(cars passing) (footsteps)
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(upbeat pop music)
- What's going on, guys?
If you guys clicked on this video,
you're probably wondering how to make
cinematic footage using a kit lens.
So, since we're gonna be talking about
gear and camera movements and all those things,
and big shout out to out sponsor,
B&H for sponsoring this video.
Today we're gonna be playing around with the
Nikon Z 6 and a 24-70 F4 kit lens.
And we're gonna try to make some super cinematic footage
with this little baby right here.
Now, if I haven't told you, and you're probably wondering,
"Where are you?
Are you in this giant softbox light place?"
Well, this place that we're talking from
right now is in Belfast, Ireland, and we're here
with a bunch of creators for the Power of Video Conference.
So let's go say hi to a bunch of creators because
one of the biggest questions that I have is that
I call this the Nikon "Zed 6" other people call it the Z 6.
So I'm curious,
"Is it just being Canadian that you call it 'Zed?'"
Let's ask a bunch of creators, see what they think.
(air whooshing)
Potato Jet, important question for you.
Is it "zed" or "zee?"
- "Zee."
You talking about the character,
Z? - Yeah.
The character, like,
as a Canadian, I say "zed." - What?
- And a lot of people say "zee."
- You say "zed?"
What's wrong with you?
- [Chris] So, you're from Cape Town, what do you say?
- "Zed."
- [Chris] You say "zed."
- When you guy say the alphabet,
you go, "x, y, zed."
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Peter, "zed" or "zee?"
- I say "zee."
- [Chris] "Zee?" But you're Canadian!
- Yeah, I know.
I also have my house set to Fahrenheit right now.
(laughing) I don't know how.
I'm really confused.
"Spell that?"
I'd be like, "Okay, zebra, so zee-e--"
- Zedbra? - Zedbra.
- Zedbra, that doesn't work.
It'd be zebra.
Okay, so I don't have a conclusion.
It's either "zed" or "zee,"
depending on who you are and where you're from.
Let's move on.
I need to get a helmet for indoor skydiving.
(upbeat pop music) (helmet shutting)
Alright, so we're all suited up and ready to go.
(chattering)
Switch to the Nikon.
Shoot some B-roll with the kit lens.
(energetic hip hop music)
♪ I'm at the Vatican drinking with the pope ♪
♪ I'm out in Paris getting french toast ♪
♪ Tokyo, sake sipping in a robe ♪
♪ Yo, Japan, domo arigato ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ What you got baby, what you got baby ♪
♪ Yeah I got that, yeah I got that ♪
♪ What you got baby, what you got baby ♪
♪ Yeah I got that ♪
♪ I got that thing ♪
♪ Yeah, I got that thing ♪
- Okay, so all that B-roll was shot on the
Z 6 at, like, 4K, 24 frames a second.
Now, to shoot this, this isn't, like,
the most ideal lighting conditions.
They have fluorescent lights everywhere,
so that means that I had to boost up the ISO a little bit.
In that situation, I shot it on a gimbal
for some of the intro shots of people walking,
and then once we were in there,
I shot a lot of things handheld.
In order to get some more "cinematic-looking" shots,
I actually put the lens that we have here, the 24-70,
at 70 so we can create a lot more compression with
the background so it softens the background,
looks a bit more expensive.
Now what was interesting about this, like,
"indoor skydiving" that we were shooting
is that it's just like giant glass everywhere.
So there's light reflecting every single which way,
but it kind of works out because when there's, like,
a light streak in it, as you're moving past,
it creates a lot of parallax in movement,
which can make the shots more interesting.
So, yeah, initial thoughts so far, I kinda like it.
Maybe we'll find some more ideal lighting conditions
and then shoot that again.
So, so far so good.
Today, I learned something.
Potatoes can fly.
(laughing)
Is that, like, a meme or something?
Search.
We're gonna do a quick Google search right now.
Did we find it?
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So, part of the reason why we're in Belfast is that
Lizzie and I are doing a joint talk together.
How you feeling?
- Fine.
I've got my coffee, slowly waking up.
A lot easier because we can do it together.
I'm not really nervous.
(footsteps)
- Alright.
We are three minutes away from going onstage
here at the Power of Video.
Chris Hau, Lizzie Pierce.
Those are our names (laughs). - Those are our names.
I'm just texting people to be like,
"Can you take a little clip of us when we're onstage?"
- They just finished.
Okay, I'm gonna go, bye.
(echoing)
- [Speaker] Hello, and (mumbles)
- One, two, three!
- Power of Video!
- [Speaker] For Chris Hau and Lizzie Pierce!
(cheers and applause)
- Chris, (mumbles) supposed to be onstage.
- Just a second, I'm fixing my hair.
- You had so much time to do that before.
