SportsFest and my NX5U at DVinfo.net

David Wayne Groves · August 22nd, 2011, 07:08 AM

Here is some footage I shot with the NX5U using the slow motion feature at the races, sorry about the footage, I forgot my Monopod and had to shoot handheld...
SportsFEST 2011 Charleston WV - YouTube

Andrew Parker · September 4th, 2011, 02:42 PM

Great footage even handheld looks good, what settings/set up did you use to achieve slo mo and keep the picture quality so good. i tried it with my NX5e and the results were a bit noisy/grainy.

David Wayne Groves · September 5th, 2011, 05:55 PM

Basically NX5U is set to auto and using the 3 second slow motion mode...anything above 3 seconds degrades the footage to much....I also used the NewBlueVideo Essentials V5 color fixer pro with the setting ( Add Pop) In Vegas 10 Pro which helped add a bit of flare to the picture .
I have found several picture profiles from this forum that I am now playing around with and find them quite usefull in providing better looking footage ....

Andrew Parker · September 6th, 2011, 06:46 AM

Thanks for reply, i used it on 12 seconds so that is probably why my footage was inferior to yours, more practice needed i think.

Andrew Smith · September 7th, 2011, 07:14 PM

Would it be rude of me to suggest overriding the auto exposure by a stop or two?

Andrew

Andrew Parker · September 8th, 2011, 04:45 AM

Any advice is welcome thanks, i will look at that next.

Andrew.

Andrew Smith · September 8th, 2011, 05:04 AM

I think what happens is that the glare coming from the water throws out the metering in terms of how much light the camera thinks there is ... and the exposure kept down a bit too much, resulting in footage where you can't see the skin tones and other detail.

See how you go with another test shot. Always a good thing to learn about.

Andrew

August 22nd, 2011, 07:08 AM	#1
David Wayne Groves Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Charleston WV Posts: 149	SportsFest and my NX5U Here is some footage I shot with the NX5U using the slow motion feature at the races, sorry about the footage, I forgot my Monopod and had to shoot handheld... SportsFEST 2011 Charleston WV - YouTube

September 4th, 2011, 02:42 PM	#2
Andrew Parker Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 44	Re: SportsFest and my NX5U Great footage even handheld looks good, what settings/set up did you use to achieve slo mo and keep the picture quality so good. i tried it with my NX5e and the results were a bit noisy/grainy.

September 5th, 2011, 05:55 PM	#3
David Wayne Groves Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Charleston WV Posts: 149	Re: SportsFest and my NX5U Basically NX5U is set to auto and using the 3 second slow motion mode...anything above 3 seconds degrades the footage to much....I also used the NewBlueVideo Essentials V5 color fixer pro with the setting ( Add Pop) In Vegas 10 Pro which helped add a bit of flare to the picture . I have found several picture profiles from this forum that I am now playing around with and find them quite usefull in providing better looking footage ....

September 6th, 2011, 06:46 AM	#4
Andrew Parker Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 44	Re: SportsFest and my NX5U Thanks for reply, i used it on 12 seconds so that is probably why my footage was inferior to yours, more practice needed i think.

September 7th, 2011, 07:14 PM	#5
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,080	Re: SportsFest and my NX5U Would it be rude of me to suggest overriding the auto exposure by a stop or two? Andrew

September 8th, 2011, 04:45 AM	#6
Andrew Parker Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 44	Re: SportsFest and my NX5U Any advice is welcome thanks, i will look at that next. Andrew.

September 8th, 2011, 05:04 AM	#7
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,080	Re: SportsFest and my NX5U I think what happens is that the glare coming from the water throws out the metering in terms of how much light the camera thinks there is ... and the exposure kept down a bit too much, resulting in footage where you can't see the skin tones and other detail. See how you go with another test shot. Always a good thing to learn about. Andrew