Cinematic Night Video Test with a Black Pro Mist Filter | Sony A6400

[@finnklusmann1184]

Fantastic work! Looking around for some footage to get an impression on what mist filters can do… absolutely in love with the look!

[@darenvaldez]

Hey Finn! Thanks for the kind words! Im glad to have helped in anyway I could :)

[@MadmicadXP2]

you killed the fucking colors on this, I love it

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much for watching Mitchell! I appreciate your comments more than you know :))

[@maxvideo5586]

Wow !!!

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting Max!

[@andreak4280]

looks pretty fantastic, nicely done! like the music choice too

[@andreak4280]

@@darenvaldez 🙏🏼thanks! i hope your weekend is filled with some fun creativity! keep up the good work 💪🏼💪🏼

[@darenvaldez]

Wow! Thanks so much for the kind words :) Although I'll have a copyright strike for using this song, I think it fits the video better than any other track could - it really adds to the overall mood for me... anyways I hope you have a great rest of your day!!

[@darenvaldez]

@@andreak4280 Your comments mean everything to me! Thank you so much for supporting and for also brightening up my weekend! :)

[@andreak4280]

@@darenvaldez 🙏🏼🙏🏼😊 wishing you a wonderful day as well ✌🏼 keep on creating!! Sub’d 💕

[@hoshilandscape]

映画のような映像ですね！！！ とても素敵です！

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@fatherhooding]

im late here but a lot of people lean towards the 1/4. I've always preferred the 1/8. its so subtle but the impact is huge. great shots brotha

[@darenvaldez]

Not late at all! I agree with you on that one... although, I've always been curious about the 1/4th. Hopetully I can try it out for myself sometime soon. I hanks for watching :)

[@PancakeDiaries]

@@darenvaldez what focal length was this shot at?

[@darenvaldez]

@@PancakeDiaries Hey! Thanks so much for commenting... I believe this was shot on two lenses, one 16mm and one 30mm. Though because the Sony A6400 is a crop sensored camera, it would be equivalent to about a 24mm and 50mm (full frame).

[@PancakeDiaries]

​@@darenvaldezjust spent hours looking for this video. Very calming, and gorgeous to experience. Thank u for what you've done here

[@mariofernandezgomez7857]

Beautiful

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks so much for watching Mario!

[@LouieVisuals]

The6ix!! Love your video! I'm 💯 supporting your channel 👊

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting !!! :)))

[@YuiSenpai]

naisu!

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much Yui!

[@whooalove4286]

Great work!

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@leonardoalaniz]

Looking at your video made with black mist pro, it helped me decide between 1/4 and 1/8. It's definitely a 1/8

[@darenvaldez]

Wow thats amazing! Im glad my video was able to help someone out haha... have a great rest of your day!

[@foggymossstudio]

Love the vibes! Keep up good work!

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much for watching!! :))

[@icohizon]

Awesome video! Came here to check out the effect of the filter. Stayed for the music and views of the 6ix. Well done!

[@darenvaldez]

Wow! Thanks so much for watching and commenting Gerico! I appreciate your support more than you know :)

[@MamaDukeTV]

Nah you snapped!!! Great great footage yo!

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much for watching!!! :)

[@martijnteelen]

great job!

[@martijnteelen]

@@darenvaldez I've had a great day thanks to your video ;) peace!

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you Martin! Have a great day!

[@darenvaldez]

@@martijnteelen Thank you again my man! I appreciate your comments more than you think haha! You're definitely helping my small channel grow! :)

[@DaRealMr.L7]

Bro this clean as hell🔥💯

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting !!! :)

[@Killmore777]

Tuff💫🎥

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks so much for watching !!!

[@GLOSSMusic_official]

Cool video man🥰🤩

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much for watching :))

[@Isaharif]

Please do a workflow video showing your picture profile/exposure/color grade process because this is phenomenal!

