Video Cameras

In our video camera session we used a Sony NX5 camera. The basic idea of using a professional video camera is to always keep in mind that it's very stupid. This means that we have to remind it wether it's inside or outside, in the dark or light, even it's position meaning how far it is from the objects being shot!
After we have set the camera firmly on the tripod and made sure it's not crooked, we turn it on and start telling it where and what it's going to be filming. To get a clear shot of an object, we first zoom in and focus on objects after this we can zoom out of the object, now the camera knows where it is and what its filming. We adjust exposure to have the desired view. Whilst we're shooting we see zebra stripes on some parts of the frame, this does not come out on the actual footage however it is there to show us the brightest areas in the scene. We can achieve colour balance simply by zooming into a white area and pushing the white balance button.

If we wave in front of a camera, we can see that we have a blurry effect. Shutter Speed is made to adjust the visual in these situations. The shutter speed can be identified as the number of frames photographed and the composure is the size of the hole so these two have to be set up in harmony depending on the desired footage.