White balance – this is a tool which is used to make sure that the type of lighting in what your filming looks realistic. White balance can be incorrect for example for your footage is too blue or orange. The white balance button is situated on the left hand side of the back of the camera.
If you are shooting inside, you should see a picture of a light bulb on the screen. This is there to show that you are shooting inside.
If you are shooting outside, you will see the picture of a sun on the screen.
Below shows an example of incorrect white balance and correct white balance:
Incorrect white colour balance
Correct white colour balance
Gain – gain is linked with exposure and is used when there is not enough natural light in the place where you’re filming. Even though this can make shots brighter, it can also affect the quality too. Gain is measured in db and the camera should usually stay around 12 – the lowest which you can go to is 0 and the highest is 18.
Shutter speed – Shutter speed refers to the amount of frames which occur during a second of footage. In television, the number of frames per second is 24 and in video, the number is 50. To speed up your footage you would have to decrease the shutter speed and to decrease it, you would do the reverse. The shutter speed button can be found between gain and white balance.
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