Sorry last minute changes means the 4K will be ready in like 30min! AOD Doors are open! theartofdocumentary.com Make sure to download that free FX30 & FX3 footage in the description. Contest for the ultimate doc kit will be announced on March 16th. Also, elbows are not spelt "eblows"
The downloadable footage on Dropbox, what codec was it shot in? I’m looking to play with some XAVC-SI footage from these cameras as that what I’ll be using should I get the cameras.
Hey Mark, as I am an underwater photographer and drawn my camera couple times already and I would recommend to use Silica Gell (pouches what you can find in shoes box or some electronics). It will absorb water and humidity faster and better than rice.
so I can take the money I would have spent on a gimbal, and use it to get a pick-up truck for my running shots? (just kidding, the shots were impressively smooth even considering the vehicular help, good tips thanks Mark!)
With saltwater it's also a good idea to remove all batteries / etc. and rinse in distilled water. I know it sounds bad to add extra water to the mix, but the salt and minerals are what will over time corrode elements and you want to make sure there's no saltwater left to dry. Electrical components getting wet isn't an issue so long as there's not electricity running through them at the time. Additionally, I've heard rice is fairly ineffective at water absorption so your best bet is silica if your camera gets wet.
Another tip: When you know you’ll be applying warp stabilizer in post, it sometimes helps to crank your shutter speed/angle so that each frame is crisp & free of motion blur.
How is this a good tip? We WANT filmic motion blur. Shooting on high shutter speed makes your footage look amateurish. Get a camera with good ibis or use a gimbal .
@@castielvargastv7931all things being equal, shaky footage even with warp stabilisation adds double the motion blur, so double the SS is a good idea in this context
Hey Mark, just wanted to say that you have been a big impact on my passion as a videographer. I am putting in my two weeks as an engineer to pursue my career as a videographer. Hope this goes well! Thanks for all your videos! 🙌🏼
When I first saw the preview of the first running shot I was like; wow nice gimbal shot but later found out it wasn’t, thank you Mark for this tutorial, helpful 😊❤️
My go-to line is "Gimbals for for SHOTS, not for SHOOTS." Don't steal that 😜 Dream camera? A7s IV (probably waiting a while)... an A7siii with 24MP stills, CineEI, and the new double-flippy screen on the A7RV.
Thanks for the tip mark...I started shooting handheld after watching some of ur old videos last year..and here's another tip. Thank you Meanwhile, haven't stopped dreaming about the giveaway🥲
Hey Mark, thanks for the video, you have been one of my go to guys over the last three years of lockdown and turmoil. Listen, I had a quick question, a few years back you did a video where you mentioned a microphone that, in your words, “makes things sound better than real life“, and I have been in search of a good voice over microphone. Can you tell me what microphone that was you were talking about? Or, if things have changed, can you recommend any decent microphones that provide a good rich texture as I have a fairly deep and rich voice. I’m leaning towards the road NTG-3. Any advice you can offer would be much appreciated. Also, on a personal note, I want to thank you for helping me branch out of my comfort zone, skill set wise… I’ve been a member of the writers Guild of America for 22 years, and during the pandemic, I was fortunate enough to sign a deal with Amazon studios, and it looks like I’m going to be producing and writing quite a bit… Along with directing and shooting things. You really are good at what you do and have a very good way of teaching. I’m going to check out your art of documentary. Be well, cheers! Jeff.
I don't hope, want or need any new cameras to come out b/c I'm perfectly happy with what I have. What I do want to come out is a new EVF from RED that works directly with all of the DSMC3 bodies without the need for an SDI cable.
Haha I love it! Don't use a gimbal! Instead, use a car or a helicopter and you'll get the perfect shots! But seriously, gimbals are a pain in the ass... When there is a possibility to cage, add weight with batteries and a monitor, go for it. If you control nicely your moves with your whole body, you can manage to get really smooth shots. Then stabilisation in post and you're golden :)
Mark, you're getting ripped man! :) Black magic coming up with a truly pocket version would make many people happy. Sony has shown that you can fit awesome tech in tiny spaces. BM "pocket" does not make sense any more
if it went straight from the ocean to the rice, the salt will corrode your fx30 sooner or later. As counter intuitive as it sounds, the best way to do it is to take it from the salt water, to a bucket of distilled water real quick, to the rice.
Love this! I feel like the stabilization in cameras is so good these days that it definitely becomes harder and harder to bring along the gimbal. I only really find I'm on the gimbal for bigger movement activities like skiing, trail running or biking :) Awesome video though, stoked to see your Fx3 is back!
I used to film Super-Yachts out of helicopters sadly before post stabilisation and IBIS etc with a large camera. It was a nightmare. I wish I had some of the tools and features and small cameras like we have now back then. Really good tips though about holding the camera away from you, I found that helped a lot, although a challenge doing it for an hour when the helicopter pulls tight turns. Also I totally agree to try and not do pans with the camera. Much better to let the helicopter do the moving.
I'd love for Panasonic to come out with some sort of successor to the EVA-1. It's such an amazing camera but a possibile EVA-2 could maybe compete against the likes of Sony's FX6 and Canons C200 MkII which is coming soon.
Mate you really do get to see some very cool sh1t ,the tips on stability are phenomenal I’m always getting crap for moving to fast and not paying attention to movement the post tricks are brilliant,luv ya work man cheers
Great video, thanks for demo on smoothing out handheld video. I just bought a cage, side grip and top handle so I will try these tips out. I have a Z5 but may upgrade to Z6ii or Z6iii when it comes out in 2024.
