Great video! New to video recording and learning on the BMPCC4K. This video was immensely informative and helped put me at ease when dealing with exposure settings.
I have a question, I dont seem to trust false colors on a field monitor since they have different IRE values than the blackmagic, which one do you consider me to trust ?
This feature is can save your footage, especially when shooting under the sun, or any out-door sessions, because you can't always rely on the display only.
Nope! You can't rely on what you see on the screen. It can be close, but you really want to know based off of experience and the false color what's best for sure!
Yeah, good question. It's pulled directly from their charts in the manual but i've always assumed purple to just be a complete blue screen like can't see anything at all but it never shows it 🤷♂️ let me see if I can research that
Hey man, great video on FC. I was wondering how you would expose for non Caucasian skin tones, does this mean pink is not the correct option and go more pink? Any advice on this?
Hey! I actually made the one in the video based off the one black magic has in there manual. Was actually going to post it to my website today. Let me send you the link when it's up!
Not really sure actually. Never seen anything online about it, I'm guessing since they already had this in the instruction manual they just didn't want to have to add it in. I'm not sure how much they thought this camera would reach beginner videographers vs. Those who already use cinema cameras and know about false color already. Could be they just didn't see this camera becoming as big as it did
Thanks! And good question. I've seen a couple different false color systems in doing research for this and while some appear slightly different they look pretty similar. Now, every camera will have a different dynamic range and other varying factors to consider when filming so you'll want to think of that if using a different camera with false color. For example, I like to overexpose my image slightly on the bmpcc4k based on how I film. The false color might show me that I'm more exposed on something than it thinks I should be but it works for what I do. Same with a different camera, maybe it's better to underexpose it. So while they give you similar readings, understanding what each camera is capable of helps you determine your course of action based on those readings. Sorry for the long reply!
Hey @@FrameVoyager ! Thank you so much for taking the time to write your reply! Makes perfect sense! I don't own a BMPCC4k, but have rented it a couple of times, and even though I shot at a native 400ISO, found that the shadows are quite noisy. Now, I'm on a mission to figure out how to light does darn shadows so they don't dance around :D Now that you mentioned that you do slightly overexpose, do you measure/set your lighting to what you want the end product to be, or do you measure "a bit over" keeping in mind you will bring it down in post? Sorry for the weird questions, I'm having trouble grasping how to light for "dark" parts of the image. The reason for this is because I see the finished product, but in the BTS the set seems so bright, so having trouble grasping that concept. Anyway, this probably won't make any sense, but you did help me with your answer above, and thank you for that! :) Have a great weekend!
Good questions! In my experience, I've found the footage to turn out darker than what it shows on the screen at times, so that's why I like to expose it a little bit more. It's totally fine to bump up your iso to 600 and up. For me I tend to like to go to the native 3200 iso in dark conditions and drop my compression rate to constant quality or like 5:1 or lower. There are other settings you can do in dar conditions but I've found this one to work the best for me when trying to keep the noise manageable for cleanup in post. I would also check to make sure you're filming in BRAW and not in Prores. Hope that helps!
Thank you so much@@FrameVoyager! It definitely helps!Last one I promise, when you say go to higher ISO, and "drop" the compression, you mean to go as least compressed as possible, correct?
First of all learn how to master volume and its gain. The intro music is going crazy with clipping. Irony is you are teaching people about video and audio and that is the simplest knob of everything.
Nice video
And thank you for exploding my ears with your intro
😂😂 sorry about that. Watch too many Christopher Nolan films
Great video! New to video recording and learning on the BMPCC4K. This video was immensely informative and helped put me at ease when dealing with exposure settings.
GENIUS! LOVE THE 180s. I was having 😸 about overexposing. Try this tomorrow. Can you bring out an app just with 180 sec tuts ? Thamks
Hmmm, maybe on tiktok?
This friend is very good. I watch all of your videos.
Appreciate it! Hope you get your camera fixed!
@@FrameVoyager I'm sending it to Istanbul tomorrow. Thank you very, very much for your suggestion.
@@diyadingencer2578 sweet! Hope that fixes your issue. I've seen that happen to a lot of people
@@FrameVoyager I hope so.
