Patw28 Loc: PORT JERVIS, NY

I'll be video recording our community theater Valentine production. First video recording experience.
I've got the remote mic OK. The FZ1000 does not have a headphone jack but it does have manual audio level control (menu driven) and a visual audio meter.

But It wil entail constantly varying stage lighting, level and color.
Can I get away with using the Intelligent Audio (IA) recording mode?
So far it looks good in rehearsals to my intutored eye.

Caveats???

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

My FZ1000 is my main video camera. I usually shoot outdoors in 'M' & use an ND8 filter to keep the shutter speed down, but I find that when shooting indoors, especially under varying lighting, 'IA' works great, without requiring ND filters. The camera looks after exposure very well in IA, which makes life a lot easier. I would definitely use IA in this situation, & whether I used IA or not, I would definitely use AWB--it works great on the FZ.

Earl.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

I don't have the FZ1000 but I have shot video with the Fuji HS10 a couple of years ago. That camera had an auto mode that let it autofocus and automatically change the aperture with changing lighting conditions and changing subject distance. The problem I had was the audio contained every whirr of the autofocus resetting itself and every click of the aperture changing itself. Since I was shooting an outdoor scene I was able to edit out all those clicks and whirrs, but with a stage show that wouldn't have been possible. If this is a problem with your FZ1000 in intelligent auto mode, I would set your camera on the tripod to wide angle to cover the stage, focus once and leave it on manual aperture and shutter speed. If you can set auto iso, then the camera will adjust to changing lighting without making any noise doing it. If you are shooting 4K, or even 1080P, a good editing program like Adobe Premiere will let you zoom into the frame in editing to simulate close ups.
I generally use a separate external recorder when capturing music performances to avoid capturing any camera noises, then sync the audio track with the camera audio in editing and mute the camera audio. Depending on the length of the performance you may have to stop and restart the clip to avoid exceeding the maximum amount of recording time per clip. You say the rehearsal video looks good, but how does it sound? They say audio is more important than video in a video. I always spend some time editing the audio to tweak and normalize the sound levels on my audio track in addition to editing the video.

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

Patrick states that he is using an external mic, so internal camera noises won't be a problem.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

Sorry, I missed that. In that case ignore everything I said about camera noises. The intelligent auto may well be the best choice.