Sony A99 / Survival of the Fittest Short Film

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Sony A99 / Survival of the Fittest Short Film

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Got a few friends together for a run & gun filming session. This was 100% spontaneous with no script, storyboard, location, etc. Made it on the spot, shot, and edited it all in about 6 hours. Main purpose was to test the Sony A99's high iso video performance, so don't think too much into the story as it was just made up on the spot.

Sony A99 x CZ2470 2.8
Steadyshot Stabilization was used.
ISO 1600, 2000, 3200, & 6400 were used throughout the video.

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Re: Sony A99 / Survival of the Fittest Short Film

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Nice video. Was there any other stabilization method used, apart the camera's inner Steadyshot?
And welcome to the forum.
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Re: Sony A99 / Survival of the Fittest Short Film

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No, I did stabilize in post a few scenes, but only 2 or 3.

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Re: Sony A99 / Survival of the Fittest Short Film

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Hi,
I always heard that Canon users shoot "flat" (-3 contrast, saturation, etc) but I read on a NEX5 review that they got a better result out of the box (0 contrast, saturation, etc) and just changed the creative odes in order to get the desired effect -this guy was a Canon or Panasonic user,new on NEX/Alpha equipment.
How do you shoot in order to get the best of the A99?
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Re: Sony A99 / Survival of the Fittest Short Film

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pakodominguez wrote:Hi,
I always heard that Canon users shoot "flat" (-3 contrast, saturation, etc) but I read on a NEX5 review that they got a better result out of the box (0 contrast, saturation, etc) and just changed the creative odes in order to get the desired effect -this guy was a Canon or Panasonic user,new on NEX/Alpha equipment.
How do you shoot in order to get the best of the A99?
Pako any serious video shooter will shoot as flat as possible, so that they can color grade in post production much easier. I have not had a chance yet to play around with the different recording settings of contrast, saturation, & sharpness. I did hear that adjusting sharpness does not effect video output though you can change the setting. My next video I will try to reduce the contrast to as low as possible to see if it allows for more dynamic range possibilities in post.

If you want to squeeze every inch of IQ out of your video then that's the way to go, but for easy on the go shooting I keep it on the standard settings.
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