[@darenvaldez]

Hey Isa, thanks so much for watching and commenting! I've gotten a few comments similar to yours. When I have the time, I'll definitely make an explanation video! Thanks again for all the support :)

[@Isaharif]

@@darenvaldez please do 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@jayssfilms]

I really loved this! May I know the settings that you use? Are you using a slog or hlg3? Thank you so much!

[@cinamons.visuals9733]

Love this bro ! 🔥❤️

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! :)

[@daydreamingfilm9]

Nice bro! i love it. peaceee

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you so much for watching :))

[@sirjacoo]

SuperCool👍

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks so much for watching !!!

[@OffJoshhh]

Hey I love everything I just wonder how can you post this song and not get it taken down? So it’s okay if you credit them in the description?

[@darenvaldez]

Hey Joshua, thanks for watching and commenting! Yea so I actually did get a copyright strike on this video haha, but I think for me, it just means that if any ads appear on the video or whatnot, maybe they go towards the artist? I'm not entirely too sure myself to be honest

[@ryannguyen7232]

What Picture Profile you use for this video? I also have a6400 but I never get this amazing results like your

[@ryannguyen7232]

@@darenvaldez thank you so much ❤️ can't wait until tomorrow to try this 🤝

[@darenvaldez]

Hey Ryan! The picture profile was one of main reasons I was able to get the results that I did. Here are the settings I used: Picture Profile #2 Still Gamma Pro Colour Mode

[@darenvaldez]

@@ryannguyen7232 Thank you so much for watching and commenting Ryan!! :))

[@dorianjayc]

so clean!! nice work. my a6600 dont even come close PP2 you say? ima try that! do you have any more detail about your settings? i know is like a year ago but anything helps oh n do black pro mist help with the noise tho? thanks!

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks so much for the kind words, your A6600 is just as capable as my A6400 if not more! You just have to know how to use it ;) Anyways for this video I used Picture Profile #2 with a still gamma and pro colour mode. I wouldn't say the pro mist helps out that much in making the image less noisy. Hope that helps!

[@sKorpGionTV]

Did you shoot in 4k 25fps or HD 60fps? Or did you upscaled the 1080p footage to 4k? My 1080p slowmotion footage didn't looked sharp enough. Does the upscale help?

[@darenvaldez]

Hey! I shot everything in 4k 24fps... hope that helps! Thanks for watching!

[@waffleboi7935]

time for gaming

[@B1NARYDREAM]

what is that filter?

[@darenvaldez]

Tiffen Black Pro Mist 72mm 1/8th strength

[@TBKR90]

Amazing vid man. Did you use a gimbal? I’ve got same camera but my footage is so shaky! Also, any settings tips for night video?

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks for the kind words!! I didn't rIse a gimbal haha list tried my best to keen the camera stable For this video in particular I risen Picture Profile #2 with a still gamma and pro colour mode. Besides that It was most likely shot on F1.4 the entire time so having a fast lens helps, and ofc keep our ISO as low as you can (less noise)

[@jrockcoolable]

what’s your camera settings ?

[@БЛУДНИ-н1п]

Awesome work! Did you use a slog?

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks so much for watching my video! For this video I used Picture Profile #2 with a still gamma and pro colour mode.

[@ruechel]

Lovely video, mate. really great job. I have the A6500 with the same two lenses, mind you :) and been playing with the idea of a pro mist 1/4 or 1/8. I think you answered my question. Another quick one for you: what ISO did you shoot at? Again: Kudos!

[@darenvaldez]

Hey Nick, that's great to hear that my video helped you out in deciding what strength filter to go for! Though, I cant recall exactly what ISO I used since the video was recorded about a year ago, I can guarantee that I did my best to keep it at a minimum. I did however use Picture Profile #2 with some custom settings to achieve this look alongside some basic color grading. With that being said, I can confidently say I hovered anywhere from ISO 100 - ISO 800 during the shoot. Hope that helps, have a great rest of your day :)

[@regiglis]

Great work! Which picture profile did you use?

[@regiglis]

@@darenvaldez thanks for your answer. Did you use a Lut?

