Nikon D500 for Video - Setup and Focus Technique
2017 ж. 11 Мам.
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Should you use the Nikon D500 for video recording? Yes, yes and another YES! It is capable of some amazing video once you learn how to set it up and use it. This is my preferred method of use and setup.
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Extremely helpful video - I learnt a lot. Many thanks.....all the way from London !
I found your channel by accident 2 days ago. I love the way you provided information on a subject/topic. It is clear and concise ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Keep it up!
You are welcome. Enjoy!
You have one of the best wildlife photography channels on the internet. Aviation and wildlife are my main photographic interests.
+Tim C WOW! Thanks so much. That means a lot to me.
As a new D500 owner I found this short video really helpful, thank you.
You are very welcome. Have fun with the D500!
How good is the autofocus during video I'm considering the d500.
Still catching up on some of your older videos, this one was really useful, I have rarely tried video, but will be having a go now, with my D500 and 200-500. Thanks Mark.
Glad to hear it! I love doing video with my NIkons. Most people don't.
Loved this video!! We just bought the D500 and found this easy to understand and helpful. THANKS!
+JP Linguistics Great. I'm glad you found the video helpful.
Cool video. Those whistling ducks are awesome!
Thank you for this great video. I wonder if there is a way to use the video feature on a moving subject where it is getting closer or farther from me. How would I focus and keep it sharp while the recording continues?
I have been using the D500 for over a year now but yet to explore its video capabilities. This video certainly very helpful to help me with the settings. Thanks Mark.
You are welcome
Thanks Mark, brilliant once again...really appreciate these videos a lot. Cheers
You are welcome and thanks for the compliments!
Great Video! But how does the focus-auto or manual, work best for video while moving with a camera hand-hold?
Love that I came across this video! I keep my D500 on the Glidecam, and with the 4K crop i am able to achieve an effective focal range of 30mm (1080p) 45mm (4k) and 90mm(ish) (scale the 4k clip in post) all with the same lens without needing to switch lenses or focal ranges.
Which glidecam are you using?
I say glidecam but its actually by Sutfoto, some knock-off brand that gets the job done.
Mark, great video as always, you are helping me to learn my D500 along with my 200-500 lens. Would love to see you take a series of bird shots and show the technique from camera to post and what you do. Love your channel!
Thanks for the compliments and I am glad you are getting something out of the videos. If I can manage to help people enjoy photography as much as I do, then I have succeeded! I have had others ask the same thing, especially in reference to Lightroom and how I post process my images. I'll have to choose a few images and make some videos on them. I was also just thinking of a book along the same lines where I talk about everything that went into the story behind shooting the image and the post processing too. Show a before and after as well. Maybe even highlight some were I made mistakes so others could avoid the same mistakes. A book could be thought of as a companion to the videos. I'm trying to find a happy medium between the amount of content, color printing and favorable pricing on the book part.
Thanks for your videos! You are inspiring. Thinking of adding the D500 to my arsenal. And you are helping.
You are very welcome. Thanks for watching. The D500 is an awesome camera.
Awesome I have never ever use the video mode now I can actually try it next time. Thanks for taking the time and explaining it in a simple way. Keep up the good work learning a lot as we speak.
You are very welcome and I am glad you learned something from the video.
Literally just bought one. Appreciate the video 👊🏽
You are welcome!
Cheers Mark, great informative video! And it's convinced me to get the D500 for video!
Cheers and thanks. The D500 is great for video. I made an entire documentary using it. If you haven't seen it and you have 30 minutes to spare check it out. It was all shot with the D500. kzhead.info/sun/gsacYpGLpJ6QiXA/bejne.html
New subscriber Mark. Caught your videos based upon D500 interest. I spend my time in SW Florida, Northern CA and Hawaii. Really great info in your videos and giving me plenty of reasons for a D500 purchase for my growing interest in bird photography. Love the burrowing owls too! Keep up the great videos.
