Canon 60D

[Chris Mahoney]

Sure, just posted this as an example of my shot, i hated it and couldn’t use it but shooting at roughly the same angle the shots I got of different things were pretty horrid with the same issue.

Thanks again for your help

Chris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oCWRF13Gc&feature=plcp

[Bob Cole]

[Rick Diamond] ” I find that, on my 5D Mark III, Cinestyle is too noisy and requires too much grading.”

Hey Rick! Didn’t know you were into DSLRs. Fun, isn’t it? Have you tried some of the other profiles? What profile are you shooting with? And (veering off-topic a bit) have you tried Magic Lantern?

btw, Chris, I agree with Rick that you should look at your profile; try the default Canon profile to nail down your picture problem.

Bob C

[Rick Diamond]

Hi Bob. Yeah, this is a lot of fun. After doing some pretty extensive testing, I’ve decided on the profiles I mentioned. Neutral for interiors and Faithful for exteriors. Sharpness at 1, Contrast at -4, Saturation at -3. These settings give me the most dynamic range with the least noise. In addition to Cinestyle, I’ve tried the Cinema and Flaat profiles. Cinema, in my opinion is just another look. It’s not a flat picture style. Flaat does the dynamic range job, but, like Cinestyle, is too noisy. Of course, these are the results from my 5D Mark III. It might be different on the 60D or any other DSLR for that matter. I’m looking forward to checking out Magic Lantern when it’s ready for the MKIII. I need my zebras!

Today, I’ll be doing some ISO testing. On a shoot last week, I noticed a lot of noise on some exteriors, which were probably shot at very low ISO.

Rick

[Bob Cole]

Thanks. I’ll have to try those settings. The big question for me is how to shoot on a Canon 60D so that it will be more compatible with footage from my EX1R. I’m assuming you still shoot with the EX3, so you must have a similar issue. Have you seen Alister Chapman’s how-to video on XDCAM Picture Profiles? Very straightforward and convincing. https://www.xdcam-user.com/how-to-videos/
And https://www.xdcam-user.com/picture-profile-guide/

[Rick Diamond]

I haven’t used it yet as a two camera set up. I got it for times when I wanted to achieve a more filmic look.

Rick

[Bob Cole]

I wasn’t thinking so much of a two-camera set-up, with seamless intercutting between cameras – but I would like to improve the compatibility between my XDCAM and Canon footage.

So far it hasn’t been an issue, as I’ve mainly used the DSLR to create timelapses or extreme telephoto shots. In those cases, the DSLR’s footage is so stylistically different that I haven’t had to worry about matching. But I’d like to use the DSLR for shallow DOF shots too, and that’s where it would be neat to have a bit closer matching.

[Andrew Traweek]

I’m on the T3i, and I run into this problem all the time when I use my 50mm 1.8. I also get some weird lighter, hazier spots in the middle of the frame when I don’t strictly control the light entering the lens. My hunch is that you’re running into the same problem.

I’m using an old FD 50mm from 1985 with an adapter. (Don’t laugh, it was free!) I’ve found that the lack of modern coatings on the glass, plus adding two more layers of glass in the adapter brings the picture quality down quite a bit from my kit lenses. Add an ND into the equation, and things just get muddy. That’s why I only use my 50mm for very specific shots where I need something very stylized.