Real world demonstration of photography flashes on EX1 footage | Thread profile

Following much debate about the effect of flashes in EX1 footage whilst only seeing one bit of actual footage, I'll throw the following off-cuts into the community. http://www.mdma.tv/ex1/flashes.html Warning: contains flashing strobes. Fast editing. May cause seizures. May contain nuts. It's big - 14 MB - because it's in high quality PhotoJPEG. That means you don't need the QT ...

So this is what all the fuss was about?

Quote: Originally Posted by Perrone Ford So this is what all the fuss was about? LOL! Ex-actleeee! In fact, with apologies to Chris Hurd, I am going to treat myself to a Smiley: :-D Anyone read Jonathan Swift recently? Big-enders vs Little-enders?

Wow, the EX1 has gone up a notch in my books, keep the shutter off and you seem to be all good. Thank you very much for posting this.. now if only i could get over the ergonomics..

Quote: Originally Posted by Joe Lawry now if only i could get over the ergonomics.. Ehh... it's not a shoulder cam. Put it on a tripod, or a stabilizer. Or if you want shoulder mount, put it on a Zacuto. Frankly, having 1080p and HDI out on a sub-10k camera with 10 stops of latitude is more than enough for me ...

I'll add another "data point" to this discussion. Here's a few seconds of lightning I shot with my EX1. I was consciously trying to keep the shutter speeds low to overcome the rolling shutter effect. I don't remember if I ever tried the shot with shutter off but I'm not sure if that would give me a speed slower than 1/30th or 1/34th (or whatever the slowest shutter speed is). http://www....

Quote: Originally Posted by Dave Morrison I don't remember if I ever tried the shot with shutter off but I'm not sure if that would give me a speed slower than 1/30th or 1/34th (or whatever the slowest shutter speed is). OFF would have done it IMHO. And for the record, I shot some lightning using a Z1 - in ...

Hey Matt, your footage looks more like lightning than mine does! Nice. Was it assembled out of several flashes? I've been shooting everything in 30p but probably didn't have the Shutter Off. What equivalent shutter speeds will I get under those conditions with the shutter OFF?

Quote: Originally Posted by Dave Morrison Hey Matt, your footage looks more like lightning than mine does! Nice. Was it assembled out of several flashes? Aww, shucks - thanks! Several flashes? And then some - that clip is 8 flashes from a 48 minute storm. Very heavily chopped! Quote:...

Well, that leaves me a little puzzled. I was very close to those shutter speeds (1/30th, IIRC) and shooting Progressive so I'm not sure why I got all the "banded" flashes. We're in the Summer thunderstorm pattern right now in Florida so I'll get LOTS of chances to test this out. Unfortunately, my EX1 lost it's ability to focus yesterday so that will limit my shooting a bit.....to say the least.