+Stephen Hurtz Thanks for the great compliments, watching and subscribing. The D500 is a fantastic camera. Before I started using it, I was exclusively using my D810. I find myself going for the D500 more than the D810 now. I revisited the owls and got an entire family. I am putting that video together right now.
Really a lot of help to set up for video on the D500 .. thanks Mark
You are very welcome!
Thanks for the info on frame rate and setting the shutter speed. This was all very helpful.
You are very welcome!
I appreciate the very helpful video, Mark! I am really enjoying your channel.
You are welcome. Glad you are enjoying the videos!
Another great video Mark. It doesn’t appear to be an easy task to follow a moving subject (ie birds or butterflies) and keep it in focus. A good tripod and head looks like a must.
Thanks!
Brilliant thank you for making that video It has made it clear how to do video I have had the d500 for a couple of months I also have the 200-500 and have only done stills That's made me want to try video Thanks
You are very welcome and thanks for watching.
You are such a great teacher! Thank you
You are welcome. Thanks for watching.
Pretty similar to the way I shoot video. At 8:00 you switch it over to image mode though, which is really an unnecessary added step. You can just leave it in video mode, turn off live view, focus through the viewfinder and switch right back to shooting video. Also, if you don’t touch the any of the AF buttons or screen when shooting video, setting the lens to manual really isn’t necessary either. I could see setting the lens to Manual focus as a real detriment if you are switching between shooting video and stills rapidly (which I do a lot). Leaving the lens in AF/M alleviates the need to switch the lens back to AF/M. Everyone has their own process though and if yours works for you, well, then it works ;)
New subscriber. Easy to follow. Look forward to watching more.
Thanks!
very helpful.. saw a video of a guy using a Nikon for stormchasing and using it to capture lightning video. he didn't have the rolling shutter crap that these new cmos sensor cause with lightning flashes. ive never used the 500 for video and needed a quick lesson on video setup. perfect.. thanx
Great video Mark, thanks always learn something from your video.
Thank you and glad you got something from the video.
Great video! I am absolutely loving my D500 I recently purchased with the 200-500mm lens....could you maybe tell me your setup for your tripod, tripod head, and plate for lens? Looks like a great setup and I am currently looking for something like that for my lens to be stable for photography and video capture. Thank you!
Hi there, I second the comments of many on here. A very helpful video from a D500 users point of view. My setting have now been changed from a flat profile, the little test i did today looked better. Though the next question comes, how do you process them to get the best out of the clips? Also do you have a prefered bit of glass for videos?
Hi Mark, Very Informative and helpful video. Message from India & Kuwait. I would like to know your tripod setup including the U shaped Gimbal used in this video, Please share.
Very informative Mark. Thanks!
You are welcome!
Thanks! Its been hard to find video settings suggestions for the D500!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching.
I liked that zoom in and focus trick!
Thanks!
Thank you for this Mark Is very very helpful
Welcome
Thanks Mark Just what I needed
You are very welcome!
Very helpful. Just what I needed for my new D500. Thank You.
You are welcome!
Just started to use video have always shot stills till now very useful video and as always excellent instructions thank you
Thanks for watching. Glad you found the video helpful!
Great video, Mark!
Thanks!
Nice video and the images are superb. I didn't have any luck video recording a live event with motion since the screen had so much glare on it. I miss my analog video camera form the 80s that had an electronic monitor and I was able to see exactly what the camera was recording. I suppose dedicated video cameras today do that. My D500 is primarily for stills so it's not a deal breaker but I wish there was a way to record video thru the viewfinder.
Thanks and I agree with you. I know you can attach and external monitor with a hood as to reduce the glare. I've seen serious video people do this with other DSLRs. That's more investment though. I have done a lot of video with the D500 and for the most part, it works really well when you have time to set everything up. If you had to grab some action that was happening really quickly as in lasting only a few seconds, it would be tough to do.
Awesome stuff! I recently purchased the D500 after spending a lot of time at the Orlando Wetlands. If you've never been, it's really worth a visit, especially during winter due to loads of migratory birds. Today I counted over 100 alligators in less than a football length. Take care.
