Taking photos and videos with your poi.
You will need a camera with manual settings mode and a flash. Find a dark place, the spinner should
be in deep shadow. Set your camera: ISO 200, f6.3, shutter speed = the speed of your trick, 0,3-0,5
sec usually. Turn flash on. If poi trail is too bright, use f8.0.
Video is a trickier thing. You have to upload images with reduced to 12-25% brightness. This is
necessary to equalize poi luminosity and background brightness to gain correct exposure. You
should see normally exposed poi trails and a performer clearly on the camera screen.
Camera - we recommend to use a cam with "global shutter", not a "rolling shutter". Nice result could
be on new DSLR cameras like Canon 5D mark4, shutter speed 1/25 and 25 FPS framerate works
pretty well. Anyway, a camera doesn't see poi trails like a human eye does, so some post-processing
is necessary, for example, Echo effect to make the trail longer as you can see with your eye.
Tips for smartphones. Use "Night" camera mode if you don’t have manual settings. This will make
the shutter speed slower and trails longer. Filming through the sunglasses is a good idea as well. The
best result could be achieved with camera applications with enhanced settings, you need to adjust
aperture and ISO manually.
