Documentary with the LUMIX GH5 // I used only the GH5 and Lumix 12-35mm f2.8 to shoot a mini doc

I only used the GH5 and Lumix 12-35mm f2.8 to shoot a mini doc. Back in 2019, I traveled to Haiti with a non-profit called Lagonave Alive to shoot a documentary style video to help tell their story. I took a full backpack of gear but primarily only used the Lumix GH5, Lumix 12-35mm f2.8, a battery pack and the Rode Video Micro. Here's the actual mini doc shot on the GH5.
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[@jimcoon]

I’m 70 years old and for the past 20 years I have owned a real estate company in a small Central Oregon town. I sell some residential real estate but also specialize in farm and ranch sales. When I started, I would have to hire a helicopter and pilot to shoot large ranch videos. DJI changed my world in that regard about 8 years ago. I am semi-retired now but just purchased the Lumix G9II for video. I hope to use the skills in shooting and editing video to help promote some of the non-profits in my area. I watch everything you post to KZbin, Caleb. I have Parkinson’s Disease so I need to use a tripod more than I would like, but the IBIS available in the Lumix G9II and my GH5 allow me to still do some handheld work. Thank you for the time you spend to create these really helpful and inspiring videos. Jim in Oregon

[@JeffRenald]

Thank you so much for being part of that, I am from Haiti, been working with organization like these for many years. It take a lot of love to get a team like that to reach out 🙌🏾. Thank you so so much.

[@CalebHoover]

keep up the great work! thanks for watching!

[@RockWILK]

Wow man. That’s so dope. Funny thing is, I guess this showed up in my feed because I’ve been thinking of buying either a GH5 or a GH5S just to have in case I wanna do something with a really light and small set up. I’m so glad I saw this, and it makes me wanna lean towards the GH5 just because of the stabilization, but I shoot a lot in dark places, so the GH5S might be a better thing for me. I also like the idea of having an optical low pass filter. My main camera is an S5, I shoot mainly with vintage and anamorphic lenses. I almost bought an S1H recently, but I think I would prefer something smaller for this type of scenario. Thanks so much for sharing this, and I’m super happy that I saw it. Even though I’m two years late. Lol Great work, and a great example of what the GH5 can do, in capable hands of course. Respect.

[@douglasmasheti6918]

This channel has been a true helper for my filming journey i have learned so much about the GH5 here, thank you for making this kind of informative tutorial.

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@andraeblackwell]

Caleb this was fantastic, my wife works with a non-profit and she was in Haiti about the same time. I watched many of your GH5 videos, I plan to do similar projects with mine.

[@Mraz75]

Beautiful documentary..😮

[@omkardangemusic]

Its a beautiful documentary. And thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and work with us Caleb.

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks for watching!

[@PapaJean]

Hey fam. Picking up a used GH5 soon and was just checking out some KZbin content. Came across this mini doc. Powerful bro. My parents are originally from Haiti. They moved to NyC in the 60’s tho. So the people felt like home to me. Great job and much love! 🙏🏿

[@jaysantiago-BX-NY]

A-MAZING brother!❤ Thank you for sharing that story🙏 Also, for inspiring and proving that our GH5's are more than capable! 👏👏👍🏼

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks so much! You're totally right, the GH5 is more than capable!

[@KreativeStudiosMovies]

Great job

[@GoTravelPlanet]

Hey Caleb, I remember watching this documentary when you just published it, I didn’t remember it was you who filmed it until today. Great job, both from a videographer point of view and as a human being. Keep up the good work, I always follow you and to my great surprise today you were the one who filmed this documentary. Cheers!

[@freddiecauseyii9419]

Great job on this documentary. I believe this is my first time seeing it.

[@djabsolute6117]

awesome work thanks for sharing

[@CalebHoover]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jasonnewton9889]

ABSOLUTELY RIVETING!!! And heartbreaking it light of Haiti's current distress. Thanks for showing us a compelling example of video for good!

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@hybred757]

Excellent work on the documentary!

[@CalebHoover]

thanks so much!

[@thelightroom8389]

Amazing work!

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks for watching it!

[@AfoteyAnnum]

You make that GH5 SING, Fam! Love this work. Inspirational!

[@CalebHoover]

thanks so much man!

