Bob this is a great video. Well put together and clear speaking, excellent lighting, nice examples. Happy that UA-cam suggested your channel and video. Subscribed!
Bob, I just finished your Video Storytelling course on The Great Courses Plus! So much great info, especially the tip of using a tabletop tripod to stabilize handheld footage! I also got a lot out of the 5 framings and 10 shots. So often my mind goes blank when I'm thinking of creative ways to sequence a scene, so that really helped. This video is also perfect for me because I happen to have both the A6700 and RX100 VII and am preparing for a trip. Somehow I had no idea that you could mount an ND filter on the RX100! Thanks again.
Of course we are still watching. It is always a pleasure to watch your videos. And how after watching them you feel you can do anything it some kind of magic you have. What lav mic system are you using these days?
Manuel: Thanks for the kind words. For interviews and on camera where I want the mic to be discrete, I am still relying on the Picomics. The mics are so much smaller than the Rode or DJI, the receiver has a button based menu, which is easier than swiping around the screen. But these mics don't offer onboard recording (they are too small) so I only use them in controlled interview environments. picogear.com
@@bobkrist1 Your are welcome! Always a pleasure. But in this video I thought you used something different. Or maybe it was just the lav with the windmuff and not the whole transmitter as in others?
@@ManuelParodiRamos No, that little black lav on my shirt is the mic, and the receiver was on the camera. It's the Picomic. I was an early fan of their design. I don't use it outdoors with moving subjects because a lot of these 2.4Ghz wireless mics are prone to drop outs if the subject turns his back to you. But for an interview subject facing the camera, it's my go to audio. It's also very easy to pin on people...you don't have to touch them, or run wires down their shirt, which, during the Covid crisis, was often a delicate operation.
I have used the 2-5 stop variable and the 6 & 10 stop single strength magnetics with no vignetting in 16x9 or 4:3 aspect ratio. I will say that for best quality results, the single strength NDs are best. The variable NDs are convenient, but you have to watch for that crosshatching polarization effect at some angles in a clear blue sky. You may want to look at one of their kits that includes an ND 8, 64, and 1000, as well as the magnetic ring and a 3 stop graduated (not variable) ND.
Manuel: To be safe, I'd only use single strength NDs with the 11mm. The VNDs tend to show that crosshatching earlier with ultra-wides. My 2-5 stop ND shows no cross hatching at any stop with the 18-135, but with the 11mm, after about 3 stops it starts getting weird. Go with single strength for the 11mm.
@@bobkrist1 I’ll do. The wider I have is the sigma 16 so far. But planning to get either one of the 10-18 like zooms or preferably, the sony 11. There are so many options! I’m gonna have to stand in front of more interesting stuff and try to earn some money in order to keep the hobby alive!
Bob this is a great video. Well put together and clear speaking, excellent lighting, nice examples. Happy that UA-cam suggested your channel and video. Subscribed!
Yep - we be watching!
Very informative. Thanks, Bob.
Thanks Bob....that was really good information!
Bob, I just finished your Video Storytelling course on The Great Courses Plus! So much great info, especially the tip of using a tabletop tripod to stabilize handheld footage! I also got a lot out of the 5 framings and 10 shots. So often my mind goes blank when I'm thinking of creative ways to sequence a scene, so that really helped. This video is also perfect for me because I happen to have both the A6700 and RX100 VII and am preparing for a trip. Somehow I had no idea that you could mount an ND filter on the RX100! Thanks again.
nice to see a peak behind the scenes!
Of course we are still watching. It is always a pleasure to watch your videos. And how after watching them you feel you can do anything it some kind of magic you have. What lav mic system are you using these days?
Manuel: Thanks for the kind words. For interviews and on camera where I want the mic to be discrete, I am still relying on the Picomics. The mics are so much smaller than the Rode or DJI, the receiver has a button based menu, which is easier than swiping around the screen. But these mics don't offer onboard recording (they are too small) so I only use them in controlled interview environments. picogear.com
@@bobkrist1 Your are welcome! Always a pleasure. But in this video I thought you used something different. Or maybe it was just the lav with the windmuff and not the whole transmitter as in others?
@@ManuelParodiRamos No, that little black lav on my shirt is the mic, and the receiver was on the camera. It's the Picomic. I was an early fan of their design. I don't use it outdoors with moving subjects because a lot of these 2.4Ghz wireless mics are prone to drop outs if the subject turns his back to you. But for an interview subject facing the camera, it's my go to audio. It's also very easy to pin on people...you don't have to touch them, or run wires down their shirt, which, during the Covid crisis, was often a delicate operation.
@@bobkrist1 thanks for the explanation.
I´m looking at the K&F magnetic filters för my ZV-E10. Have you used them with the Sony 11mm? Do they produce vigneting?
I have used the 2-5 stop variable and the 6 & 10 stop single strength magnetics with no vignetting in 16x9 or 4:3 aspect ratio. I will say that for best quality results, the single strength NDs are best. The variable NDs are convenient, but you have to watch for that crosshatching polarization effect at some angles in a clear blue sky. You may want to look at one of their kits that includes an ND 8, 64, and 1000, as well as the magnetic ring and a 3 stop graduated (not variable) ND.
Manuel: To be safe, I'd only use single strength NDs with the 11mm. The VNDs tend to show that crosshatching earlier with ultra-wides. My 2-5 stop ND shows no cross hatching at any stop with the 18-135, but with the 11mm, after about 3 stops it starts getting weird. Go with single strength for the 11mm.
@@bobkrist1 I’ll do. The wider I have is the sigma 16 so far. But planning to get either one of the 10-18 like zooms or preferably, the sony 11. There are so many options! I’m gonna have to stand in front of more interesting stuff and try to earn some money in order to keep the hobby alive!