2025 camera rankings new vs used

[fuzzynormal]

Well, I figured if the viewers online are so non-discriminating and it just needs to be vert-vid to be a reel on our group's page, I'll just do it like this and call it good.  I'm lazy, I guess.  Also, we ain't trying to maximize views, so no real PR stakes involved here.

 

 

[eatstoomuchjam]

3 hours ago, Andrew - EOSHD said:

And nobody seems to want to turn the camera 90 degrees

I think the goal is to record once and have a frame that can be cropped to work with both landscape and portrait edits.

[Clark Nikolai]

2 hours ago, fuzzynormal said:

Well, I figured if the viewers online are so non-discriminating and it just needs to be vert-vid to be a reel on our group's page, I'll just do it like this and call it good.  I'm lazy, I guess.  Also, we ain't trying to maximize views, so no real PR stakes involved here.

 

 

It looks like even the eagle is wondering why you aren't holding the camera vertically.

[fuzzynormal]

16 minutes ago, Clark Nikolai said:

It looks like even the eagle is wondering why you aren't holding the camera vertically.

Dang.  It even affects wildlife!

[FHDcrew]

Something interesting I’ve found, my most common deliverables are actually 2:35:1 and 9:16. If you want to deliver both horizontal and vertical and frame for 2:35:1, you end up with some solid headroom for vertical stuff. Decent alternative to open gate IF you are making 2:35:1 content. I get that 2:35:1 is def a personal preference and there’s a lot of work that has to be 16:9, but I’ve found that can work well. 
 

I get it though. Open gate is useful. 

[newfoundmass]

11 hours ago, Ninpo33 said:

Honest question, Do you really think people would notice if you center cropped your 4k or higher 16x9 videos to vertical for social media? Like the loss of resolution is that bad when viewed on instagram or facebook after compression? It can help a bit for framing in my experience but it feels like companies are marketing the social media angle as an easy feature that’s already built in and people are drinking the kool aid. 

My argument for open gate is really the benefits for anamorphic shooting. Cropping for instagram from a 4k 16x9 file has always been fine for me. 

When using 16:9 to create vertical videos, the loss of resolution is less of the issue (at least for me) and more the POV, especially as it pertains to action. You lose so much information cropping a 16:9 video into a 9:16 timeline. Open gate allows you to crop off less from the left and right, giving you more perspective.

Here is an example, though it's not exactly a perfect one, since one shot is made from a cropped 16:9 frame and the other is from a cell phone that was filming in 9:16, since we were doing quick on site turnaround working with the college that hired us' social media team, but you'd get the same effect using open gate like we usually do. (Sorry this was just the easiest/most recent example I could make.)

This is made from a 16:9 frame. Notice how the celebrating wrestler takes up the entire frame, so you can't see many of the attendees?

Here is a shot straight from the vertical video. You'd get the same view if you were cropping an open gate image.

The second image is preferable, especially when it comes to marketing ourselves to other colleges who might be interested in hiring us, as they can better see the reaction everything is getting from the students in attendance. Plus, it just offers a broader image that better illustrates the vibe and excitement of the audience.