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Post by pixelpuffin on Nov 29, 2023 19:03:46 GMT
I would love to get into video
I’ve spent years amassing kit , but I just don’t know where to start. It sounds so complicated plus as others have said it will demand a powerful pc.
I hope one day I pluck up the courage to have a go.
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Post by zou on Nov 29, 2023 19:18:38 GMT
I would love to get into video I’ve spent years amassing kit , but I just don’t know where to start. It sounds so complicated plus as others have said it will demand a powerful pc. I hope one day I pluck up the courage to have a go. Got my S5 in April, only recorded video for the first time with it a couple of weeks ago. It's dead easy. The smart thing to do is set it up well, then shoot several short clips, and practice editing them together into a longer clip. After that it just comes down to adding music/audio other than that recorded with the video, maybe some text/title etc. Genuinely can go from nothing to not bad in a short period. If you weren't a photographer it may well take longer. Try it! |
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Post by JohnY on Dec 1, 2023 0:39:31 GMT
I would love to get into video I’ve spent years amassing kit , but I just don’t know where to start. It sounds so complicated plus as others have said it will demand a powerful pc. I hope one day I pluck up the courage to have a go. I do not share your wish to get into video but have accidentally got the kit. Any high end still camera does it and I guess that most of us has a decent tripod and even a sort of video 'will do' head. The camera manufacturer wants you to succeed. The only times that I have shot video were at default settings. It works. That's the starting point. There's no need to pluck up courage; if you want to do it then just do it. I am sure that we have all seen crass news footage where a so called smartphone has been pointed all over the place at random. Its not difficult to avoid that especially if the camera is on a tripod with a half decent head. Just remember that you are not squirting a hosepipe at a silly puppy and it will be fine.
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Post by don on Jan 3, 2024 11:40:08 GMT
Only time the video function goes on is if it gets pressed by mistake OOPS
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Post by geoffr on Jan 3, 2024 19:01:55 GMT
Only time the video function goes on is if it gets pressed by mistake OOPS Fortunately that can’t happen with my D5s, they are configured to use the video button for exposure mode selection. |
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Post by don on Jan 9, 2024 10:14:48 GMT
Being serious though the cameras available now are fantastic for video and are capable of TV quality recording. It’s a whole different genre far removed from still photography
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Post by aitch on Jan 9, 2024 12:01:01 GMT
Being serious though the cameras available now are fantastic for video and are capable of TV quality recording. It’s a whole different genre far removed from still photography Funnily enough, the Lumix G100 is meant mainly as a vlogger's camera, with the stills options for those as want them. But the reviews I've read say it's mediocre as a vlogging tool, but the stills side is pretty good. Which is why I got one - I'm not into vlogging... |
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Post by spinno on Jan 9, 2024 12:11:16 GMT
Being serious though the cameras available now are fantastic for video and are capable of TV quality recording. It’s a whole different genre far removed from still photography Funnily enough, the Lumix G100 is meant mainly as a vlogger's camera, with the stills options for those as want them. But the reviews I've read say it's mediocre as a vlogging tool, but the stills side is pretty good. Which is why I got one - I'm not into vlogging... Me neither...it would be like vlogging a dead horse... (sat here in my coat ready to go...) |
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Post by zou on Jan 9, 2024 12:25:03 GMT
Being serious though the cameras available now are fantastic for video and are capable of TV quality recording. It’s a whole different genre far removed from still photography Funnily enough, the Lumix G100 is meant mainly as a vlogger's camera, with the stills options for those as want them. But the reviews I've read say it's mediocre as a vlogging tool, but the stills side is pretty good. Which is why I got one - I'm not into vlogging... How are you getting on with it? I'm not getting one but like to entertain the notion that the G100 with Leica 15mm would be a lovely everyday camera. |
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Post by don on Jan 9, 2024 12:32:24 GMT
