For those of you who want to go above ISO 1600, there is a grain/noise remover plug-in called Neat Video, it makes a really good job removing noise when using high ISOs like 3200 and 6400, just be careful not to abuse from it since it can make your image softer, but adding a little sharpness can help fixing it!
THANK YOU! oh god, I've been looking for tips for low light film all week and all I find is for still photography... too bad I found your video this late, but I'm so glad at least one person in youtube (a video website for goodness sake) is making tutorials for this kind of issues.
I am learning to shoot video in the New Zealand bush where virtually everything is low light conditions. You guys have helped me out so much. You have the best, simplest explanations. Keep up the good work.
+meddice I again watched this video and your other low light video and went out and practiced in the bush. Awesome results. I am shooting with a Canon EOS 600D (T3i), 18 -55 kit lens and Canon 50mm 1.8 lens. I am mostly using my 18 - 55 kit lens and by playing around with the Shutter Speed, ISO and Aperture I am getting results I previously thought I could not obtain without artificial lights. A key point that helped me was your tip about shooting at 30 to 50 Shutter Speed. That got me thinking and slowing the shutter speed to let more light in. Thanks guys.
You pronounce "R" super bad ass. Love the videos, they help me a lot !!! Thank you so much for offering all of this knowledge to us for FREE! I appreciate it.
ISO has come such a long way since then, i remember when 400ISO totally ruined your digital image. I now shoot @ 1600 at night as if it were day time. love it!
very helpful video! people do understand settings better with examples. i remember a previous video of yours that really helped me understand how the settings in low light conditions work. so keep up the good work.
Good job Guys - and congratulations for winning your 4 star at World Cup. I love the way the German National team played and respected their visit to my country.
I have bought the Canon 700d and find your tutorials fantastic.I like your accent and fully understand everything Shortly I am buying zoom 4 recorder, software and better computer.It will take a while to get good results but you have made me learn quicker , thank you
Great editing software. Also, awesome tips for filming in low light. This is a video that will make me more confident in filmmaking and making more videos at night.
Awesome. Thanks. Taking night shots is a must as our charity goes to places which are pitch black in Africa to provide lighting. Your tips are helping us take better video.
Great video, and voice. You made complete sense! Even though I knew this information, it was great to listen to you explain it. This gave me more motivation. Thank you!
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. You have taught me alot already and I always look forward to your new videos. I'm still trying to learn new things and always am trying to improve my quality of videos I put out in my channel. Keep up the great work and thanks again!
your videos are incredibly well done. Great information in a easy to understand way. never overwhelming. and not to mention shot and edited very very well.
great education for beginners to low light videography. I liked the correlations mentioned between aperture and ISO. Also the limits at which f stop should be used ie between 2 and 2.8 and not at the maximum possible like 1.8
Wow... I just wanted to simple answer to my Shooting at Night question... This is more complicated than I thought. But very useful information! Thank you.
Very helpful.And don't forget to turn on manual movie settings guys, or else you wont have control over the ISO in video mode. Thanks a lot for the cheap lens suggestion!
Wow just found you're channel because I love shooting still and video at night, I only have the F3.5 and F5.6 lens kit, might have to get the F2.0 - F2.8 like you said, anyway you guys are awesome earned yourself a subscriber right here :D
I've got a Zoom H1 and a Zoom H4. H4 is great for the XLR inputs, H1 is great for the price and portability. Can't say I know enough about the Tascam but I cannot do without my Zooms. You can also use the H1 handheld like a mic which is cool too.
both are good and they are actually better working together. I got an h4n when it came out. Love it, but truth be said, even though it has a pretty good built in mic it's mainly a recorder. It's meant to have the actual good mics connected to it so you get a good quality sound both in terms of the physical capture itself and the internal quality. If you're lazy, don't have big stuff planned any time soon, and can't afford a zoom and a mic (like Rode) just go with the mic.
Great tutorial, I got a DSLR recently with a lens that goes down to 3.5 and I've been able to shoot good quality low light footage by keeping the F-Stop at 3.5 ISO at 1600 and shutter speed at 30 but what I was wondering is how to you go from having a low F-Stop sharp background to a low F-Stop blurred background. What makes it blur vs what makes it sharp. OK thanks allot and keep up the good work
Thank you, Jose. Oh, I'm surprised the H4n isn't considered the final mic. I thought at that price, it'd be good enough. :D haha. But it makes sense, as I have seen it used as a recorder with a boom mic connected to it, on a shoot. You very last sentence mentions, "..just go with the mic." If you could clarify that statement for me. Did you mine in the in-camera mic, for the time being? Thanks.
