Steve Crow
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Oh, the other thing I would add is to make sure you have set up your camera to give you the best shot at a “film look” – there are tons of tutorials online for Nikon and Canon shooters on how to do this. Basics include shooting in 24p and at 1/50 shutter speed and turning the in-camera sharpening all the way down, opening up the aperture (this may require the use of ND filters). Do some quick research and you will find the correct settings for your camera in under 5 minutes I guarantee.
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Ok, let me start off by saying that even experienced shooters can run into this…filming outdoors can be tough under uneven lighting which you you here. A filming location like in your sample clip is particularly difficult so I try to avoid them.
You didn’t provide any information on your camera settings (ISO, shutter speed, aperture) which would be helpful however what I see here is a location with spots of very bright sunlight intermixed with closeby areas that are relatively dark.
So if you expose for the darker areas then the areas in brighter sunlight are going to be overexposed and vice versa. On Hollywood films, professional photoshoots and larger productions they sometimes bring in very large “silks” to reduce, soften and even out harsher light which means you and/or the camera don’t have to make such drastic exposure choices – do I expose for the lighter or the darker areas or somewhere in between?
Are you filming on an automatic exposure mode, letting the camera make all the exposure decisions for you? If so, any camera is going to get confused by a location like this. I suggest always shooting in full manual mode which as a new DSLR Video shooter you may find intimidating but it’s such a better way to shoot and learn.
I don’t really have any solution for you (except not to shoot locations like that!) but I would be very interested in how other shooter deal with this situation.
I often see the same issue even in Hollywood movies and TV shows where the scene is exposed for the interior but if you look at any windows in the scene, they are blown out. Shots inside a car almost always suffer from this problem,
I do know that there is a film you can buy (kind of like what car window tinters use) which you place on the outside of any outdoor facing window which dramatically cuts down the light and so makes the indoor/outdoor lighting more even and easier to get a balanced exposure.
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I bet the church would allow you to set up 2 unmanned GoPro cameras discreetly hidden on the main “stage” facing the couple
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A couple of points, first of all at under $100 your only option is to borrow or rent a different lens.
So you are looking for a fast zoom for a GH2 to rent then? Maybe this one:
https://www.lensrentals.com/rent/micro-four-thirds/lenses/telephoto/panasonic-35-100mm-f2.8-x-ois
The other issue is that filming from the back like that means the shot is going to be very boring for the bride and groom to watch later. It will just be video of their backs up until the point at the end of the ceremony where they turn around and face the pews.
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Why not just record a short clip with your 7D and then open it up in something like MPEG Streamclip that should show you what format the camera is using for audio natively and match that?
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If I were you I’d be looking at renting a lens or two versus buying right now. Since budget is tight a place Borrowlenses.com or similar would be a great resource and save you a few bucks…maybe something like a 14mm prime that is fast meaning 2.8 or below
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If could be useful for setting rack focus marks but I believe the big thing is that when using still camera lenses the focus ring is very sensitive, you have to get good at making small adjustments with your fingers. Because of the different sized gearing associated with a follow focus I believe that it’s easier to make small adjustments to focus – a complete turn of the follow focus changes the area of focus much less than the same turn made directly by your hand on the barrel of the lens (I think they call this the “throw” of the lens)
I would think that a shoulder rig would be important for run and gun weather shots in the field when there may not be time to set up a tripod.
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Start with this page:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/280/10588
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Yes and no, it’s the combination of the shutter and filming under fluorescent lighting….check this forum for multiple posts on this subject
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Simple
His mac doesn’t have the required codecs for the video portion installed His camera probably came with a disc containing the necessary codecSteve Crow
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