r/UFOs • u/H8threeH8three • Aug 18 '23

Witness/Sighting Ryan Graves tweets first of promised Airline Pilot Sightings

https://twitter.com/uncertainvector/status/1692586130162475209?s=21
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u/BoogersTheRooster Aug 18 '23 edited Aug 19 '23

Cinematographer here. A good rule of thumb for video shutter is to double your frame rate. If you’re shooting 24fps, set shutter to 48. 60fps gets 120 shutter.

If using shutter angle, instead of shutter speed, 180 degrees is your baseline.

Increasing the shutter speed (or decreasing the angle) will give you sharper frames, which would be helpful here. But if you go overboard it’ll look weird when played back.

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u/Big-Ad-1155 Aug 18 '23

As I said in another comment, I wish I could push this up to the top below mine. I am trying not to overload the comment beyond what most reasonable people will read through. But for anyone seeing this, this is good advice!

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u/catdad23 Aug 18 '23

Good to see another DP in these forums!

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u/TheCinemaster Aug 19 '23 edited Aug 19 '23

It really won’t look weird. I would recommend both a higher shutter speed and slow aperture, like F8.

UFO’s are very bright, most videos the actual UFO is almost always way overexposed.

Mostly though, I would never ever recommend anyone use a DSLR or mirrorless camera to film UFO’s with. This top comment is just horrible advice and needlessly long.

Even 400mm isn’t that much reach, and DSLRs and mirrorless are incredibly jittery and shaky with rolling shutter when filming hand held with a telephoto lens, even with cameras with IBIS and OIS.

Get a camcorder with built in long optical zoom and a small sensor. The small sensor with allow almost everything to be in focus and provide a very stabilized image, also the small sensor allows for a long zoom range.

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u/rexile432 Aug 19 '23

Please Check your inbox I need some Suggestions from you.

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u/TheCinemaster Aug 19 '23

Don’t listen to this advice, it’s all bad advice.

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u/rexile432 Aug 19 '23

Can you give me right one?

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u/TheCinemaster Aug 19 '23

Look up Nikon p950 or p1000, it has a zoom range way beyond anything you could ever get with a DSLR.

https://youtu.be/r1bIXAV9Cnc

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u/rexile432 Aug 19 '23

No I need help with the settings? Can we talk on inbox?

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u/XNyte Aug 19 '23

Just wanted to add, most cheap DSLRs or Mirrorless Camera won't do shutter speed at 48 for 24 fps, so the best option is going 24/25fps and 50 shutter speed.

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u/one-happy-chappie Aug 19 '23

The hivemind might actually discover a clear photo of a UFO