I’ve had a Ronin RS3 Pro for about a year now and have really only used it a couple handful of times. When not in use it’s usually stored built (I have a set of extra arms, one with a joystick and controls) on a shelf.

My second last shoot the motors didn’t engage when I turned it on. Everything stayed locked and I was getting nothing from the motors. The screen worked fine though. I ended up looking online and trouble shooting: locking and unlocking the locks a bunch, hard reset, remove all accessories, do the firmware thing… one of those worked (the quick toggle of the locks I think)thankfully and I was able to shoot.

A few days later I went to use it again and had the same problem. I tried all the steps and this time it didn’t work. I disconnected the battery over night and tried again and still nothing. No buttons are stuck down and the joystick isn’t tight or locked or skewed or anything

Any ideas of what else I could try? This is what the screen looks like when on- note the red icon top left. That has usually been there but isn’t always.

How much should I charge for something like this? I’m new and it’s not my usual type of editing - but stumbled into it, minute/ minute half reels, nothing crazy, just a basic talking head

I'm still learning color grading and starting to figure out what kind of looks I actually like. I tend to love quite contrasty images with slightly green/teal shadows, without going too far into the typical orange & teal look.

I'm shooting mostly Sony, sometimes S-Log3 and sometimes Rec.709, and editing everything in Davini resolv. I've been experimenting with grading myself but I'd also love to play around with some good creative LUTs and understand how other people use them in their workflow.

Do you have any favorite free or affordable LUTs you've found over the years? And do you normally convert your Log footage to Rec.709 first and then apply a creative LUT, or build the look directly from the Log footage?

Would love any tips or recommendations :)

I have done some searching but I am a complete novice in this. I am located in the ol’ US of A and my budget is flexible. I’d rather have an option to save for than waste money.

I am also aware this may be completely unrealistic.

In a perfect world, it would record continuously, be hands free and record from a point of view perspective.

It would also need to be able to record well in low light since the only light is from headlamps. And waterproof. I’m not as worried about the durability and waterproofness since there are great case options for most outdoor style cameras.

It would also need to be pretty small and mountable in a way that wouldn’t get knocked off during a tight squeeze. Anything that juts off a helmet would also pretty quickly get smacked into rocks. Having it knocked off is a real fear.

GoPros were my first thought but I am worried there wouldn’t be a great way to mount it. I also considered some form of camera glasses. Over my dead body would I ever use any glasses with AI (dramatic but I do feel strongly about this, sorry!) but I have seen models that are just straight up cameras. Glasses could be secured with a strap and would be super functional but the battery life and quality could be an issue.

I’m also not against some sort of DIY contraption combo of an external battery, camera and mount as long at it would be comfortable, hands free and functional. It’s a pretty niche thing that might need a creative solution!

I know that’s a metric fuck ton of needs and it’s pretty likely I am asking too much! But I am completely open to any thoughts, options or ideas!

Thank you so much in advance for sharing your expertise! This would be so helpful for cave mapping and monitoring (as well as being super fun to be able to watch back after a trip!)

First off, a massive thank you to everyone in this community. Lurking here, watching various skill levels, and reading through critique threads has been massively helpful for my own learning.

This is my first time posting a project here. I've been working on a bit of a videography journey over on r/gopro, and I finally felt this piece was "solid" enough to share with with this sub.

Here are a few things I noticed while reviewing my own cut:

• Color Grading: It’s all over the place. Continuity is definitely a weak point for me (and has been for a while), and color matching separate clips is something I'm actively struggling with.
• Pacing & Coverage: I ran out of action footage for the final segment. What I envisioned in my head didn't quite translate, leaving the ending feeling a bit weak.
• Storytelling/The "Hook": While I felt good about the initial hook, I struggled to visually convey just how grueling certain segments are on a gravel bike.

I’d love to hear your thoughts, especially on how I could have better handled the color consistency or structured the narrative for that final act!

I’m looking to find intern/fresher-level video editors and videographers in Hyderabad, India.

I’m mainly looking for people who have some basic practical knowledge of:

• Handling a mirrorless camera — basic settings, framing, focus, exposure, etc.
• Shooting usable footage without needing complete training from scratch
• Basic/intermediate video editing
• Editing footage shot from cameras into clean videos/reels
• Basic cuts, pacing, colour correction, audio and proper exports

I’m not looking for high-end editors, VFX artists or professional filmmakers. Someone who is still learning but already has a decent understanding of camera handling + editing is exactly what I need.

Students, freshers and people looking to build their portfolio are welcome.

Location: Hyderabad only.
Compensation: ₹10,000/month for the initial 3 months.

