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MEETINGS HELD AT:

QUESTION and ANSWER session

Viewfinder MAY 2015

From the President’s Desk

PROGRAMME

For MAY 2015 Meeting

Wednesday, 13th May 2015

www.swvc.org.au

MEETING BEGINS AT 7.30PM and CONCLUDES AT 10.00PM

“SHOW AND TELL” segment - You are invited to bring “items of interest”

to show. If you would like to show an item or do a presentation that would be of general interest, please notify us one week prior to the meeting so that we can fit you into the programme. - If showing a video (maximum duration of 3 minutes, if possible), please present it on a USB drive or DVD.

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“THE CROSSING” 33 MADDECKS AVE

MOOREBANK

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NEW PRODUCT Segment by David Tran

Unfortunately I was unable to attend

our club outing at the Camellia

Gardens, as Margo has not been well,

but hopefully she will be improving each week. I

have heard it was a great success and everyone who

attended had a good time. A lot of video footage

was taken, and as this is a very attractive location,

we should see some very good film taken.

At our May meeting we will have as our presenter

Robert (Bob) Bell, a very experienced videogra-

pher. He has covered Documentaries, film shoots,

and has been involved with Helicopter filming. I

think he told me he has been shooting with Drones

as well. He is experienced in audio, not sure about

lighting, but is a very experienced person.

PRESENTATION: Bob Bell

(see President’s column at left for info)

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See you at our next meeting. Stay Focused and Start Shooting. Bob Hallett President

I thought last month’s meeting went

well. Thank you Trish for running the

Scriptwriting presentation.

I thought the new portable wireless

Audio System (with microphone

and built-in amplifier)

that John Wilson got us

worked very well and

will be easier to set up

ready to go, when we

start our meetings.

I also must thank Jan and our ‘early

birds’ for setting up the room before we

start as it makes it so much easier to

start on time.

Thank you for keeping well away from the main

room when supper was served and also for putting

the chairs back. It certainly is a big help and makes

it a lot easier to get away on time.

Just also remember not to stand

outside and talk as the noise carries,

and as we have a good place for our

club nights, I would hate us to lose it.

We also must think about our closing

time of 10pm so that Jan can be ready to close up.

I know it is very hard at times as we have been

having full agendas.

If you would like to show a

video in our ‘Show and

Tell’ segment, please ring

me, or email Josie one

week prior to the meeting

night so that we can fit you into the

programme. Please keep your video under

3 minutes if possible. We all would love to see

your video productions.

If you are planning to give a

presentation that would be of

general interest to our mem-

bers, we would also like to be

informed in advance so that we

can work out where to put you

in the programme.

Thank you for the entries

submitted into the first Video

Competition for 2015.

I know the standard will be

very high, and Ron Potter,

your competition manager, has downloaded your

entries and will be sending them off to be judged.

Ron will tell you more at our next club night. Good

luck to all entrants.

We at the committee meetings are always trying to

make our club nights interesting and present a

different night each time we meet. Our committee

has worked out some very good meeting nights

throughout this year. We are always looking at

ideas for our club members and if anyone would

like to suggest an idea for the night, your opinion is

always welcome.

SCRIPTWRITING GROUPS

1. DOCUMENTARY

2. DRAMA

3. CHILDREN’S STORY

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From the Vice President

Record the Past,

Look to the Future

and Keep the Batteries Charged !!

Mark Franks

Vice President

There were

three people

using monopods

to steady their

shots, one with

a tripod,

When some rain came we dashed for the cover of

one of the pergolas where weddings normally take

place. We ate food we brought with us while sitting

next to the flowing creek.

The weather could have

been better but we still had

a good roll-up for the club

outing at Camellia Gardens.

The choice of cameras was a reflection of the

evolution in capture devices.

There was an iPad from Apple, a

tiny Point of View camera from

Canon and a larger camcorder from

Canon (which was the only

‘conventional’ camcorder on the day).

Panasonic was represented by

a mirrorless stills camera - the

GH3, and a mirrorless A7s

stills camera from Sony

rounded out the variety.

All were High Definition

and all were ‘tapeless’. The

diverseness of the ‘devices’

just shows how manufactur-

ers are willing to cater for

us, ‘the customer’.

I almost forgot...

some people were

also seen recording

on their mobile

phones. The func-

tionality of devices

vary greatly with

two of them having interchangeable lenses and

being able to take high megapixel stills, and the

others with fixed lenses, but attachments are

available.

