L.A. Night - H1 Available Light Test

In preparation for our rooftop sequences for THE TWENTY-THIRD LETTER shoot, we wanted to see what the new camera's low light sensitivity was. We didn't bring any lighting equipment with us. Our goal was to shoot wide-open, +6db, 1/48th shutter and see what we got.

The weekend's rain storm was just coming in behind us. We only had about 40 minutes up there before it started precipitating. So it was difficult to get the buildings to look razor sharp as we were shooting through a lot of atmosphere.

We're now convinced that once we have our foreground talent lit appropriately, our backgrounds of Los Angeles will look phenomenal for this film-noir thriller.

Here are some links to some Quicktime movies of the tests:

Test #1 - 22 Sec. - Cropped to 2.35:1 - 24p - h264

Test 1 720P 15.7MB
Test 1 1080P 23.4mb

Test #2 - 20 Sec. - Cropped to 2.35:1 - 24p - h264

Test 2 720P 14.7MB
Test 2 1080P 19.5MB