First attempt at machine vision capture

[mudfly9]

After a few attempts at capturing in real time using a camcorder, I've finally pushed the boat out and bought a machine vision camera. Here's the result, I'd love to know what people think:

http://vimeo.com/81887896

Sadly the focus is off in a few places thanks to the UWL III lens on my Beaulieu. One thing I can't quite decide on is how much neat video noise reduction I ought to be using; it's great for getting rid of the digital noise of the capture but I actually quite like film grain. The other consideration of course is that grainy footage gets mangled by the streaming compression...

Here's what I used:

Canon 310XL - bride prep, b&w, night
Canon 814 Auto - ceremony
Beaulieu 4008ZM2 - everything else

Vision3 200T - everthing indoors + confetti slo-mo
Vision3 50D - outdoors
Argenti APX100 - b&w
Vision3 500T - evening/night

Pixelink PL-A782 2208x3000
Schneider Componon-S f4 80mm enlarger lens (facing forwards)
Many, many extension tubes
Fred's script for some dust removal in places

Thanks to Mattias N for his help and inspiration!

[rlorenz2]

Congrats on the machine vision capture! I like the film. The capture looks good too, exposure and colors came out nice.
In my captures I usually don't use any noise reduction as I prefer more grain but that's all personal taste.

Here are some of my examples:
http://vimeo.com/user1869478/videos

And the UWL III is a tough one to focus especially when shooting wide open. I still miss with that one.

I like your booth setup too. are you projecting your films at the wedding fairs?

[Wade]

Good work! Good coverage/shot selection. Your transfer of color negative is very good.