Thanks! Yeah Orlando Wetlands is a cool place for sure. Looking forward to the fall migration.
Have you ever thought about posting an video of how you edit your videos? I would be interested in seeing that. Thanks for all of the great videos, learned alot.
Honestly, no. I'm not sure where I would begin with that one because it is a very involved process. I use several programs and cameras to put the whole thing together. Perhaps in the future I could do a little behind the scenes type video if everyone is interested.
Hi Mark, Thanks for yet another good video I’m going to Grand Teton/ Yellowstone/ Arches in May 10th to May 21th to photograph geyser, buffalo, bears, mountain goats and Landscape, pretty much everything ;-) and to do a video diary. And then to Tampa Bay May 22th to May 26th where I hope to photograph some Pelicans and other wildlife while my wife is at the beach getting her tan. I plan to buy the Nikon D500 with battery grip and put on my nikkor 80-400 f4.5 to 5.6 and my nikkor 24-70 f 2.8 On my Nikon d610 I will put the nikkor 24-120 f 4 and buy in addition the nikkor 18-35 f 3.5 to 4.5 Further I would buy the Sony FDR AX55 handy cam because I’m not familiar with video and it is hand held, has gimbal image stabilization, a super zoom and a super autofocus with face recognition. However I’m afraid i will be carrying too much equipment and having seen your video, it stroke me that maybe the Nikon D500 and our IPhone X can do the video just fine. What do you think about that? PS: I liked your first book, so I bought the second one too. Hopefully it is already in the mail. Best regards, Mikkel
very helpful video, thank you!
You are very welcome.
Well done Mark! Had not thought of zooming the body to better focus in live view. This of course has no impact on less view at all. Jim
Thanks! It is always nice to be able to focus multiple ways. I have used all three methods but I still prefer using the viewfinder and then switching over to video and hitting record. My eyes seem to work better in the viewfinder than the back of the screen.
Only used the video on the d7100 and that was at a party. Still interesting to think it through.
Funny thing for me was I initially bought the D500 for the 4K video.
No kidding. We started out trying to buy something we< wife and I> could both use. Bought D7100 new and a D200 used with only 1800 shots on it....dirt cheap. I really like the ergonomic of the D200 but obviously it is older lower res tech. Mainly interested in stills but I could imagine the day and really some of what you showed us pertains to stills in some circumstances too.
Yes, you could use a lot of the stuff from this video for stills. It is nice how it bleeds over like that.
Mark: whoa snake! Snake: whoa d500!
+Move_I_Got_This lol
Thank you,great video !!!!
+Floyd Bond Thank you and you are welcome.
Mark - thanks so much! Love your videos! So easy to understand and love the way you go over what you have said. How long can you do 4K video on the D500? Is there is time limit? Also - what tripod do you use. I love that Manfrotto 393(?) and would like to purchase it with a nice tripod. Thanks for any help!
Thanks so much for the compliments. The D500 is limited to 30 min consecutive clips and after that, whatever your memory card can handle. If you record only a minute of video and then start a new clip, you have another 30 minutes as long as your memory card has space. My tripod is the weakest link. It is an older Manfrotto that has been discontinued. An upgrade is next on my list. I have my eye on an Induro without the center shaft and the Manfrotto 393 is excellent!
Great video. Could you please recommend dx lenses for best video quality ?
Not sure if it is a DX lens, but I love the Sigma Art line.
Great video. Thank you. How do you get the ability to touch focus on the screen? The square on mine stays set in the middle... in other words I cannot touch new things to focus on.
Thanks. It sounds like you might have your focus points locked. I made another video on that here:kzhead.info/sun/edJroaqFbXdqjH0/bejne.html
Cool tips, thanks, I always forget the screen is touchable, had the cam over 6 months haha. One tip to offer... you don't need to switch out of video mode to focus, just come out of live view., focus in viewfinder, then back to live view. One less thing to worry about! It's fiddly enough as it is. Just did my first proper kingfisher vid with the d500, focus was a pain but quality is excellent.
