use of an 18% Grey card
-Neutral density filters (ND Filters) are useful to reduce the brightness of light hitting the sensor on a very sunny day.

thanks! See you next time, where I’ll talk about how to control “depth of field”!
Geoff

(note: this video was recorded using a Sony HX7V, and the audio was recorded separately using a Sony Minidisc recorder and synced up later using Windows Live Movie Maker).

Hamilton Street Grill in Vancouver – pasta special and burger (Sony HX7V)

www.hamiltonstreetgrill.com/

www.dineouthere.com

Hamilton Street Grill restaurant in Vancouver.
1009 Hamilton Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5T4
phone: (604) 331-1511

Today we visited the Hamilton Street Grill in Yaletown and enjoyed a delicous lunch. I ordered the Pasta Special of the day which was a tasty Rigatoni served with Chorizo sausage and tiger prawns in a tomato sauce. My dining companion ordered the Beef Burger medium well done, with both Fries and a Caesar Salad, which he enjoyed a lot.

Shown in video:
-shot of the interior of the Hamilton Street Grill restaurant in Vancouver
-The food! Rigatoni pasta with garlic toast and chorizo, tiger prawns
-Beef burger, including putting lemon juice on the Caesar Salad
-Trying out the Caesar Salad – it was yummy!
-Thanks very much!

Restaurant is part of the SAP Lunch on Us Program. Thanks SAP!

Video filmed using a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V in full HD 1080i (60i to 30p).

This has been another “mmm” video from geoffmobile.com

see you next time!
Geoff

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English Bay Vancouver at Night, May 2011 – Sony HX7V extreme low light test

here I test out the low light capabilities of the Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V camera. I talk about the Vancouver downtown Seawall which is a beautiful place to explore and discover False Creek, English Bay, and Coal Harbor.

Shown in video:
-Burrard Bridge and Graville Island at night, looking over the False Creek entrance.
-The Vancouver Planetarium at night
-A discussion about the Vancouver Seawall
-Shot of the lights of apartment buildings in the West End of Vancouver
-Thanks very much for watching!! :)

the garbled editing artifacts at the beginning of the video seem to be an issue with Windows Live Movie Maker.

have a great day,
Geoff

Always and Forever (Metheny) Solo Backgrounds in Big band arrangement (Jazz piano)

Solo backgrounds in Bob Curnow’s Big Band Arrangement of Pat Metheny’s song Always and Forever. This is from bars 31 to 57.

From the music description at Sierra Music:

www.sierramusicstore.com/Always_and_Forever_p/smp-142.htm

“This beautiful ballad is featured on Pat’s newest recording Secret Story, and has been scored to highlight solo statements by flugelhorn, guitar or alto saxophone (your choice). It is a warm, pensive ballad with lush, moving harmonies in the Metheny vernacular, and scored for ease of performance and maximum emotional impact. As recorded on Bob Curnow’s L.A. Big Band, The Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. 5-4-4-4 “

For a downloadable MP3 recording (free) of this practice recording, please visit:
www.gpeters.com/tracks/youtube7/

Video recorded with Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V
Audio recorded with Sony Minidisk MZ-NH700 and a Sony ECM-MS907 condenser microphone (as shown in the microphone stand on the left side of the video).
Audio was synchronized with Video using Windows Live Movie Maker on a computer with Windows Vista.

I play in a jazz band in Vancouver called the Geoff Peters Trio, and more info about our music including free MP3 downloads is available at
www.gpeters.com

we also have a CD available on iTunes called “Quiet Night” by Geoff Peters Trio, thanks a lot!

see you next time!

Geoff
www.geoffmobile.com