Camera - Smart Device for 1st Year.

The Smart Device camera allows students to unlock their creativity by using this 'portable' Camera to craft a story.

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The best App to access all the features of the Smart Device is the Blackmagic App.

Installed on all of the Google Pixel 7A smart devices available from the MCASI Store.

The Blackmagic App available on Google Play Store and App Store for iOS

This picture shows the overall Settings of the Camera.

The App takes full advantage of the ‘touch screen’ capability, which allows quick access to any of the Menu functions displayed.

This Quick Guide is to show each Setting and what its for.

Selected Phone Lens; Which Lens is being used for the Shot.
Frame Rate; Remember the Zoom F6 Audio needs to match. 25FPS is optimum
Shutter; the rate at which the Shutter of the camera is operating at.
Record Duration; the time length of Recording
ISO; the Sensitivity of the Sensor within the camera.
White Balance; this is for the camera to know what the colour White is.
Overlay; turns ON a number of ‘Display Guides’ for the camera.
Focus; allows you to Switch between Auto or Manual.
Exposure; fine control in exposing the picture.
Zoom; Zoom IN or OUT. With Zoom, its best if you don't Zoom more than 1.3X.
Media Storage; how much Media you can Record to.
Audio Levels; indication of internal Microphone levels.

The Points underlined above are further explained below.

Zebra; this setting allows for a way to observe exposure when this Zebra Pattern is ON. It can be set to a variety of Levels. 75-100%. 85% is a good start point.

Focus in Red; if using Manual Focus, this allows you to see when Peak Focus is reached by showing a Red Line become distinctive on the Phones screen.

Display Markers: Display Markers are a guide to indicate when framing the camera. the one shown by the arrow (left) is for Rule of Thirds. A good start to getting a headset in that great shot.

Dual Sound Recording with Frame Rate

For continuity, as well as synchronising the audio later, especially when using the Zoom F6 Audio Recorder.

The function of the Camera for the Video and the Zoom F6 for the Audio.

It’s important to have the Frame Rate for both recording devices set to the same rate. In this example 25FPS is required.

The Exposure Triangle

A guide to using each of the 3 Settings to ‘expose’ correctly the picture

The picture to the left shows the relation between all 3 functions of the camera to give the best recording.

It is that balance between all 3 that gives the best result.

Shutter should be at least higher than your Frame Rate. ie 1/50th and above.

ISO needs to be set as Low as possible. This is when Outdoors. High when in Indoors

Exposure is then Set to allow for a good well exposed picture.

The balance finding the best combination from all 3 gives the best result.

ISO Setting

As a guide; this needs to be set as Low in numerical value to begin with when shooting Outdoors.

High when in Indoors.

(ISO) represents sensitivity to light as a numerical value.

Shutter Setting

Device through which the lens aperture of a camera is opened to admit light and thus expose the film

To Upload your Files to a Thumbdrive for Saving or Viewing

Record your Clip and once done

Switch to Media on the App

Select the Clip to be Saved, Click on the Upload icon (circled as shown).

Choose the Files by Google icon.

We send the Clip to the Files App on the Phone to then Save to the Thumbdrive

Select the Media File to be used from within Files, Select it by choosing the Clip, this is by using the Tick which highlights and then use the 3 Dot Menu selector at top Right of of the screen.

Once Selected choose the Copy To function.

With the Thumbdrive plugged in to the Phone via the attachment. Select the Thumbdrive at the bottom of the screen. As shown.