This will be the last Letus video I shoot with the Z1U for quite a while. I just purchased a Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM and I will be fitting it with the Letus Extreme. Look at “EX1 Letus Videos” for more.

Dave Hand and I went out to a waterfall near Plymouth, New Hampshire and shot some HDV. Dave shot behind the scenes footage I will post later in a video blog.

I shot the first half of this short subject on my property in Wentworth, NH. I had the Letus35 Extreme film lens adapter attached to my Z1U. I used a Nikon 55mm f2.8 macro, a Sigma 18mm f3.5 super wide lens,and a Nikon 50mm f1.4 film lens. I also set up my PVC dolly track in the snow for the slow slides.

Later on, I joined up with Dave and we took a short hike into the Walter/Newton nature preserve in Plymouth, NH. The waterfall was about half a mile off the road and we snowshoed a beaten path with almost four feet of snow at the trails edge! This was shot 3/17/08.

In addition to the lenses I mentioned above, I also used a Nikon 200mm f2.8 lens I borrowed from a guy named Babs. Babs shoots the Bruins and Celtics and he used this lens back in the day to shoot some of his most famous pictures of legendary sports characters. I had to give it back because he was going to add it to his film display at the Boston Sports Museum.

Dave and I shot for about three hours and we had a great time documenting this beautiful spot.

Keep an eye on my blog for a behind the scenes look at what Dave had shot while I was shooting with my film lenses.

Here is what Dave has already put together at his webpage: Click here to open the page.

The video was edited with Final Cut Pro and I added color saturation with the “color Corrector 3-way” filter.

TRT: 3 minutes, 38 seconds
File size: 79.3 MB
Type: Quicktime mpeg4 720p HDTV

Please allow time for the video to download. This is a very large video file.

Production Credits

Shot and Edited by:
Tom Guilmette

Special Thanks To:

Dave Hand

Music:
The Chronicles of Narnia Soundtrack
Track: Lucy Meets Mr. Tumnus
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams

This video is not to be distributed.