Some HD-videos Shot With Vivaz

Of course the HD-video recording capabilities of Vivaz really wanted me to start testing it and now it’s time to start showing some of the videos me and my colleagues have shot so far.

As always I’d like to point out that all these are shot with prototype versions of Vivaz with pre-release SW so there might also be further fine-tuning and improvements done before launch. To watch the videos in best quality click the “Watch on Youtube” link and make sure to choose 720p as viewing resolution!

Those who know me wouldn’t have a hard time guessing what kind of videos I’ve shot, of course Stella is in them :-) For this first post with samples I’ve chosen a video interview I made with her after a terrifyingly speedy race in the Stockholm snow. My video is also uploaded directly from my Vivaz over wi-fi.  The second and third videos are shot by Daniel, one outside our office in Lund and the other one at a rock concert he enjoyed a few days ago. The grand finale is a clip from our israelian colleagues who, just as they did with Satio, have mounted a Vivaz to an RC-plane and shot some great landscape scenes. I don’t think this is in HD on YouTube though but it’s still a very cool clip :-)

I’ll shoot more videos to share soon and already know a bit of what you’d like me to test but please feel free to remind me in the comments section as to what kind of set up you’d like to see!

25 Responses to “Some HD-videos Shot With Vivaz”

  1. Valinor says:

    Quality looks pretty good!

  2. Valinor says:

    Oh and cute kid haha :D

  3. pux says:

    Impressive quality. Looks great. Quite some punch in such a thin phone. This baby is gonna sell!
    Great job Se.

  4. Manish says:

    AS always, Stella is super cute. :D
    Well, for the Videos, it’s pretty nice! I would still like to see a bit of more moving camera while shooting. Mattias did a great job shooting the view outside his office. ( your office is at such a nice place. :) )
    And the last video, put Vivaz to it’s extreme conditions. Even while being on a RC plane, it some how looks smooth to me. The colors are really balanced in almost all of the videos. It has constant autofocus, right? Quite un-noticeable in all of the videos. ( Rik, if you can add to the To-Do list! )
    Now the comparison part, i think it somehow doesn’t look too superior than Satio, to me. Like for the Rock video, we had similar video from the Satio too, and i think both adapted to to the environment blissfully. And also how Vivaz kept sound quite distinguishable from noise. :D Obviously it has a fair advantage, but still..
    Perhaps, Youtube is ripping some credits. :P

  5. Manish,
    & Valinor, Thanks :-) I’ll let her know!
    That’s on my list, also the other way around, i.e. Vivaz on tripod with static scene but with moving objects.
    Yes it does have continous autofocus while shooting. I’ll try to do some setup around that for next round of sample videos!
    I guess YouTube does alter the quality a small bit but for these videos I need to check if there’s a way to put up the original files somewhere. The files really become big in HD-mode. The short interview with Stella is around 20MB and I just tested shooting a 2 minute clip (to see if I should start using Vivaz instead of my camcorder for shooting tutorials from now on) and it was around 110 MB :-)

  6. moshik says:

    hope you could upload it for full quality view..
    I have omnia HD AND Satio.. (yup.. both of best worlds) and I would want to see how high is the bitrate of the vivaz recording…
    I noticed that this time the vivaz records quality pretty good (the volume level I mean) because in Satio the microphone is in the same place as the lanyard ayelet and it location makes it record in a low volume…
    It looks like it was fixed in vivaz…

  7. moshik says:

    by the way.. quality is pretty good but Im looking forward to see full quality as the youtube ALWAYS decrease both pixel count and fps…

  8. freddy says:

    the video of the plane is great, I really like the concept. I hope to see the macro mode and zoom video. Sttella as always pretty, but the video needs subtitles because I do not know anything about Swedish, :) except OK. I think as a consumer, VIVAZ is a very good option, I believe this may exceed Satio phone sales. I’m in expectation to see “what Sony Ericsson has for Congress” :) kanna :)

  9. freddy says:

    @ NOC, Piotr, Valinor: I would really like some of you participate in the congress, You can try

    http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sony-Ericsson-Developer-World/132699973005?ref=nf

    “Join Sony Ericsson at Creation Day on Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on the 17th of February and get a free pass to the MWC!
    Together with a team of artists and application developers the team from Sony Ericsson will show the power of Co-Creation and how we see the mobile content being created and shared in future. …
    Send an email to dwevents@sonyericsson.com and maybe you will get a pass to MWC”

  10. Stefan says:

    Really great. Its better than the Samsung i8910HD!! Nice!

  11. hunk143 says:

    I just bought my Brand New Satio yesterday (3rd feb, 2010). WOOT! I’m loving it! I’ll post the pics soon.
    As for the Videos! They’re Awesome! :D

  12. Zammi says:

    If you are interested in porting your X1 to Android-2.0.1 follow the below link. It’s nice to see someone is working hard on getting best out of old X1.

    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=609463

  13. freddy says:

    @Hunk: Congratulations :) for you new Satio

  14. Vinay says:

    @ hunk
    congrats for new Satio, how much did u get it for???

  15. Niclas says:

    I am really impressed with the movie quality and the autofocus is really cool. Looking forward to try this phone! My Satio still rocks though :-)

  16. hunk143 says:

    Thanks guys… I got it for 460 Euro. :)

  17. bamoah says:

    If this is true and S.E. is releasing it with 1.6 donut the I think I will opted for the HTC supersonic !!

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/04/xperia-x10-lands-on-vodafone-uk-in-april/

    How can S.E. be so late with all the Xperia fones, its baffeling. How come every other major handset can release their handset on time an S.E. always managed to screw someting up !!

    HTC Supersonic:

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/htc-supersonic-maybe-rendered-matches-up-with-leaks-so-far/

  18. joakim says:

    the last video has been removed from youtube…

  19. bamoah says:

    A few info about the X10 for Holland from dutch tech site tewakerss.nl:

    Release dat for holland: Ending of Q1

    Witch version of android at releas : Android version 1.6

    What will it cost without mobile plan: 599 euro

    What will be in the box: Xperia 10, micro sd 8 GB,
    Charger, mini usb cable and the quik user guide.

    Witch colour will be avalible at release : Luster White en Sensuous Black

    When will adroid 2.0/2.1 update be availible:

    Does the X10 have an FM transmitter : X10 doesnt have a FM transmitter.

    Will the X10 support 720p video recording : From competition reasons, we can not disclose this information.

    Wil FM radio be enabled in future firmware updates :From competition reasons, we can not disclose this information.

    Will the X10 support live wallpapers just like the nexus 1 whet it gets updated to Andriod 2.1 ? :From competition reasons, we can not disclose this information.

    Will the X10 get future android releases ? (like 3.0) : We can not discus the lifecycle of the X10

    Will we be use standaard adroid interface istead of timescape ? : Yes

    Can you change the timecape color: (bleu): No
    Witch video format does timescape support :

    Decoder format Supported in file format
    MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile 3GPP (.3gp); MP4 (.mp4)
    H.264 Baseline Profile 3GPP (.3gp); MP4 (.mp4)
    H.263 Profile 0 3GPP (.3gp)
    VC-1 (WMV9) WMV (.wmv, .asf)

    Will you be able to thetter with X10: Yes

    Will the european version of the X10 support multitouch : No

    http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgathering.tweakers.net%2Fforum%2Fview_message%2F33414162&sl=nl&tl=en

  20. Mario says:

    Que fantástico un Móvil con HD en el video, Sigan adelante gente de Sony soy fans de Ustedes desde Joven!