- I was talking with Peter.
- You're always talking to Peter!
You know what Peter did?
He cut his hair.
Why don't you cut your hair?
- [Chris] I'm not cutting my hair, that's my thing.
- Okay, well, I can't have this argument with you again.
Can we just go onstage?
- Okay, pretend like we're in love, okay?
Look happy.
- Hold my hand, hold my hand! - Go, go, go, go, go!
- Hold my hand! - Here we go!
(rapid footsteps)
- Hi, Belfast! - Hi, Belfast!
(cheers and applause)
(funky pop music)
(cheers and applause)
(chattering off-mic)
(clapping)
- (mumbles) outta my seat.
Be the first.
Okay, so, the talk went extremely well.
I was super nervous beforehand.
Lizzie wasn't nervous, she was just like,
"Pretend like you're just
jumping out of an airplane, like you're skydiving,
and once you're doing it, you'll feel good."
So, that kinda helped a lot.
- That was not what I said.
- [Chris] Well, what'd you say?
- That is not at all.
No one feels good as they're skydiving.
What I said was like,
when I decided I was gonna go skydiving,
I knew there was no point in being nervous
because I'd already decided I was gonna do it
and I knew I wanted to do it.
So, then I kind of just shut off my nerves
because they were pointless.
Do that make sense?
- Yeah. (fidgeting)
Anyways, the talk went really, really well.
Right now, we're starting to get a little bit of
weather here in Belfast, and I think tonight,
we'll have some super-dramatic lighting as, like,
the lights reflecting off the water and the streets,
which is like, one of my favorite ways
to shoot and shoot content.
So, we're gonna take the Nikon out,
we're gonna go see and test the low light capabilities,
as well as shoot some cinematic content with the kit lens
and see how it turns out with the low light setting,
so, let's go do that.
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(cinematic orchestral music)
(rhythmic pop music)
(objects clinking)
(machine whirring)
Screwed that up.
(liquid running)
Won't do that again.
Guys, this really shouldn't be that hard.
This is my second attempt at making a coffee,
it's just water with little coffee crumbs inside,
so, attempt number three?
Put that in there.
(machine whirring)
It's just water again.
(machine whirring)
Coffee's not supposed to be difficult.
I think we finally have it.
Okay, lets talk about the footage last night.
Alright, it is the next day,
and I've just been looking back on the footage.
It just was on my laptop there a couple minutes ago.
Super stoked on how that footage turned out,
especially for an F4 kit lens.
I think this kinda just sums up the fact that
you can make super cinematic stuff with a kit lens.
Did you see how good those detail shots look?
I think those were probably my favorite ones.
That was low light performance outta the Nikon Z 6.
Also that was all shot at 120 frames a second, so
usually when you're shooting that,
it has a shutter of 1 over 250 at F4,
so we had to boost the ISO up,
which they have a range from 100-51,200.
It looks super clean.
I think it looked dope.
Really happy with the footage, really happy with the camera,
really happy with the kit lens.
A little side note on kit lenses.
I started my career in video off of a kit lens,
and generally when you get a kit lens,
they usually have some sort of range of, like,
24 to 70, which is great because you can go
from a wide to a close-up.
If you wanna get some details,
you can kinda zoom in a little bit.
So this is like, very versatile for you to go out and shoot.
Ultimately, when you're making your video,
it's all about camera movements, cinematic lighting,
the story that you're telling.
And you can do all of that with a kit lens,
and still make an amazing video.
Now, let's quickly chat about the Nikon Z 6.
All that footage that you guys saw for the
cinematic B-roll was shot with this camera.
I love that Nikon just came
super strong into the video world.
The one thing that's really nice to note is that
Nikon doesn't have a cinema line.
So, for this camera company,
they just wanted to make the best photo and video
mirrorless system that they possibly could,
because they don't have a competing product
that they're also trying to push.
So, for Nikon, I love that.
That's a reason why I would want to invest in this
and pick up a camera like this is because I know that
they really care about the video capabilities of this
and putting it into a small form.
Also, by the way, they haven't released it yet,
but I know that they're gonna be doing raw video with this,
which is just like super dope.
So, when the next software update comes out,
they're gonna start doing raw video,
which just makes this a powerhouse of a camera.
So, I'm gonna be picking one of these up,
because I want access to that,
and I also wanna shoot with different cameras.
I wanna say a special note to B&H,
thank you guys so much for sponsoring this video
and allowing us to play with the Nikon Z 6 here in Ireland.
You guys wanna go check out B&H, links are below.
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And I'm gonna end this video out by just
sitting and drinking this semi-decent coffee.
Cheers, guys.
Bye.
(rhythmic pop music)
It's a little bitter, I'm gonna get (mumbles).