Filming on snow

[Marcfly]

Hi,

I am planning to film my kids skying , anyone recommend an ideal config for the camera.
Let us say a configuration for cloudy and one for sunny (but not snowing !)

What filter should I use and what camera set up ? Any tips ?

Thanks guys

 

[dcoski]

Your goal is to slow the shutter down. To get rid of that jumpy look and IMHO looks better. So what you are shooting for is a shutter speed twice of what your frame speed is, as in 1080/60fps you would want 1/120th shutter speed. Or 4k/30fps or 24 you will want to be near 1/60th shutter speed. On a bright sunny day it is hard get one of thoughts targets, my biggest ND is ND32 filter and wasn't enough, but it looks better than it would of.

 

[Solar Deity]

Camera manually set to 1080/60 fps. Shutter speed manually set to 120th/second.
ND filter of 4 F Stops when sunny on snow/ice
ND filter of 3 F Stops when cloudy on snow/ice.

That's a good starting point. You can check exposure with the histogram or exposure meter.

Without ND filters, camera on auto, then reduce the camera's EV to -2 with the exposure wheel when sunny on snow/ice. A little less when cloudy. (-1.6, -1.3 or -1.0)

SD

 

[Marcfly]

Thank you all for your reply.
I will look at all the config and If you do not mind come back to you with questions If any.
Will be a challenge but this is how you learn !!
Many thanks
Ps where is good place you recommend for these ND filters ?

 

[MedinaTaylor]

I use Polar Pro filters. They work great, and are very light so not to throw your gimbal off.

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[JASKJosh]

I see this is an old post, but good info. Thanks