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I've found with my Panasonic M4/3 zooms - the 14-140 kit lens and the 35-100 F/2.8 - if I zoom first, focus, and then unzoom and start shooting, focus is more or less retained when I rezoom, but ...

Many of us shoot in 4k, but edit in a 1080p timeline. This gives us the ability to crop and reframe and create slow, "creeping" zooms. In that sense, we're in a golden age of video editing. In a ...

I don't think you need to shoot at a high frame rate. If you play back regular video with a player that allows you to pause, or go one frame at a time, or change playback speed, 30 fps will ...

The OP might want a camera with low rolling shutter. Isn't there a chart somewhere showing rolling shutter stats for cameras and camcorders?

If the dancer is moving closer and farther from the camera, good autofocus would be preferable. If it's in low light, that could challenge auto focus, especially if the camera is far from the ...

I haven't either. If they want copies to reside on their hard drives, you'd go the Google Drive/File Transfer route. As others have mentioned, you'd want to code them in a format that will play on ...

Post them on YouTube, choosing "unlisted". Then you send the YouTube URL address to the folks. Unlisted videos can't found using search terms. The only way to find them is to use the URL address. ...

$899 new at B&H, body only. Is that a good price? I'd love to have useable AF for video, which I can't get with my Panny gear.

Dummy battery/converter - $20 on ebay USB powerbank battery 25,800 mAh - $21 on Amazon. With a 256 GB SD card, one can shoot till the card fills up - over 5 hours. The battery is probably good for ...

Don't know.

AF for video pretty much rules out Panasonic. I've seen good things about the XT-4's AF. What I like about the XT-3/4 is the ability to program a delay in touch focus so you can make smooth focus ...

GX85 will do unlimited 4k, and the color will be a better match with the GH5. Sony color does not match Panasonic color. I've shot for 4 hours straight in 90 degree heat with my GX85s. If your ...

"How to Shoot Video that Doesn't Suck". It's more about concepts. For tech info, find your camera model on YouTube. You can also find lighting tutorials there, and info on editing with whatever ...

What video editing software are you using? Go to YouTube, type in the name of your software + "rate stretch" and see what comes up. Likewise with "posterize time".

If you have Premiere, you could use the "rate stretch" tool to shorten the clip to the time length you want, and then use "posterize time" to reduce the frame rate to the look you want. "Posterize ...

Assuming you have a battery in the camera? Maybe you could use a twist tie to attach a fishing weight or a nut (from a nut and bolt) to the strap lug on the right side of the camera. You might have ...

If you're shooting outdoors, a consumer camcorder would be fine. You'll get more zoom range out of a camcorder than most cameras. If you do want the camera experience, Sony makes some smaller ...

A few cameras are now offering 24 bit recording in their flagship models. The rest are all 16 bit. External recorders are at 24 bit. For that reason, I wouldn't bother trying to record music into ...

Any camera can take a good picture if the lighting is good. If you're in a small room, you're still likely to get shadows using a soft box. Google "bounce lighting" on Youtube. Keep in mind, the ...

Try the "natural" profile, and the "standard" profile. If you find yourself wanting to adjust contrast during editing, go back and adjust the contrast settings in camera. If you find yourself ...