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Dave Morgan · July 3rd, 2007, 08:37 PM

what do you advise for best fireworks footage?

Joseph Hutson · July 3rd, 2007, 08:41 PM

What camera are you using?

Joseph

Dave Morgan · July 4th, 2007, 01:05 AM

sony v1u - - - - - -- -

Marcus Marchesseault · July 4th, 2007, 01:23 AM

Keep the gain on manual and keep it low or even no gain at all.

If you are only shooting the aerial fireworks and don't need the ground footage, the fireworks are actually fairly bright so you won't need gain anyway. If you want to get a look of reality, just shoot at shutter 1/60. You could also go to progressive mode and shoot with a longer shutter (1/30 or 1/24) if you want to have a motion blur effect.

If you want to shoot some of the activities on the ground, you need to add some gain so turn on Black Compensation and set it to Compress so the blacks will stay black. The one thing that really looks annoying in night time footage is noisy blacks.

July 3rd, 2007, 08:37 PM	#1
Dave Morgan Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 293	fireworks. best settings? what do you advise for best fireworks footage?

July 3rd, 2007, 08:41 PM	#2
Joseph Hutson Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Claremore, Oklahoma Posts: 131	Camera? What camera are you using? Joseph

July 4th, 2007, 01:05 AM	#3
Dave Morgan Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 293	sony v1u sony v1u - - - - - -- -

July 4th, 2007, 01:23 AM	#4
Marcus Marchesseault Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1,961	Keep the gain on manual and keep it low or even no gain at all. If you are only shooting the aerial fireworks and don't need the ground footage, the fireworks are actually fairly bright so you won't need gain anyway. If you want to get a look of reality, just shoot at shutter 1/60. You could also go to progressive mode and shoot with a longer shutter (1/30 or 1/24) if you want to have a motion blur effect. If you want to shoot some of the activities on the ground, you need to add some gain so turn on Black Compensation and set it to Compress so the blacks will stay black. The one thing that really looks annoying in night time footage is noisy blacks.