{"id":19784,"date":"2017-06-28T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/?p=19784"},"modified":"2017-06-28T15:33:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:33:05","slug":"bike-racing-video-shot-with-the-fujifilm-x-t2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/bike-racing-video-shot-with-the-fujifilm-x-t2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Racing Video, Shot with the Fujifilm X-T2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_90186\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fi3_po-IW9Q?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t consider myself a video guy. Partly because I&#8217;m so enamored with the concept and power of still photography, and partly because I&#8217;m scared to open up the Pandora&#8217;s Box of massive video\u00a0files, faster computers, more hard drives and an immeasurable time suck with editing, rendering and organization.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I do enjoy creating short video clips, and so recently, I&#8217;ve started to experiment with shooting video on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1263381-REG\/fujifilm_x_t2_mirrorless_digital_camera.html\/BI\/5871\/KBID\/6746\/DFF\/d10-v21-t1-x745861\/KWID\/EZ\">Fujifilm X-T2<\/a>, which does 4K and has some nice video features built right into the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I decided to try shooting some motion at a road bike crit race here in Anchorage. I&#8217;ve shot (and raced with) these guys numerous times, so it was fun to try something new and test out the X-T2&#8217;s video capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>I was especially intrigued at how well it would handle\u00a0autofocus on such quickly moving subjects, especially using the XF100-400mm lens. Also, since the X-T2 allows you to shoot video with the film simulations, I thought it would be fun to play around with that as well.<\/p>\n<p>For this race, I shot mostly with the 100-400 lens, and also with the 35mm f\/2 and 50mm f\/2. I used ISO 3200 with the Classic Chrome film simulation, but tweaked it with increased Shadow Tone in order to give it a more gritty look. I also used the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1263383-REG\/fujifilm_vpb_xt2_vertical_power_booster.html\/BI\/5871\/KBID\/6746\/DFF\/d10-v21-t1-x745863\/KWID\/EZ\">Vertical Power Booster Grip for the X-T2<\/a>. (It&#8217;s on sale for $100 off right now.)<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I was pretty impressed with how well it did, even with cyclists who were racing by me at near mach speed. At last it seems that way when you&#8217;re standing\u00a0right there in the middle of the action. I only almost got run over once.<\/p>\n<p>After the clips were pieced together, I edited one of my original songs called <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dan-bailey-ak\/sawblade\">Sawblade<\/a>, which is a Jeff Beck style guitar piece I wrote and recorded a number of years ago.<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoy scoring video\u00a0with my own music, (I did the <a href=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/preview-of-actus-mini-view-camera-for-fujifilm-x-series\/\">Actus Mini View Camera preview video<\/a> last week), so expect to see more of these in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fi3_po-IW9Q\">enjoy the video clip<\/a>\u00a0and hear\u00a0the full song below. Let me know what you think!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/330617472&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19786 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01074-e1498694276371.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01074-e1498694276371.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01074-e1498694276371-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01074-e1498694276371-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19787 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01044-e1498694339253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01044-e1498694339253.jpg 700w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01044-e1498694339253-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01044-e1498694339253-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01044-e1498694339253-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19788 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01100.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01100.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01100-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01100-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01100-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CRIT2017-01100-1024x682.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t consider myself a video guy. Partly because I&#8217;m so enamored with the concept and power of still photography, and partly because I&#8217;m scared to open up the Pandora&#8217;s Box of massive video\u00a0files, faster computers, more hard drives and an immeasurable time suck with editing, rendering and organization. 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