Watching this in 2021, and thanks for the critical review of the X3000. You made it clear that 'looks' and gizmos, or even pictures at face value, are not the only concerns. Actually those raw pictures aren't great and you have to wonder why it's 4K-capable, if it doesn't really work.
Great video bro. I’ve been using the X3000 for about 4 months now and you’re so right - the 4K (50 or 100 mbs) is only usable like you said when we’re filming something directly ahead with very little movement. I film 4K on a recent family trip and oh boy you’re right any movement and it would just distort almost skipping frames. Do suggest 1080 at 30 or 60 FPS for most clarity and sharpness and are you still using this camera? Thanks bro
GREAT video. I love it when I come across a video made by someone that actually knows how to give simple yet detailed usable information. You made color correction look easy. You need to do a color correction video! AND do it in a free editor so everyone can do it!
I thought the before shots looked good but when u see the after shots u go wow what a difference. Will this is fun learning this editing stuff, I hope u keep doing it. Its fun Will to watch and learn. Tanx.
randy feaster honestly, I'm ish a beginner too and I just got one. I find it super affordable. Around 300usd. Not the cheapest in the market of coz but still on the cheaper end! And the quality is amazing!!
If 4K and slow motion is not your thing then get the HDR AS300R. It saves you money. The (R ) a the of the model numbers gets you the remote which I use all the time and would recommend. It is hard to order the remote that powers on and off the FDR X3000 and HDR AS300 camera. I am not sure they sell the Remote seperately for these two cameras. NOTE: The FDR X1000V camera can not be powered on and off with the remote. It does start and stop the recording but this is not good on my motorcycle because the battery always remains on and drains down faster I have the FDR X1000v, HDR as300 and FDR X3000. I record in 1080p 50Mps and found out rendering at 4K and uploading to RU-vid makes a huge difference for action footage.
Great tips, thanks. I just got mine and hope to do a ton of shooting this summer. After watching this video, I will spend more quality time in post production. We can always do better!
Will you are a very "willing" teacher. You want to teach. Greatly appreciated. Please...make a tutorial on how you edit. Broad strokes. Not to much detail. And what to think before you upload it on RU-vid. You have a lot of older subscribers that need a little push to start learning how to do this. Looking forward for more...
'Nice job on this video. I learned something and you are helping me choose my camera purchase. Just a little thing: Wear a shirt that has a bit more color contrast with your background (and with no graphics / ads). Thanks again for making this video.
Great video, but I think you are incorrect about the UHD or consumer 4K with this camera. And, if you throw a warp stabilizer at say a 5 or 7, then push the sharpening to about 10, it becomes butter smooth and loses nothing. I use this in all my videos - on RU-vid. I have it mounted to a weighted GoScope (that holds two cameras) and the RV100V set at 120 fps for super slo mo. I switch between the two.... while on my bike. I do a lot of "color matching or enhancing" as you have done when going between shadow and direct sun. You are correct about the weighted pole, and so I have modified my GoScope with a cold shoe to hold my Rode VideoMicro and weights at the bottom for additional stabilization. This is an amazing little camera. Good review! Oh, and all my stuff if you want to see what I am talking about are up on my channel. I even used this for a quick clip in a commercial I shot. It is amazing!
Great advice and tips! Thanks for sharing ;) Note: it's not 100 megabytes it's 100 megabits (divide by 8 to get megabytes = 12.5 megabytes per second data rate)
NICE VIDEO AND GOOD INSIDE. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CAMERA FOR STATIONARY SHOT OF MY TURNTABLES WHILE I'M MIXING LIVE (STREAMING LIVE) ON PERISCOPE OR FB. AND TO SEND VIDEOS ON TO YOU-TUBE. THANK YOU.....
Thanks for the tip. I just bought a FDR X3000 for my travel vlogs coz I loved the stabilisation and and compact design. Hopefully I'll learn it fast haha
Yeahh! I got it because I watched your sample footages! Convinced me to buy! It's always good to see what the camera turn out with real footages and you can know for sure!
+DaphyD_Adventures exactly!! It helps a ton. You should love the camera! As long as you do a little exposure correction, the footage is the best I have seen from a action camera. And it's super small!
Cheers mate great video helps a lot. I’ve been videoing in 4K but my laptop won’t play the videos. I’m guessing it’s because my laptop is old and only plays Hd. Are well back to the old drawing ✍🏻 board.
