How to Do a Manual Focus Pull in Video Mode with the Panasonic Lumix FZ200

[@popsRus1953]

Your videos regarding Panasonic Lumix helped me immensely get up to speed prior to my trip to Alaska in May. I've still got a lot to learn, but with your help my trip photos and videos we a success for this amateur.

[@Jyo9880]

i purchased FZ200 just because of you. it is an awesome camera. thanks a billion for all your FZ200 videos. those are amazing.

[@azbcaz]

I've, as usual, watched this video several times in order to absorb all that you show & say. You're set of FZ200 instructional videos show off the internet & KZbin at its BEST. I only hope Panasonic realizes your value to them & provides you with whatever they come up with as a replacement camera in a few short months. I'm definitely a better photographer with my FZ200 after watching your videos......Bill in Arizona

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Sandra, thanks for the comment, appreciated. I use an Olympus FL36 flash unit however there are a few more models which are Panasonic Olympus compatible. There is a Metz and Nissin gun if you prefer 3rd party alternatives to Panasonic expensive ones. Accessories depend upon your photography. For close up I would suggest a Sigma 52mm achromatic close up lens, a ND4 filter for bright sunshine videos and creating long shutter effects and a CPL filter for nice blue skies and reduced reflections

[@TREADtheglobe]

Graham - can you do focus pull when filming video on FZ1000???? trying to figure out how to do this - thanks

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thanks Jim and I hope you have a great trip and get some stunning shots with the FZ200

[@DreamBoulevard]

Yours so professional at this Graham, you have a great voice and look for it. Have you ever worked in promotion or television in the past? If you were interested you should look at getting a community TV station to post your videos as a show for how to use your camera. I'm sure the channel and viewers would love it.

[@jorgerobledo9698]

Hi Graham! Thanks for the videos they are very usefull to me, every day I learn something new watching them.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you for the encouragement to produce new material, appreciated

[@GrahamHoughton12]

I haven't seen any specs for the new camera ( or only rumoured specs so far) Panasonic normally release in mid July so there should be some info shortly. I'll be hoping it has wi-fi enabled shooting, earphone socket and a auto evf and multi-aspect shooting.

[@MartinBlasick]

Will certainly have to learn this one...

[@sandrabryant7409]

Your videos are absolutely priceless.... I've learned so much. Which accessories would you recommend for the FZ200? Which flash would you recommend for better indoor photos?

[@maruchar7048]

Mr Graham...you are a Genius! Thank you very much for this great and helpful tutorial. Please keep doing these great series teaching video and photography. -sorry about my english...- Greetings from Argentina!

[@DreamBoulevard]

ps you wouldnt believe how many of your videos Ive watched and commented on. I have 16 different channels I use myself or manage for other people so I always watch and comment with whatever I'm signed in on. :)

[@GrahamHoughton12]

There is a slight pick up of the zoom motor but I always use external mics when I want serious audio. The 12 fps burst mode using a class10 card seems to shoot exactly 12 frames and then stops ( at any aspect ratio/image size ) but I would say the 12 fps is optimistic nearer to 8 i would say. If you shoot 14M jpeg plus RAW it takes about 5 seconds to write the buffer after the image sequence stops. Hope that helps

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Than you Bill for the wonderful comment, really appreciated.

[@des9889]

Thank you for this informative video. I think I have learned more about my FZ200 from you than I have from the owners manual. Panasonic should have you as their demo representative. I hope you produce even more in the future. thank you.. Des in Costa Rica.

[@KeepinItReelFishing]

Love your instructional videos Graham...you do a great job explaining how-to's. I am between the Sony DSC-RX10 and Panasonic DMC-FZ1000. Achieving what your demonstrating here; a slow, smooth and controlled focus pull, is something I am keen to be able to do. Is the same method you've shown here applicable in the FZ1000? I saw your other video where you demonstrated how the zoom ring on the FZ1000 moved in "steps" when rotated slowly. Is that also the case when it is used for focusing? Thanks in advance

[@CamiloSapag]

is there a way to do a similar thing in the FZ70? thanks

[@phanihunt]

Greetings from India...hope Panasonic funds you out of generosity. Panasonic Lumix and Graham...what a combo!!!

[@DJonMax]

thank you so much!! I owed this apparatus for 2 yrs , and I quite didn't like it so much, probably not mastering its functions. Your explanation made me want to try again to use it fully, as I originally hoped I would. I am now hopeful again, IOU.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you, I will continue to develop new videos as I learn new things myself.

[@solidfox015]

Dear Graham; Can you give us a video tutorial regarding long exposure or star trail using fz200. Thank you.

