2026 editionAll video related questions and discussion is intended for this thread. Here we discuss techniques, gear and anything else related to capturing video footage. Please don't pretend to be an expert if you don't know what you're talking about. Kindly leave your ego at the door.Posting short films/scripts or other work you've done is encouraged.We tend to use and recommend DSLRs/mirrorless cameras because they provide phenomenal picture quality for their price, have large sensors (ie the same size used in high-end cinema cameras, and larger) and have interchangeable lenses.In contrast, consumer camcorders often have much smaller sensors and a fixed lens.>STICKY - https://text.is/QZ1J>Helpful guide, additional books and more in-depth FAQs - https://web.archive.org/web/20200926115310/https://pastebin.com/kG0gRmTZ>NO ONE CARES WHAT AN EXPERT YOU THINK YOU ARE. IF YOU’RE ASKING BASIC-AS-SHIT QUESTIONS, YOU CAN’T BE ALL THAT GREAT. SEE ABOVEPrevious thread >>4482295Quick FAQS>what’s the best camera available on a “budget”?The blackmagic pocket cinema camera 4k, or the Panasonic gh5 (can pick one up for like 500 bucks atm)>what’s a good beginner video camera?Anything that works, shoots at least 1080p and preferably has interchangeable lenses. Any recommendation beyond that will cause arguments so read the fucking sticky if that isn't satisfactory.>What's a good sound solution that won't break the bank?Zoom h1>Can I use a zoom lens for video?Yes>Do I need cine lenses?No>Do I need 4k?No. 1080 looks great on a cinema screen. 4k looks better.>Can someone tell me if my video is any good?Yes, but be prepared to receive harsh criticism. If you're going to waste 5 minutes of our time with a shitty out-of-focus montage of nothing then we'll tell you that it's crap>Is it okay to dox myself?...Personally I wouldn't but what do I know?
>>4493514I am going to get a rehoused bmpcc 6k with built in electronic nd filter and a mft mount soon. That way I can replace my bmpcc 4k with a better camera without needing to rig the fuck out of my new camera. The long preorder to get it was fucking annoying. I hope it works like a boss once I get it.
>>4493548>rehoused bmp 6k>mft mountWhat? Where are you getting this from and why? The sensor is much larger than mft. You're either going to get heavy bad lens vignetting, an extreme mft crop making it pointless to move on from the bmp4k, or some lens fuckery that's the opposite of a speed booster and means your lenses are actually slower.Explain because I feel like I must be missing something obvious.
>>4493548it's thiccer than the 4k, if you have a cage it might not fit
For a PAL region, should I use 25fps and 50fps? My main concern is playback on computers as I've never used anything that isn't NTSC and idk how well it will playback or if I'll have any other weird challenges as a result.My other idea is to still use 30 and 60 but adjust the shutter speed to be slightly lower (1/50th for 30 and 1/100 for 60). Would this still be good? I can't decide at all and need help.
>>4493551The one I am getting is rehoused into a box with a universal lens mount and built in electronic nd and sdi ports.
>>4493549I have mft cinema primes and mft anamorphic lenses and mft cinema zooms that cover a s35 sensor and I could get a dumb EF to mft adapter or a dumb pl to mft adpter to use the other glass I wanna use.
>>4493553You got your answer there, retard:>>4493501>>>4493492>>My main concern is playback on TVs>Are you still running CRT TVs lmao...?>>You really do come here and waste people's time with inane, retarded, questions like this, when you could literally https://chatgpt.com/share/6964e6f3-1680-8009-bb2a-8e6496c735c1>"Oh Lord in heaven, what a humongous faggot I met on the road, and he was an enormous faggot indeed, my Lord". Are you one of those boomers that instead of using a search engine and finding an answer in FIVE FUCKING SECONDS, you go to fucking plebbit and youtube comments to fish for an answer that maybe, one day, perhaps, god willing, will appear as a reply to your stupid fucking inane questions? Go look in a mirror faggot. I said GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR, FAGGOT! What you will see is a ginormous, stupid, dumb retarded faggot, and instead of harassing locals in a foreign country with your camera, you should either:>a) photograph said retard you see in a mirror, and mail the photo to a publishing house working on illustrated encyclopedias, so they could upgrade their illustrations on the topic of "RETARDED FAGGOTS">b) skip the trip, and spend the money on education and tutoring, mainly on the subject of "how to think and use what little brain I have for maximum effect" - recommended for the benefit of you and the whole of humanity, and all the unfortunate souls that you would meet along your way in this world.
>>4493565>tl;dr schizopost>ChatGPTLol, no.
>>4493557i thought they came with the l-mount
>>4493553Unless you are shooting for TV it literally doesn't matter. You might get some flicker with some lights depending on camera + grid frequency, Computers all around the world play the same video just fine. For the "cinema look" you want 180 degree shutter, (shutter speed double the frame rate)Cinema 24fps 1/48secVideo 30fps 1/60secAction 60fps 1/120fpsSlow-120+fps 1/240fps (shoot 120 and playback at timeline speed)
>>4493570Based, thanks. What about the choppiness/stutter I see on 24fps sometimes? Not even just on my own work but others too, where even with the correct shutter speed, there's a really bad stutter even when it's objects moving past a still camera or especially stuttering if there's any panning. I've been using 30/60 for a while to reduce the stutter risk of 24 but using 25 seems like there might be the same issue.
>>4493572Not too sure, if the camera is 100% at 180 deg you will just get motion blur and not the slideshow effect, doesn't matter the frame rate. Only thing I can think of is a compression issue either with the camera or playback. Youtube likes to do this when you have slow internet. Rolling shutter is when fast moving objects go all jello because of a slow sensor readout, if you have a camera with a global shutter all pixel are recorded at the same time.
>>4493578It's very odd. I did manage to find this which is exactly what I see in my own 24fps footage and I've used two different cameras.https://youtu.be/zPRdd9jcmds?t=167
>796 filesI'm never going to finish this project. I've viewed, organized, ranked and rated them all, deleted the unusable clips, grouped the multiple takes.... but cutting this pile of shit into coherent work... I'm not even worried about any other aspect at all other than cutting it and keeping this shit under half an hour. I'm never going to finish what I started, god damn. Why is there this many files... There's a file for every 2,5 seconds.
>>4493572https://digifonics.com/24-fps.htmlissue is the majority of laptop/computer monitors are 60hz and the 3:2 pulldown effect. tvs are also mostly interlaced while monitors are progressive, so theoretically 24fps will look good on TV but not on monitors.
Assuming I don't care too much about depth of field, is it cool for me to use aperture to adjust exposure? Assuming I have an ND filter that isn't variable and have my shutter and ISO set as I want them for the 180 degree motion and perfect ISO noise level.
