HD Video of our drive through Alps (European Delivery Film)

dryicerx · 08-10-2011, 07:51 PM

Awesome awesome job on the video!! The quality, the content and the editing. Definitely the best route to go through for an ED, makes me so nostalgic seeing all those routes again

ZheHbKa · 08-10-2011, 07:52 PM

wow!

awesome vid! some editing skills!

Laid Black 335i · 08-10-2011, 08:09 PM

Thanks amazing! Thanks for sharing.

I see you didn't really have any issues driving through fog or have bugs get stuck on your lens?

mibmwx3 · 08-10-2011, 08:11 PM

Very nice! Beautiful scenery, but I'd be too scared to take my eyes off the road to look at it.

EdHermosa · 08-10-2011, 08:32 PM

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Thank you for doing this. I've already told the wife (car sick prone) that on our next ED she stays somewhere for a day while I drive some passes. Had to miss all the fun with her in the car when we did ED in 2008.

chmura · 08-10-2011, 08:33 PM

Sweet video! Really enjoyed it.

Do you have your itinerary of the roads you took?

EDM92 · 08-10-2011, 08:42 PM

Greatest video I've ever seen on e90post. This should be the first thing on the front page for a week.

BMWFreaky · 08-10-2011, 09:11 PM

Absolutely awesome video

, I really enjoyed every minute

thaks for sharing

SamS · 08-10-2011, 09:13 PM

Incredible! Thanks for sharing.

I pick up my M3 in Munich 9 weeks from today. A video like this makes the wait unbearable!!

BMWFreaky · 08-10-2011, 09:19 PM

those tow video are the best I ever seen on this forum

wajih1 · 08-10-2011, 09:25 PM

That was awesome, definitely going for ED next time around.

///1M · 08-10-2011, 09:44 PM

Beautifully done. May I ask what camera settings you used?

aajami · 08-10-2011, 09:51 PM

Beautiful video.

!bmw! · 08-10-2011, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ZURICH

sorry about the second pic, here are a few better ones

I envy you!

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Originally Posted by Norsk

Hello !BMW,

Thanks for sharing!

Very beautiful video and very cool of you to share the mount tricks.

Cheers

Glad the 2nd video was helpful.. my wife was filming the instructional video and we were like an hour away from car wash & drop off so I had to rush through.

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Originally Posted by MCMLXXXIX

Thank you for sharing! That was such a surreal video, really breathtaking and the last shot of picking up your BMW was mesmerizing. also, your video on mounting techniques was helpful and makes me want to pick one up and start filming!

Thank you!!

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Originally Posted by E92LNGCGY

Looks like you had a great time. Those are some amazing roads. I will do a euro delivery one day.

I am sure you will, all the best!

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Originally Posted by Nugget64

I would most likely kill myself on roads like that... good job on the video though

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Originally Posted by IancoleTX

Epic win.. this seems similar to the route I planned on taking, however when it came time to continue south past Neuschwanstein, some horrible weather rolled in and made driving the Alps a pretty risky proposition. Cest la vie! Glad you had a good trip man

the day we drove through Swiss it started pouring. My suggestion would be to stay 2 nights at every spot so you always have a back up day to drive on dry roads. But it was still just amazing to drive.

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Originally Posted by tonmonde

thanks for posting the setup instructional video also, nice job!

Sure! I just want more people to capture this and share so we can enjoy it while we all wait for our next ED Trip

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Originally Posted by SteveH

Absolutely DELICIOUS

thank you for the extra delicious (in caps) comment!

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Originally Posted by kenhamm

Great vids, I did ED last year and drove the very same MT passes almost one year ago this week. Thanks for the deja vu, it was actually raining and snowing the day we did stelvio, what a great experience and Euro delivery is the only way to pick up your new BMW. Great Job! I can't believe I have not been back to Germany since last year.

Thank you! It's been only a month and I already feel the need to go back, I don't blame you

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Originally Posted by Bubajay

Fellow Indian reppin it on the front page of Bimmerpost! NICE!!! Great video man!

Thanks man!!

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Originally Posted by Harmander

i havent even watched the whole thing yet (though i will later) and that is amazing. I can't wait to do this one day. Congrats on the car and the Euro Delivery. Amazing video.

Thank you! I am sure you will do this one day, all the best!

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Originally Posted by checkmate

+1 here

I'm doing a Performance Center Delivery in September-this video makes me wish I was in Europe though. Great Job-both me and the wife saw this and went

Have fun at your Performance Center Delivery!

