Lens for Fuji Video

buzzbob wrote:

Thank you. I thought his tips were very helpful. In my last post I mistakenly typed I was "not" leaning to Canon but I meant I was "now" leaning to it I but was still considering the Fuji. I have corrected it.

Whichever one I take, I was planning to shoot in 4k at 24 fps though maybe trying some 120fps slo-mo bits. I fancy using log but wondered if it was a bit ambitious for a beginner to try, however, I had a look at it online and it seems to be not too hard so I might well try that before I go.

The good thing is that as I'm only doing this as a hobby for myself I don't need to get it right and can try things and learn.

I'm going with the saying: "If you want to get good at something you need to be prepared to be bad at it first"

Really, LOG isn't that hard to grade (color correct) nowadays with all the LUTs that are available.

The main issues - in my own opinion - are actually exposing it correctly at the time you are shooting, as well as deciding on what you are willing to sacrifice. Also, if you shoot LOG, there are times that you will almost certainly need ND filters.

LOG is designed to work on BRIGHT contrasty days, and / or to give flexibility in color grading. IMHO, it is a mistake to shoot LOG on a day without significant contrast (unless you really are going to give a particular look later when post processing).

Also, LOG can be noisy in the shadows, so one is often confronted with the decision to raise exposure by a stop or more when shooting (depending on the camera) and lose a stop of headroom in the highlights, or preserve the highlights and live with some noise in the shadows.

But it is definitely something you will want to practice with several times before "going prime time" with it.