I had a chance to shoot some D600 footage this morning. I used various settings and only used f/2.8 lenses. Pushed the ISO to the max with pitch dark areas and was quite a bit impressed, especially shooting with 2.8 lenses! I rarely shoot video these days but wanted to test it anyway since Nikon sensors recently started to have more features for video, especially different frame rates. Dynamic range is great and ISO is impressive compared to the previous 5DmkII I had.
What I really disliked is the fact that you cannot change the aperture value WHILE being in live view mode! You have to close the live view in order to change it. You can still change ISO and shutter roll but cannot change the aperture value. I simply don’t understand why Nikon made it this way. Not that it’s a big issue for me but it is a huge issue for other videographers. Anyway - all in all, a great camera!
BTW, I made a mistake- the ISO for the interior shot is 6400 and NOT 64,000 :-)
Lenses I used:
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 G VRII
DigMeTX wrote:
It seems like on the gas pumps either you or the camera missed the focus. Was this all manual focus or auto?
brad
I tried to hold the camera steady so I used AF instead of MF. As I was moving (my car being the “slider”, it misfocused a bit.)
Oh well. It doesn’t take one person to do such video to make it perfect. I shot this at 6AM while being bored out of my mind
Yeah, I've found that the liveview autofocus is still pretty slow to keep up in movie mode. It made me realize that if I probably still need to not rely on it. Manual focus it is!
Manual focus is still the way to go. BTW if you are using "D" lens you can manually change the aperature. Using a focus puller and having your old "D" lens F stop click stop removed gives you something similar to a Cine lens.
jefflee wrote:
Manual focus is still the way to go. BTW if you are using "D" lens you can manually change the aperature. Using a focus puller and having your old "D" lens F stop click stop removed gives you something similar to a Cine lens.
Why would you need a D lens? The D only affect the exposure for flash or some specific exposure modes such as macro as close distance. Any non AF-S AF or P lens would also be fine.