Great video really helps me with my choices of lenses. Unfortunately I only have F5.6 lenses so I will have to invest in the Canon lens because I have heard some good things about it for the price. Keep up the informative vids they help a lot
Thanks, Ross. Thanks for the note about the sound too. I'm debating about getting a Rode VideoMic Pro, or a Zoom H4n for my D800. I'm lazy, so the Rode will be nice. But then again, I think you can attach the H4n to input directly into the camera. Plus the H4n is more versatile... eh, I think I answered my own question. lol. The thing with the H4n, you don't have that elastic dampener band like the Rode. What do you think about the Tascam vs. the Zoom?
The main issue I have with these 18--55mm kit lenses is the shifting aperture. If it wasn't for that, low light shooting wouldn't be THAT bad. But the aperture changes really put a downer on it, so as videographers, we are forced to use set apertures. I love prime lenses for that reason, but I am also aware that I DO need a zoom on certain occasions, particularly live concerts and such.
i had always thought you were an old Asian shifu master behind your videos who gave up on kungfu and switched to videography. i love your videos btw always helpful
I don't know if you can set a min/max for using ISO in video mode but I could be wrong. Letting the ISO auto adjust isn't that big of a deal in sunlight, but it is a big deal doing night shoots. Always, always, always, do manual mode. It takes some time to learn and there are considerations, but once you get the feel for it there's only 3 things to remember. ISO, Shutter Speed, and f-stop
Some incredibly useful info and great takes on where and when to use such features. ~ Amazing to me that (in 2o2o no less.. and shooting with Filmic pro on a 6s plus\Moondog combo} that these tips are somehow even more helpful. ((That one scene coming up out of the Escalator into the night street was somehow just Gorgeous, btw.. Great stuff.}} THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!
Thank you for your informative videos. I am waiting for some Takumar SMC to arrive in the mail to try out. I hope the "foootage" as you put it, turns out well. But I do like the other theme music better
Do you have a video course ? Your stuff is amazing I want to learn to film like you with my DSLR. I have no idea what settings to pick when filming different things at different times of the day. Thanks!
Brent Peluso, a great place to start learning about your DSLR is the Master Your DSLR app by Inkling Systems. On iOS, and not sure about Android. If you know how your DSLR operates, but need a few pointers, usually the tips meant to tell you how to make great photos in certain situations can be used for video shots as well.
I really love my old (made in 1971) Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 manual, which I just got for US$80-- It really does quite well in low light, and I've been having fun with it in most light conditions. :) Just got a variable ND to go with it, too. And yes, while the kit lenses are good, this old manual is my favourite of my 4 lenses! :) I'll never afford a Nikkor Noct, though- That's my dream low-light lens... d.m.f. (Nikon D3100)
Generally no, depending on how far down you underexpose. If you are talking over/under exposure, it is technically better to under underexpose because you can always turn up the brightness later, You cannot always turn it down later though...
Good tips. I admire the work of your team. I'm in Brazil and spring / summer is coming, with long days, dusk after 8PM, clear sky, most beatiful images, like a tip of lens to image as natural as possible. I appreciate any response. Sorry English. Roberto.
True. Everything that is too much (too loud/too bright etc) isn't captured decently, sometimes even at all. if it's too little however.. Ex: A voice might be only audible with speakers but you hear it. That means you can bring it up, cause the info it's there. Same with everything else, like darker areas in video. Unless it's full on black, like a turned off tv (exagerating so you guys have an idea..), there's something there to fetch. Vote up so everyone that has this doubt can see.
A great tutorial..But one more thing I'd like to ask you guys is something that may not be directly related to the above video. While shooting a moving subject on a dslr, I have experienced difficulties in keeping the subject in focus. As in if my camera is steady and the subject is moving to and from in front of the camera, I somehow seem to lose focus on the auto mode. And I am sure manually focusing requires a lot of practice. can you please make a tutorial on how to practice manual focusing.
I have learned so much from all your vids on DSLR filming... thank you! One question, I will be doing a city trip and have decided to force myself into leaving the camcorder home and trying to use the DSLR (and a gopro when I can't be bothered..). My question is, let's say you're sitting on a boat tour, like in Paris or German, or Chicago river cruises, and you want to just film the surrounding area. Not bothering with depth of field. Is there a general Aperture number I could set it on just to have pretty much 'everything' in focus? What I'm maybe asking is... what is the least trouble setting I could set it at, when filming daytime & depth of field is not an issue. Idem for nighttime.
