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Anonymous03/03/26, 21:35No.4499500/vid/ - Video General
Spring edition
All video related questions and discussion is intended for this thread. Here we discuss techniques, gear and anything else related to capturing video footage. Please don't pretend to be an expert if you don't know what you're talking about. Kindly leave your ego at the door.
Posting short films/scripts or other work you've done is encouraged.
We tend to use and recommend DSLRs/mirrorless cameras because they provide phenomenal picture quality for their price, have large sensors (ie the same size used in high-end cinema cameras, and larger) and have interchangeable lenses.
In contrast, consumer camcorders often have much smaller sensors and a fixed lens.
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Quick FAQS
>what’s the best camera available on a “budget”?
The blackmagic pocket cinema camera 4k, or the Panasonic gh5 (can pick one up for like 500 bucks atm)
>what’s a good beginner video camera?
Anything that works, shoots at least 1080p and preferably has interchangeable lenses. Any recommendation beyond that will cause arguments so read the fucking sticky if that isn't satisfactory.
>What's a good sound solution that won't break the bank?
Zoom h1
>Can I use a zoom lens for video?
Yes
>Do I need cine lenses?
No
>Do I need 4k?
No. 1080 looks great on a cinema screen. 4k looks better.
>Can someone tell me if my video is any good?
Yes, but be prepared to receive harsh criticism. If you're going to waste 5 minutes of our time with a shitty out-of-focus montage of nothing then we'll tell you that it's crap
>Is it okay to dox myself?
...Personally I wouldn't but what do I know?
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Anon03/03/26, 23:15No.4499504
You all, there is no perfect anamorphic solution. Every anamorphic solution has flaws.
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Anon03/04/26, 00:29No.4499512
Nikon ZR, Panasonic S9 or Sony ZVE1?
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Anon03/04/26, 14:38No.4499592
So since arri's phone camera will inevitably flop, how long until they start licensing "official" arri log luts for every major camera brand (ie, an official phantom luts release)?
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Anon03/04/26, 15:13No.4499594
how do you prep your greenscreen work
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Anon03/05/26, 20:01No.4499724
Today I'm doing the math on the total cost of digital capture vs 6mm Ektachrome, assuming both will be edited in DR. Yes the film is an upfront cost, but the cost of the cameras and subsequent lens options + downstream costs storage, subscriptions of a new modern digital camera is high compared to nonexistent in film gear.The ektachrome image has more than sufficient picture quality & can be rescanned in the future as digital tech improves, whereas in 2 decades, 2 decade old digital images always seem annoyingly poor. In fact there's a quantifiable cost in time and expense to color grade each scene to look as good as the last century of work chemists did to get Ekta to look that good, the cost of which is built into the film.Time to go get some numbers.
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Anon03/06/26, 20:46No.4499910
>edit half my short
>looks ok to me, no grade or Foley yet
>go on a business trip
>two weeks later
>time to edit more as I've taken more footage as well
>fucking hate it nothing feels connected I wrote such a pos where you don't find out the main characters goal till the end so it's basically all filler but it's just a few minutes of filler but ugh
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Anon03/08/26, 18:38No.4500086
I've bought the Nikon ZR as my 50/50 video and photo camera. Most of the time it's just silly home movies of my two kids growing up and it's doing the job perfectly. I've tried tons of footage in R3D raw format as well as h265 with baked in red picture profile. While the R3D files obviously are very flexible, I can change the ISO, etc. it always involved lots of work to get the wb right and to make the colors look great. While in h265 I do a little bit of gradiation curve and I'm done. So now in most cases I just shoot that finished h265 mov. Not even in LOG. So now I'm wondering wether the cam is a bit overkill. I mean it is if I don't use red raw. And the only thing that really annoys me about this camera are the lenses. Not sure why Nikon just can't make smaller ones. Should have looked it up before but here I am. Now only shooting chink Viltrox lenses, but they are impressive sharpAny other full frame cameras that are compact and shoot beautiful sooc videos? I think the Zf is a bit too big and clunky. Fuji might be nice, less so for photos because of the crop sensor.
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Anon03/08/26, 21:09No.4500096
hybridfags are gay
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Anon03/09/26, 01:23No.4500118
>want to start a yewchewb channel so I can justify buying an expensive camera
>still can't think of anything to film
I need to paypig BAD, bros. Talk me into this.
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Anon03/09/26, 18:07No.4500190
Is the Sigma FP the best “do it all” daily carry camera?
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Anon03/10/26, 10:18No.4500295
Watched Magellan yesterday, which was shot on a GH7 - one of the most beautiful films of recent years, gearfags BTFO
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Anon03/10/26, 21:41No.4500347
> /vid/ - Video General
>look inside
>no videos
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Anon03/16/26, 09:47No.4500967
For me it's the old Agfa film colors. Could not find any close luts so I try it myself next time when grading. I don't want any "film effect" with artificial grain, blury, etc. Just the colors.Also annoying that every release of a movie seem to bring its own color interpretation. Makes it really difficult to understand what the directors intention was.
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Anon03/16/26, 13:24No.4500978
I don't get this picrel. How is the police going to help her evaluate his script?