Being serious though the cameras available now are fantastic for video and are capable of TV quality recording. It’s a whole different genre far removed from still photography Funnily enough, the Lumix G100 is meant mainly as a vlogger's camera, with the stills options for those as want them. But the reviews I've read say it's mediocre as a vlogging tool, but the stills side is pretty good. Which is why I got one - I'm not into vlogging... Hmm just writing this for a second time (fuming with steam coming out of my ears) I have been talking on another thread about video on camera and how good some cameras are even Television quality from a stills camera. snappers-social-club.proboards.com/thread/639/word And the you mentioned Vlogging, I used to do a lot of blogging ten years ago and got disenchanted with it and deleted all traces of my blogs. A few days ago I started thinking about Vlogging but I’d need an assistant now due to my disability and being in a wheelchair. That ain’t going to happen and the whole idea is dead in the water. But my TZ80 has a great video function |
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Post by aitch on Jan 9, 2024 12:47:06 GMT
Funnily enough, the Lumix G100 is meant mainly as a vlogger's camera, with the stills options for those as want them. But the reviews I've read say it's mediocre as a vlogging tool, but the stills side is pretty good. Which is why I got one - I'm not into vlogging... How are you getting on with it? I'm not getting one but like to entertain the notion that the G100 with Leica 15mm would be a lovely everyday camera. Currently using it (not very often, due to the weather!) with the mark II 14-42mm standard zoom, which is prretty good.
I like it. It's small, light and imo (others are apparently available) 20MP is about the right size for m43.  |
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Post by don on Feb 2, 2024 22:08:48 GMT
Being serious though the cameras available now are fantastic for video and are capable of TV quality recording. It’s a whole different genre far removed from still photography Funnily enough, the Lumix G100 is meant mainly as a vlogger's camera, with the stills options for those as want them. But the reviews I've read say it's mediocre as a vlogging tool, but the stills side is pretty good. Which is why I got one - I'm not into vlogging... Just had a quick look at the Lumix G100 advert and that’s all it keeps on about www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/cameras-camcorders/lumix-mirrorless-cameras/lumix-g-cameras/dc-g100.htmlSurely any cameras would be suitable if they have video function? |
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Post by zou on Feb 2, 2024 22:49:21 GMT
Funnily enough, the Lumix G100 is meant mainly as a vlogger's camera, with the stills options for those as want them. But the reviews I've read say it's mediocre as a vlogging tool, but the stills side is pretty good. Which is why I got one - I'm not into vlogging... Just had a quick look at the Lumix G100 advert and that’s all it keeps on about www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/cameras-camcorders/lumix-mirrorless-cameras/lumix-g-cameras/dc-g100.htmlSurely any cameras would be suitable if they have video function? No. It's about quality of output, ability to connect essential peripherals, see what you are doing, and having the right tools to make it easy. That's like saying you can take a picture with any camera, but a phone will struggle to identify a small wader 300m away. Right tool for the job. |
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Post by don on Feb 13, 2024 12:24:06 GMT
On reflection I think my personal antipathy to video rests in my late father's ownership of a cine camera and being forced to watch cringe-making replays of holiday (beach mainly) films year after year, always Christmas time (because then it was dark early and easy to set the projector up). On the other hand, my children post phone-shot clips of their children on facebook and as grandparents there can be some pleasure in watching these, especially development things like first steps which we would otherwise miss because we live quite far apart. I just hope for the grandkids' sake that these clips prove ephemeral and they don't have to go through their teenage years being reminded of what they looked like "live" aged 0 - 5. I totally fail to understand some people's fascination with shooting stills in "burst mode" where this is 10 fps or faster. That is like watching video/film frame by frame really. Sit in a bird hide and there is bound to be someone enthusiastically taking 3000 frames of something utterly common, standing still. I think the younger generation tend to use the phone as both a camera and a video device a lot more than we ever used the video on a camera. I know several films have been made using cameras rather than dedicated cinematic tools and very successful to. Also a famous artist who I can’t remember his name has made a highly acclaimed film using video on camera 📸 so some people are using the feature successfully. |
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