Thanks for the tip! Kingfishers are hard to photograph. I could only imagine trying to film one!
Mark, really like all your videos, question for this one is what software do you use to downsize or convert from 4K to 1080p? I did not see the question listed here. Thanks much
Thanks for watching. I use Adobe Premiere for all my video edits. It does a great job of converting.
Thanks... video helped in understanding better.
You are welcome!
This is a nice video. I learned also that using a D500 with an underwater housing does not provide for touching the screen or for manual focus: hence, somewhat up the creek. Interesting! Maybe the only way is to get everything set up in photo mode and switch it over?
Not sure on that one. Would be difficult unless you can set a narrow aperture and just go for it.
Great video,however if you are shooting video and you have a moving subject,such as a bird in flight, would use use AF to do birds in flight or keep it in manual mode???? Thanks !!!
+Floyd Bond Great question. I'm not sure I would use the d500 for video and birds in flight, at least not with tight shots. Following them would be real difficult at least my skill level. I think any quick panning would also introduce rolling shutter which would also be a problem. Perhaps if you had some straight side to side shots it would work but it would require some great camera panning skill. I could be totally wrong on all of this. I only speak from my own experience.
Now that you have had this for a year - how do you feel about the camera? We have Nikon glass - shooting the 7100's still - though the hunting for focus seems to be a plague for autofocus on this camera.. It looks like its hunting here still.
Thanks for the video. I'm just getting into taking video with my D500. What tripod and mount are you using?
You are welcome. I use an older Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod with a Manfrotto Heavy Duty Lens Support.
New subscriber. Came here on recommendation from Ken Wheeler (The Angry Photographer). Looking forward to viewing your other videos.
Thanks for subscribing! That's really cool that Ken recommended my channel. Did he do that in one of his videos?
Cool upload Mark...I've not used the zoom buttons. I'll have to check that out. Sometimes I wish I has 2 D500s.
Thanks. I would love two D500S and my ultimate wish is a D810 with the autofocus system of the D500.
Lol you can always go for a D5. :-) I thought about a D750 a few nights ago since Nikon is having the mother's day sale but I'm over it. D810 is butter but I'm not ready to commit to that. BTW the sale includes the D810 as well.
The D5..... That would be nice. I have a D810. It was my go to camera before the D500 but since I have gotten the D500, the D810 hasn't seen as much use. I still love it for landscapes, sunrises and sunsets. The sensor in the D810 captures a crazy amount of detail. I have a few videos I need to upload where I use the D810.
Too cool!
SloDays bought a Sony A6000 for my wife. I offered to get her a D5300 but she did not want a mini D500 and wanted something smaller
Mark, great videos. I have one question about whether you use jpeg or raw. If raw, how much a pain is it to edit 10 million frames?
I shoot both and then use which ever version looks best. I like editing photographs. It is kind of like meditating or painting. You can easily get lost in the process and produce some great art!
Great video Mark! What microphone are you using? Thx
Thanks. I think it is a Rhode videomicgo?
Good !
Hey Mark. I love terns, the small gulls (guess you know'em). But those birds are small and erratic, how would you go about filming them? Keeping them in the liveview monitor, I would imagine is pretty difficult and they'd probably keep flying in and out of fokus. How do you track moving subjects? Thanks for the videos, they are the best. Got the same setup as you, D500 + 200-500, got a D800 also (I know yours a D810)
+MadsHilde Yeah they are really difficult to follow. Honestly, smaller fast moving birds are tough. I go for the smallest aperture as possible with the available light and hope they stay within the plane of focus. It is really a gamble.
First, thank you for a nice video. It was helpful That is/was my question. When I am out with people using Bridge cameras, they always get nice videos of birds. eagles etc that are moving. I shoot a bunch of stills with a long lens and then switch to video. I end up with something that is in and out of focus. This might be the wrong tool for action videos, and that is ok, I just needed to know that.