Question, I read the stabilised lenses disable gyro data, which makes catalyst browse impossible, is that true? - camera stabe alone works fine with catalyst though (except dynamic active). Also, what if you are doing vlogging or moving/walking with the camera? - following the 180 degree shutter rule is catastrophic in these situations, you get so much motion blur, even if you are ninja walking (but for a vlog you want to walk naturally) it's not correctable using catalyst browse or warp stabiliser. What are your recommendations for handheld shots with walking / self filming?
Just a quick add, on the Catalyst Browse topic. Keep in mind that you need all stabilization turned off and can't have the camera set on any stabilizers in order for it to work (I believe). Can be a bit confusing as a viewer as throughout the video there is B-Roll from the 24-105 F4 G, which has stabilization.
What’s your source for this? Kindly share as I always have operated either catalyst browse or in-lens and in-camera, never combining catalyst with any other stabilization. Thanks
Hi Mark. Love your stuff. Now I’m no chemist but I have been told by someone who is that putting electronics that have been in contact with water in rice is a futility. Rice may dry out the device and it may start working again but it is the impurities in the water, in this case salt, are left behind and that will start to corrode the internals which sooner or later will cause the demise of your kit. Counterintuitively one way to mitigate is to wash (batteries out) your kit in pure deionised (yes I’m English) water in order to attempt to remove the contamination but there are no guarantees. I personally would be calling my insurance broker and would not trust that you got away with it.
Grat video Mark! I'm not looking forward to any new camera coming out, what I would love is firmware update for a7sIII. It's such a almost perfect camera.
Hey Mark ! just download the footage from the Dropbox. I want to train colograding them and I'd like to know the lens used and also the picture profile, are they s log 3 or s log 3 cine ? Do you know where I can find thoses informations ? Have a super nice day !
I want an fx6 body with the fx30 sensor, an fx60. Just throw a 3.5mm mic jack and xlr port on the body instead of the handle and I will be sold! Give me back my super 35 pro video body Sony! As it is rn, if I want to use my super 35 glass on a proper video camera, I would have to get an fx9 to use it in crop mode or forfeit my 4k resolution. I understand full frame is a ll the craze these days but an fx60 would make me, and I’m sure many other videographers, very happy
Signed up tagged some friends can’t wait and plan on signing up for the program most likely. So glad y’all came up in my recommended feed on RU-vid it was subscribe at first sight lol.
I know rice is popular but it's actually not very great at absorbing moisture, at least for cameras (which have holes). The grains or even the stratch (which is very fine) could enter your device and damage it. Instead buy some Silica gels packets, it's very cheap and they are litteraly made to absord water and humidity. So dunk your camera or device in a bucket of them and you won't have any problem with rice grains or risking your gear even more. I mean yes, overall, the rice is still probably cheaper and if you only have this in your house at the moment of the incident, it's probably the way to go. But to futureproof yourselves, please juste inest in a big bag of a 100 silica gel packets. You could even toss some in you camera bag so that your gear is always dry, even if it rains a lot on you bag.
Hey, Mark! Thanks for the vid! I really think that many people think they need a gimbal to create a good film. I personally think handheld footage looks more natural and I don't think this should be an excuse for not shooting
Hello thanks so much for the tips. Regarding the running footage what would you do if instead an asphalt ground you would have a crispy broken terrain with little bounces. I want to record an MTB short riding in a bwm gs1200 sitting backwards? You think handheld would look stable?thanks by answering I was wondering if using a gimbal would be necessary
I also have good results with that 24-105mm on my A7III. It's a nice lens for the price in my opinion. Just regged for 3 of your courses by the way. Excited to start learning and to connect to the community!
Definitely curious about the upcoming Canon R replacement and the a7c II. There's a rumored FF ZV-E1, mini a7s III but for "vloggers" (no viewfinder, like the other ZVs) and with 4K 120p uncropped coming this month, but I'm not sure I want 12MP when I've just finished a 1k+ shot sports shoot and cropping a lot of them. It sounds exciting though. I hope Sony pulls it off. Plus I bet that would be in the A7 IV price range which I'm not prepared yet for now. Crossing my fingers either of the latter ones are $2000 or below. Also, I feel like RU-vid 1080p has been crippled lately. I mean more crippled than before. Something's changed. Is it the AV1 codec?
Correction, you can put your camera in the ocean. Just make sure you have an underwater case. It’s worth spending the money if you really want to get those type of shots or rent it if you are only using it for a special occasion
I struggle to find good lenses on the Sony's that have IS or OSS. Because a lot of their bodies have IBIS they don't tend to put it on their lenses really annoying for fx6 or older camera users.
I'm looking forward to a successor to the Nikon z6ii. A Nikon Z8 maybe?! I would love to have a Nikon other than the Z9 that can shoot 4K 60 at 10bit colour. :)
It’s interesting that you say to keep you arms away from your body while everyone else says keep them as close to yourself as possible. Now i dont know what to believe 😅 Amazing footage though! So it must work for you.
No disrespect meant but how do you afford to purchase a $4-$6,000 camera? And you have several of them. I’m lucky to have two Blackmagic Pocket 4k’s and they were $1200 a piece.
Please let me be the winner... I had to sell my FX3 during the pandemic due to no work, Had to get the A7IV to use for any kind of work and it over heats on me all the time. Thanks and good luck to everyone...
Love your content. It is very inspiring me to do my own documentary in the future. Never been a helicopter but if I'm definitely use these techniques for better stabilizer my video. Also the camera you give away l'm double praying to win the camera :) good luck everyone
