HELP with filming

[leedrill]

am hoping someone can help me with this one does anyone own a contour camera i have the [roam 2] and am going to film some shells and rockets with it but dont really have he ability to test film to get the exposures right

has anyone given filming a show with a contour a go, and do they have any advice for me

Edited August 11, 2013 by leedrill

[NightHawkInLight]

I don't know that camera specifically, but the most important factor is to set the focus to manual and put it to infinity. If you're using super bright metallic stars your ISO should be on the lowest setting possible. 160 or 200 or whatever it is. If they're pretty dim stars like blue or charcoal streamers you might turn the ISO up to around 400. I assume you can't adjust the shutter speed or aperture on that camera so focus and ISO should be all you need to mess with.

 

Even more important than the camera settings is to get the fireworks in frame so pay attention to where you're pointing it and don't shake it all over the place. Move it slowly and smoothly if you're going from pointing one place to another. If you're swinging it wildly around trying to catch everything it will give you a headache to watch. Better to miss some of the fireworks than to have footage too shaky and jumpy to be worth watching.

[pyroman2498]

If you have a DSLR by a chance , a wide angle prime lens seems to work best for me .