D800e Moving Image Workshop Notes

Although I have previously filmed using a D800e, I thought it would be beneficial to go to the D800e Moving Image workshop anyway to expand my knowledge. The group was run by George.

• Dave Neil in media centre is good for filming questions
• £3000 worth of equipment including lens - get insurance
• The zoom button with the minus in the magnifying glass changes the brightness of the screen, not the exposure
• Info buttons have different settings
• Shoots 20 minutes in one take
• Settings under movie settings
• mic sensitivity
• frame rate - always have 25fps
• Tech office are getting focus pullers
• Shoot in manual mode and manual focus
• Aperture - front dial
• Shutter - back dial
• Shutterspeed can't be bigger than 1/25, if shooting 25fps it should be 1/50 as it makes it look like film
• Slower shutterspeed makes movement look more natural "what you see with your eye" - you get a slight blur
• Neutral density filters for bright shooting conditions with wide aperture - also use ISO to control exposure
• FX - full frame
• DX - dx lenses
• 5x4 crop
• 16:9 filming ratio
• h264 file format - equivalent to RAW
• transfer it to Apple Pro Res - changes it from capture format to something you can edit in
• Tech getting fluid head tripods, already have cheap shoulder rigs
• Directional mic shits on hotshoe - ask media centre
• LED lighting - lightweight, portable, need battery pack (2 hours), also plugged in mains (tungsten and daylight LEDs for flexibility)
• Small tungsten Arri lights - location lighting. Comes with daylight filters