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I understand the benefits of false color. The OP at first stated he was using it for ratios but then later on said he was doing run & gun doc shoots and only needed to see where his skin and highlights were sitting that’s why I suggested zebras as they would just appear over his camera lut and he wouldn’t need to be constantly switching Luts.
Good idea on the black & white gray false color but not sure I have the skill or knowledge to create that. Its now something I must research 🙂
I expose by eye but pull up the waveform to just see where everything is sitting. Im colorblind so fall color is pointless to me. to many hues look similar. zebras would be even faster and no need to switch to a false color lut especially if all your doing is checking skin and highlights. Most cameras allow you to set two sets for whatever IRE you need.
My wife and I have made a few extremely low budget features and know the amount of work that goers into it just being two people that basically did it all so congrats on that. Seeing you struggle with the filter knowing that those mics have clips on them I had to laugh 🙂
I would use physical filters personally. It’s just an added step in post that needs applied and adjusted for every clip. Like Stip said if you see what it actually looks like on set you can decide to fix it etc. I say get the image as close as you want the final look to be in camera.
I will say that any raw format with be large amounts of data so plan on budgeting for hard drives and having a laptop with you to transfer all of that data. Lumix and Sony cameras that shoot 10 bit log internally will have much smaller file sizes and still give you plenty to work with in post but really you want to get a good exposure no matter what. Even raw won’t completely fix a botched exposure. It may help but it still doesn’t work miracles. Some reasons to shoot raw video is it will bypass any of the internal processing of. the cameras especially consumer mirrorless. So if the manufacturer does some type of sharpening etc to their internal codecs it will bypass all of that. The other main reason to shoot raw would be the color fidelity which is 12bit or higher depending on formats and cameras systems. if your target audience is regular people they aren’t going to know the difference in any of the technical camera stuff As long as the story is good and the dialogue is clean the picture matters less.
looks good for your intended look. I like all the small battery powered lights available these days in replace or set near practicals as they are controllable for color temps and output and no risk of flickering etc. so basically lighting with practical positioning but using better lights/ bulbs etc. if that makes sense.
Honestly I’d keep using the S5 id you already own it. I just bought one myself. Better sensor and low light performance than the BM cameras IMO and I find Panasonics V-Log and color science one of the better LOG profiles. The IBIS in the S5 is great. I hate to say it but if you can’t get the images you want from the S5 the other cameras are going to be any better, Id invest in lenses or if you are wanting better recording codecs an external recorder like the BM Video Assist or Ninja V. IM not sure there is a better camera under $2k.