Truly great tutos... You have certainly inspired my shooting... A tiny thing disturbing... actually you propably have noticed it when listening...actually it´s not such a big thing, it is called tautophony, but actually it can be learned away, and actually you have a great speakingvoice! ;)
I love your accent when you said "zoom". Because the oo sounds like u in "gut". BTW, have you ever tried Phantom to make a low light cinematic footage? I need a solid tutorial for it.
What settings would you recommend for when shooting a bright scene but with a dark surrounding, for example a light bulb in a dark room? ... And to get a really deep black in the room.
Ist f/2.0 nicht bereits eine zu große Blende um damit noch ernsthaft filmen zu können? Damit ist gemeint, dass bei f/2.0 die Schärfe des Bilds nicht schon zu gering ist um bei näherem Betrachten des Videos noch Details erkennen zu können? Bei dem Canon FD 85mm 1:1.2 in Kombination mit der 600D, wirk das Bild von Blende f/1.4 bis f/2.2 etwas unscharf. Ist es daher wirklich ratsam beim Filmen unter f/2.8 zu gehen?
Danke für die Antwort, doch nehmen wir an, es handele sich um ein wie auch im Video gezeigtes Vintage-Objektiv, dan geht auch etwas Schärfe durch die Adapterlinse verloren. Viele Anbieter bieten als Adapter von EF auf FD nicht komplett auf die Objektive abgestimmte Adapter an. Auch bei den teuren Modellen wie von Hama für 140 Euro bleibt immer noch ein Rest Unschärfe.
For low light street walking videography, where you want both the lighted building facade in the background as well as the approaching pedestrians in the foreground both in focus, would you shoot close to wide open but choose a certain focal length lense? I have the 12-32mm Lumix kit lens, the 14-140mm zoom, and the Sigma 1.4 16mm lens. Other than trying each one out, I thought maybe someone has experimented already, and can advise. Thanks.
These tips are awesome and everything, but I still need help :/ I'm using a t3i with the 18-55mm kit lens (all I can afford, being a broke college student) and the lowest the aperture can go is 5.0. Even with the ISO at 800 I'm still getting grain in my video in the shadows! I don't get this I see people with the same camera as me with NO grain in their video how is that even possible?!
With that 18-55mm lens you've no choice but to use it at its widest focal length of 18mm so the aperture is at f3.5 - even then you're not going to be able to get the ISO low enough to reduce all the noise. Try filming at night with as much ambient light around, or just bite the bullet and save up for a Canon 50mm f1.8
For those of you who want to go above ISO 1600, there is a grain/noise remover plug-in called Neat Video, it makes a really good job removing noise when using high ISOs like 3200 and 6400, just be careful not to abuse from it since it can make your image softer, but adding a little sharpness can help fixing it!
THANK YOU! oh god, I've been looking for tips for low light film all week and all I find is for still photography... too bad I found your video this late, but I'm so glad at least one person in youtube (a video website for goodness sake) is making tutorials for this kind of issues.
I am learning to shoot video in the New Zealand bush where virtually everything is low light conditions. You guys have helped me out so much. You have the best, simplest explanations. Keep up the good work.
+meddice I again watched this video and your other low light video and went out and practiced in the bush. Awesome results. I am shooting with a Canon EOS 600D (T3i), 18 -55 kit lens and Canon 50mm 1.8 lens. I am mostly using my 18 - 55 kit lens and by playing around with the Shutter Speed, ISO and Aperture I am getting results I previously thought I could not obtain without artificial lights. A key point that helped me was your tip about shooting at 30 to 50 Shutter Speed. That got me thinking and slowing the shutter speed to let more light in. Thanks guys.
Photography is a balancing act. This channel helps tip the scales in my favor, more than any other, by far. Thanks for making these!!
Incredibly helpful. So much information packed into less than 5 minutes. Thank You!
You pronounce "R" super bad ass. Love the videos, they help me a lot !!! Thank you so much for offering all of this knowledge to us for FREE! I appreciate it.
ISO has come such a long way since then, i remember when 400ISO totally ruined your digital image. I now shoot @ 1600 at night as if it were day time. love it!
Ummm seriously, thanks for such a great video.
very helpful video! people do understand settings better with examples. i remember a previous video of yours that really helped me understand how the settings in low light conditions work. so keep up the good work.
Love these videos from you guys... especially the subjects you shoot instead of just the usually in studio tutorials.
