Garfield
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I use H265 10-bit for everything. (I've played with various RAW formats but it's way overkill for my social media needs and file sizes are insanely large.) Nikon's H265 files are small and clean which essentially eliminates the need to apply noise reduction is post. I try to shoot everything at 4k60p for the oversampling (great IQ), which supports a 2x slow-mo in post but also doesn't look wonky if you choose not to slow the footage down. Just set the SS to 1/120s and Bob's you uncle! Unless you're shooting f2.8 wide open in bright sun, you shouldn't need an ND filter. I strongly recommend monitoring exposure using the waveform monitor to guard against clipping highlights or shadows -- exposure is adjusted by changing aperture (I shoot manual). I let ISO float up to 6400.Thanks. So what File Type do you use? And what do you use for post processing?
120p works great for BIF and fast action, but I only use it when I know that I want to shoot slow motion since the IQ isn't oversampled and outputting 120p on a 30p timeline without slow-mo can look choppy. Again, I find shooting 60p a good compromise.
As for an NLE, I've used FCP which I really liked, but even it requires a certain amount of dedication to learn properly so I decided to switch to Davinci Resolve, partly because I only want to learn once and partly because DR is constantly being updated where as I'm not confident of Apple's future plans for FCP.