[Riccardo Luppi]

Hey mate,
most of sony cameras/camcorders have a small label on the bottom of the body or under the barrel reporting few lines of info. The last line should have the build date.
https://www.kenrockwell.com/sony/images/a6400/D3S_4347-bottom.jpg this shows an example for the A6400

[Riccardo Luppi]

Hey Steven,

Go through the explanation via text is quite complex. In general, you could try publishing the colour of the text and connecting the colour of the particle emitter to that.

You could check the JayAreTV yt channel. It has various different videos about text interacting with particles.

This one goes into creating a particle emitting text:

https://youtu.be/cZszVPuB_Xohttps://youtu.be/cZszVPuB_Xo

But I believe you already know how to do this.

This video shows how to link the colour of the text to the colour of the particles:

https://youtu.be/LjyFOxrvjDghttps://youtu.be/LjyFOxrvjDg

Hope this helps!

[Riccardo Luppi]

Hey Eric,
Yes, you can do the same thing in DaVinci using the stacked timelines feature.
Explaining it via text might be tricky, so you can follow this quick tutorial:

https://youtu.be/upDrZsm37T0

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[Riccardo Luppi]

Hey Neil,

About dedicated training, I am not sure about in-person workshops. Personally, I do offer private consults but not specifically for the C70. For that, you might want to refer to your local Canon main partner/reseller as they might offer specific training.

That said, please keep in mind that the core is to understand the principles behind exposure and contrast with digital cameras. DSLRs/mirrorless and Cinema cameras might differ for a few settings (shutter speed vs shutter angle for example) but the sensors they use are the same and it is really a matter of understanding the colour science behind that. Once you do, the camera you use will not matter (if not by the learning curve to getting used to where all the buttons are).

Another great resource I would suggest is colour.training . They offer multiple courses on colour science and digital image processing. I’d recommend you check that out!

[Riccardo Luppi]

Hey Jason,

here are my 2 cents as a colourist:

– Between Canon Log2 and Log3, I would agree on using Log2 as it retains more shadow detail. Canons usually have worse low-end sensitivity compared to Sonys and thus Log2 should help reduce the gap. Log2 could potentially introduce more noise in the shadows, but in a studio environment, I doubt that would be an issue.

– About camera matching, just make sure that both cameras get a clean view of the colour chart. ideally set them side by side and have the colour chart placed where the subject will be. Also, make sure that there is not hard light directly shining on the chart, to avoid reflections that could false the read. As long as you dial in the same exposure and colour balance in the two cameras, it should be fairly easy for the colourist to then match the two.

Hope this answers to your doubts!

[Riccardo Luppi]

Hey Mike,

I can give you my 2 cents as a colourist: 12bit 444 is almost equivalent to RAW, when it comes to grading. Effectively, 12bit gives you much more information than 10bit when it comes to colour. The advantage of the RAW would be more about the dynamic range, especially for highlight recovery and shadow detail (in general compromised exposure situations). Also, 4K gives you more flexibility in post, as you can reframe without quality loss, assuming you are exporting in FullHD

Personally, if the file resolution is not a limiting factor (hence you don’t need 4K), I would opt for the 12bit 444 XFAVC for the easier workflow. Also, keep in mind that as of today DaVinci Resolve does not support ProResRAW natively. Thus, if this is your grading software of choice, you’ll need a third-party software to convert the ProResRAW to a file that DaVinci can actually read, most probably forcing you to a 10bit 444 conversion.

[Riccardo Luppi]

Hey Neil,

as a premise, I am assuming that with MK4 you are referring the 5D MKIV DSLR. Overall, though, my next advice will be good for any DSLR camera from canon recording in standard picture profile (Rec.709).

Overall, you should take advantage of the full capabilities of the C70 by recording in XF-AVC 10bit. To correctly expose while shooting with the C70 (assuming you are shooting in Log), you should reference the skintone. In particular, the areas of the skin that are on the lit side, but do not present a diffused or specular highlight. Those areas should be your 0 exposure point or in other words your middle grey reference. You can use the false colour of the C70 to nail that. If you don’t know how to access the false colour, you can reference page 82 of the user manual, that you can check here: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/2096455/Canon-Eos-C70.html?page=82

Also, if you are not familiar with exposure and middle grey, this video might help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsPnluz62So&t=10s

Coming now to the DSLR camera, again assuming you are shooting in standard picture profile, you should use your EV meter to make sure that the skin area that you set to middle grey in the C70 sits at 0EV for your DSLR. This way, you might still need to do contrast and saturation adjustments to match the two cameras, as every sensor works a bit differently, but you should have a solid starting point to start with.

If you need further help with the post-production aspect, please let me know!

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[Riccardo Luppi]

Hi,
you can check that by going into menu -> others -> operation time

[Riccardo Luppi]

Hey Hal,

referencing the manual for the EX1R, at page 44 it states “Maximum duration of a clip
In HD Mode, a clip can be 24 hours long at
maximum. If a clip exceeds 24 hours, it is
automatically divided.”
I would say that your issue might be linked to the formatting of the SD card. As you format it, you can set the maximum file size it will allow anyone to write. If that is the case, re-formatting the SD cards while removing the size limit could solve your issue.

[Riccardo Luppi]

Hey Andreas,

Given your setup, I would agree that the CPU is currently the bottleneck. Specifically, the cache could be the limiting factor there. I would probably suggest a Ryzen 9 (even a 3900 should do). Unfortunately, I know that it would imply swapping the motherboard, but that would be true for most of CPUs that come to mind.