Hey I'm Billy and I'm Francis and we're the Fuji Guys.
Today we are going to look at some options for video with your FUJIFILM cameras.
and some very simple setups like the
X-T20 with a little simple mic,
all the way up a fully rigged out video system
give you somewhat of an idea of what you can do
with a FUJIFILM camera in the video side of things
So if you want to know more, keep on watching!
So Francis and I set up this little rig,
it's a shoulder rig that
our videographer that is going to help us out today and film with
just adds a little more stability
So the first setup
I have got the FUJIFILM X-T20
This camera offers 4K video, I have already set up
the video paramaters to the way I like it.
I am going to shoot Classic Chrome, set the highlights and shadows to -2
to give me a flatter look and later I can colour grade that
on top of that I have added an external microphone
the FUJIFILM ST-1 mic. This is very compact, very portable
It is also very effective,
so for something like a run and gun, family outings, just want to shoot but want better audio
this is a perfect set up to do.
So I am going to try this out today and film some footage with it
alright so right now Billy is using the X-T20
with the 18-55 zoomed in a little bit
approximately to 35mm. We are using the ST-1 mic,
so you can hear, basically the quality
you get out of it. So this is a really good affordable option if you are just starting out or
If you want like a "B" camera as a quick run and gun or whatever
you have on the seat of your car
so this is a really good option to just go out and shoot 4K video.
So next up we have something that can be really useful for your video if you want to improve the quality of it
It's not real expensive, it's just a gimble.
So if you look now, it's off so it's balanced but you see it is moving
but if I turn it on,
you see it is going to catch up
and then if you look and if I move,
the camera is flying
So there is still a little bit of movement,
but it really is compensating for any shake that you add so this is really good
if you want to do an interview in the street
where you are walking and the person is walking towards you
and if you want to shoot nice "B" rolls, the fly cam
just makes it real interesting and really smooth so
Another cool thing with the gimbal is actually you can pan up and down
and you can even go sideways if you want
so that really adds some motion
so you really don't have to move.
you could event put this on a tripod
and just pan simply like this
If you want to have
some sort of cinematic effect if you don't have a video head for example
and actually if you want you can remove the, for "B" rolls and remove the microphone
and you can actually reverse the gimbal
to get some really low angles and make it real interesting.
Alright so if you want to move up a little bit
and go a little more serious.
you can get a cage like this one. This one was sent to us
by small rig. Made for the X-T2
and then you can build up a shoulder rig for yourself
if you want somewhat of a natural movement, not completely steady look
so you just put the camera on it
I have a slightly longer plate on this one
because I am going to attach accessories later on
but this is one thing that is great about the cage you have all these threads
and cold shoes where you could put light
you could put microphones, monitors
anything you want
and then just put this on your shoulder
and basically I like to use the EVF better when I shoot
videos because I have no sun
coming my way. I just have a counter weight there. so it's pretty steady
not really run and gun
but more serious and planned shots basically
like we are doing
Olivier was shooting us all day and you can see the quality of the footage really
This is now being filmed with the FUJIFILM X-T2
on a shoulder rig.What I am going to do now is take
this shoulder rig kit, take the cage off
and I am going to put it on a tripod and I am going to set it up
with, of course, our FUJINON MK-X lens
and see how that performs
So we have the Fuji camera rigged up here
we have got the cage but we have it on a plate attached
onto rods here.
We also have the MK-X lens attached
This is the 18-55MMT2.9 cine lens
I am going to show you some of the differences as to why
a cine lens is more expensive compared to
a photographic lens
but also because of the cine lens we have also attached things like
follow focus, there are gears on cine lenses
that allow us to attach it
we are going to start shooting and test to see how this works with this system
So if I have set the focus to Francis
and this is fully zoomed in, but I am going to slowly zoom out
You can see how smooth the
cine lens gear is and how
so cinematic it looks, but as you can see
as I zoom out Francis still stays in focus.
and I am going to zoom back in on him
So I control this by my hands here
I can obviously move it really fast
but even fast, the gears are so smooth
and again it stays right in focus.
Of course cine lenses are fully manual
you have got these T stops as I adjust
them as you can see smooth and gradual
there is no dedicated stops.
and T, of course is actual transmissional light
that's coming through here but you can see it just seamless
I am using my little exposure meter to give me the
proper exposure
I have got my zoom controls right here in the middle ring
as you can see it is very smooth
and the last ring is for focusing, but again I have my follow focus that I can use
and I can pull focus quick or slow
however I want to and it is so smooth
so this is kind of the rig here
the monitor of course, allows me to kind of see the scene
a little bit easier especially on bright sunny days
So I hope you enjoyed this video,
giving you a quick glimpse of what you can do with the
FUJIFILM camera in the video world
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