filming question

[jorje]

ok, this is a noob question but i was on like snowperception and they were talking about filming manually, how would you do that?

 

[.erik]

like putting your camera on manual?

 

[jorje]

ya is there anything different then just pressing record and zooming and shit

 

[Brian Boston]

Setting your shutter speed, white balance, aperature, focus and stuff like that is putting your camera on manual. You usually can't switch a consumer camera to manual, that applies mostly to prosumer cams.

 

[jorje]

kk thanx brian, is it bad to shoot on auto?

 

[.erik]

not neccesarily, but you will get MUCH better results if you know how to operate a camera manually

 

[jorje]

but like i dont get it do you have to do a bunch of shit while you are recording or is it just like setting up everything before you shoot?

 

[.erik]

you set everything up before you shoot each clip depending on the conditions that you are shooting in

 

[Brian Boston]

Leave everything on auto, but do a manual white balance, everyone should white balance.

 

[jorje]

what i your shooting in the snow? haha

 

[Jordan Jasa]

on my cam it just has a one push thing for white balance, does this really do anything? idk even know what i'm supposed to do with it...usually i'll push the one push button, then i suppose it adjusts it until i push it again. i can't really tell a difference though.

 

[.erik]

then you set it up the way you want it to look...?

 

[P4RK3R]

on my cam it just has a one push thing for white balance, does this really do anything? idk even know what i'm supposed to do with it...usually i'll push the one push button, then i suppose it adjusts it until i push it again. i can't really tell a difference though.

no, aim it at the most white thing you have, and hold down the white balance button.