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Originally Posted by FrankiE90

luv the video -
nice work and congrats on the bimmer.

filmtools ftw!

FILMTOOLS FTW!!

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Originally Posted by Trojan4evr

LOVE LOVE LOVE it.

I am glad, thank you!

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Originally Posted by ZheHbKa

wow!

awesome vid! some editing skills!

Thank you!

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Originally Posted by EdHermosa

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Thank you for doing this. I've already told the wife (car sick prone) that on our next ED she stays somewhere for a day while I drive some passes. Had to miss all the fun with her in the car when we did ED in 2008.

Absolutely do it!

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Originally Posted by mibmwx3

Very nice! Beautiful scenery, but I'd be too scared to take my eyes off the road to look at it.

Yeah man, that was the only sad part I had to concentrate on the road while my wife was constantly gasping at the view. I enjoyed the some of the Stelvio Pass views only while editing the video.

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Originally Posted by BMWorNOTHING

Greatest video I've ever seen on e90post. This should be the first thing on the front page for a week.

Thank you!!

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Originally Posted by BMWFreaky

Absolutely awesome video

, I really enjoyed every minute

thaks for sharing

Thank you!

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Originally Posted by SamS

Incredible! Thanks for sharing.

I pick up my M3 in Munich 9 weeks from today. A video like this makes the wait unbearable!!

OMG - I miss the time I was waiting for my trip

I can TOTALY understand how you feel. HAVE FUN!!!

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Originally Posted by BMWFreaky

those tow video are the best I ever seen on this forum

If it wasn't for Janitha's video I'd have never done this trip. Janitha is my inspiration.

muskamatt · 08-10-2011, 10:19 PM

welcome. best of luck. I hope you continue to make great videos for us to enjoy.

vioaltec · 08-10-2011, 10:25 PM

A job well done, i am very impressed! you should submit it to bmw, maybe they can use it as a brochure for the ED?

!bmw! · 08-10-2011, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Laid Black 335i

Thanks amazing! Thanks for sharing.

I see you didn't really have any issues driving through fog or have bugs get stuck on your lens?

Actually I stopped every 10 to 15mins of driving to check the following

- Buggy Filter - 50% of the time there would be a bug or two
- Check if the suction cups are holding well (this test never failed) the suction cup never needed adjustments
- fog, water from sprinklers

yeah sprinklers.. and it was drizzling from time to time

- constantly wiped the filter clean every time i stopped

335i101 · 08-10-2011, 10:29 PM

I started in on mine and quickly said F-that, paid a shop 300. And called it a day...my time and frustration are well worth the 300....

dzenno · 08-10-2011, 10:40 PM

so there really IS light at the end of the tunnel

LOL

awesome vid man, love those roads...been on them every summer on my euro trips past three years..

!bmw! · 08-10-2011, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by chmura

Sweet video! Really enjoyed it.

Do you have your itinerary of the roads you took?

Absolutely -

Here is my itinerary:

Day 1
Welt factory tour |Delivery at 4:30 PM |Drive to Zell am See
http://bit.ly/Welt-ZellAmSee - 112 Miles / 2.2 Hrs

Day 2 - This is when I started shooting
Dive from Zell am See --> Lesach --> Großglockner --> Lienz --> Cortina d'Ampezzo --> Venezia
http://bit.ly/ZellAmSee-Venice - 218 Miles / 6 Hrs

Day 2 & 3
Venice tour - All day - TRY TO AVOID VENICE - It's really a pain to leave your car parked for 2 days after making such a long trip...

Day 4
Drive Stelvio
http://bit.ly/Venice-Stelvio - 228 Miles / 4.5 Hrs

Day 5
Drive from Stelvio - Fussen
http://bit.ly/Stelvio-Fussen - 111 Miles / 3 Hrs

Day 6
Drop off Car @ Log IN OUT
http://bit.ly/Fussen-LogInOut - 91 Miles / 2.5 Hrs

Although I have the ViaMichellin routes here, we just followed the Nav. Only thing to be aware is to make sure the Nav is taking you through the passes. Most of the passes have another straight road that is dug through the tunnel and your NAV takes you through that tunnel instead of the passes so pay attention. Applies to san bernardino san gottardo pass specifically.

