FS5: Mixing FS5 with 3 other cameras for project

[Ivor C]

This is sort of FS5 related, but forgive me if it strays outside the intended remit for this forum.

One of my clients, who is very media savvy is considering shooting a corporate on a combination of cameras. Essentially I'm one of his camera ops?

The intended/possible cameras include:

Sony PXW-FS5 (I own)
Sony A7Sii (they own)
Go-Pro (hire in, so don't know model)
Red Raven (hire in)

The first two options are definites. The Go-pro and Red are maybes.
Where possible they want to shoot in log/Slog.

They are more likely to cut the video in Premiere (with which they're familiar), but their editor is also considering Resolve (which he's learning).

They asked me how I thought these cameras would look and grade in the same project (assume Premiere). Having not used a Red, nor much Go-pro footage, I told them honestly I don't know. I also wonder if the default codecs will all play nicely together inside Premiere or Resolve? I know they should... but in the real world?

They good news is all the scenes in the video will be shot on one camera per scene, thus no requirement to colour match two cameras in Post. In case you're wondering; 'why not use the same camera for everything?'. The size, low light capability and inconspicuousness of each camera lends itself to different scenes/requirements.

So are there any obvious gotchas mixing these cameras in general? And, if you are familiar with Premiere or Resolve, please feel free to offer your thoughts on grading or any other potential issues.


Thanks.

 

[mattjeh]

The go-pro will give you a fish-eye effect on all of the footage. There is a correction pre-set that can be applied to fix it within premiere (it scales the footage slightly to straighten the fish eye effect). But a word of warning, the effect fix adds significant render time to the project (and unless rendered can not be played back in real time). Disable the effect for playback and apply for the export, but if its a long project with a lot of gopro footage used, just bare it in mind.

I can't talk for the A7 or red, but I've mixed FS5 and gopro hero 4 footage in a project, it worked out pretty well. Here: https://vimeo.com/170640323 (All movement / bike shots with the go-pro, all static / gimbal shots with the FS5).