[@8653450]

Dear Graham; What is your opinion about new specifications on the new LUMIX FZ250 will be released on mid-July?

[@manuelma3]

Thanks Graham, really good topic. Greetings from Colombia.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you, comments like this are really encouraging and the reason i love to produce videos, hints and tips cards and shortly an ebook

[@ZhekaTrololo]

You are great enthusiast, Graham!

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Than you very much for the great comment, I hope a Panasonic agent is also reading it.

[@gotDesign]

Interesting, always with the best tutorial for the Lumix FZ200, thanks

[@gotDesign]

Totally agree... I even had used it in some friends wedding LOL! They loved the quality of the footage! Thanks

[@GrahamHoughton12]

It's possible however it is likely to show in the video clip unless you can managed to support the camera somehow. It's not a precise action like you can get with a true manual focus lens ring for example.

[@alexdelarge3493]

Finally a great video talk through. Thank you very much.

[@laudaaren6293]

Hello, thanks from Reunion Island. Can do we focus pull on Fz 300? Thanks

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Hi, thank you, glad you like the camera.

[@Les_Carnets_de_Tom]

I watcched your video about the zoom and focus problem regarding the FZ1000.But is there no way to do to the same Manual Focus Pull in Video Mode with the FZ1000?

[@carodern5966]

Hello Graham and thank you for the quick reply. I tried again and I get to change my area of ​​focus with my foreground and my background with the lever on the side. But sometimes I go over the desired area or I quit too soon. In this case, I correct with the focus button, but this is not very "fluid" I can not determine as you do, my second area precisely. I see your video on the target with the indication "zoom": This prevents surely going too far or not far enough as I do with the method of the lever. Mode, manual focus, once set fn3 function, I understand that I must put myself in AF macro mode, press the focus button and wheel set me on the target area and then return to manual focus. Will it something I forgot? Again thank you to take time for me! Caroline

[@NacNacMOTT]

To be entirely honest, I have since 2006 the DMC FZ30 and before a Canon EOS 5 (not the 5D). Went from a profesional SLR to a super zoom because of cost of a DSLR and the number of lenses to carry but I always missed the quickness to take photo so to replace the FZ30, I started to look back at SLR ( now DSLR), found the 70D and by accident I found the FZ200 and your videos. The lense of the FZ200 is impressive and now. I am puzzled as to what to buy... shame you can't rent them for a week :)

[@massimorinella3283]

You are simply the best to explain , thanks a lot

[@mpranav22]

Hi Graham . I liked all your videos about photography and particularly videos related FZ200 . All your tips tricks and techniques are very useful . Can you please explain the techniques about metering modes and Auto exposure lock in Panasonic FZ200 and when why and how to use them with few examples .

[@GrahamHoughton12]

I'll try to schedule this for next week, a few people have asked for some examples

[@mpranav22]

Graham Houghton Thank uoy very much Mr. Graham .

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thanks, this camera has a lot of potential, it just needs to be explored to find out just what its limits are.

[@reevrob]

Thanks Graham for the in depth video feature! You did mention that it's better to use this with a tripod for all the obvious reasons. My question is...would this be difficult to execute when handheld? I shoot documentaries and music videos and sometimes use the pull-focus effect on-the-spot (no set up). Thinking of getting an FZ200 asap! :)

[@amymiller8565]

Dear Graham, Can I use this camera for making movies?

[@GrahamHoughton12]

good luck, hope you enjoy the camera

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Yes it produces beautiful 1080p video - the reason I bought it.

[@ShevaunWeidmann]

Hi I have a question about the camera. I love to use it, but me being unexperienced I have a few questions. One is that everytime I go on button with the camera and the M it goes dark. Not just on the screen but also in the videos. How do I get it to take normal lighting videos again?

[@NacNacMOTT]

Hello Graham. as many of us I find your videos very detailed and of great quality. Thank you for doing all this. Wish all cameras could be documented as you do with FZ200 :) It would be so easy to compare them :) If I may, I would like to ask if there is any noise captured by the microphone when the lens is focusing (either manually or automatically) or can we say the camera is totally silent. Also, have you done any testing on the buffer size. 12fps is great but how long can it last ? Thx

[@GrahamHoughton12]

As the FZ200 doesn't support exposures longer than 60 seconds plus the equivalent dark time processing this is probably not the right camera for such events. You could set up the camera on a tripod, use an intervalometer to fire every 60 second with a delay of 60 seconds to allow frame processing and then combine the images ti produce 1 composite image, you would see the gaps because of the dark time process

[@NacNacMOTT]

Hi, thank you for your quick and as always accurate reply. This helps

[@Pitman33]

I'm trying to do this with the FZ300, but I can't control the speed of the focus. I can tap between different focus points, but how to I control the speed of the transition?

