Help with nx1 video settings...urgent ;-)

[Marco Tecno]

I've been asked to shoot a torchlight show on the sea this evening, with nx1 (since they want 4k video). I'm not a pro and I won't be paid for this, it's just a favour I do to a friend involved in the show.

 

There will be some small boats coming from far to near, on the sea, with these torches.

 

Which settings should I use an optimal rendition? I'm planning to do uhd at 30fps, hence 1/60. I'd like to be able to see the boats, w/o blowing the torchlights.

 

I'll use the 50-150 lens.

 

For an optimal ooc clip: Which gamma? Which mbl? Which sharpness? Which contrast?

 

Thanks in advance

[Sekhar]

I've been asked to shoot a torchlight show on the sea this evening, with nx1 (since they want 4k video). I'm not a pro and I won't be paid for this, it's just a favour I do to a friend involved in the show.

 

There will be some small boats coming from far to near, on the sea, with these torches.

 

Which settings should I use an optimal rendition? I'm planning to do uhd at 30fps, hence 1/60. I'd like to be able to see the boats, w/o blowing the torchlights.

 

I'll use the 50-150 lens.

 

For an optimal ooc clip: Which gamma? Which mbl? Which sharpness? Which contrast?

 

Thanks in advance

My suggestion: DR gamma, sharpness -10, contrast -5, and others at default (that has black level at 0). See my thread NX1 Dynamic Range Settings, which has details.

[Marco Tecno]

I won't do any pp. Do these setting give the best w/o grading?

[Sekhar]

I won't do any pp. Do these setting give the best w/o grading?

Well, I like the settings. E.g., see the fashion show I covered using these settings at https://youtu.be/PsHTzuANSHo. What you see is the way it came out of the camera.

[ricardo_sousa11]

Drop saturation to -3 as well, thats where I get the best results, but if you wont do any pp, then just fiddle with the settings until you like what you see.