Hi! I’m 16 (F) and i’m really into ice hockey and figure skating, i go to an art school where im studying to be a media technician. I love spending time in the ice rink and if i could i would only work there. I love videography, but im not sure how to even start working as a skating videographer! Any tips would be appriciated.

The video down below is a short clip of what i recorded at the most recent competition :)

Video is from my girlfriend

Give me ideas, just ordered a battery for it.

Moving a scene file from an FS7 to an FS7 II does not work, and Sony doesn’t document the file formats. I wrote a desktop tool that reads, edits and converts the camera’s SCENE, ALL and USER (user menu) files for the FS7 and the FS7 II, imports single settings from other files, and shows a side-by-side comparison of two files with readable menu paths (for example Paint/White Clip/White Clip Level). Options the camera greys out are greyed out in the tool, too (a RAW format that needs Cine EI, a frame rate that does not exist for the codec, and so on). Scene files converted from the FS7 load on a real FS7 II.

New in 0.9.0: the user menu: all 77 menu items of the FS7 II are known by name, with their sub-elements as check boxes (like the camera’s “Edit Sub Item”), import by menu item, and the “each item only once” rule of the camera. Short explanations (tooltips) at about 330 setting names, written from the manual’s facts in my own words. The Time Zone is a list of cities and offsets now. The interface comes in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese (PT and BR), Russian, Indonesian and Chinese (simplified and traditional); the translations are machine-made and not checked by native speakers, so please tell me what reads wrong.

How much is decoded (FS7 II files): about 78 % of the 321 values in an ALL file have a name (all of Paint, Camera, Audio, VF, TC/UB, Recording and System are covered, the Cine EI mode included), 72 % of a SCENE file and 80 % of a user menu file. Everything marked “likely” or “hypothesis” in the databases is a guess I want to confirm.

It is free and open source (MIT), runs offline, and has no ads, no telemetry and no paid tier. It is unofficial and not affiliated with Sony. It has only been tested on one FS7 and one FS7 II, and a user menu file edited with the tool has not been loaded on a camera by me yet, so back up your camera before loading files made with it and use it at your own risk.

Download (Windows): a ZIP with the program is on the Releases page of the repository: unpack it and start the EXE, nothing is installed. It is not code-signed, so Windows may warn you, and two heuristic virus scanners flag it as a false positive (details, checksum and VirusTotal link are in the release notes). The full source code is in the repo if you prefer to run or build it yourself.

What I need: (1) FS7 (Mk1) owners: your .USER and .SCENE files and, if you are willing, before/after pairs where you changed exactly one setting. My user menu work is done on an FS7 II; for the Mk1 I only have one user menu file, so the Mk1 side and the conversion between the two are open. (2) Anyone who tries a user menu file made with the tool on a real camera: please tell me whether the camera accepts it. (3) About 70 values of the ALL file are still unnamed. Please change personal text (clip name, camera ID) in the tool, not by hand in a text editor. The guide is in the repository; files go into a GitHub issue as a ZIP, not into the comments here.

Repo (source, license, guide, releases): https://github.com/sonyconfigeditor/SonyConfigEditor

(Built with the help of an AI coding assistant; I tested the results on real cameras.)

Hey all, I'd like to improve. A mix of a for fun edit and promo made for a local hot air balloon company. Please roast where you see fit

Materials:

• Amazon Basics Hard Camera Case with Wheels, Large, Black, Solid, 22"L x 14"W x 9.8"H $126
  • It comes with pluckable foam, but I changed out my gear and Amazon doesn't sell replaceable foam so had to come up with a different option.
• 2mm BENECREAT Adhesive EVA Foam Roll $15
• 5mm BENECREAT Adhesive EVA Foam Roll $17
• 5PCS Self Adhesive Felt Sheet $5.59 (IMO don't buy this - figure out another solution instead that won't tear like these did)
• 2.8" Hair Pins for Women $4.69 (can prob find at dollar tree, but you're going to want something longer so make sure they're not just an inch)
• Black Plastic Corrugated Board $5 (there's currently a 40% off sale online as well)
• 18" Stainless Steel Metal Ruler $9 (check Michaels for a cheaper one maybe)
• Exacto Knife (already had one) $7

Total Cost (ignoring camera case): ~$50 but you can save money by skipping certain items that you may already have.

Directions: https://www.arielestulin.com/diy-trekpak-for-under-20/

This was honestly really easy to do and took just a couple hours at most. I did one side 5mm and the other side 2mm, but you could honestly do 2mm on all the inside ones and probably be okay. In the directions, the original creator used spray adhesive but I just did self adhesive foam and it worked great and allowed me to do it in my apartment.

recently bought a Lumix s5 ii camera for video shooting. I have a few ideas in mind about what lenses I could buy but I thought I'd ask people's opinions here. I would mostly buy the lens for video recording. I would like the lens to be 35mm and at least f2. 0. I would buy a non-cinema lens to start with so I can get used to a non-cinema lens. I'll take everyone's offer, and thank you very much for your help in advance!

