Camera Settings for different situations

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SAPHR

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I was wondering whether we can have a thread on different camera settings for different shooting situations with a bit of an explanation. People like me who use this camera for a hobby would gain immensely from this. I must add here that all my knowledge about this camera is either from this forum discussions or Barry Green’s Boot cam DVDs I would suggest the following:

The different camera settings like App, Shutter speed, WB, ND Filter, Scene File, Rec Mode , DRS, Any other , Comments etc. for shooting situations such as Fast moving Objects like race Cars, Night shooting with only available light, How best to shoot waterfalls?, How to shoot in mid-day sun?, Sunrise/Sunset, etc.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions and comments.
 
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This is somewhat subjective and it's probably best to just play with the settings to see what works for you. I've had mine for about a month or so now, and for daytime, outdoor shooting I've kinda settled on using the Cine-D mode at 1/120th shutter speed. I've been quite happy with the results with that setting for the majority of my outdoors stuff.

Here's an example of footage at that setting which I shot last week: http://vimeo.com/4181341

Indoors, however, I haven't settled on anything yet. But I have found that when using a green-screen it's a bad idea to use 1/24th or any of the other slow shutter speeds because of the green blur that you get as things move.

-Brian
 
Hey whats up Brian. I just moved to Austin recently in the past year and am looking for other videographers in the area to start up some projects. Just bought my first cam, which is also the HMC. Great footage of the capitol from your video. Let me know if you are ever down to shoot some more footage
 
Thanks. Brian. That was very helpful. Even if they are subjective but things like these are very good starting points for me.
 
I actually prefer shooting in Cine-V mode with a shutter speed of 1/120th for daytime shooting. it adds a nice pop to the blacks. For indoor shooting, I use Cine-D and shut the shutter controls off...kind of helps bring out what gets lost in the shadows.

here is some footage shot on an overcast day (desaturated just a bit with a little vingette): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B4wv46hwsI

I also shot that footage in 60p...conformed to 24p in Cinema Tools to get a true slow motion effect
 
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