Maldives video shot with a Panasonic LX7
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HazardSports
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That was AWESOME ! I just posted what was my personal best video (on YouTube) and was proud of my footage - but YOUR footage is truly inspirational ! Love the edit too ! Please share the final cut !
Oceanshutter
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Nice Job!
Light setup ? LOL, a filter for 99.9% of the shots. Only shot I used lights was the 2 large clown fish. The LX7 works pretty well in low light, so I generally only use lights for closeup and macro, which I did not shoot much of on this trip. I use 2 Sartek 1500 video lights.
I did do a night dive and might add that footage in the revised video.
I need to improve on holding things steady. This setup is much smaller than my old one and that makes steady shots more difficult.
Colours are excellent and in most cases also contrast
The whale shark could have done with the ND filter on?
The apparent shake is not entirely your fault. With such a small rig when you press record it takes a few second to get steady
Also the stabiliser is really strong and tends to stick but then it can suddenly bounce off and make the footage jumpy I have had the same problem but nothing that can't be resolved in edit
Hope you liked the Maldives!
The whale shark could have done with the ND filter on?
The apparent shake is not entirely your fault. With such a small rig when you press record it takes a few second to get steady
Also the stabiliser is really strong and tends to stick but then it can suddenly bounce off and make the footage jumpy I have had the same problem but nothing that can't be resolved in edit
Hope you liked the Maldives!
Is the stabilizer on by default?
And I meant considering the rig, it's pretty stable. My wide scenes are ok, but you can see it jump all over in the macro shots.
Good job Ron! Nice!
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Any wet lenses? or just using the 24-90m
---------- Post added January 14th, 2014 at 09:21 AM ----------
Any wet lenses? or just using the 24-90m
Thanks. Just the camera lens behind a flat port. For the style of video and subjects I shoot, the in camera lens alone is just about perfect.
Macro video is tough. I did some pretty good macro with my old system, but I used a tripod. Even then, you are limited because you cannot always find a place to set the tripod.
Steady video for the other shots is a matter of good buoyancy and flexible trim. You want your BCD and weighting to allow any body position. If your BCD and/or weighting tend to favor a certain trim position, it will make it difficult to shoot steady video. For many divers, perfect trim means horizontal position. For video, perfect trim is whatever body position the shot requires and being able to maintain it motionless.
Don't forget the buoyancy of your camera rig. The camera, lights, strobes, tray, etc.. You want the rig close to neutral or it will tend to force you head down when held to your eye.
An added benefit of being steady and motionless is you can get very close to the animal life.
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