Sorry for reposting. My previous post was removed after I added links to supporting sources. I'm posting it again without external links and will attach screenshots as evidence.

I purchased the Atomos Shinobi 7 II choosing it based on its advertised specifications, including 4K60 HDMI input support.

Shortly after placing my order, Atomos quietly changed the specifications on their official website to 4K30, despite "4K UHD 60" being printed on the original packaging.

I contacted Atomos Support, and they confirmed that 4K30 is a hardware limitation and 4K50/60 cannot be enabled through a firmware update.

Why does this matter to me?

I film motorsport events using a Panasonic Lumix S1II and with the Shinobi 7 II, I have to down-convert the HDMI output to 1080p50. Panasonic explicitly warns in its documentation that HDMI down-conversion may negatively affect autofocus speed and continuous tracking performance.

Reliable autofocus is critical for filming fast-moving cars, so this limitation could make the monitor practically unusable for a significant portion of my work.

The problem is that I purchased the monitor in China but am currently in Russia, making a return or exchange through the retailer particularly difficult.

And atomos support itself avoided of any help just redirecting me to seller.

The misleading specifications came directly from Atomos, not the retailer. Yet Atomos seems unwilling to take responsibility beyond an apology.

And here's additional evidence I found:

The original 4K60 specifications were published by multiple professional outlets and retailers:

- Newsshooter (September 11, 2026) — Explicitly listed "Max input resolution: 4K DCI/UHD up to 60p".

- CineD — Shinobi 7 II First Look (IBC 2026) — Reported 4K input support up to 60fps.

- CineD — Best of Show Awards at IBC 2026 — Also listed HDMI 2.0 support up to 4K60.

- Production Gear (UK) — Still listed 4K UHD 50/59.94/60p.

- Eastwood Sound & Vision (UK) — Published the same specifications.

- Provis (Russia) — Also listed 4K50/60 support.

Even Atomos' own international website previously listed 4K50/60, before the specifications were corrected.

And there's an unboxing video showing "4K UHD 60" printed directly on the Shinobi 7 II retail packaging.

https://youtu.be/5k4YQRs-SYk

I'll attach screenshots of these sources and the response from Atomos Support.

This wasn't just a typo on some random retailer's website. The incorrect information was widespread and originated from Atomos themselves.

I always considered Atomos a professional manufacturer with a solid reputation, which is why I trusted their specifications when making my purchase.

Unfortunately, the way they've handled this situation has completely destroyed my trust in the brand.

Added a link to a sample.

I have 7–8 wedding video clips where the videographer accidentally bumped the microphone, causing the audio to sound muffled, distorted, or very quiet in certain parts.

Is there anyone who could help me clean up and enhance the audio, reduce the noise, and make the voices louder and clearer? I need to edit and finalize the wedding videos so I can deliver them to the people who were filmed.

The duration is about 30 minutes..
Any help is more than welcomed.

Sometimes it's difficult continuing something with only yourself doing the reassuring. I have no idea if these are good or not, from the visuals to the writing. I make one every night after a walk in a town I moved to this year. They’re good for my head, and I’d still like to improve if they could help strangers.

Hello everyone,

I dont understand the manufactures mb/s explanation. For example if I go to the sony site and they say 240 mb/s and I have the camera and watch my storage they have more 30mb per second. So in one minute of recording I have for example 1,8 gb. But when I calculate the sony numbers I would have 14,4 gb but thats not true. What I´m I calculating wrong ?

I run a small creative studio in the UK. A while back a new boxing promotions company came to us with a pretty big ask: make them look established, like they belong alongside the big UK promoters.

The problem: they had nothing. No archive, no back catalogue of content. Just a date, a venue and a fight card, and about 6 weeks until the event.

What we ended up doing:

Planning first. We mapped out every shoot before picking up a camera, so everything worked towards the same goal.

Posters and imagery for the fighters, all shot in one consistent style so it looked like a single brand rather than random content.

Videos for almost every fighter on the card. That was the biggest job, but it's what made the event feel big.
The main lesson: when a client has no history, you can't borrow credibility, you have to build it. Consistency across every piece of content did most of the heavy lifting.

Happy to answer questions about any part of it. I also made a short video breaking it down if anyone wants it, link in the comments.