After a closer

inspection of the

chairs we were

sitting on, we

learned that they

have some

history behind

them - they were

made by Furphy,

in Shepparton Victoria,

the same company that

made water carts that

supplied our diggers in

WW1... it just seemed so

appropriate, this being

the centenary year of

ANZAC DAY.

and the club slider

was called into

action to film the

ducks on one of

the ponds. All of

the ‘devices’ will

give great results,

some with very

little input from

the operator apart from framing the shot.

Max

Chunling

Mark

John

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TREASURE

ISLAND

We now have only two more meetings until the end

of the financial year and time again to renew our

membership fees for the 2015/2016 year.

As advised in our last newsletter, the decline in

club membership as well as increased running costs

has had a negative impact on our club’s finances,

which has left the committee with no other option

but to increase the club membership fees for the

coming year.

Club membership fees for the

2015-2016 year are due on the

1st July 2015 as follows:

$65.00 single membership

$85.00 joint membership

(husband/wife-partner)

Fees must be paid in full by the 31st August 2015,

or members shall be deemed "unfinancial" and

shall forfeit all benefits of club membership.

When renewing fees please ensure that you check

particulars listed on your membership renewal form

and advise me of any changes to your contact

details (ie phone or email) to enable newsletters

and other messages to be sent correctly.

Annual General Meeting A reminder also that our Annual General meeting

will be held on the 8th July, when your current

committee will stand down and all positions

declared vacant. During our meeting on the 10th

June we will call for members who would like to

nominate themselves for any position on the

incoming committee. Those members’ names will

then be published in our newsletter prior to our July

meeting.

If only one person nominates for any position

he/she will be elected in July without members

having to vote on that position. If more than one

person stands for any position, members will be

issued with a ballot form advising of the nominees

for that position and will be asked to vote on their

choice for that position.

‘Edius’ User Group A reminder that the Edius User

Group meets at our club meeting

room in Maddecks Ave Moorebank

on the 1st Wednesday of the month

at 7.30pm. The cost to attend this

group is now $7.00 per person for

SWVC club members, which covers

room hire, supper, and other running costs.

Visitors to this group (NOT presenters) will be

charged $7.00 for their first attendance and $15.00

per person for subsequent attendances unless they

choose to become members.

Lucky Draw The club’s Lucky Draw continues to be a success-

ful revenue raiser for our club and I thank those

members once again who continue to support us by

purchasing tickets. Although we now only offer

wine and chocolates as our prizes, the majority of

members still continue to purchase $5.00 worth of

tickets, which assists in our costs to provide tea,

coffee biscuits etc.

That's all for now and I look forward to catching up

with members at our next club meeting on the

13th May 2015

.....until then......

"Happy Videoing"

Jan Hudson

Treasurer

Overseas visitor, Ernest Cheung (left), had the pleasant task

of making the presentation (together with Jan) to Harold

Pollard.

Box of chocolates winner, Bob Tracey.

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EDIUS User Group Report Welcome to our part of the newsletter. First of all I would like to ask you if you have

downloaded the latest version of Edius. We are now at Edius 7.5 which became available

on Thursday 16th April, so I thought this is a good time to go over the proper way of

installing the update.

When you go into your Edius, you will be met with a notice that a new version is avail-

able. Take the following steps:

1. click on the download OK button and Save it to your hard drive. Do not open it up

within Edius.

2. Close off Edius and go to the directory where the file has been saved to.

3.Open the file from this directory, and let itself extract from outside of Edius.

Early on I used to try to open the download from within Edius and each time I got the error message.

So do as I said and you will have no problem.

The other point I would like to inform you of is that Edius will shortly bring in a totally new version of the

Program, and from what I read, it could cost some money. However at this time they have not released any

information as to when it will come and the cost of it.

I get the Australian Videocamera magazine whenever it happens to come out, and in the last one... behold...

our Edius got a mention! As you will see below, it got Gold in the software section... not bad!

Going away a little from Edius, I'm happy to inform you that in the ‘essential accessories’ categories, another

of our programs got the Silver. You have all

seen my demonstration a few

years ago of ProDAD

ProDrenalin. This is espe-

cially important now, due to

the fact that David Tran is

selling the new Action

Camera, and ProDrenalin does the fastest

correction of the fisheye of any program I

have seen. Hopefully I will be able to show

you shortly at an upcoming meeting.

