Digital SLR Photography - UK (2020-01)

CINEMATICVIDEO

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30 fps, would be to use a three-stopNDfilter.

THETECHNICALSIDEIS THEEASYPART,SOLONGASYOU

HAVE THE RIGHT FILTERSTOCONTROL SHUTTER SPEED

Tocontrolshutterspeedswhenshootingvideo,youneedd

touseNDfilters.Thesefiltershavenoeffectoncolour,and

simplyreducetheamountoflightenteringthelenssoyou

canachievea shutterspeedthatconformstothe 180 ° rule.

Fordrones,investin anNDfilterkitwithseveralfilterssoyou

canselectthedensityyouneedforanysituation.Thereare

lotsofdifferentoptionsavailable andPolarProproducesa

numberofhigh-qualityfilterkits,frombasicsetsincluding

thebareessentialsallthewayuptokitswitheveryfilteryou

couldeverneed.TheCinematographersCollectionIncludes

anND4,ND4/PL,ND8,ND8/PL,ND16,ND16/PL,ND32,

ND32/PL,ND64andND64/PLfilters.Thissetcomprisesthe

CinemaSeries6-PackFiltersandCinemaSeriesLimited

Filterskits,whichtogethercost£2 19 , andareavailablefrom

majorUKphotographic retailers.www.polarprofilters.com

CINEMATIC AERIAL VIDEO

Capture aerial video with the wow factor

using carefully controlled manual flying

manoeuvres in Tripod Mode.

90 DigitalSLR PhotographyJanuary 2020

USE ND FILTERS TO CONTROL SHUTTER SPEED

HOW TO SET UP YOUR DRONE FOR SHOOTING VIDEO

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CAMERAASETTINGS:ClickontheMenuiconagain,if you’renotalreadywithinthe

settings menu,andclickonthe apertureicon.Hereyoucansetshootingmode,

ISO, apertureandshutterspeed.Set themodetomanual,ISO 100,aperturef/5.6orf/8,

thensettheshutterspeedthatgivesa correctexposureontheappscreenofyourphone/

tablet.Usethehistogramtoassessexposure.Whendoingthisyoucaneitherflythedrone

into position or point it in the directionyou’ll be filming.Our shutterspeed was 1 /500sec.

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SELECTVIDEOSETTINGS:Switchtothevideocameramodebytappingthe

cameraiconwitharrowsaroundit, thenhit the settingsiconbelowthe shutter

button.PressthevideocameraiconwhentheMenuopenstosetVideoSize,Style,Video

Format,WhiteBalance,ColourandEncodingFormat.Weshot4Kvideoat 3 0 fps,MP4,

DaylightWBwithColorsettoDlog-M(Raw)toallowforprocolourgradingin post.If

you’d prefer a simpler option more, likeJPEG, setColor to None and set a style if you wish.