[@AfoteyAnnum]

@@CalebHoover absolutely!

[@toyinosi]

Nice work, Caleb. A worthy cause too. What were the pic profile settings on the GH5? Thanks.

[@CalebHoover]

For this I used NAT and I've been using -2, -5, 0, -1, 0 (or use -1 on the last one)

[@toyinosi]

@@CalebHoover thanks brother. 🤙🏽

[@itwasme2435]

Great job Caleb

[@CalebHoover]

thanks!

[@jeffgrischow1734]

Fabulous video and a very valuable contribution to a great cause! A colleague works in Haiti on inclusive education and he’s very impressed with your film. Bravo!

[@CalebHoover]

oh wow thanks for sharing it!

[@ji9579]

this is awesome work bro! 🙌🔥

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@harlemwoodstudios]

Awesome storytelling with the GH5!

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks a ton!

[@marcsmith5409]

Awesome. This is why I follow u. !! Great video. !!!

[@CalebHoover]

I appreciate that! Thanks for tuning in!

[@theophilusmann7869]

Impressive. Much respect.

[@CalebHoover]

thanks so much!

[@bauivideo7242]

Great job !

[@CalebHoover]

thanks for watching!

[@towee70]

Well done ! I bet there was a lot of hard choices to make narrowing down the footage you included here. Looks great and 100% pro. I find as I am beginning to learn video editing I pay far more attention to how filmmakers choose to put things together. I really like your editing choices here, especially how you put together the audio and used interviews as a voiceover for some of your clips and yet retaining the musical background as well. Very impressive and certainly things I would not have taken notice of before ! Been on your channel a day and already learning Caleb ! Haha, and I have to say those poor volunteers trying to paint all that brick and cement with those brushes !! I'm a painting contractor for a day job and it pains me lol. I would have had that all sprayed with my airless in a couple of hours ! 🤣🤣

[@mariodieth3884]

great work!

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks a lot!

[@MH-ir7ep]

Nice work mate! Give yourself a pat on the back. Proud of ya man.

[@CalebHoover]

🙌 thanks for watching!

[@dobri_c]

You've inspired me with this video.

[@CalebHoover]

🙌 love it!

[@hunglongdee2587]

Mad props to you brother, very inspirational! Question, did you shoot this in 10bit?

[@CalebHoover]

thanks for watching! i shot in 8bit and NAT profile cuz i had limited storage on the trip and wanted to get as much as possible.

[@TheCrandleChannel]

This was absolutely great ! I have so many questions lol was this filmed in the cinema frequency? I’m so curious.. what rec quality did you used to film this ?

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks for watching! I filmed in several different rec quality but I had limited storage with me so much of it was shot in 4K 8bit 420 24fps but I also used some 60fps and VFR 120. I was in 23.98 NTSC I'm pretty sure.

[@Mikeshyne100]

Love this, did you use autofocus or manual focus.

[@scamp_media]

Good work. Did ya use the Rode wireless straight into the camera or with a zoom or something? Did ya just use the capsule or a lav mic with it? Also, probably worth having an ND filter in such a sunlit country just for the outdoors and to avoid burn out on the horizons? Im a big fan of run and gun small kits - they make life a lot easier dont they.

[@CalebHoover]

Definitely makes life easier! i had rode wireless go straight into camera and no lav. just the unit.

[@ayomaggotz]

I did something similar but only did photography for a church ministry group that went to Belize in Central America. Good experience only had the G7 with kit and 25mm 1.7. Wish I got video like you did. My only critique would be maybe subtitles for when the doctor was talking to the mother with the baby that seemed like a good chunk of the video and maybe having the background music start again once after the doctor finishes talking because he was a bit hard to hear.

[@CalebHoover]

thanks for your input! i'm sure a bunch of people would have done things differently. which i'm ok with.

[@hunterinthewildphotography8221]

Hey question, for your variable frame rate and your video quality. What were you running at for these shots? I come across some of the same issues I saw in your quality here… with a slight amount of noise and in my standard 30fps but the variable frame rate looking like cake (120fps).

[@Jamisonmcdivitt]

can you please do a tutorial on how you nail your manual focus everytime with focus by wire lenses on the gh5? i am struggling to adjust from traditional hardstops!

