for a film look, you can create a custom color profile to reduce contrast, sharpness and saturation. the bit rate and codec available are much higher quality than canon dslrs, which is amazing it does not record in raw, but nothing does under $3000. it's still really good, and better than many other cameras, even cameras that cost 4 times as much. the a6000 tracks moving subjects, which seems amazing, especially if you watch a sony ad, but in real life, the focus tracking falters when the subject is moving towards you (holding the a6000) or away from you. if a camera only had one focus point in the center of the frame, you would only be able to focus on a subject when it was in the center of the frame. the more focus points the more of a guarantee the camera will focus on what you want it to. this camera is the best deal on the market today= the best pro feature & best images/video footage for the least amount of bank (cost: $600, $800 w 2 lenses).įor film: the sony a6000 has fast focus tracking and can follow moving subjects with it's amazing 179 focus points. Modern fly by wire lenses which focus in incremental stops just wont do. There aren't any native cinema grade lenses available for Sony E mount, and you need lenses with proper manual focus. You can start with an A6000, but you're going to want to get some good PL mount lenses which is going to be expensive, and you're going to need an adapter. Lighting becomes a thing in itself also, you're going to need to work on however you're going to achieve that. You can start with a Zoom or a tascam or whatever, but you need to get the microphone off the camera. You need your actors to be microphoned up, you can't get away with just a boom, or on camera microphone for professional sound you'll want an external recorder. In order to get a professional result how are you going to mic your actors, this is what will define your sound. Lenses, and then the more important things people forget, sound and lighting. The A6000 will give you 24fps video which is enough to get you started, but then there is everything else involved. The better you understand your camera, the better your videos will turn out. Pick one and the learn the ins and outs of using that camera. Which all brings me back to the camera hardly matters at all. The reason it is harder to find great videos is because it simply isn't all that simple as shoot & distribute. It isn't hard to find crappy videos shot with any camera. Compression will play an even larger role. Filming in 24p and the distributing in 30i isn't going to look great. The same could be said for sound as well.Īnother thing to consider when looking at other videos: how much does that person know about what they are doing? First, you usually have several choices and recording codecs (frame rates, bit rates, compression) and then you face these same decisions again in distribution. No camera on the planet can turn bad lighting into good lighting. Watch Million Dollar Baby: what is lit? What isn't? What mark does the actor hit to bring their face into a portion of the light? So in terms of "cinematic look", lighting is going to be FAR more important than the camera. From a director of photography standpoint, it will be all about the light: soft light, hard light, high contrast, low contrast, what is lit, what isn't lit. I am not sure how you personally define cinematic look, but I can assure you that it has almost nothing to do with the camera. The weakest link in the chain is going to be you by a wide margin.
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