Write Up of First Studio Lesson
In the studio last Friday we worked with the Black Magic cameras, learning how to set up the tripod and camera, as well as how to use specific settings on the camera.
We learnt that to focus a zoomed-in image, you should zoom in first and focus next.
Also, exposure decides how light or dark the image will be and to adjust it you had to move the small blue button -down to make the image lighter and up to make it darker.
The ISO setting is about how sensitive the camera is to light. On the cameras that we used, the ISO should always be 400.
We were also taught how to 'bubble' the tripod. This was important because it ensured that the weight of your camera is evenly distributed to all three legs and levels the tripod. To do this we moved the camera until we could see that the bubble on the spirit level was in the center.
We learnt that SA stands for 'shutter angle' and adjusting it can make a moving image less blurry, for example a running person or speeding car. On the Black Magic cameras it should be on 180 degrees.
Then we learnt how to insert the battery pack.
Matt told us that it was important to get the 'white balance' in the right setting so that the shot wasn't overexposed, because the setting is different for inside and outside. When inside, it should be on 3000 but outside it should be adjusted to 5000.
In order to make sure that we could practice what we had learnt in the lesson, we had to dismantle the camera and tripod and then set it up again at the end of the lesson. My group was successful in doing this quickly but carefully.
We learnt that to focus a zoomed-in image, you should zoom in first and focus next.
Also, exposure decides how light or dark the image will be and to adjust it you had to move the small blue button -down to make the image lighter and up to make it darker.
The ISO setting is about how sensitive the camera is to light. On the cameras that we used, the ISO should always be 400.
We were also taught how to 'bubble' the tripod. This was important because it ensured that the weight of your camera is evenly distributed to all three legs and levels the tripod. To do this we moved the camera until we could see that the bubble on the spirit level was in the center.
We learnt that SA stands for 'shutter angle' and adjusting it can make a moving image less blurry, for example a running person or speeding car. On the Black Magic cameras it should be on 180 degrees.
Then we learnt how to insert the battery pack.
Matt told us that it was important to get the 'white balance' in the right setting so that the shot wasn't overexposed, because the setting is different for inside and outside. When inside, it should be on 3000 but outside it should be adjusted to 5000.
In order to make sure that we could practice what we had learnt in the lesson, we had to dismantle the camera and tripod and then set it up again at the end of the lesson. My group was successful in doing this quickly but carefully.
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