[@CalebHoover]

one thing that helps is taking longer clips and just using the in focus part in your edit. it's actually really hard to hit focus with focus by wire lenses. i struggle with it. another thing is just knowing your distance and getting focus by distance.... 🤷‍♂️

[@castielvargastv7931]

@@CalebHoover i use olympus pro lenses they are great for focusing

[@truthseeker36]

when Manually focusing on my GH5 it zooms in so I can get the focus right. thats cool but recently when I connected it to the Atmos ninja V, when I move the focus wheel the zoom is also recorded into the video when I play it back. That has never happened before. is that some type of error? Also, do you know a better options to focus manually while shooting?

[@patrickgarrett2786]

Hey Caleb, what was the audio track you used for this documentary?

[@TheShabazzProduction]

Caleb how did you get the aerial shots without a gimbal?

[@FourKnown]

Nice job. Interesting to know you used just the 12-35. I still use my old 12-35. Is the Mk II significantly better?

[@CalebHoover]

I don't know if it's substantially better. i know several people who still really like the first 12-35

[@synthcrazymtl414]

Can you share your camera settings for obtaining that kind of cinematographic look please? Thanks in advance.

[@CalebHoover]

this is basically how i set up my gh5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5LJpYSha8uefM0

[@synthcrazymtl414]

@@CalebHoover thanks!

[@sutv6754]

Caleb, I enjoyed the video and like you I'm a GH5 all the way guy. I am curious thought about the Mavic Pro footage. Why are the trees so blurry and distorted. Around 10:20 it's hard to see any detail at all. Way blurry and I guess out of focus. I have the Pro 2 so I'm baffled about why the footage looks the way it does. Perhaps you shot 1080 and you have a 4K timeline? All good just curious. Tom

[@CalebHoover]

yeah i actually was having trouble with my mavic and haven't really used it much since that trip. it was a first generation too and it got the job done for what i needed but yes it is not great

[@sutv6754]

@@CalebHoover I find that when I use ND filters it hurts the picture and I get tress that look like yours. I guess I'll just use them when really needed.

[@vivianvaldi7871]

What's that bad wide angle here & there : is it the GoPro ? So hard to match with the rest. Seems hard to get that sky, burned or alive seems the deal. Exposition sometimes at risk too, with these nice dark skins.

[@reynoldlambert]

Love it total inspiration brother, me as a Christian would love to do something like this. What color setting slog?

[@CalebHoover]

thanks for watching! hope you get the opportunity to do something like this soon. I shot NAT profile.

[@jisan317films]

I have an issue with my GH5 I think. Whenever I use a microphone, sometimes there will be these weird glitch sounds in the audio. It happens at random and I don’t know what I can do to fix it. Nowhere online has any answers, and I couldn’t find any videos on this either. Do you know what I’m doing wrong? Thanks.

[@CalebHoover]

i wonder if it has to do with the mic and the cord and not with the gh5. usually glitch sounds that i've encountered has had to do more with that.

[@jisan317films]

@@CalebHoover Hey, the glitch sound does occurs even when not recording, when I’m just monitoring. I’m wondering if there’s something wrong with the GH5 internal jack, or if it has anything to do with the type of jack I’m using. For example, on the microphone I’ve tried, it has a TRS jack. Maybe that’s the problem? It’s just strange to me how it happened on two different microphones. Although, I am using an extension cable since I put the microphone on a boom pole. I’m not too sure.

[@nancyvictory5698]

Cant decide this or the 18 35 sigma with vitrox

[@ibanezgomez]

Impressive my friend. I love the imagry!

[@CalebHoover]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@WH3]

DIdn't you open with drone footage?

[@CalebHoover]

totally did and i said that in the vid that i used a dji mavic and a go pro for some of the shots. everything else tho was this set up

[@Merkeuroney]

Should I sell my micro four third gear? also...Ayiti cheri nou la

[@volkerkeck9185]

Hit subscribe because of very good content

[@CalebHoover]

thanks so much!

[@dyong888]

I am watching your documentary about Hati. Gosh. The country is just next door to Amerika isn't it? What has Amerika done? The "greatest country on earth" and all that jazz and its letting Hati go down the drain. I suspect there's a lot of things going on like malign amerikan influence keeping the country poor for exploitation.