What do you film in? 1080p vs 2.7k ?

[FRS]

I am filming a property tomorrow and keep debating on 1080p or 2.7k. What do you guys normally film in?

 

[Buckaye]

1080p if you're using it for straight video it's probably the highest resolution you need.. If you want to pull stills from it than a higher resolution might be better

 

[CaptMike]

I'm at 1080 also and Medium. No props or anything in my video's.

Something I decided to do before I read it here was Do Not Select the FPV mode in the Phantom SW. The camera will move more with the FPV mode selected.

 

[Mike]

2.7k - especially useful if you plan on doing any lens distortion correction.

 

[FRS]

Hmm.. tough choices here. The property sits on 20 acres so I wanted to get a good height shot so distortion is definitely in my mind. I also want to get stills so 2.7k might be my best bet. I've always shot in 1080 medium and have never had a problem.

 

[CaptMike]

Hmm.. tough choices here. The property sits on 20 acres so I wanted to get a good height shot so distortion is definitely in my mind. I also want to get stills so 2.7k might be my best bet. I've always shot in 1080 medium and have never had a problem.

You can get stills from the video (any) if using the GoPro software. I posted a Link last week.

 

[AerialCinemaGuy]

To get the best results from my GoPro H3 Black, I shoot in 2.7 cine RAW RAW white balance, Then I color correct do a 2.35 crop and export in pro res 422 and down convert to 1080 or leave it 2K depends on where it's going. Here are a few shots I did in that mode, these were low light as well..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuGjIM3 ... EoRtFbIo3Q

 

[KwadKopter]

220, 221, whatever it takes!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3kxAA2L4Q[/youtube]

 

[Buckaye]

220, 221, whatever it takes!

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3kxAA2L4Q[/youtube]

Haha classic

 

[Mike]

 

[Gizmo3000]

It really does depend on what kind of results you want. 2.7k with Protune offers the highest quality and flexibility tho.
..but I often shoot Video+Stills so I shoot 1080/30, or even 1440/24+stills

 

[Zoeconner]

Aerial do you use gopro studio at all?

 

[helishmeli]

To get the best results from my GoPro H3 Black, I shoot in 2.7 cine RAW RAW white balance, Then I color correct do a 2.35 crop and export in pro res 422 and down convert to 1080 or leave it 2K depends on where it's going. Here are a few shots I did in that mode, these were low light as well..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuGjIM3 ... EoRtFbIo3Q

******* that is beautiful. can you teach me to make videos like this? mine do not come out nearly as cool as yours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qnbY7CROTg

 

[Guondersub]

Does 2.7K increase the jello risk?

For me switching from H3 2D to H3 3D meant changing fishtail effect for jello

Alberto

 

[adanac]

What software do you use that you are able to transcode to prores?

To get the best results from my GoPro H3 Black, I shoot in 2.7 cine RAW RAW white balance, Then I color correct do a 2.35 crop and export in pro res 422 and down convert to 1080 or leave it 2K depends on where it's going. Here are a few shots I did in that mode, these were low light as well..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuGjIM3 ... EoRtFbIo3Q

 

[AerialCinemaGuy]

Ok here is my exact settings and work flow. Hero 3 black. 2.7 k cine raw white balance protune on of course.
I also use a custom made acrylic ND8 filter I basically found a 77mm plastic (but nice) nd, I then trimmed it down and fit it into the outer rim of a knock off GoPro lens cap.
This was not an easy task to hand trim this thing, at first I thought I would be able to make 3 from one 77mm filter however it would crack and chip so I ended up with only one
It weighs nothing, and zero balance issues on the gimbal.
Once I shoot, I take the card right into GoPro Studio, I remove fisheye and render in the highest quality setting. I then export the rendered file as 2.7k Archive (its pretty large)
then run that through Apple Compressor and put a 2.35 (Panavision) crop on it. Regardless I never see props even before the crop. You can fix that by adjusting the vertical tilt max on the gimbal advanced settings to a less number, and always try to fly backwards to get those sweeping shots. I then output in ProRes 422HQ, and up load to YouTube. thats pretty much it. I do a bit a Color Correction in GoPro Studio, and then check the levels in FCP. I hope that answers some of your questions