Low Lighting

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Right I have a canon 600d, but have the standard kit lens which isn't very great for low lighting, I have someone who wants me to film a video of the night time, but I don't want the video to turn out bad quality if I can't get the 50mm lens before hand, I have a light but its not a huge one although it does make the difference, the guy said he doesn't mind filming it in the day time If I don't get the lens before then, IF i can add a dark effect on it...

What sort of editing do I do to get the effect of a night time video?! Please help, working in Premiere Pro!
 
i use the 550d, but what i do is turn up the settings... or just genneralyl play around with them. EOS 3200 is good, then also play around with the F... creates again light and then there is another thing.. but Remember you dont " auto" all of it as it isnt that great.
If you want me to do a bit of research on it i can :) just dont have my camera in hand right now[DOUBLEPOST=1378983595,1378983494][/DOUBLEPOST]i ment ISO not EOS xD, but iso on 3200 depending on my room.. then play around with the F and M also just to adjust everything to my likes :)
 
Yeh I'd say the day editing to night won't work too well. I've never tried it, but I don't think it would be easy to get right. Just try and get as much light as possible on the shoot, whether it requires a change of location or some unique lights (car headlights could work), and then to get more light on the camera always go manual mode and keep shutter speed normal at like 1/60 if you're shooting 30 frames, get f stop as low as possible (opening aperture), and then adjust ISO to suit. The reason being is that a lower f stop will allow more light, as will increasing ISO (as will lowering shutter speed), but increasing ISO increases light but also increases grain, whereas decreasing f stop increases light, and even though it makes the depth of field shallower, I think it's a better trade off.

So basically you'll just be playing with the ISO. Just set the ISO to whatever is bright enough, and just start at 800, but try not to go over 3200. Also remember that it is dark and not everyone will be watching what you shoot in the dark, so it won't be as easy to see on a screen as it is to see on the camera screen in the dark, so compensate for that a little. So if it's a toss up between 3200 ISO but a little dark or 6400 at good lighting but a bit grainer, go for the 6400 if that's the situation you're in.

If that didn't make sense let me know what parts and I'll explain it differently :)[DOUBLEPOST=1378984540,1378984178][/DOUBLEPOST]Also I have some of these

amazon . com /Neewer®-CN-160-camera-video-light/dp/B004TJ6JH6

And they're really good! They can mount on top of your camera on the hotshoe, and they're really bright, come with three different colour filters, and has an adjustable brightness dimmer control. They could be a great help for whatever it is that you're filming. I use mine all the time! :)
 
HiJoshua said:
Yeh I'd say the day editing to night won't work too well. I've never tried it, but I don't think it would be easy to get right. Just try and get as much light as possible on the shoot, whether it requires a change of location or some unique lights (car headlights could work), and then to get more light on the camera always go manual mode and keep shutter speed normal at like 1/60 if you're shooting 30 frames, get f stop as low as possible (opening aperture), and then adjust ISO to suit. The reason being is that a lower f stop will allow more light, as will increasing ISO (as will lowering shutter speed), but increasing ISO increases light but also increases grain, whereas decreasing f stop increases light, and even though it makes the depth of field shallower, I think it's a better trade off.

So basically you'll just be playing with the ISO. Just set the ISO to whatever is bright enough, and just start at 800, but try not to go over 3200. Also remember that it is dark and not everyone will be watching what you shoot in the dark, so it won't be as easy to see on a screen as it is to see on the camera screen in the dark, so compensate for that a little. So if it's a toss up between 3200 ISO but a little dark or 6400 at good lighting but a bit grainer, go for the 6400 if that's the situation you're in.

If that didn't make sense let me know what parts and I'll explain it differently :)[DOUBLEPOST=1378984540,1378984178][/DOUBLEPOST]Also I have some of these

amazon . com /Neewer®-CN-160-camera-video-light/dp/B004TJ6JH6

And they're really good! They can mount on top of your camera on the hotshoe, and they're really bright, come with three different colour filters, and has an adjustable brightness dimmer control. They could be a great help for whatever it is that you're filming. I use mine all the time! :)
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its a hard topic or to explain? :D but i think if you get prope rlighting in at the end... ( flashlights even with a wide light range, or a LED mount for on the camera should do the job also as they are SUPER bright )
 
HiJoshua said:
Yeh I'd say the day editing to night won't work too well. I've never tried it, but I don't think it would be easy to get right. Just try and get as much light as possible on the shoot, whether it requires a change of location or some unique lights (car headlights could work), and then to get more light on the camera always go manual mode and keep shutter speed normal at like 1/60 if you're shooting 30 frames, get f stop as low as possible (opening aperture), and then adjust ISO to suit. The reason being is that a lower f stop will allow more light, as will increasing ISO (as will lowering shutter speed), but increasing ISO increases light but also increases grain, whereas decreasing f stop increases light, and even though it makes the depth of field shallower, I think it's a better trade off.

So basically you'll just be playing with the ISO. Just set the ISO to whatever is bright enough, and just start at 800, but try not to go over 3200. Also remember that it is dark and not everyone will be watching what you shoot in the dark, so it won't be as easy to see on a screen as it is to see on the camera screen in the dark, so compensate for that a little. So if it's a toss up between 3200 ISO but a little dark or 6400 at good lighting but a bit grainer, go for the 6400 if that's the situation you're in.

If that didn't make sense let me know what parts and I'll explain it differently :)[DOUBLEPOST=1378984540,1378984178][/DOUBLEPOST]Also I have some of these

amazon . com /Neewer®-CN-160-camera-video-light/dp/B004TJ6JH6

And they're really good! They can mount on top of your camera on the hotshoe, and they're really bright, come with three different colour filters, and has an adjustable brightness dimmer control. They could be a great help for whatever it is that you're filming. I use mine all the time! :)
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How do I adjust the f stop whilst in live shooting mode? and I also have one of those lights :) they do help a lot!
 
Day for night isn't that hard to do, you can even choose if you want to do it in camera or in post (or a combination of both). You can always just go for a test shoot, try both ways and see which suits you more.
 
WickedSightArtist said:
How do I adjust the f stop whilst in live shooting mode? and I also have one of those lights :) they do help a lot!
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Hold down the button that says "AV" and has the + and - on it, and while holding that scroll the wheel thing right in front of the shutter button. The value of the f stop is displayed in the bottom left, just to the right of the shutter speed :) Also make sure the camera is in manual mode (changed in menu)
 
JustSomeGermanDude said:
Day for night isn't that hard to do, you can even choose if you want to do it in camera or in post (or a combination of both). You can always just go for a test shoot, try both ways and see which suits you more.
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Yeah the post the guy above gave me with the video link proved this very well, it is a really nice effect!![DOUBLEPOST=1378997643,1378997620][/DOUBLEPOST]
HiJoshua said:
Hold down the button that says "AV" and has the + and - on it, and while holding that scroll the wheel thing right in front of the shutter button. The value of the f stop is displayed in the bottom left, just to the right of the shutter speed :) Also make sure the camera is in manual mode (changed in menu)
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Yeah sorry figured it once I'd asked lol thanks though
 
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