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I thank you for your valuable advice. MAYBE is it also useful to manually set the White Balance to 5,400 Kelvin degrees for all the shots and then correct them in post production? But maybe your advice is even better. Is it right? Right now I have a bigger problem to solve. 😉 Yesterday I bought a lens hood to screw on the NISI VND (on 12-60mm Leica) for making videos. I don't usually take stills. Today I tried to take some stills and unfortunately I see the lens hood on the corners of all the photos. I attach a photo. But if I make videos, I don't get this problem at all. I have analyzed it and there is no problem in the video. Can you tell me why? I don't know whether to buy another lens hood or remove the lens hood only when taking pictures. What do you recommend to me? Thank you

Please don't laugh because I'm not an expert in photography. Out of curiosity: with GH6 when you make stills, you usually use Manual or semi-automatic profiles, for example with aperture priority, etc. etc. Instead I would like to know if in the video, do you usually use the AUTOmatic White Balance or the white preselection?

Thanks for your reply. I have no experience with GH6 and stills. Could you tell me which GH6 profile do you prefer to take portraits? Is choosing V-Log a bad idea for portraits in stills? Generally which profile do you use? Thanks again.

Hello I can't understand why when I make videos in V-Log, I see the Waveform in the viewfinder (so it's enabled in the options), but when I want to make the stills and I put the ring on "M", the Waveform disappears. I went to the Menu to check and I saw that it is enabled. But what can this problem depend on? Maybe do I have to enable some other option in the Menu? Thank you

THANKS wonderful friends

Yes, I have ND the SLR Magic Vari ND II. Unfortunately now I am in bed with a sore throat and fever and I have not been able to do any more tests. What I have already done led me to the consideration that Nisi True Color is slightly sharper than SLR Magic and with no color cast at all. If I have to put it in a nutshell, it is almost impossible to distinguish the clip shot with the VND Nisi filter and without the VND Nisi. I had placed the 2 clips on the editing software, side by side and then I watched them carefully on a 27 "4K monitor.

I reserve the right to do some other tests but I must say that I am satisfied with the VND True Color Nisi filter. Already seeing the clips that don't have a minimum of color cast, I was thrilled. Then I must say that this VND also creates images with excellent definition, almost equal to the clips shot without a filter.

I was buying Nisi True Color VND filter 67mm. But in Europe this size is nowhere to be found because the retailers have finished them and it is in reordering. But 62mm is easily found. So I wrote to Nisi and they replied saying that it is not necessary to buy a larger size but the 62mm is ok. My question is: is there anyone who uses that VND filter with the same target size of the lens? Do you see slight vignetting or not? Thank you

Thanks for your info. Anyway you gave me a doubt, jajajaja, so I just did a test with the lens hood and without it. The 2 clips look perfectly alike. But it was not only a slight vignetting the problem that my VND disappointed me but also because the shot clip was too different from the one shot without VND (I mean color cast). When I shoot with the solid HOYA PRO8 I get a almost the same as the one shot without the solid ND filter. If I just take off a bit of red and I add a bit of blu (almost insignificant amount), I get the same image of the clip (almost perfectly the same).

Thanks a lot for your hepl!! So I'll act like this: I'll buy Nisi True Color on Amazon, hoping Nisi is better than my SLR Magic Vari ND, but if I don't like it, I'll return it and only use the solid ND which is giving me much better results. I would like to ask a question: do you know if Nisi True Color has the front thread to be able to screw in another filter, or ..... why not, a lens hood? I am using a lens hood with my SLR Magic Vari ND and I'm very satisfied. I don't turn the filter ring with my hand but the lens hood.

I thank you for your suggestions, but ... I'm sorry, on youtube there is everything and the opposite of everything. There is a lot of sponsorship. I have already done research on youtube and I was very disappointed. I would like some dispassionate advice from those who have experience on ND filters and use a VND with satisfaction.

Hi, sorry if I post again, but I still keep getting confused about ND filters and I'm getting agitated. I shoot ONLY video in V-Log, 4K with my GH6 + Leica 12-60mm. I currently use a solid (3 stop) ND filter because I refused to use the SLR Magic Reflex VND filter. Today I did a whole work with the solid ND and I had a lot of little practicality problems, so I'm considering going back to the VND filter. In fact for those who only make videos, the solid ND filter is not practical. My VND SLR Magic Reflex filter satisfies me enough with sharpness but not with color cast and vignetting. My question is: is there a better VND than my VND SLR Magic Reflex VND filter? I wouldn't want to buy a similar but much better VND filter. I only hope those who actually have a lot of experience can answer, otherwise my ideas will be even more confused. I already know the most famous brands of filters but sometimes they are not the best filters. So whoever has practiced and done tests, I would be very happy for him to respond to me. THANK YOU, 1000 THANKS

About VND, can anyone tell me how to use it as a polarizer to eliminate water reflections of the sea from a boat? I know that there is a particular technique.

