what would YOU do?

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raciere

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will be in central america for two weeks, taking a dvx100b kit and will be doing a variety of run and gun shooting in a variety of villages. some sit down interviews and lots of misc. b-roll. i imagine there will be a wide variety of shooting scenarios. i'll have an evolution wireless and a rode shotgun. no lights. 4 long lasting batteries.

i am also new to the dvx100b. most of my international shooting has been with a canon xl1, and i'm intimately familiar with strategies, scenarios, etc... on the xl1. trouble is, i just don't have a lot of time to do a lot of test shooting w/ the dvx100b, and so i'm wondering what are the EASIEST and most VERSITILE settings on the dvx100b?

at this point i'm thinking that i'll shoot 24p and zero everything out, use manual iris, and then hope to fix any troubles in final cut. one question is re: high contrast. i'll be in jungle, trees, direct sun, indoors in shacks and houses, etc... so again, am looking for the easiest and most versitle settings. for focus, white balance, iris etc...

what would you set up and strategy be? ANY info appreciated. thanks.
 
You will be pleasantly surprised with what the B comes preset with. If you left everything at 0 and just did the usual set-up of good White Balance (remember you can preset 2 white balance settings) and adjusted the Iris Manually while you shoot then I think you'll get very usuable and FCP adjustable footage.

As you shoot more you will get a feel for the camera and get to know what settings work for what situation. Unlike the XL1, the B can save Scene settings to 6 different presets. Damn! So you can change the factory scene files F1 thru F6 all to 24p or whatever framerate you want, change Master Ped, Chroma, Color Temp, Gamma, etc. for EACH scene file and save each one and just call them up at the twist of the dial. I would maybe leave a 60i setting available just in case you need to have that kind of look or if you intend slowmo something later in post. The DVX is a very versatile camera.
 
I would bring an LED light with me if I were doing it.... my only suggestion. You never know how dark certain situations will get and those LED lights can really put out some great light. Also, bring a camera backpack with you that has a waterproof cover on it, especially if you are in the jungle where rain can start and stop in an instant (OK, a second suggestion).

I know you were more curious about settings on the camera, but having a light always helps out the situation of not having to decide what setting to be in for your iris settings and such.

Good luck!
 
Basically you would want maximum dynamic range. for high contrast scenaios.

Thsi is my "versatile" set up.

Granted, this set up introduces some noise into the picture, but it will provide you with the most adaptability. I use it for strong sunlight and mixes of indoor outdoor stuff.

CineGammaD
Detail 0 ( or where ever you liek it)
Detial Coring +7
Vdetail (whereever you like)
MAsterped -3
Color Temp/Chromaphase at 0.
Chroma level -3
Colormatrix Norm


Test it out see if you like it.
 
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