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Preference for video setting?

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jeb_b_vt
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What do you guys use to film skiing on a sunny day? (Aperture, frame rate, ISO etc...) I'm pretty new to this and my mountains park opens tomorow so I'm pumped to start filming.
Dec 8 2012 7:05PM
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Balto
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FIGURE IT OUT
Dec 8 2012 7:17PM
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m3owzza
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your production company sounds awesome dude. don't even know how to operate your own camera.

douche.

anywho lets go with sunny day: iso 160 aperture 11ish shutter speed between 125-250

^oh wait you're about to look like every other regurgitated shit that people say here

do you happen to have a t2i, tamron 17-50 or tokina 11-16 by chance?

ha
Dec 8 2012 7:21PM
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[~_~]
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Asking which camera settings to use is like asking which notes are best for music.
Dec 8 2012 7:21PM
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BA.berger
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ISO - 100
Shutter speed - 125
Exposure - variable, you will see whats working and not, make sure nothings overexposed
Dec 8 2012 7:23PM
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FatWhore
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Someones a little sassy today
Dec 8 2012 7:25PM
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jeb_b_vt
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Shut up I'm just asking for help.
Dec 8 2012 7:25PM
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CrotchKiller
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Lol Aperture at 11
Dec 8 2012 7:30PM
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m3owzza
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but im right so who cares
Dec 8 2012 7:30PM
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CrotchKiller
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You're not. Unless you like your lens soft
Dec 8 2012 7:31PM
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jeb_b_vt
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I know how to operate my cam, I was just wondering what other people do.
Dec 8 2012 7:33PM
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m3owzza
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haha what? i have no doubt he is filming glidecam. aka hes not shooting wide open. aka how was my statement wrong?
Dec 8 2012 7:37PM
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CrotchKiller
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5.6, nd filter
Dec 8 2012 7:41PM
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m3owzza
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haha fuck off
Dec 8 2012 8:06PM
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FatWhore
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Do you even know what happens when you increase or decrease your aperture? Other then just "brighting" your video?
Dec 8 2012 8:35PM
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.qzyxya
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Why 5.6? I've found my lenses to be sharpest at more like F6.3-F8.
I'm kind of wondering what shutter speed you guys like to shoot at. When I know i'm going to try to get super slow motion (twixtor) I shoot as high as I can, but what about for normal speed? Double the frame rate? Or do you just try to keep a constant aperture and change the shutter speed or something
Dec 9 2012 8:37PM
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[J_Gasper]
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Doubling the frame rate is a rule a lot of NS users like to live by. You cant go wrong with it. Personally, i like to shoot anywhere from 150-300. Typically either 200 or 250
Dec 9 2012 8:40PM
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gravel
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well in honest response to your question (i don't know why people want to shit all over a thread where someone's honestly trying to get an answer to improve filming) these are my settings more or less.

ISO 100
Shutter 250
Aperture 8ish
Auto WB (can change it later anyway)
Superflat picture style
60fps

Dec 9 2012 9:19PM
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Roachey
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You honestly have no idea what you are talking about.
Dec 9 2012 9:41PM
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Mkvackay
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i disagree with this. changing light and clouds also changes your white balence if left on auto. trying to color correct when some shots are cold and some are warm can be pretty difficult. leaving your white balence on a specific setting guarantees all of your shots to be uniform, even if the WB isn't exactly correct
Dec 9 2012 9:46PM
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[J_Gasper]
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as much as i agree with keeping it OFF of auto WB, making a shot colder or warmer in post is pretty easy unless you completely fucked up the WB (very blue/very yelloy). Thats what i love is if you think shooting warm is the way to go at the time, but when you look at it in post, its pretty easy to make it colder with basic 3 way correctors.
Dec 9 2012 9:55PM
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Mkvackay
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im not disagreeing with you on the fact that it isn't very hard to 3 way correct it from cold to warm or vice versa..But from personal experience i can say that i would rather have a uniform WB, even if its not correctly balanced, than having to match 2 or 3 different white balanced shots to get uniformity.
Dec 9 2012 10:02PM
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[J_Gasper]
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No i completely agree. Im just letting OP know that its fixable if he does screw it up on camera
Dec 9 2012 10:03PM
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.qzyxya
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yeah this. I usually see what auto white balance tells me and then I basically set it to that, so that it doesnt change shot to shot. Does anyone shoot skiing at like 24p or 30p? I always do 60fps, but i kind of want to try out 30 or 24fps to see how it looks.
Dec 9 2012 10:17PM
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eheath
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f/11 isn't bad. Defraction doesn't start to effect an image until 16 and isn't really that noticeable in video vs picture. I'd say f8 > f5.6
Dec 9 2012 10:28PM
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[J_Gasper]
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30p can be doable, but 24p generally looks pretty choppy. 24p is meant for studio shooting, not for action.
Dec 9 2012 10:53PM
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[~_~]
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Disagree. 24p looks gorgeous for action when shot correctly. The problem is that it really unforgiving and takes a lot of practice to make it work.
Dec 9 2012 11:20PM
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[J_Gasper]
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Maybe i just havent seen it been used correctly then. When people use it in edits around here, i think it looks horrible. Also, not being able to slow it down without it looking like shit is also a con.
Dec 9 2012 11:32PM
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[~_~]
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You have to adjust other factors around the frame rate. Perpendicular angles, wide pans, and tight focal lengths to not work so well because the subject moves too abruptly.
Dec 9 2012 11:48PM
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Official_Recap
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I agree fully with this. I think 24p action looks amazing, but is rarely accomplished correctly because it has to be shot so well. I did a little experimenting with it about a year ago and was very pleased with the results. Unlike 60p, though, you need to shoot the way you want to edit (which should be done anyway) without the support of being able to smooth out or slow down shooting errors in post.
Dec 9 2012 11:57PM
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sweatshirt
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what would be the best way to shoot action in 24p?
Dec 10 2012 3:04AM
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WhatPlantsCrave
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in for an answer on 24fps tips, been wanting to use it a bit more
Dec 10 2012 4:35AM
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