UWOL 50 -- What did you shoot with?

Gordon Hoffman · March 9th, 2019, 08:18 AM

Yes Geir Inge natural sound does put a video up on a whole new level. Sound can take a fair amount of time to do right. It's something you have to do all through the whole video to make it sound right. For me with a long lens and the wind blowing I get very little usable audio with my shots so I have to come up with it after the fact. I'd have to get my act together so I'm not down to the last day before I even start to edit. :)

Gordon

Trond Saetre · March 9th, 2019, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geir Inge

In general, I think we can work more with sound in our UWOL movies.
I remember especially Ruth Happel, joined Uwol from the start.
Just sayin, when it comes to sound we could learn a lot from her videos.

Agreed! She was/is a master of the sound. Learned much from her.

Yes, most of the feedback throughout the years since the beginning of UWOL, has focused on content and image quality/framing, and so on.
Very little focus on the sound quality and/or sound equipment.

So to start:
What sound equipment do you guys use for the UWOL challenges?
I have very limited sound gear myself:
Shure SM58 handheld, with a 10 meter cable. Should probably have picked another one, as this one gives a very low volume, which I need to boost in post. But sound quality is good.
Rode Videomic (the first version, which I bought in 2003, I think it was), in addition to the built in mic of the XF300.
The built in mic of the XF300. Surprisingly I find this sometimes to be even better than the two others, especially indoors.

Trond Saetre · March 9th, 2019, 11:48 AM

It could also be interesting to hear what settings and codecs you use for the UWOL videos.
Software: Adobe Media Encoder CS6
The originals with AVID DNxHR,
and for UWOL:
H.264 1080p 25fps, 2-pass VBR 14mbps target bitrate, with max render quality.
Audio: AAC, 320kbps bitrate

Gordon Hoffman · March 10th, 2019, 08:07 PM

Trond I use a Zoom H5 to record audio. I use the onboard stereo mics to record ambient audio. I will also use it with a Sennheiser ME66 shotgun mic which I do have a blimp for. I also record my narration with the H5 and ME66.

Gordon

Mark Williams · March 10th, 2019, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Mailath

How do you find the ECT mode? I've never been really happy with it (only tried a couple of time and gave up on it) but I might have to revisit it

I have a GH5 and Oly 75-300 lens. With ETC on I get nice detail.

March 9th, 2019, 08:18 AM	#16
Gordon Hoffman Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pincher Creek, Alberta Canada Posts: 619	Re: UWOL 50 -- What did you shoot with? Yes Geir Inge natural sound does put a video up on a whole new level. Sound can take a fair amount of time to do right. It's something you have to do all through the whole video to make it sound right. For me with a long lens and the wind blowing I get very little usable audio with my shots so I have to come up with it after the fact. I'd have to get my act together so I'm not down to the last day before I even start to edit. :) Gordon

March 9th, 2019, 11:48 AM	#18
Trond Saetre Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 3,375	Re: UWOL 50 -- What did you shoot with? It could also be interesting to hear what settings and codecs you use for the UWOL videos. Software: Adobe Media Encoder CS6 The originals with AVID DNxHR, and for UWOL: H.264 1080p 25fps, 2-pass VBR 14mbps target bitrate, with max render quality. Audio: AAC, 320kbps bitrate

March 10th, 2019, 08:07 PM	#19
Gordon Hoffman Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pincher Creek, Alberta Canada Posts: 619	Re: UWOL 50 -- What did you shoot with? Trond I use a Zoom H5 to record audio. I use the onboard stereo mics to record ambient audio. I will also use it with a Sennheiser ME66 shotgun mic which I do have a blimp for. I also record my narration with the H5 and ME66. Gordon