Good job Guys - and congratulations for winning your 4 star at World Cup. I love the way the German National team played and respected their visit to my country.
You guys make the best DSLR film videos. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your knowledge and experience.
I have bought the Canon 700d and find your tutorials fantastic.I like your accent and fully understand everything Shortly I am buying zoom 4 recorder, software and better computer.It will take a while to get good results but you have made me learn quicker , thank you
I have already watched several of your DSLR tutorials and I like the information and presentation provided. please keep it up with your work
Great editing software. Also, awesome tips for filming in low light. This is a video that will make me more confident in filmmaking and making more videos at night.
Awesome. Thanks. Taking night shots is a must as our charity goes to places which are pitch black in Africa to provide lighting. Your tips are helping us take better video.
Great video, and voice. You made complete sense! Even though I knew this information, it was great to listen to you explain it. This gave me more motivation. Thank you!
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. You have taught me alot already and I always look forward to your new videos.
I'm still trying to learn new things and always am trying to improve my quality of videos I put out in my channel. Keep up the great work and thanks again!
your videos are incredibly well done. Great information in a easy to understand way. never overwhelming. and not to mention shot and edited very very well.
great education for beginners to low light videography. I liked the correlations mentioned between aperture and ISO. Also the limits at which f stop should be used ie between 2 and 2.8 and not at the maximum possible like 1.8
Wow... I just wanted to simple answer to my Shooting at Night question... This is more complicated than I thought. But very useful information! Thank you.
Danke! This is what I was looking for :) Great little production too!
the quality of these videos has improved dramatically, especially when he started including himself
Thank you so much. That's a wonderful tutoring video.
Thank you guys awesome advice. I'm shooting with a Sony A58 and even though its not a Canon or Nikon your advice does help.
Your videos are the best. Thanks for posting!
Hi Jose,
I appreciate the detailed response. I'm new at video, and it's good to hear tips like yours. Thanks!
Thanks! I enjoyed watching this video. Nice night images, especially after the rain.
Great video! For a beginner this def helped me out!
Your tutorials are so helpful and well made! Thank you.
Very helpful.And don't forget to turn on manual movie settings guys, or else you wont have control over the ISO in video mode.
Thanks a lot for the cheap lens suggestion!
Wow just found you're channel because I love shooting still and video at night, I only have the F3.5 and F5.6 lens kit, might have to get the F2.0 - F2.8 like you said, anyway you guys are awesome earned yourself a subscriber right here :D
I have exactly the same problem as you. The lens he is referring to is 50mm 1.8, but he recommends shooting at 2 and and above.
I've got a Zoom H1 and a Zoom H4. H4 is great for the XLR inputs, H1 is great for the price and portability. Can't say I know enough about the Tascam but I cannot do without my Zooms. You can also use the H1 handheld like a mic which is cool too.
Great tips as always. I see you have been in Portugal near my home. Funny that
Good tips, cool video! Thanks for posting
Thankx bro it helped me a lot in shooting video and also in taking photos
Love you ❤❤
Great video. Helped me a lot. Good work.
Thanks for sharing. As always very informative.
Nice video, it makes me want to go out and shoot again.
wow I really like your tutorial great work and really easy to follow :)
both are good and they are actually better working together. I got an h4n when it came out. Love it, but truth be said, even though it has a pretty good built in mic it's mainly a recorder. It's meant to have the actual good mics connected to it so you get a good quality sound both in terms of the physical capture itself and the internal quality. If you're lazy, don't have big stuff planned any time soon, and can't afford a zoom and a mic (like Rode) just go with the mic.
Sir you are a man of knowledge. Thank you very much.
Great tutorial, I got a DSLR recently with a lens that goes down to 3.5 and I've been able to shoot good quality low light footage by keeping the F-Stop at 3.5 ISO at 1600 and shutter speed at 30 but what I was wondering is how to you go from having a low F-Stop sharp background to a low F-Stop blurred background. What makes it blur vs what makes it sharp. OK thanks allot and keep up the good work
Great video always coming in handy
Man I love your videos. big thanks from Saudi Arabia :)
Thank you, Jose.
Oh, I'm surprised the H4n isn't considered the final mic. I thought at that price, it'd be good enough. :D haha. But it makes sense, as I have seen it used as a recorder with a boom mic connected to it, on a shoot.
You very last sentence mentions, "..just go with the mic." If you could clarify that statement for me. Did you mine in the in-camera mic, for the time being? Thanks.