I apologize if I ask you so many questions but I would like to understand well. Today I did many tests without overexposing anything, I left the exposure bar at "0". I shot with the 3top ND filter, in 4K, 50p, 1/100, 2.2.2. But when I went to put the clips on the editing software timeline, I had to turn up the curve to lighten the clip images (I think it is too much). I had to do it for all the clips. Is this normal or am I getting some problem with the GH6?

Please, can you at least tell me if it is bettr to buy a CPL a little wider than the lens for fear of vignetting? Or is the same lens size okay? Thank you

I don't know how to thank you for your valuable advice. My English is not good, so I seem to understand that to make a good clip with V-Log and GH6 you have to expose "0" normally. That is, don't overexpose, but at most "+1" if you want that precise dynamic range, ie a brighter image. Right? I use Edius Pro and the Panasonic Lut for video editing, maybe you recommend another better Lut? However, is that gray easily fixed in post if I use Panasonic Lut? But how? It seems incredible to me that the Panasonic Lut falls short of another non-proprietary Lut. One last question please, as you are much more experienced than me. I will make a documentary in a wooden village on stilts and sometimes in a boat on the sea on sunny days. Can you recommend a precise good Polarize filter and also its brand for my Leica 12-60mm? Thank you very much again.

I think, I hope it is better if I send you the clip: https://www.dropbox.com/s/67bny6beslc0477/P1012783.MOV?dl=0 You will hear my voice in the clip / test. The clip was exposed at f13 with +2 overexposure.

I thank you for your help! Sure, later I will post a still of the river scene but later because now I am not at home. Out of curiosity: with GH6 how do you expone usually? I have read that unlike the GH5 which had to be overexposed, the GH6 is not necessary. But it's true? Always keeping an eye on the Zebra and the Waveform, do you usually overexpose a little or not at all? In other words, do you keep the exposure diagram at "0" or +1? I thank you again.

I NEVER shoot with shutterspeed set to 50 but 100. I always shoot in V-Log, 4K, 50p and 1/100

I'm honestly worried about the things you are telling me, I swear. But I assure you that I am shooting in Manual with in V-Log, 50p, 1/100, 250 ISO, 4: 2: 2 and DR boost is disabled. I certainly did the tests expecting everything to be in focus in the clips. I've never shot with f16 and I've never used ND filter, but only the UV filter. Yesterday I went next to a river with white gravel and I shot with f14 and got EXCELLENT clips. It was 11 o'clock on a sunny day. Honestly, from what you are telling me I am worried, even though I am getting good clips. What could I do to check if my GH6 is configured well? I am 100% sure that I am using my GH6 in Manual with those options I have listed above.

I thank you for your advice. You are a professional guy and I accept everything you tell me because I don't have your experience. But your words show that you don't use GH6 and I tell you the reason. ;) I live in the land of the sun;) and today I shot at 11 am and there was a strong sun. I have been using a UV filter all the time without ever using an ND filter. I always shot at various apertures and at most with f14. I got great images that I viewed on a large monitor. So I think with the GH6 you can shoot without ND filters, unless you have to study an image and blur the back of the subject. I repeat I have had GH6 for a few days and I have no experience but I have noticed that I get better results when I overexpose to an aperture and a half. In full sun I get a more vibrant image. If I don't overexpose, then I get a dull and flattened image and then in post I have to work harder to be able to improve it but without success. Why does this happen to me? I thank you again.

I was thinking about it. In the sunny days my GH6 will always have the filter mounted with 3 stops. Infact the native ISO of GH6 is low (ISO 250) and with V-Log you have to overexpose around 2 stops, so you rarely need a filter above 3 stops, even in sunny days. But when you are in the shadows areas, you raise the ISO. Is this a bad idea? Or without any filter I will always have to shoot between f11, f16 and f22.

Hey friends, I recently bought the GH6 with Leica 12-60mm. Do you take away a curiosity? I make videos in 4K, 50p, 10bit, 4: 2: 2 only in V-Log and I thought not to buy a VND but an ND filter with only one lens, for example a Hoya PROND 3 stop. With the variable ND filter of 100-200 euros I fear the video image quality degrades too much. I like the good image quality. I only make quick documentaries, always outside on days with bright sun or lightly clouded skies. I shoot the daily life of the peoples. Does anyone use fixed ND or ..... do you absolutely recommend the VND? Thank you

Hi, I have always had a doubt about Luminance and would like to ask a question. I only make UHD videos with the GH5. I have 2 options in the Settings regarding Luminance: 0-255 or 16-235 for 50p and 8bit 0-1023 or 64-940 for 25p and 10bit Can you advise me which one you would use? But does anything change when watching video on TV? Thank you

Hi, does someone use the GH5 with the SmallRig and Top Handle Grip? What I'd like to know: do use your GH5 really like a videocamera? Do you leave it mounted for all the shots? Thanks