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  • Canon XF100 ( what’s cause noisy video in shadow )

    Posted by Koiky El on March 9, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    hi everyone
    year ago i bought Canon XF100 , yes i think its good camera i love it but the only issue is noisy grainy video in shadow in dark areas and dark colors even in daylight shoots
    camera is fully Manual
    gain 0 sometimes -3
    i hope you can help me can can i get beautiful and clear video,
    thank you so much,
    ???? Koiky ????

    Koiky El replied 9 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Al Bergstein

    March 10, 2017 at 9:08 pm

    Are you using a card to white balance before your shoots? Try making sure you are white balanced (or grey card) and expose properly. With 0 to -3 gain it should look pretty good.

    This was shot with an XF100 and it has plenty of shadows and not much noise.
    https://vimeo.com/47690375

    Al

  • Koiky El

    March 12, 2017 at 9:30 pm

    Thank You so much. i will try.
    i would like to see some shoots daylight as well Please.
    And what About the Custom Picture Settings?
    ????????

  • Al Bergstein

    March 13, 2017 at 1:37 am

    I shot the following video a couple of years ago using the xf 305. i have primarily used it for indoor stage shooting ….
    https://vimeo.com/68819395

    Al

  • Koiky El

    March 14, 2017 at 1:44 pm

    hi, video is really good, no noise at all in dark areas
    i would like to get my shoots as yours,
    could you please give me the best settings?
    which Custom Picture ?
    thank you :-))

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