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Panasonic G7 Video Help for Work!

Started Jul 25, 2018 | Discussions thread
Badwater Senior Member • Posts: 2,095
Re: Panasonic G7 Video Help for Work!

johnpatrickbishop wrote:

Hey Mark,

Did my first test run today, using a lot of the advice you gave. I used the face detection focus and I have to say it seemed to hunt a bit every time the subject moved. She was just sitting in a chair not running all over the place. Is this just the nature of the beast. I suppose it wasn't the most distracting thing in the world, but I definitely noticed it.

This happens when the dof is shallow and the camera hunts or moves focus back with every little move of the subject. With interviews, you can put the camera up close to the subject, move them far from the background as possible, and use manual focus to dial in the focus and leave it there. F/3.5 will give you good focus zone in a room. This eliminates the moving focus and distracting background focusing.  Again, keeping it simple will get better results.

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