<\/a>Part I: The Camera<\/strong><\/h5>\nFirst, toggle switch to video mode<\/p>\n
Start Fresh<\/strong>
\nGo to Menu > Wrench > 4: Clear all camera settings
\nGo to Menu > Wrench > 1: Format card<\/p>\nSet your quality<\/strong>
\nGo to Menu > Camera > 4 > Movie rec quality
\n>>> Change to MOV
\n>>> Change to FHD 23.98P (24p) for a \u201cfilmic look\u201d<\/p>\nGet good audio<\/strong>
\nGo to Menu > Camera > 4 > Sound Recording
\n>>> Set Sound rec. to Manual<\/p>\nSet shutter speed<\/strong>
\nShutter speed should be double the frame rate.<\/em>
\nFrame rate is 24p, but 48 is not an option, so select 50 (no reason to change this once you start shooting)<\/p>\n\n- Aperture and ISO – two ways to brighten your image<\/li>\n
- Aperture: Higher number equals darker image (the range of numbers is determined by lens type)
\nISO: take off Auto. Start at 100, next 320, next 640, next 800. Never higher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nColor temperature<\/strong>
\nThe world is full of light. Light can change color or \u201ctemperature\u201d depending on the setting and source. Tell the camera the current color temperature to get accurate representation in your recorded footage.<\/em><\/p>\nTo set color temp:
\nQ button > Tap White Balance control (just below back arrow)
\nYou can set manually or use a preset<\/p>\n
Part II: The Audio Recorder<\/h5>\n\n- Turn on recorder.<\/li>\n
- Go to Menu > Others > System > Initialize (resets settings)<\/li>\n
- Go to Menu > Others > System > Quick Format (reformats SD card)<\/li>\n
- Go to Menu > Others > System > Battery > Ni-MH (if you are using rechargeable batteries from DMX)<\/li>\n
- Go to Menu > Basic > Input 1\/2: Change to XLR\/TRS<\/li>\n
- Go to Menu > basic > Input \u00be: Change to XLR\/TRS (default setting is for internal mics)<\/li>\n
- Go to Menu > Record > File Type: Change to Mono (this records each channel on an individual track)<\/li>\n
- Go to Menu > Record > Format: Change to WAV 24-bit<\/li>\n
- Go to Menu > Record > Sample: Change to 48K or higher<\/li>\n
- IN MOST CASES:
\nIf you are using a mic that requires phantom power:<\/em>
\nGo to Menu > Input > Input Gain: Mic + Phantom (it will ask if you are sure that\u2019s what you want)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Product manuals (you will leave this page and go to a site…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-1160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1160\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}