4K. Using the built in ND filters & a variable one, on the FZ2000 / FZ2500 / FZH1 camera.

[@pepebenitezruiz]

thank you... how change the aperture? using dial. I see very smooth the change

[@TheVedicObserver]

Nice video Flick...Right now I can't understand 100% everything you're talking about (specially in the description)...but no problem...one day I will...Now, regarding the sound...two questions... First question is about your Zoom recorder..... They have released- I believe - up to number H6 nowadays (quite costly by the way)...So, since yours...they have released numbers 3,4,5 and 6....Would you mind telling us which one would you buy nowadays...if you had to?...It can only run on batteries? Second question : I was considering to buy the Lavalier mic from Rode...which works only if it is attached to the camera since it gets the power from it...Do you think this is a good idea?...Please let us know...Thanks again.

[@TVRDAFT]

Another H"N Sir. :-) The other recorders are indeed superb, but I have no need of what they offer. The H2N does everything I want and require. The Rode is a fine Mic. You can use a powered mic OR a non powered mic with the FZ2000. Both work. It also works with the H2N as it then draws power from that. You can also run a line from the H2N into the camera and use that as your mic. The choices are mind numbing TVO. I use the Zoom H2N for my walk around unit, as it never looses signal with the camera, as it is not connected to the camera. I synch things by clapping my hands at the begining or at a "Cut" point when doing the recording. If that makes sense ? I then synch the recorded works on my PC, and then use it in post production in my editing. Hope this helps TVO, and does not cause more confusion ha haaaaaaaa.

[@WilliamOscarRodrigues]

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[@CriRiz]

Thanks for your god experience

[@lakshmi8791]

Can you please tell me what is the variable nd filter you're using there and can you tell me what's the size ( I did not find any sizes in vnds... Just 58mm, 55mm etc. ) for the fz2500?

[@TVRDAFT]

Sorry. I no longer have that camera, but I used LARGER filters with a reducing ring to fit all my various lenses. Cheapest way rather than 1 for each lens.

[@lakshmi8791]

@@TVRDAFT thanks a lot!

[@AllenReinecke]

67mm on the FZ2500

[@howardchud9097]

Quite an oversimplification. The purpose of a standard photographic neutral-density filter is to reduce the amount of light entering the lens. Doing so allows the photographer to select combinations of aperture, exposure time and sensor sensitivity that would otherwise produce overexposed pictures. A Neutral Density filter allows a photographer to control the exposure in an image very easily. The filter stops light reaching the camera sensor, therefore allowing us to leave the camera with a higher aperture for a longer amount of time. Instead of changing the aperture to reduce the amount of light in the image, we simply add on a ND filter, then adjust the exposure to the amount we want. It is easy and very effective, plus we can still set the aperture to a low value for sharper images, or wide open for a shallow DOF. ND filters do not effect the colour in the photo in any way. What you see is what you get. This is a big difference compared to the Polarizer filter. Photographers commonly use a ND filter when shooting water as it blurs the moment, and you get a smooth silky look. Without the ND filter, most cameras are unable to find an aperture small enough to get the same effect.

[@TVRDAFT]

Anyone wanting to study ND Filters go here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral-density_filter Why make it harder for people to enjoy it Howard ? You seem to try to over complicate everything for some strange reason ? I am just showing where the controls are, on the FZ2000 / FZ2500 FZH1, and showing in 3 minutes, some of what they can do. I think most of us (apart from those who are new to this funny old game called photography and videography) know what an ND filter is, and what it does, and as I am not here to teach anyone anything technical, why don't YOU give me some links to the channels where you teach this ? I would then post them on here to help others, Some people can teach, others just talk about it. I am no teacher Howard :-) I copy pasted what you said about a "Neutral Density filter allows etc etc " and guess what I found when I posted it in Google ? THIS: A Neutral Density filter allows a photographer to control the exposure in an image very easily. The filter stops light reaching the camera sensor, therefore allowing us to leave the camera with a higher aperture for a longer amount of time. ..................... HOW STRANGE. . You used word for word what someone else, or you wrote and posted on the 11 Sep 2010 ? Top fixed box in Google on page: www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=the+theory+of+neutral+density+filters