Great video really helps me with my choices of lenses. Unfortunately I only have F5.6 lenses so I will have to invest in the Canon lens because I have heard some good things about it for the price. Keep up the informative vids they help a lot
Thanks, Ross. Thanks for the note about the sound too. I'm debating about getting a Rode VideoMic Pro, or a Zoom H4n for my D800. I'm lazy, so the Rode will be nice. But then again, I think you can attach the H4n to input directly into the camera. Plus the H4n is more versatile... eh, I think I answered my own question. lol. The thing with the H4n, you don't have that elastic dampener band like the Rode. What do you think about the Tascam vs. the Zoom?
The main issue I have with these 18--55mm kit lenses is the shifting aperture. If it wasn't for that, low light shooting wouldn't be THAT bad. But the aperture changes really put a downer on it, so as videographers, we are forced to use set apertures. I love prime lenses for that reason, but I am also aware that I DO need a zoom on certain occasions, particularly live concerts and such.
i had always thought you were an old Asian shifu master behind your videos who gave up on kungfu and switched to videography. i love your videos btw always helpful
THANK YOU! Great vid =)
I don't know if you can set a min/max for using ISO in video mode but I could be wrong. Letting the ISO auto adjust isn't that big of a deal in sunlight, but it is a big deal doing night shoots. Always, always, always, do manual mode. It takes some time to learn and there are considerations, but once you get the feel for it there's only 3 things to remember. ISO, Shutter Speed, and f-stop
woooow i tried it out seriously it work just fine... thank you so much
Some incredibly useful info and great takes on where and when to use such features. ~ Amazing to me that (in 2o2o no less.. and shooting with Filmic pro on a 6s plus\Moondog combo} that these tips are somehow even more helpful. ((That one scene coming up out of the Escalator into the night street was somehow just Gorgeous, btw.. Great stuff.}} THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!
Super helpful thanks a lot 🙏🏻
nice..thnx for the tips..filming a club night this weekend so i'll put these tips to the test :)
This was extremely, ---- extremely ---- helpful. Thanks a lot!!! :D
Thank you for your informative videos. I am waiting for some Takumar SMC to arrive in the mail to try out. I hope the "foootage" as you put it, turns out well. But I do like the other theme music better
Very good video! Thank you!!
Exactly the answers I was looking for, thank you :)
Do you have a video course ? Your stuff is amazing I want to learn to film like you with my DSLR. I have no idea what settings to pick when filming different things at different times of the day. Thanks!
Brent Peluso, a great place to start learning about your DSLR is the Master Your DSLR app by Inkling Systems. On iOS, and not sure about Android. If you know how your DSLR operates, but need a few pointers, usually the tips meant to tell you how to make great photos in certain situations can be used for video shots as well.
Brent Peluso
I really love my old (made in 1971) Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 manual, which I just got for US$80-- It really does quite well in low light, and I've been having fun with it in most light conditions. :) Just got a variable ND to go with it, too. And yes, while the kit lenses are good, this old manual is my favourite of my 4 lenses! :)
I'll never afford a Nikkor Noct, though- That's my dream low-light lens...
d.m.f.
(Nikon D3100)
Great vid, thank you
Very thorough.
Generally no, depending on how far down you underexpose. If you are talking over/under exposure, it is technically better to under underexpose because you can always turn up the brightness later, You cannot always turn it down later though...
Your stuff is excellent as always! Can you make some more recommendations for affordable lens that you mentioned?
the 50/f1.8 is great!
Good tips. I admire the work of your team. I'm in Brazil and spring / summer is coming, with long days, dusk after 8PM, clear sky, most beatiful images, like a tip of lens to image as natural as possible. I appreciate any response. Sorry English. Roberto.
great tips! thanks.
This is really good
True. Everything that is too much (too loud/too bright etc) isn't captured decently, sometimes even at all. if it's too little however.. Ex: A voice might be only audible with speakers but you hear it. That means you can bring it up, cause the info it's there. Same with everything else, like darker areas in video. Unless it's full on black, like a turned off tv (exagerating so you guys have an idea..), there's something there to fetch.
Vote up so everyone that has this doubt can see.
Thanks for useful tips. Cant get decent results with my 18-135 usm lens.
so you are the dude with the voice! bravooo!!
