FS100 Low Light

[Phil_UK]

Light is everything.. And the FS100 catches it beautifully. Ungraded shots from the Sony FS100 with custom picture profile!

Enjoy

https://vimeo.com/42736004

[fernando97echeverria]

Wow, that was great. Neat lighting, that camera's getting really crisp image.

If you were stateside I'd need to hire you for my feature
But maybe you could just give me some tips on lighting?

[Phil_UK]

Originally Posted by fernando97echeverria

Wow, that was great. Neat lighting, that camera's getting really crisp image.

If you were stateside I'd need to hire you for my feature
But maybe you could just give me some tips on lighting?

Learn the rules.. (3-point lighting is important. What is a key, fill, back,hair,rim light, kicker)
Once you know them.

Break them

I am by no means an expert or professional, but i just love to light! Its everything!

[knightly]

@fernando... put him on an airplane

Nicely done... it's shocking how quickly 1600w of light falls off isn't it?

[Phil_UK]

Originally Posted by knightly

@fernando... put him on an airplane

Nicely done... it's shocking how quickly 1600w of light falls off isn't it?

Yeah. For 1600w, that is indeed quite quick

[Ewan]

Wow, it worked really well. The shadows were really good.

[Phil_UK]

Originally Posted by Ewan

Wow, it worked really well. The shadows were really good.

Thank you!

[navmachine]

Nice test work. The footage looks nice and clean. How far does the camera stop down too?

[USNFilms]

very well done, the footage looks really Nice and I like what you can do with the FS100. I also liked the lens flare caused by the flashlight beam.

[gebo]

This looks great. I want this camera... or maybe a canon c300...
hmm can't afford a t2i better forget it...

thanks for sharing

[Phil_UK]

Want me to shoot a similar test comparing FS100 to Canon T2i?

[WalterB]

Originally Posted by knightly

Nicely done... it's shocking how quickly 1600w of light falls off isn't it?

It sure is, but fall off has, physically speaking, nothing to do with Watts, but with distance between source, subject and backgound

(Twice the distance = loosing 75% of the light.
My Math-English isn't really good but there is an inverted square relation between distance and fall off.
If the source-subject distance (=Ds) is 1 meter and source-backgroud (Dbg) is 4 meter, the background gets 1/(4^2) (that's 1/16th) of the amount of light the subjects gets.
With Ds=2 and Dbg=4 the subject still gets 1/(2^2) (=1/4th of the light).
With a Ds closer to Dbg (like 10 vs 12) the fall off between subject and background is much less. (But you'll need far more power to begin with, because the most of the fall off happens before the light hit the subject in this case.)

BTW, it looks really good.
Fall off doesn't bother me at all.

(When you compare it with a rebel or C300: show some rolling shutter stuff as well )

[Jeff Troiano]

Originally Posted by Phil_UK

Want me to shoot a similar test comparing FS100 to Canon T2i?

I'd love to see that, considering I have both the fs100 and 60D. I love both cameras. My 60D is mainly for stills and HDR.

[knightly]

Originally Posted by WalterB

It sure is, but fall off has, physically speaking, nothing to do with Watts, but with distance between source, subject and backgound

You are correct. I am very familiar with the inverse square law... on our last set, I used a 2K Mole-Richardson as fill for a scene on an indie shoot. It was the strongest light we had and some of the folks on the set were confused why I wasn't using that as key and filling with other fixtures that were closer to the subjects.

I LOVE the inverse square law, I live it, I used as my dimmer for many years... the physics of light fascinate me.

I was just saying it for the sake of the folks who are often forced to use 3x100 bare bulbs in clamp lights due to budgetary constraints... to compare their reality (which I lived for a long time) to a "Low Light" post from a professional. I still don't own (or have much access to) lights that big... my whole kit is 500w open face lights and lower.

Twice the distance, quarter the light! I chant this to myself as I go to sleep, drives my wife crazy!

[brianluce]

were you at 1.4?