newbie camera setup questions...

ryan brown

ryan brown

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A friend of mine just got a dvx 100a, and it's a little foreign to me. He lost the manual...I found it online, but haven't really looked through it yet.

Can someone just tell me the basics when attempting to shoot, and log into fcp 5, at 24p?

What is a good basic setup for the camera when shooting outdoors with natural lighting? where the hell do I find the settings to know (or change) what mode I'm shooting in (24, 30, 60,)???do I need to change capture settings in fcp (2;3;3 pulldown)?

thanks in advance...don't hesitate to treat me like a newbie. I'm used to canon's, and the panasonic is REALLY different.

-ryan
 
No such thing as basic in real filmwork, every scene requires specific settings for any given desired affect. any scene can be filmed hundreds of different ways, depending on the desired effect.

read the manual over and over and play with the camera while reading the manual and play woth different settings in different scenes. It will take you a very long time to get the feel for what works best. there is no shortcut to becoming a professional, it takes a lot of time and work.
 
I'll help you.

I'll help you.

rcbrown23 said:
A friend of mine just got a dvx 100a, and it's a little foreign to me. He lost the manual...I found it online, but haven't really looked through it yet.

Can someone just tell me the basics when attempting to shoot, and log into fcp 5, at 24p?

What is a good basic setup for the camera when shooting outdoors with natural lighting? where the hell do I find the settings to know (or change) what mode I'm shooting in (24, 30, 60,)???do I need to change capture settings in fcp (2;3;3 pulldown)?

thanks in advance...don't hesitate to treat me like a newbie. I'm used to canon's, and the panasonic is REALLY different.

-ryan
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hey man ill give you example but use the search on the site later for more.


I hope you know how to turn on and shoot once you ready to log in remeber to have firewire cable if run from camera to caputre. from there just do like u usually do make sure the timeline is not interlaced though or you get pixalation etc or a more video look. do the pul down of course then capture.

F5 is the 24p mode standard keep it on that you can adjust the chroma and hue etc with the camera but usally keep this one normal the other function below f5 i would change to your ownchoice with diffent types of frame rates and color temperature or just keep them the way they are. shooting natural lighting can be good just remeber shadows and overexposers and make sure the sun isnt directly in someone face unless you want it that way.

Im a naturalist in lighitng and i lie to use as much of the sun as possible so this camera is real easy to do it with. just change to what ever shutter speed i like 1/60 for a "normal" look. then make sure your ND filter are set porperly since you can switch to off of 1/68NDF so you can expose for out side or inside easily.

um WHITE Balance and get use to rolling the focus by hand you'll get a feel for it.

To change settings go to menu the scene file. under what scene file (mostly like F5 most of the time) you can change the settings through there.

ther than that um make sure your audio level are working and sound good. the rest will be up to you.

I hope I was helpful, remeber search the site for more question its at the top next to new post and quick links. :)

Jeremy
 
ryan
Do yourself a big favour and buy the DVX Book and DVD by Barry Green.
It is gold and worth many times the cost.
 
Thanks guys... I do realize it will take lots of time to figure everything out, and I'm willing to put in the effort. I am a professional editor (FCP mostly), and I completely understand how much work goes into projects.

I'm really asking for a friend... he bought the dvx under my recomendation, but he doesn't seem willing to put in the effort to shoot properly, so I'll do it for him, for my benefit. Selfish? nah...he'll gain from my knowledge. I'll tell him to get a new manual, and I'll check out the book and dvd suggested.

Thanks boys... you'll probably be hearing more from me from now on.

-ryan
 
The best piece of advice here is to get the DVXBook. It is also a good idea to just spend a couple of hours and do random searches here on DVXUser. The amount of knowledge you will gain is incredibly valuable.
 
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