joe12south
Veteran
https://youtu.be/MwO70ex4NyA
Last weekend I took a little island vacation. I had no plans more ambitious than eating, strolling on the beach and laying by the pool. As such, I almost didn't bring my camera at all. I ended-up dropping a GH5 and the el-cheapo Lumx 25mm f1.7 in my backpack at the last minute.
As luck would have it, we learned that the next morning there would be a green sea turtle hatching on a nearby island. Oops.
Since this was literally a once in a lifetime opportunity, I decided to try to capture it even though I was ill prepared. Let us count the ways:
- It was insanely bright, and I had no ND filter.
- On the water, with no polarizing filter.
- Medium FOV lens to try to capture close-ups of uncooperative wildlife.
- No stabilization.
- Dragging along a two year old.
Given the above, I wasn't able to capture *great* footage, but by utilizing a few features of the GH5 I was able to at least capture something *good enough* to share with friends and family, and my daughter when she's older.
1. 4K: By shooting 4K, I was able to crop in as much as 200% for 1080P delivery. This really helped, as otherwise the "stars" of this video would have been tiny in almost every shot.
2. HLG: Even using ISO 200, 60º shutter angle and f22, the footage was still WAY over-exposed. Amazingly, the headroom of HLG allowed me to recover highlights on everything except for the surf.
3. IBIS: Shooting handheld. On a boat. While wrangling a toddler. Zooming in post. This would have been unthinkable without IBIS. (Amazingly, I didn't do any post-stabilization.)
Anyhow, I thought I'd share this - again not because it's very good - but because I was able to salvage anything at all. We often like to talk about cameras in ideal situations, or blast people for not better controlling their situations, but sometimes you simply have to make the best out of a bad situation. It is in these cases that camera capabilities really shine.
Last weekend I took a little island vacation. I had no plans more ambitious than eating, strolling on the beach and laying by the pool. As such, I almost didn't bring my camera at all. I ended-up dropping a GH5 and the el-cheapo Lumx 25mm f1.7 in my backpack at the last minute.
As luck would have it, we learned that the next morning there would be a green sea turtle hatching on a nearby island. Oops.
Since this was literally a once in a lifetime opportunity, I decided to try to capture it even though I was ill prepared. Let us count the ways:
- It was insanely bright, and I had no ND filter.
- On the water, with no polarizing filter.
- Medium FOV lens to try to capture close-ups of uncooperative wildlife.
- No stabilization.
- Dragging along a two year old.
Given the above, I wasn't able to capture *great* footage, but by utilizing a few features of the GH5 I was able to at least capture something *good enough* to share with friends and family, and my daughter when she's older.
1. 4K: By shooting 4K, I was able to crop in as much as 200% for 1080P delivery. This really helped, as otherwise the "stars" of this video would have been tiny in almost every shot.
2. HLG: Even using ISO 200, 60º shutter angle and f22, the footage was still WAY over-exposed. Amazingly, the headroom of HLG allowed me to recover highlights on everything except for the surf.
3. IBIS: Shooting handheld. On a boat. While wrangling a toddler. Zooming in post. This would have been unthinkable without IBIS. (Amazingly, I didn't do any post-stabilization.)
Anyhow, I thought I'd share this - again not because it's very good - but because I was able to salvage anything at all. We often like to talk about cameras in ideal situations, or blast people for not better controlling their situations, but sometimes you simply have to make the best out of a bad situation. It is in these cases that camera capabilities really shine.