[@Les_Carnets_de_Tom]

Thank you Sire I have been looking for it. Great Video

[@MrDogWoofs]

Can You do A Unboxing Cannon 700d(T5i) ?

[@elizabethsmith5999]

Hi I just purchased the FZ200. I thought I understood that this camera can take still shots while recording video. Is this true and if so how do I do this? Thank you.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Hello Elizabeth, yes it can record stills (at 3.5megapixel size) during video recording in iA and PASM modes. You start recording with the red record button and you can shoot a still with the shutter button during the recording. If you select creative video (video camera symbol) then the recording is started and stopped using the shutter button and cannot be used for stills recording in this mode

[@NacNacMOTT]

PS: Of course, I assume a high performance SD card is used to test the buffer size so the card does not become the bottleneck

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you for the response.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

thank you, appreciate the feedback.

[@tomsantos6322]

Porque não tem tradução? acho que a Panasonic deveria apostar em tutorias como tradução de paginas, eu por exemplo preciso muito um tutorial em português explicando todas funções da FZ150.

[@AntonioR_B]

Hi mr Graham.I just bought this camera. Your tips are useful. I'm hoping for an Italian clone of you. :-)

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Excellent!

[@carlsmith992]

Firstly, thanks Graham for all your video's to get the best from the FZ200. Best on the web! But, can you make a video showing the cheats method to get timelapse please. I have spent quite a few hours looking at your vids and cannot find if you have already done it. If not, please make one as its quite a nice 'hack' ... I figured it out from a post on another camera on a website and it also works for the FZ200. It would be nice to have the method in your one-stop collection Playlist. Rotate the mode dial to Creative Control, and in that set Miniature. Then depress the Video button to start taking video. If you have an empty SD card and a full battery you can get about 2 hours of 1080p video. The thing is when you play the video it is at about 10x speed ... a timelapse in effect! You can then load to KZbin and use their video editor to speed it up even more and of course, it will all be in 1080p HD. There's no sound as it would sound 10x speed as well, so the hack is solving that by simply not having any sound at all. It saves the traditional method of taking hundreds of still frames and using various packages to load them all and compose them all into a video, and also saves from fiddling with all the output/export formats and sizes etc from those packages. I think its a pretty neat way to shoot a timelapse. The miniature effect is not too pronounced and I am sure with your expertise with the camera you'll figure out a way to counter that effect anyway! Cheers

[@lim2001burger]

Excellent tip! Can't wait to try it out on my fz1000 :)

[@beijopreto]

hi Mr Graham this technique can be used whit the Panasonic FZ150?

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Yes I believe you should be able to, its the same sytem.

[@beijopreto]

Graham Houghton thank you very much Mr Graham worked very well in my camera

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Daniel Silva glad the video helped, and thanks for the reply.

[@MichaelHogueGrovetownGeorgia]

Nice "trick", Gram!, tho' in my opinion anything goes. And it seems quite a logical extension of the camera - I congratulate you on your thinking! This method makes sense, or at least to me. I don't think anyone at Panasonic thought of it - but then again I hear Olympus is still learning what IT can do with their 5-axis stabilization system on the OMD-5 the Mark II & OMD-1. Maybe Panasonic will rewrite their manual . . .

[@carodern5966]

hello graham, I try to apply the technique to shoot the first plane to the bottom and vice versa, but I do not. I do not understand English and I try to succeed only with images, but I probably missed something. Is it possible to have help? I will be very happy to be able to succeed. Caroline

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Hi Caroline, a far easier technique is to set the side levet to focus rather than zoom ( in the set up menu) you can then use it to adjust focus whilst you are filming. You still have to practice the start and stop points but it is easier than using the top control dial or the navigation buttons as you get a much steadier result.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Thank you, appreciated

[@marysejosseaume1076]

Une traduction en français est-elle possible ? Un sous titrage

[@reevrob]

Maybe it'll be worth the risk (and practice!). I don't want to bring lenses around anymore. :) Thanks again!

[@hamderdanskeren-thedane4291]

AWESOME! Thanks

[@GrahamHoughton12]

thanks, it's a bit of a messy procedure but at least it can be useful in some situations.

[@hamderdanskeren-thedane4291]

:)

[@GrahamHoughton12]

Gladly if canon would lend me one!

[@LeafyLumens]

If i want to manual fokus i hawe some blue points on my screen💀

[@dimitrimoonlight]

You could use a ex-mic to make better your video.

[@GrahamHoughton12]

yes you can, please see the next comment