Here are the hotels that we stayed:

MUNICH
InterCityHotel München
Bayerstraße 10
80335 München, Germany
Phone + 49 89 44444-0 ; +49 89 839329-0
Fax + 49 89 44444-599

AUSTRIA
Romantik Hotel Zell am See
Sebastian Hörl Gasse 11
5700 Zell am See, Austria
06542 72520
Phone: +43-6542-72520
FAX: +43-6542-7252034

VENICE
Hotel Pensione Wildner
Riva degli Schiavoni, 4161
30122 - Venezia (ITALY)
Phone: +39 0415227463
Fax: +39 0412414640
Skype: wildnerve
e-mail: info@hotelwildner.com

ITALY
Hotel Folgore
Passo Stelvio, 23032 Passo Stelvio

FUSSEN
Suzzanes Bed and Breakfast
In Venetianerwinkel 3, D-87629 Füssen

MUNICH
Kempinski Hotel Airport Munchen
Terminalstrasse Mitte 20
Munich, 85356
Germany

JonnyBoost · 08-10-2011, 10:46 PM

amazing!

!bmw! · 08-10-2011, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ///1M

Beautifully done. May I ask what camera settings you used?

Not sure if this is the best setting but here you go..

1. Shutter Priority and locked the shutter speed and 1/30th
2. Aperture was jumping between 8 to 16 based on the light
3. used a ND filter to block some light so I am not maxing the f-stop while locked at 1/30th of sec
4. 24fps
5. At 24fps you want to stay between 1/30 to 1/50 shutter speed so fast moving video looks smooth unless you like the jittery effect.
6. I didn't use the default picture style - I used the flat pitcure style so in camera processing doesn't happen. But ended up underexposing several scene. http://crookedpathfilms.com/blog/2011/02/27/459/. So when using a flat picture style and increase the gamma in post production make sure you over expose the scene. Test test test before you do actual shoot...

08-10-2011, 07:51 PM	#45
dryicerx First Lieutenant 27 Rep 379 Posts Drives: 335is Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (1)	Awesome awesome job on the video!! The quality, the content and the editing. Definitely the best route to go through for an ED, makes me so nostalgic seeing all those routes again
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Laid Black 335i BMW 71 Rep 974 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW 335i (6MT) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: MD iTrader: (7)	Thanks amazing! Thanks for sharing. I see you didn't really have any issues driving through fog or have bugs get stuck on your lens? __________________ Last edited by Laid Black 335i; 08-10-2011 at 08:20 PM..
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EdHermosa Enlisted Member 15 Rep 47 Posts Drives: 2020 F82 M4, Imola Red Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hermosa Beach, California iTrader: (0)	Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Thank you for doing this. I've already told the wife (car sick prone) that on our next ED she stays somewhere for a day while I drive some passes. Had to miss all the fun with her in the car when we did ED in 2008. __________________ 2020 F82 M4 Heritage Edition \| Imola Red II \| DCT \| M Competition Package \| M Performance Package \| Carbon Fiber Mirror Caps \| M Performance Side Sill Decals \| 763M Wheel & Tire Set \| 265/35ZR 19 Front; 285/30ZR20 Rear Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2
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08-10-2011, 08:33 PM	#50
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SamS Banned 867 Rep 6,248 Posts Drives: Tesla M3 Perf + '18 X3 M40i Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (0)	Incredible! Thanks for sharing. I pick up my M3 in Munich 9 weeks from today. A video like this makes the wait unbearable!!
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wajih1 New Member 0 Rep 23 Posts Drives: 2011 328i Xdrive Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Milton, ON iTrader: (0)	That was awesome, definitely going for ED next time around.
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///1M Captain 25 Rep 612 Posts Drives: On a good day, AW 1M coupe Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: between Indiana and the alley iTrader: (0)	Beautifully done. May I ask what camera settings you used?
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08-10-2011, 10:19 PM	#59
muskamatt First Lieutenant 9 Rep 348 Posts Drives: e92 335i Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	welcome. best of luck. I hope you continue to make great videos for us to enjoy.
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vioaltec Sasha Fierce 53 Rep 231 Posts Drives: 2009 bmw 3 series coupe Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: East Bay iTrader: (0)	A job well done, i am very impressed! you should submit it to bmw, maybe they can use it as a brochure for the ED? __________________ Vivre, Aimer et Voler
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08-10-2011, 10:29 PM	#62
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08-10-2011, 10:40 PM	#63
dzenno Banned 273 Rep 5,876 Posts Drives: Join Date: Feb 2006 iTrader: (1)	so there really IS light at the end of the tunnel LOL awesome vid man, love those roads...been on them every summer on my euro trips past three years..
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JonnyBoost First Lieutenant 41 Rep 347 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: May 2008 Location: SD iTrader: (1)	amazing!
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