Brother, beautiful video I am from India I got a same model go pro,I don't have apple computer I have windows 10 only what software I want to install for editing please help me🙏
The reason the fast moving footage looks so bad is because of the fast frame rate. Fast frame rates look like crap to start with, then on top of that the compression cant keep up so you get blocky footage. Just need ND filters.
ah!!!!! finally i understood what i have bought thanks for the video going for a bike ride to some off roa bike trip, planned to fix it in helmet can you please educate us also on low light setting
The Cam records great in high bitrates. You need a realy good card wich can handle high rate writing!! Not only reading wich is printed on the memory cards. Cards with REAL 100mbs writing are still expensive
Is it true, there are problems with Premiere Pro software, that are caused when Adobe does an update? I have read past videos won't play after update and if you are in the middle of editing a video, you may lose it.
Hi, thanks for the upload!! I have no experience in videoediting, premierepro or colorcorrection. How do you orientate with the whites, the contrast and the saturation? Exposior: all colors should be unter 100/255-line Blacks: on the line 0 whites: ? contrast: ? saturation? best regards
There is no universal answer. It is personal taste andd it depends on your LCD monitor color settings too. Photo processing workflow can be - 1.crop, rotation, lens correction... 2. white balance, exposure, whites, shades... 3. color corrections. Make edititng versions and take a break for 1 day and then check your editing again. It takes time.
hi mate, can you tell me what settings i should use for a jet ski? I just want to set and forget. I'm not that tech savvy so would appreciate your thoughts
HELP! just got this sny x3000 took some videos BUT after file transfer unable to locate them? unlike gpro6 quik very easy to make video But Sony fdr x3000 where are my video files? can you help how to locate and create my video files...i have tried every way possible...feels like BIG thumbs Down for Sony for now? Thanks
Love that video and the way you explain things. What do you use as a Dead-Cat? I've been using that cam for the first time on my motorbike, with the casing I can't here the motor and without, well.. I can't hear it neither because of the wind noise (even with wind reduction set to ON)
Thanks for your videos, I am in England and thinking in motorblogging soon and the FDR3000 seems the way to go. It looks like you are in a travel van too, can you do a review on that too?? I live far from work and I might do that too.
thats not why you upload in 4k. it allows you to upload a video with a higher bitrate. has nothing to do with disgestability. but yes, 1080 for youtube is all that people need. understand that a 1080 video looks way better when uploaded as a 4k video due to the bitrate restrictions at 1080
Great video but Personally what Resolution, FPS & Bitrate would you suggest for recording roller coaster POV's ??? I shot in 4K 30fps 100m and it looked so bad ... Any suggestion would help ... thanks ")
What do you think is the best recording set up? I'm new to vlogging. I'll be recording just my every day Life. Do I need to be under MP4 or 4k? What else?
I mainly use mine on my motorcycle in case of accident what setting do you recommend also when I view it through my phone (s7 edge) on the app every image and video looks grainy i use the waterproof casing lens is clean and doesn't have any damage. please help
Hey nice vids ... can u pls give any inputs on x3000 vs as50 ..i mean video is world apart but wt about ither aspects esp. Image /photo quality .....as 50 also takes 4k timelapse thru 4k images so . so wts ur take?
thanks a ton brother, i am hardly using this as i find the footage to be over exposed and grainy. do you save in xvacs 4k or HD or MP4? i hope ur settings helps
Hey Will, I've been watching your videos for a week or two now, and they are great! I might start a RU-vid channel soon and was wondering what software did you use for video editing? I only know how to use Sony Vegas, but haven't done so in a while, so I'm unsure whether they have that color correction feature that you can scale up or down like in your video.
Thanks! and I use premiere pro. it has its faults but it works and doesnt everything. and there is simply an option on our export window to export in 4k.
Wally C unless you're a true professional I would recommend not purchasing anything and just use hitfilm Express. The amount of options the free version gives you is Simply Amazing.
Hi. Thanks for video. It really helped me. I want to ask. What kind of sdcard did you use for taking 4K video. I tried lots sdcard and gave lots of money but couldn’t take 4K video always gave errors. So what is the trick. Thanks again.
how long can you record in 4k before it oever heats, on a shoot i'd need to eb able to record for 30-40 mins at a time, then rest it for 30 mins and then record again. I will be shooting 1hr 30 mins in a days shoot at 30-40mins at a time, will this do this? I've heard it can over heat?