Hi great video ... I woukdnlike to know if could you auto focus d500 by touching screen?? Is it possible on d7500 too?? Many thanks. . Cheers
With the D500, you can touch the screen to focus. I don't know if you can do this on the D7500 or not. I don't own one.
Great movie, Is there anyway to get full auto focus on the D500 when shooting a fast moving erratic subject?
Thanks. To be honest, I have never even tried. I would think that if you are shooting at 1/60 of a second that you could stop down to F22 or so which should give you a nice wide depth of field. This may help quite a bit.
Good info. Dont have it on my 750, so will to ask for wife's 500.
Thank you so much....
Thanks for watching.
Helpful, but the touch screen method for focus doesn't seem to work with the Sigma 150-500. Which lens to use?
Ok two questions: How do you do focus tracking? and the big one, how did you get your focus points to show on the screen when you switched from video to photo mode?! I've had my D500 for over a year and was positive that you could not get the focus points to show on the screen! Thank you!
I read a reply regarding focus tracking and now understand that it's probably impossible with the D500. My Lumiz GH3 was fantastic with video (of course) and now trying to use the 500 for video I'm like WTH! Definitely not made for video!
Question: During video, can the D500 refocus on its own, or only by user interaction? I may be focused on a subject, but when I pan across a scene my camera will not refocus on what is now at the focus point of the display until I do it myself (touchscreen, AF-ON button, etc). It seems a huge drawback if I have to constantly be refocusing manually as I pan or change subject in the field of view. I must be missing something.
Auto focus does not work well or at all on Nikon DSLR cameras when shooting video.
If you use the VR option in 1080p is there any loss of resolution.
Do these techniques work on the d7500 as well? I am considering this camera but I am not satisfied with manual focus only. How's the subject tracking feature in 4K video performing? Does it hunt a lot or it is usable? Thanks.
I'm not sure. I've never used the D7500.
I'm looking to buy either the D500 or D720...I want to be able to shoot 4k video with a DLSR which is so much less "intrusive" than shooting with a video camera...which one do you think will give me the best video quality. Your video was very helpful. Thanks - Mike Meyer, Columbus, Ohio
+Mike Meyer Did you mean a d7200? It doesn't shoot 4k. The d500 does but shooting video on it is more difficult than say a traditional camcorder. You have more control with the d500 but with that control comes a learning curve.
Sorry...I meant the D750. I think it shoots 4k and it's sensor is not cropped...but I think it is much older than the D500 and is not as robust. I'm looking for a DSLR that shoots good quality 4k video that I can use in situations where shooting with a video camera is problematic. I'm familiar with shooting video with Canon 5D Mark II...which I love, but Canon doesn't seem to offer anything shooting 4k in a $2k price range, I think. Thanks for your help
I don't think the D750 shoots 4k video either. Canon has better autofocus for video. The autofocus tracking for video on Nikon doesn't really work well. You would have to do manual focus. The D7500 does 4k video but it is crop. The only full frame Nikon for 4k is the D850, I think.
Also the D5
I'm looking at cameras myself, I don't own one or used one before, however I have researched a lot. Shooting video quality in 4K is good in Nikon cameras, but if you have action and moving shots, the autofocusing system is terrible and worst in such cameras. Nikons are good for photos, or static footage, see how there's no camera movement in the video. Canon has the best autofocus system, however their technology is very old, and still use old types of memory and etc. Plus many of their cameras only shoot 1080p or 4K with a crop.This is why, if I had the money, I'd look at the Sony a7riii mirrorless camera. It has Full Frame 4K and has better autofocus than any Nikon. The canon still edges it on autofocus, but Sony has some of the latest tech inside their cameras, and the focusing is very usable. The only drawbacks are the price for both the lenses and body, and the limited range of lenses available, but more lenses are being developed and released in the future.
sir how about the moving subjects? you still autofocus on it using touch screen?
No way!
What program do you use to edit 4k video and how do I downsize it to 1080p?
adobe premiere does it all
can you explain the use of ISO in this process. If you set 1/60 and F8 (I presume in Manual mode), then do you not want the camera to find the correct ISO during the set up - ISO at 100, in auto with a ceiling(max) set at some level?
