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Mini 5 Pro Night Footage - Manual Exposure
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When shooting footage, I always use
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manual exposure.
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However, with Mini 5 Pro in low light,
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it might be worth using auto or
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semi-auto exposure as we will see later
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on.
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The main advantage of manual exposure is
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that we can control the ISO and shutter
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speed values.
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Following the 180° rule, the recommended
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shutter speed is 1/50th of a second at
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25 frame pers and 160th of a second at
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30 frame pers.
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In low light situation, we can reduce
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the shutter speed to 125 or 130 to gain
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one additional stop of light.
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For ISO, we try to use the lowest values
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to avoid noise and other artifacts.
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Let's start with ISO 100 and shutter
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speed at 150.
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As you can see, the footage is
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underexposed by a couple of shots.
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We can improve it while editing, but we
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can do much better with different
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exposure values.
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Now we bring the shutter speed to 1 over
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25 maintaining the ISO at 100, thus
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adding an extra stop or exposure.
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It is an improvement over the previous
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one, but the clip is still underexposed.
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We need to raise the ISO.
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Let's now try ISO 400 and ISO 800 with a
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shutter speed of 1 over 50.
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In both cases, the Mini 5 Pro handles
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the high values very well. There is no
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hint of noise or other artifacts. The
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colors are rich with a good dose of
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contrast.
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During the blue hour, the luminosity
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decreases very quickly. In most cases,
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we can optimize the exposure with an ISO
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value between 200 and 800 and a shutter
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speed of 1 over 50 or 1 over 25.
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