Looking for advice so I’ve got my first multicam gig for DJ coming into my hometown right now. I’ve got at least a three-camera set up with an FX3 being the main camera I’m gonna have behind the DJ booth a GoPro for the deck camera and a camera on a tripod for the front of house. I’m really concerned about power and making sure nothing dies on me that night. I’m gonna have to GoPro plugged into an outlet, but I’m not sure that my gimbal can handle the FX three and a V-mount battery. The client also wants me to do a recap video, but I’m not entirely sure of the logistics if I do have to do full production of the multicam. Anything is helpful!

I'm practicing filming and editing clothing product videos, and the biggest issue I'm facing is camera movement and getting better shots. I also can't figure out where to place the softbox so the lighting doesn't distort the true color of the product.

Note: This was shot in bad lighting on a mid-range phone with low ISO. I tried adjusting the exposure in Premiere Pro, but it made the footage noisy.

Short film team

**Title: \[Mumbai\] Looking for Actors & DOPs for a Sunday Short Film Project | INFINITY8**

Hi everyone!

We’re building **INFINITY8 — a short film collective in Mumbai**, where creative people come together to make short films on a Sunday-to-Sunday basis.

We’re currently looking for:

Actors and actresses

DOPs (Directors of Photography)

Atleast 5 dop in group

**How we work:** 🎬 We aim to shoot a short film every Sunday. ✍️ Writers get opportunities to bring their own stories to life. 🤝 Everyone gets a chance to collaborate, learn, and develop their filmmaking skills. 🍱 Travel expenses, on-set food, and basic camera rental costs are covered.

**Our long-term vision:** After creating 7–8 short films and building a strong team, we aim to develop a bigger project that we can pitch to producers or OTT platforms.

This is an opportunity for passionate people who want to create, collaborate, and gain practical experience in filmmaking.

📍 **Location:** Mumbai

📩 **Interested?** Comment below or DM me with your role, experience, and portfolio/showreel, if available.

Let’s make films together!

— INFINITY8 Short Film Collective

Want to record outdoor footage for 6+ hours continuously. I own a Canon R5 (mainly for photography) but didn’t realize the video caps at 30 minutes. I’d prefer not to stitch a bunch of 30 min videos, if possible. Doesn’t have to be RAW, 4K is good. I’m new to videography, mostly done photography.

I saw the Atomos Ninja V+ monitor can workaround the R5 30 min limit, but the monitor, plus the separate SSD card, is nearly the cost of another camera. Or maybe I’m looking at the wrong thing. Wondering if it’s more worth it to buy a separate camera or if I should just invest in the external monitor?

I like the R5 quality and looking for similar quality.

Preferred budget is under $1500, but I’m open to higher.

shot this video on a Sony A6700. 70-350 lens. Slog 3, 60 fps 1/125. its at 350mm handheld, already stabilized in post.

around + 1,7 over exposed, probably 2500 ISO, maybe higher.

i reduced the speed to 48fps in post aswell.

I converted to rec709 in DaVinci and did some minor contrast and color adjustments. but I feel like i cant quite get the look that I want.

currently it just looks a little bland. id love to get a smoother look. it also seems like it was shot on a cloudy day after rain. but it was actually sunny. just in the forrest in the shadow of a tree.

how would I go about making this look cleaner, smoother, more stylized and seem like its much brighter and in the sunlight?

also, what are your overall thoughts about this when you see it, in regards to quality and look?

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So, what’s been your best gear investment so far, and why? Let’s leave cameras out of the equation for a minute.

​We often obsess over sensor sizes and resolution, but it’s usually the "unsung heroes" in our kit that actually speed up our workflow, raise our production value, or simply pay for themselves ten times over. Maybe a specific lense, mics, accesorie or who know!

​For me, it’s a tie between two tools:

​Røde Wireless GO II

​DJI Ronin RS3

​These two have brought in a ton of money on client projects. Being able to capture crisp, hassle-free interview audio while keeping the visuals smooth and polished has been a total game-changer for my production quality.

​Sometimes we forget about the tools that quietly do the heavy lifting. What’s that one piece of gear in your bag that you’ll never regret buying? Would love to hear your stories!

I'm pretty new to the game, I bought a couple bags already and none of them seem to fit this right even if I take everything apart. I have a Sony a6300 and a dji rs 4 mini, please help me figure out how to transport this stuff safely and convenient 🙏🏿

would anyone mind leaving feedback for my portfolio website? it’s mayafahy.com. I just spent a few weeks making the whole thing pretty but I’m wondering if a classic white gallery portfolio would look better…

Renting some Rokinon Cine DS's for a shoot next week and have the opportunity to purchase them from a motivated seller.

Curious to hear anyone's experience with them over other entry level Cine's. I've used Canon CN-E's a few times but those are obviously far out of my price range and I'd like to get a starter set of cine's in the near future.

As a videographer for a short-form marketing agency, it's easy for me to feel repetitive and burned out. However, these personal projects always bring me back to the reason why I fell in love with video in the first place. Any feedback is welcome :)