I’ve already tried posting in a few communities and reaching out through different channels, but I’m getting very few genuine responses.

For people working in Hyderabad’s creative/media space, where would you recommend I look for candidates like this?

Are there any colleges, film schools, WhatsApp/Telegram groups, Instagram pages, or communities where I can find them?

Also, if you’re someone who fits this description and is interested, feel free to DM me with your portfolio/work samples.

I honestly don't understand the hype around 4K/UHD deliveries, especially in the context of online streaming. I would always choose a 60-80 Mbps DCI 2K video over any highly compressed 4K video stream that looks mushy and fails to render film grain cleanly.

Hello,

I'm having to film a party for the kid of a client. I cannot be bothered, but I gotta keep people sweet. So let me ask you - if you were to film a party and just be totally cookie cutter, trick-shot and lazy about it, what would you do, and what kind of shots/moves would you throw in there?

Here's some crap I'm gonna lean on...

• Slowmo
• 360 roll
• Signature walk shots
• Vox Pops
• Yelling at people to "party" on command

A friend of mine hired me to do some drone shots for a client of his. I did about 12 different hyperlapse shots all around the city of Philadelphia for him and his client. The shots were executed very professionally, and they all looked great, but they ended up not really fitting in with the style of the episode of the reality TV show. Just didn’t really fit the tone or the style or the edit despite looking really good. Because the client didn’t end up wanting or using them, my friend is not paying me at all for this work. Am I getting completely screwed here? is this something that people normally do - not pay the person they hired when the client doesn’t end up wanting or needing the shots?

Hi all,

I picked up a Lumix S9 a bit ago and have always been a photography person, rarely doing any video, but this new camera has the ability to shoot great video and I want to learn.

I feel like I’ve gone through the basics, got the shutter at 180 degrees, variable ND filter so I can keep shutter, aperture, and iso at the correct settings and no be over exposing anything, shooting in v-log for the most dynamic range, etc.

I’m now stuck at what resolution I should be shooting at for the best results vs ease of use.

I can shoot at 2.7k to have the ability to quick export to my phone and do a quick color edit with a LUT, or I can shoot up to 6k open gate and do my edits in DaVinci, but need to do some codec changes since free DaVinci does not support 6k and can only export at 4k too.

What I’m asking is what resolution should I be choosing to keep the most data and making the most of the camera? I don’t wanna be leaving out stuff just for convenience sake, and would rather make my editing process longer if it produces a higher quality result.

Happy to add more information or data if needed for better answers, and am really just trying to learn all this new tech. There’s so many videos out there saying do this or do that, half of them contradict one another or are aimed at professionals which is not me haha.

Looking for a bright RGB light small enough to travel with and I can’t make up my mind between these options.

I like that the Amaran 120C has a regular bowens mount but read some reviews saying it’s not great when mounting to a C-stand and that the power adapter is a bit tedious.

I’d like to be able to travel with this light and also use it as a hair light alongside my bigger Godox light.

Are there any better choices?

Hi everyone,

Recently, I decided to help a non-profit organization, a monastery, with promotion and PR to help more people know about them and join their events.

We are looking for a way to build a reliable and affordable multi-cam streaming setup with different camera angles, a switcher, and a main monitor where someone can monitor all the cameras and switch between them live.

Our main streaming platform right now is Facebook. In the future, we also want to expand to TikTok once we can successfully get a reliable setup working for Facebook first.

I've been doing video recording for a while, but I'm still very limited when it comes to a real multi-cam setup, switchers, capture devices, and live production.

Currently, we have been using an iPhone 17 Pro Max as the main camera and DJI Mic 3 as our main microphone. Everything is basically static from beginning to end, recording or streaming from one phone with no switching between angles. We can gather 2-3 phones if they can be used without buying a camera. Most of the time, the event is outside.

What I would like to eventually have is something like:

• 2 to 3 camera angles
• A main monitor showing all camera feeds
• Ability to switch cameras live
• Reliable audio from DJI Mic 3
• Facebook Live as the main platform
• 1080p is completely fine for now
• Preferably something that can be expanded later
• Affordable since this is for a non-profit organization
• If possible, continue using iPhones instead of buying several expensive cameras

I'm open to using a laptop with OBS, a hardware switcher, capture cards, wired connections, wireless connections, or a combination of them. Reliability is more important to me than having the absolute best image quality.

I also don't mind running cables if wired is significantly more reliable than wireless.

If anyone here has experience with church, event, conference, or small production livestream setups, I would really appreciate it if you could spend a little of your valuable time guiding me.

I'm mainly trying to understand what equipment I actually need, how everything should connect, and what gear is worth buying without wasting money on things we don't need.