[@regiglis]

I was thinking, but are you sure that picture profile was 2? Because it's for still image, not for video.

[@regiglis]

@@darenvaldez Thank you very much for your detailed information, it will be useful to me in the future.

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks a lot !!! If I remember correctly I think it was picture profile 2 with some custom settings... if you're curious I can have a look and tell you all the specifics!

[@darenvaldez]

@@regiglis Hmm.. I could be very wrong haha let me double check betore I tell you the wrong intormation

[@jps19994]

Nice footage! Is the filter 1/8 or 1/4?

[@darenvaldez]

1/8th strength! Thanks for watching :)

[@PraveenCollins]

Great video! How’d you stabilize your shots so well? Fantastic job!

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks so much man! Your comment made my day... I actually just held the camera in my hand close to my body as steady as I could. I definitely took multiple takes of ever shot and after choosing the best one, added a tiny bit of stabilization in post! Hope that helps!

[@eleven8338]

What setting you used in this video eg shutter speed,iso and focus

[@darenvaldez]

I can't remember the exact details, but it was definitely 4K 24fps which means shutter would be 1/48, ISO would probably be between 100-1000, and focus would probably just be wide. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@eleven8338]

Did you edit and upload that in 24fps as well?

[@darenvaldez]

@@eleven8338 Yes !

[@johnanthonycreative]

Very nice work. What lens did you use on this?

[@johnanthonycreative]

@@darenvaldez I own them both so now I feel better about ordering the mist filters yesterday lol

[@darenvaldez]

Thanks so much for commenting! I used a Sigma 16mm F1.4 as well as a Sigma 30mm F1.4. Hope that helps!

[@darenvaldez]

@@johnanthonycreative Thats perfect! I used the 1/8 strength to film this video because personally I prefer the tiffen effects to be more subtle. Although, there are definitely times where I wish I had the 1/4 strength. If you end up getting something other than the 1/8, I'd say make a KZbin video and share the link here. I would love to check it out :)

[@l4lg374]

Did you do a lot of editing? And what program do you use, and thank you very much for the content

[@darenvaldez]

Hey there! Thanks for watching and commenting! I wouldn't say I do a crazy amount of editing. I currently edit on Final Cut Pro X but im making the switch over to DaVinci Resolve.

[@vanillia2011]

Sitting please 🙏

[@darenvaldez]

Thank you for watching!

[@2mas_ortiz]

can anyone told me why I can not read any answers from Daren in the comments? for me it looks like he has already answered many questions that I have, but I can not see any of them in the past comments.

[@darenvaldez]

Hey Thomas, I'm so sorry you can't see the comments, I decided to move my KZbin channel over to a new business Google account, which means all the comments I have made with my account have been deleted. Although let me know what you need help with, I'm more than happy to discuss everything I commented about with you here!

[@2mas_ortiz]

@@darenvaldez hey Daren, thank you for your feedback and for your support! The most question I have are already answered again 😃 Nevertheless I would like to tell you, that the color grading and depth of the blacks in the footage are absolutely awesome. I will try some tests with PP2 and your custom settings. I shot around 4 weeks ago on a wedding and the shots with low light are more like unusable. Very noisy despite adjusted settings and low iso as much as possible (around 200-1000) Maybe the difference is in the PP with Cine4, shot with 120fps on full HD and other things 😉

[@darenvaldez]

@@2mas_ortizThats great! Let me know how it goes, Im not too sure but this picture profile might work better in higher contrast setting. Nevertheless, it cant hurt to mess around with it. I'm hoping you're able to find a way to make it work for you and your situation. But yea, don't hesitate to get back to me, I'm very curious to see how it performs in other scenarios so I'll keep my eye out for your next comment. Cheers ;)

[@CRXv.06]

Without edit ?😮

[@darenvaldez]

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[@TheMichaeldana]

which stop is used here? 1/4?

[@darenvaldez]

The 1/8th strength! Thanks for watching!