Richard Van den boogaard
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Under-exposing is generally good advice, but it all depends on the situation. Neither full white nor full black provide enough data to correct for. If only future cameras would allow for HDR and RAW processing…
You can consiously choose to blow out your background if your subject would otherwise end up as a black hole in high contrast situations. Unlike our eyes with a contrast-ratio of 1:20.000, cameras work in a range of 1:30 – 1:60, so you sometimes have to make such choices.
In this case you could have better under-exposed, as half of here face is now blown out (indeed no info to correct for) and then use a gentle spot-fill in Magic Bullet Looks to correct her left site a bit.
Another solution might be to go for a B&W look on your B-Camera; but that’s a stylistic choice.
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To add to this: next time make sure you match your cameras in terms of white balance – operating on AWB in a multi-camera shoot is dangerous, so it’s better to set a manual white-balance or use an ExpoDisc to determine it for you.
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I do not think that this forum is intended for these types of adverts…
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I guess if I use my Tokina 11-16mm on a 43rd camera, the crop factor is much less than my other L-Series lenses for the 5D full frame sensor.
Pulling focus at anything below F2.8 does become a challenge due to the shallow DoF. Simple solution is just to stop down, provided you have enough available light.
Nonetheless, I AM in the market for a camera with XLR inputs/SDI output. Whenever I have an assignment with lots of vox-pops, I prefer not having to record audio separately and re-sync in post. I just hope that some manufacturer will be smart enough to create a camera with a cropped sensor so that I can re-use my existing Canon glass and a crop factor comparable to the 7D.
Alternatively, if Canon were to create an extension box with XLR in and SDI out (bypassing the H264 encoder) that I can attach tot the 5D/7D (comparable to the current dual battery system), I will buy one instantly. That way, they can continue to satisfy both market segments – photographers and DSLR shooters.
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Micro 4/3rd chips – that’s like a 2x crop factor on 35mm glass, right? Not very usable if you need to go wide with existing glass…
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My suggestion – shoot as flat as you can (and record all details nicely) and apply CC in post. Once recorded with specific filters, you can’t do much.
Analyzing MM in terms of lighting, blocking and framing is another great suggestion (as above).
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Totally agree with you there.
I think the guys at Zacuto have to send this one back to the drawing board, as it not very useful, unless you have a loner without a frame glued to the back…
At IBC in Amsterdam, I saw a viewfinder that allows for angled shoots (works with a mirror), although Zacuto is about to announce an electronic version.
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I had to buy a Gorilla base plate this Summer, as I had to sent in my 7D for repairs and received a loner from Canon Professional Support (naturally without a glue-on frame). So, from that perspective, it can be nice to keep such a baseplate around.
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No you’re not screwed. You can screw your tripod into the baseplate, there’s a thread for that (look sideways). I prefer the use of the Manfrotto 394 quick release plates, instead, however. You could screw that on the bottom of the baseplate as well.
Alternatively, you can buy the glue-on frame from Zacuto and attach the Z-finder that way. It still works, as the frame is identical in size. Available for $5,50 at B&H.
Richard van den Boogaard
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H.264 are compressed to 8-bit color space on the current Canons.
Let’s hope they will allow for 4:2:2 10-bit (or even 4:4:4 14-bit) on the next versions. Perhaps writing on two SD cards simultaneously or output to a separate recorder via SDI-out?
SDI-out / XLR-in is not likely to happen on the Canon 5D mark III, since still photographers (the core market for these cameras) wouldn’t know what to do with it. However, if Canon would build an accessory that allows DSLR shooters to purchase separately (much akin to the dual battery system), that would be the best of both worlds.
Richard van den Boogaard
cameraman / editor / video marketing consultantBranded Channels
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