I use the lowest possible ISO to get a decent exposure and I adjust it manually as I seem to need it. So if I setup to shoot and choose 1/60 and F8 with an ISO of 100, then I will shoot. If the scene is too dark, which it usually is not, then I raise the ISO manually until I get a good exposure. Make sense?
It does. going outside to check it out. What about video inside? How do you set up for that?
Same
Your phone shoots amazing video. What phone is that?
Samsung s7 active
Great video ! What tripod adapter is connected to your camera ?
3 thumbs up.
How well is the AF when tracking people?
Don't even bother. Nikon auto focus for anything moving through the plane of focus is notoriously bad.
Good job on putting this together. I learned how to use my D500 better.
Thanks and I'm glad you got something from the video!
Can this be done with the Nikon d5100
Some of the things in this video can be done with the D5100.
Mark Smith how do I get low aperture for Filming on d5100?
What tripod are you using in 1:35
The head is a Manfrotto heavy duty lens support.
Thank you. I love your channel so much and your content is amazing, keep up the great work.
Hi! That camera is good for video? I heared that Canon is better in video but I want know if there are any good video camera of Nikon..
What microphone do you use?
For most of the videos I have used the built in mic but I have also used a Tascam stereo mic. I need to get a good shotgun mic. It is on my list.
How is the lens autofocus noise with your mic? Does it pick up the noise?
can you please tell us whats your video camera for youtube videos,,,cause the nikons video autofocus isn't good...
+Naeem Ahmadi For walk around stuff I use either a go pro or my Samsung phone.
thanks... did you shoot this video with phone too?!!
The parts of me were shot with my phone.
wow.,i didn't know iphone can shoot such a clean footage,,,nice review,,, thanks for the reply
Not an Iphone, a Samsung Galaxy S7 Active but only on the shots of me or the shots showing the actual camera.
Really good and really helpful. I find the main problem is bright light so you can’t see the LCD very well. Also, surely if you are using the method you suggest to switch to the viewfinder and then autofocus on a single point you don’t need to switch back to manual mode do you? Surely if you switch back to video to shoot the scene you’ll have already grabbed focus on a single point. Therefore it will remain in focus on that point.? Here’s a question though...can you focus track video? Say there’s an animal standing still and you switch to still modem look through viewfinder, focus and then switch back to video mode to record it, once you’ve started recording if the animal moves will the camera focus track it in video? Anyway, great video and thanks.
I appreciate your efforts in this tutorial, but why would you send your 4K video to an sd card that may be able to write 90mb/sec but send your still photos to an xqd card that writes 400 mb/sec? That is backwards. That xqd slot was INTENDED for 4k video which writes a monstrous amount of data per second.
Actually, according to the SD card manufacturer, the specific SD card I am using can easily handle 4K video with room to spare.
Great, but you are publishing a tutorial. You are TEACHING people how and why this device works best. Not convincing. Sorry.
This is a video that showcases how I use the D500. I never once suggested that the way I set things up is the "right" way. I simply state, "This is how I do it." You or anyone else is free to use the various options anyway you see fit. I'm glad you have a different opinion on the matter and thanks for posting it. It will help others understand there is always more than one way to get things done.
drk321 Wrong. The xqd card is there for the 200 raw file, 10 fps burst. It's almost as if you don't know what you're talking about. Recording 4K video takes about 18 MB per second. However, the D500 can shoot 43 MB raw files at 10 per second. That's 430 MB per second compared to the paltry 18 MB for 4K video. It can shoot 200 of them before the camera stops you (however you can release the shutter and immediately press it again to continue). So for 20 seconds of still photos it takes 8.6 gigabytes, or 8600 megabytes, whereas 20 seconds of 4K video only takes 360 megabytes.
Thanks for that info!
Great vid. Very helpful.. I hear a fart at 1:29?
Don't think so, but with me, who knows.