Please help me understand what went wrong with my video footage

Discussion in 'Beginner Questions' started by bite the bullet, Nov 10, 2024 at 5:49 AM.

  1. bite the bullet

    bite the bullet New Member

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    Early morning footage. Looks horrible and grainy and even out of focus.
    My settings were ISO100 (i was shooting this low to try and elliminate graininess) , shuitter speed 1/50 F7.1 (kit lens) My first time doing this and looking to improve my footage.
     

  2. Ray-UK

    Ray-UK Active Member Site Supporter

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    Definitely under exposed, whilst you were right to keep the ISO low you have gone too far. Using ISO 400 or less should prevent noise (not grain, you only get that with film) in situations like this it would help to open the aperture a bit, possibly f5.6. At f7.1 the autofocus will probably struggle a bit and may be the cause of the out of focus look.
    It is also a backlit scene which will fool the cameras meter into under exposure and needs a different metering approach or exposure compensation.
     

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