I have a question, I dont seem to trust false colors on a field monitor since they have different IRE values than the blackmagic, which one do you consider me to trust ?
This feature is can save your footage, especially when shooting under the sun, or any out-door sessions, because you can't always rely on the display only.
Nope! You can't rely on what you see on the screen. It can be close, but you really want to know based off of experience and the false color what's best for sure!
The white magic?
Nice. But is your BMPCC4K showing the purple when underexposed?
Yeah, good question. It's pulled directly from their charts in the manual but i've always assumed purple to just be a complete blue screen like can't see anything at all but it never shows it 🤷♂️ let me see if I can research that
Hey man, great video on FC. I was wondering how you would expose for non Caucasian skin tones, does this mean pink is not the correct option and go more pink? Any advice on this?
Great content, keep it up!
Appreciate it! Hope this video was helpful!
Hi! where did you get that false color chart from please?
Hey! I actually made the one in the video based off the one black magic has in there manual. Was actually going to post it to my website today. Let me send you the link when it's up!
@@FrameVoyager Appreciate! thank you!
Not a problem! You can find the chart here --> framevoyager.com/blog/2020/9/22/exposing-the-bmpcc4k-with-false-color
@@FrameVoyager Has blackmagic ever explained why they don't include the option to display the chart on the LCD?
Not really sure actually. Never seen anything online about it, I'm guessing since they already had this in the instruction manual they just didn't want to have to add it in. I'm not sure how much they thought this camera would reach beginner videographers vs. Those who already use cinema cameras and know about false color already. Could be they just didn't see this camera becoming as big as it did
Great keep it up
Appreciate it!
nice work.
Appreciate it!
great!
Appreciate it!
Yikes. My ears.
Thanks for the rest
I was watching TeneT right before making this so my apologies 😂 No problem!
Awesome channel, sir! Keep it up! :)
One question, are the colors in false color an industry standard, or does every manufacturer have his own scale?
Thanks! And good question. I've seen a couple different false color systems in doing research for this and while some appear slightly different they look pretty similar. Now, every camera will have a different dynamic range and other varying factors to consider when filming so you'll want to think of that if using a different camera with false color. For example, I like to overexpose my image slightly on the bmpcc4k based on how I film. The false color might show me that I'm more exposed on something than it thinks I should be but it works for what I do. Same with a different camera, maybe it's better to underexpose it. So while they give you similar readings, understanding what each camera is capable of helps you determine your course of action based on those readings. Sorry for the long reply!
Hey @@FrameVoyager ! Thank you so much for taking the time to write your reply! Makes perfect sense! I don't own a BMPCC4k, but have rented it a couple of times, and even though I shot at a native 400ISO, found that the shadows are quite noisy. Now, I'm on a mission to figure out how to light does darn shadows so they don't dance around :D Now that you mentioned that you do slightly overexpose, do you measure/set your lighting to what you want the end product to be, or do you measure "a bit over" keeping in mind you will bring it down in post? Sorry for the weird questions, I'm having trouble grasping how to light for "dark" parts of the image. The reason for this is because I see the finished product, but in the BTS the set seems so bright, so having trouble grasping that concept. Anyway, this probably won't make any sense, but you did help me with your answer above, and thank you for that! :) Have a great weekend!
Good questions! In my experience, I've found the footage to turn out darker than what it shows on the screen at times, so that's why I like to expose it a little bit more. It's totally fine to bump up your iso to 600 and up. For me I tend to like to go to the native 3200 iso in dark conditions and drop my compression rate to constant quality or like 5:1 or lower. There are other settings you can do in dar conditions but I've found this one to work the best for me when trying to keep the noise manageable for cleanup in post. I would also check to make sure you're filming in BRAW and not in Prores. Hope that helps!
Thank you so much@@FrameVoyager! It definitely helps!Last one I promise, when you say go to higher ISO, and "drop" the compression, you mean to go as least compressed as possible, correct?
Correct! I probably should have just said shoot at a higher bitrate. That's more what I meant. This just helps to clean up the image more.
First of all learn how to master volume and its gain. The intro music is going crazy with clipping. Irony is you are teaching people about video and audio and that is the simplest knob of everything.