A great tutorial..But one more thing I'd like to ask you guys is something that may not be directly related to the above video. While shooting a moving subject on a dslr, I have experienced difficulties in keeping the subject in focus. As in if my camera is steady and the subject is moving to and from in front of the camera, I somehow seem to lose focus on the auto mode. And I am sure manually focusing requires a lot of practice. can you please make a tutorial on how to practice manual focusing.
great video man, I even took notes :)
Great stuff. Which settings did you use at 4:27 in this video to get the circle of confusion in your background lights?
Great video!!
I have learned so much from all your vids on DSLR filming... thank you!
One question, I will be doing a city trip and have decided to force myself into leaving the camcorder home and trying to use the DSLR (and a gopro when I can't be bothered..). My question is, let's say you're sitting on a boat tour, like in Paris or German, or Chicago river cruises, and you want to just film the surrounding area. Not bothering with depth of field. Is there a general Aperture number I could set it on just to have pretty much 'everything' in focus? What I'm maybe asking is... what is the least trouble setting I could set it at, when filming daytime & depth of field is not an issue. Idem for nighttime.
Great tutorial thank you!
Agreed! the 50mm f1.8 is the best low light lens you can get for $100.
Dear Fenchel, would it be possible to make a tuturial on how to clean the sensor dslr.
I cleaned mine with a pear rubber and got worse.
Thank you
Yeah canon 50mm f1.8 is one of the best.. cheap and nice and light great for portrait photos to! and shallow depth of field and nice bokeh
Real good information
amazing!
very helpful thank you
very useful - thanks
Lisbon shots.
Nice!
Great video!
as always great guide!!.
thanks for sharing!
Truly great tutos...
You have certainly inspired my shooting... A tiny thing disturbing... actually you propably have noticed it when listening...actually it´s not such a big thing, it is called tautophony, but actually it can be learned away, and actually you have a great speakingvoice! ;)
I love your accent when you said "zoom". Because the oo sounds like u in "gut". BTW, have you ever tried Phantom to make a low light cinematic footage? I need a solid tutorial for it.
Germans often soften initial Z to S if I am not mistaken
Lisboa . Nice
What settings would you recommend for when shooting a bright scene but with a dark surrounding, for example a light bulb in a dark room? ... And to get a really deep black in the room.
Ist f/2.0 nicht bereits eine zu große Blende um damit noch ernsthaft filmen zu können? Damit ist gemeint, dass bei f/2.0 die Schärfe des Bilds nicht schon zu gering ist um bei näherem Betrachten des Videos noch Details erkennen zu können?
Bei dem Canon FD 85mm 1:1.2 in Kombination mit der 600D, wirk das Bild von Blende f/1.4 bis f/2.2 etwas unscharf. Ist es daher wirklich ratsam beim Filmen unter f/2.8 zu gehen?
Photography AND Germany? Definitely subbed :-)
Danke für die Antwort, doch nehmen wir an, es handele sich um ein wie auch im Video gezeigtes Vintage-Objektiv, dan geht auch etwas Schärfe durch die Adapterlinse verloren.
Viele Anbieter bieten als Adapter von EF auf FD nicht komplett auf die Objektive abgestimmte Adapter an. Auch bei den teuren Modellen wie von Hama für 140 Euro bleibt immer noch ein Rest Unschärfe.
For low light street walking videography, where you want both the lighted building facade in the background as well as the approaching pedestrians in the foreground both in focus, would you shoot close to wide open but choose a certain focal length lense? I have the 12-32mm Lumix kit lens, the 14-140mm zoom, and the Sigma 1.4 16mm lens. Other than trying each one out, I thought maybe someone has experimented already, and can advise. Thanks.
These tips are awesome and everything, but I still need help :/ I'm using a t3i with the 18-55mm kit lens (all I can afford, being a broke college student) and the lowest the aperture can go is 5.0. Even with the ISO at 800 I'm still getting grain in my video in the shadows! I don't get this I see people with the same camera as me with NO grain in their video how is that even possible?!
With that 18-55mm lens you've no choice but to use it at its widest focal length of 18mm so the aperture is at f3.5 - even then you're not going to be able to get the ISO low enough to reduce all the noise. Try filming at night with as much ambient light around, or just bite the bullet and save up for a Canon 50mm f1.8
Yeah...I was just trying to think of a solution in the meantime. I do want that 50mm...thanks for the reply
TheOrigGearhead
why u dont want the 50mm? the price is reasonable and it produces great night shots.
Shuolang Liu I think you misread, I said I DO want the 50mm. And I actually just ordered it the other day! :D
sorry about that :( I didnt read your comments careful enough. And yeah I think 50mm is great lens for either pros or beginners :)
Good tips!