Filming scenario for keynotes, talks, events, and performances.
💎 These image quality settings will produce fantastic detail, color, and dynamic range without needing to color grade.
Rotate the Mode Dial to Movie Mode
Set the File Format to XAVC S 4K
Set the Record Setting to:
Set the Picture Profile to PPOFF
Set the Creative Style to Standard
🧙 If you prefer a more natural look or a better starting point for color grading, I recommend increasing saturation slightly while lowering contrast and sharpness.
🧙 DRO/Auto HDR brightens the shadows and produces an image with more dynamic range.
Set DRO/Auto HDR to Lv5
🧙 SteadyShot stabilizes footage when hand-holding the camera, however, it's only available with lenses that have image stabilization built-in.
Set SteadyShot to On
🎭 These autofocus settings allow the camera to focus on the speaker/performer continuously while also giving you the option to tap the screen to focus on something else.
Set the Focus Mode to AF-C
Set the Focus Area to Wide
Set Face/Eye Priority to On
Set the AF Drive Speed to Normal
Set the AF Tracking to Responsive
🧙 Touch Tracking continuously tracks and focuses on whatever you touch on the LCD screen.
🗣️ These exposure settings provide flexibility when filming a subject under various artificial light sources indoors.
Set the Exposure Mode to Aperture Priority
🧙 The lowest possible aperture F-number depends on your lens and focal length (zoom).
Set the Aperture to the Lowest F-Number
Set the ISO to Auto
Set the Metering to Multi
Set Auto Slow Shutter to On
Set the White Balance to AWB (Auto White Balance)
🧙 AWB White Priority can help correct warm color shifts caused by artificial light.
Set AWB Priority to White
🌓 Steps to make the image brighter or darker.
Decrease [-] the Exposure Compensation to -0.3, -0.7 or -1.0
Increase [+] the Exposure Compensation to +0.3, +0.7 or +1.0
🎤 These audio settings are intended for a dedicated microphone, which will significantly enhance the quality of your audio.
Connect a Microphone into the Mic Input
Set Audio Level Display to On
Set Audio Recording to On
🧙 To prevent the audio from clipping, make sure the audio levels never surpass -3db while talking into the mic.