40 Minutes in the French Quarter (D7000 test video)

I spent 40 minutes in the French Quarter and figured that I would challenge myself to make an interesting video out of the resulting footage.  I've been shooting video with the Nikon D7000 dslr for about a month now, and I'm quite happy with the results.

Here is all the technical stuff.  It was all shot on the Nikon D7000 dslr on a monopod with a fluid head for stability.  I chose the Nikon 60mm f/2.8 macro lens because it is a good portrait lens, yet wide enough to capture an entire scene.  A fast 50mm would have work just as well.  I created a low contrast, unsharp picture control in the camera so that I would have more latitude (usable camera information) for color grading in post.  I edited the H.264 video in Sony Vegas Pro 10 and graded the color with magic bullet looks.  In magic bullet I added a warming filter, s curve, and a bit of film grain.  To finish off the footage I applied a modest amount of sharpening and a slight touch of the unsharp filter.

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Comments

[Nikon D7000 Price]

The price of D7000 with body only at $1,200 is considered quite steep and there’s not much improvement as compared to the D90.

I will still stick with my D90 for sometime.