GH5 in Real Estate Photo & Video & 12-60mm Smooth Iris Shift
Photo Moment - May 26, 2017
I just did a nice Real Estate shoot yesterday using the GH5, and wanted to share the process, camera settings, and more.
PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S PHOTO MOMENT (MANY ARE AFFILIATE LINKS… affiliate links make me a little bit of $ but cost you nothing more!):
•• Panasonic Leica 12-60mm f/2.8-4 ••
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•• Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm f/4.0 ASPH ••
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•• Manfrotto Nitrotech N8 Video Head ••
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VIDEOS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S PHOTO MOMENT:
Unboxing: Manfrotto Nitrotech N8 Video Head Tripod: https://youtu.be/t1l-Kc0DG98
Real Estate Photography: https://youtu.be/H35e-rQtwTU
Interior Design Photography: https://youtu.be/jUjIw2NVyXY
I thought I would chime in on this topic since I am a big fan of using the smooth iris for shots of subjects when you move from inside to outside. First I want to point out that this iris is in both the 12-60 lenses Panasonic Offers plus the V2 12-35, V2 35-100 and the brand new 8-18 (my favorite new lens for indoor to outdoor work). Another point I want to make is that if you use the Auto video mode you run the risk of a shutter speed change that creates a stutter in the video (I noticed this in the barn pan), I usually use this feature in shutter priority since I can lock the shutter speed on angle and not have it change and only need the iris to change, this is where auto ISO with thresholds comes in handy. I set the ISO to a low of 400 (V-LOG shooter) and a high point that gets me the exposure I need for the interior (usually never higher than 3200) and Bob's your Uncle, you get incredibly smooth exposure changes without any fuss. if you don't want to use Shutter priority but you are worried about the stutter happening when the shutter changes to a faster than desirable shutter speed, you can use the flicker decrease function (the second item on page 3/4 of the movie camera tab) but the problem with this feature is it can only be used with the camera mode dial set to a photo mode (not the video camera mode). Flicker decrease allows you to set the maximum shutter speed the camera will use.
Love the topic BTW,
Matt Frazer
More than half of our clients are realtors and although we started the company with 360 interactive web tours, we had to adapt and also offer real estate photography. A technique that offers better quality and will save you time on your real estate shots is to import your 20mp photo into Premiere pro and output in 4k or less. This allows you to create smooth 60fps pans moving around the photo, but giving the illusion of video. You will want to turn progressive off to avoid a jittery look. Feel free to see how we incorporate HDR in real estate 360 www.visibletour.com. -Jared
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