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Handheld Run‑and‑Gun Setup
We shot a test scene in low light to evaluate noise performance at 3200 ISO. The Mini LF held up remarkably well, with minimal noise in shadows after a light NR pass in Resolve. The Sigma FF primes were a bit soft wide open but sharpened nicely. Next time I’ll bring a bounce board — the Easyrig made long takes possible but the contrast suffered.
Continue reading →Organizing B‑Roll with Keywords
I developed a keyword hierarchy for interviews vs. cutaways. Using bins with custom metadata fields sped up assembly by 30%. Key takeaway: be consistent with naming from ingest. Also, colour‑coding clips by scene saved hours of searching.
Continue reading →Custom LUTs via USB‑C
You can load LUTs directly onto the monitor using a USB‑C stick formatted as exFAT. The trick is to place them in a folder named “LUTs” at the root. I now keep a master LUT library on a tiny drive in my kit — saves 15 minutes of cable hunting onset.
Continue reading →PluralEyes vs. Resolve Sync Bin
For multicam interviews, Resolve’s auto‑sync using waveform is shockingly good — almost always faster than PluralEyes. But PluralEyes still wins when you have scratch audio from multiple cameras and a separate recorder. I now start with Resolve and only fall back to PluralEyes for problem clips.
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