XC Ski to Harry Gates Hut D Grant 2024-02-12 | This is a quick video of the backcountry ski trail to the Harry Gates Hut, off Fryingpan Road near Basalt, Colorado.
Testing of DJI Mini 3 Gimbal D Grant 2024-01-06 | Testing handheld DJI Mini 3 Gimbal with Panasonic Lumix S5 Camera, Lumix S 18 mm Ultra Wide Angle Lens. I have tested other cameras and lenses, and for in-motion outdoor video this has been my best rig (by far). The Lumix S 18mm ultra-wide angle lens, introduced by Panasonic last year, does an outstanding job of adjusting to variable light conditions while the video is shooting. I've found I can pan across blinding reflective sunlight water with zero breathing - none - or jerky exposure changes. The DJI Mini Gimbal 3 takes some getting used to, and I'm by no means very good at it yet. Still, it is light years better than anything you could achieve handheld. And, once you are standing and not walking, it pans almost - almost - as well as you can accomplish with a video-specific tripod.
Lumix S 18mm Video Test D Grant 2024-01-04 | 4k 60 FPS test of the Lumix S 18mm lens. The film was taken on the Roaring Fork River near Aspen, Colorado with extremely bright reflective light.
This video compares video stability while walking with and without a gimbal. D Grant 2024-01-02 | Even with sophisticated lens and camera body stabilization, and walking carefully, I've found there is a huge difference between walking with a camera with and without a gimbal. In this video in a single walk, you can see the difference for yourself.The first segment is a walk along the Roaring Fork River, showing gimbal performance while walking, panning sideways, up, etc. The final segment is turning off the gimbal and attempting to walk in a stable manner - legs bent, walking slowly. The difference in stability is amazing!Note the Lumix S5 and the lens had stabilization activated for both segments.
Aspen Roaring Fork Video Pan D Grant 2023-11-30 | Added after uploading: YouTube trashed the quality of this video, apologies.This is a little video pan practice test here near my house with a new liquid head tripod. What do you think?This is an unedited video Lumix S5 with a 35mm Lumix prime lense. The video has been reduced from 4k to 1080p because I only have one life to live, and I can't commit the rest of it to uploading 4k video to YouTube.