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Reinfrid Langmann

What about our last meeting on the 6th May with our special guest Anton

Strauss (from “Antons Video Productions”)?!

It was so nice to finally have a guest presenter that can really show us so many

different ways of using our Edius editing program, and I must say Anton is the

guru when it comes to handling Edius... the things he knows, and more to the

point, the techniques he does not know are not worth bothering about! Anton

has kept us all at the edge of our seats with his knowledge and with the ease

with which he changed from one demo to another.

I hope that we will be able to invite Anton again in the not-too-distant future. I, for one, can't wait for his next

visit. Anton showed us some new parts of Edius 7.5. I'm only happy that Jan filmed the full presentation, and

I'm looking forward to learn more from the DVD.

I was also very happy to see some new faces at

Anton's presentation, and some not-so-new faces. I

think our User Group appears to be going

from strength to strength.

Keep up the good work.

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Voice from ... The Planet

David Tran

Digital Planet Technologies/

Technical Co-Ordinator

1. BluffTitler

BluffTitler is a Windows desktop software for creating, rendering and playing 3D video effects

With a simple interface and at an affordable price, BluffTitler can turn your ordinary title into a 3D Animation

in no time.

It also has a number of pre-made templates which you can purchase to add into this program as well.

For more info, please check out http://www.outerspace-software.com/blufftitler

2. New Sony Video Camera HDRAS100VR

The HDR-AS100V Action Cam delivers more stunning image

quality than ever before. Its all new Zeiss Tessar 170 degree

wide angle lens, ultra powerful BIONZ X image processor and

13.5 megapixel sensor, will now capture all the excitement you

can handle, for the first time, in eye-popping Full HD.

Sony's Full HD Action Cams offer outstanding image quality,

simultaneous multi-angle shooting, improved blur reduction,

remote video recording and other features, ensuring you get

great footage.

13.5M Exmor R CMOS Sensor

GPS Function

Advanced SteadyShot

High Frame Rate (120p/240p)

Multi Camera Control (up to 5 cams) Pro Functions

For more info please check out

http://www.sony.com.au/productcategory/cam-action-cam

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Although our club outing to Camellia Gardens was

interrupted couple of times by light rain, it did not

deter those who attended from having an enjoyable

day. Some forgot to bring umbrellas, so they had

fun ‘singing in the rain’!

Some of the camellias were still in bud, but there

was no shortage of video or photo opportunities as

we made our way through a multitude of familiar

and exotic plants and flowers.

A stream meandering through the gardens provided

more opportunities to capture worthwhile shots.

... Ultimately ... discovering a spare umbrella!

Above: “The Three Amigos” taking advantage of

another short burst of sunshine.

Pauline Llewellyn

Trish Glossip

Chunling Franks

David Llewellyn

Mark Franks

John Wilson

Max

John

Florence

Chunling

Josie Trish

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Have fun sharing knowledge.

Josie Milgate

Editorial Officer/Librarian

CAMELLIA GARDENS GALLERY

President Bob Hallett

unfortunately was

unable to attend as wife

Margo was ill, but he

did contact us by phone

to apologize and to see

how the day was

progressing ... As videographers are known to

video everything in their path, John even filmed my

mobile phone while Bob was enjoying a long con-

versation with us, providing us with lots of laughs!

It turned out to be a fun day, culminating in a most

enjoyable afternoon tea with the “stayers”.

John generously shared his exotic delicious dessert

with us!

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JOKES of the MONTH

Permission granted for cartoons by www.worldstart.com

SWVC website:

CONTACTS:

Bob Hallett (President) Email: robmargo@optusnet.com.au Ph: 0416 139 797

Mark Franks (Vice President) Email: mfranks2010@optusnet.com.au

Max Milgate (Secretary) Email: secretary.swvc@gmail.com

David Tran (Digital Planet Technologies) Ph: (02)9734 7066 Email: sales@dpt.net.au

COMMITTEE:

Bob Hallett (President) Mark Franks (Vice President) Jan Hudson (Treasurer) Max Milgate (Secretary) Josie Milgate (Editorial Officer/Librarian) Ron Potter (Competition Manager) Trish Glossop (Public Officer) David Tran (Technical Co-Ordinator)

CLUB MEETINGS:

Time: 7.00pm -for coffee and a chat 7.30pm - 10pm -Meeting

Second Wednesday of the month February - November

(Christmas Party in December)

Venue: "THE CROSSING"

33 MADDECKS AVE, MOOREBANK

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