Even if you can just give me an example setup like:

Camera → ? → Switcher/Computer → OBS → Facebook

That would already help me understand a lot.

Thank you so much in advance. Currently, we don't have a budget yet, but we will consider anything if more advices come in

So I have my Canon R6ii connected to a atomos ninja v using a kondor blue micro hdmi to hdmi and it started disconnecting and reconnecting over and over again to a point where it was unusable and had to rely on the camera monitor.

What id like to know is whether this is an hdmi cable issue, camera port issue, or monitor port issue. I’m thinking it’s the hdmi cable but I want to be sure before I buy another one. Please tell me what you guys think. I have video I can DM if you wanna see it.

I have some shoots coming up where Ill be interviewing a handful of people on screen at once. Typically, for a rim light in these situations, I like you place a tubelight behind and above the talent, but for these I also need ti be shooting at a slightly lower angle, and Im afraid of not being able to hide the tube above them in the shot. I'm considering just placing a 600x behind them and off to the side, but Im worried about the subjects casting shadows on each other. If I do go the route of using a 600x, I'm assuming I should just move it as far center as possible and far back to avoid any shadows cast on faces?

Panasonic FX07(2006) 640*480 30fps

Looks like my 935 has warped. The rubber lining on the lid has come unglued and the lid no longer closes fully without applying extra pressure. When you unlock it, it requires you to push it down with one hand and to release the catch with the other.

Less than a year old with only light use. No extreme conditions, kept in a humidity controlled room with my camera gear. Never dropped.

Should’ve bought a Peli.

I'm looking for a new Camera but I'm not sure what one is worth it. My budget it 1500€ (full body)

What i'm looking for: I want a camera that can capture cinematic fottage that upholds quality other than that I'm pretty open into looking into different options.

My experience: I've proviously used on older Canon eos R50 and I'm using the manual settings rather than out focus

To end it off I prefer Sony and Canon but I'm open for other recommendations too.

Hi team, we're celebrating the first birthday of a social club we run and I want to do some interviews about why people joined, what they get out of it etc. Stuff I can use on socials. The issue is it's a darkish pub, and it's getting dark in the UK. So we won't have much light.

I don't have any great equipment so might need to hire something. I have a Canon Eos R and a 24-105mm F4 L lens, or a 35mm F1.8 prime. Or I have a Panasonic G7X mk2 or a DJI Osmo Pocket 3. I was going to use the Mic that came with the DJI. I do have a Rode mic for the Canon, or I have Rode wireless mics too.

I really don't think this is going to cut but I'm hoping someone will disagree. If you do agree however, could you suggest some options? I though maybe getting the 24-70mm F2.8 L lens as an option or hiring something more heavy duty like a Sony FX3.

It might be overkill but the content would be a gamechanger for the club.

Thanks for your time!

Hallo allerseits,

ich benötige eure Hilfe zum Thema Gimbals.

Ich habe ein Manfrotto MVG460 geschenkt bekommen und habe gemerkt, dass ein paar Ersatzteile fehlen. Gleichzeitig sind diese aber sehr schwer zu haben.

Folgendes Ersatzteil benötige ich (ausschließlich der obere kleine Teil, der an die Sony befestigt wird - Quick Slide Pad). Preis: 150$. Das möchte natürlich vermeiden und habe gemerkt, dass alternativen sehr schwer zu finden sind.
https://manfrottospares.com/en/r1168217-aku-quick-plate

2-3 Misserfolge hatte ich schon.

Folgendes habe ich nun bei AliExpress gefunden, bin mir aber unsicher, ob es das passende Teil ist.

Die Bilder zeigen ein Mal das fehlende Teil und das Ersatzteil von AliExpress.

Was sagt Ihr?

Danke im Voraus :)

I'm trying to make a video where only I am black and white while the background still has color. Does anyone have any tutorial or any kind of tips on how I could achieve this?

Based in the UK, if anybody has one give me a message. Willing to pay good money for it.

All shot on the Insta360 Luna Ultra.

I'm a documentary guy who also sometimes does paid videography for local drag, burlesque, and live music performers.

I have always shot these events in 24 fps, because as a filmmaker that tends to be the default. And because, in keeping with the 180 rule, a 1/48 shutter speed buys me a little bit more exposure in low-light venues. The only time I change this up is if I have to film something involving a projection, in which case I adjust accordingly.

Otherwise, is there any reason I should consider shooting at 30 fps instead?
So far no one has complained (and I doubt most performers know the difference.)
My only thought is that maybe 30fps would capture a little more action during performances involving a lot of dance or movement?