p.52 #2 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
Finally was able to get some footage for a change. Here is the first of the season hummingbird. I used the C50 in super 35 mode. ¬ens was the RF 100-300 with the 2x. Natural sounds was with the Comica VM40 mic.
Excellent Rob!
Audio mix was perfect.
When a clip is this good, it is hard to comment.
Dave
p.52 #3 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Practice footage: My first video in a while, I was able to get out for a couple of hours this week.
I'm practicing a couple of things:
1: Using the arm on my tripod fluid head for the first time hoping to get smoother movements than I used to get by holding the head with my two hands. This means trusting my R5 AF more than before.
2: Using my new Rode Video Pro mic to capture ambient sound. Practicing using the mic settings to reduce the hissing sounds during recording. I turn the camera sound recording volume way down to reduce the camera's preamp noise and then boosting the recording volume on the mic. This make a HUGE difference greatly reducing the recording background noise because the preamp of the mic is much better quality that the preamp in the camera. I also did additional noise reduction on the audio file in an audio editor called Audacity which did a great job.
Video format:
I shot the entire video in 4K60p crop mode for a number of reasons:
1: I used to shoot the majority of my clips in 4K120p because it gave smoother results, but as you know it has some disadvantages - it is line-skipped and produces poor image quality, plus it does not allow audio recording. On the other hand 4K60p crop is down-sampled using 5.1 K from the center of sensor producing much higher image quality virtually indistinguishable from 4K30 Fine mode, and you can do audio recording too.
2: In crop mode the autofocus points cover a larger area of the sensor than in full frame modes making the overall AF performance better. I'm pretty happy with the results.
3: Overheating is not a problem in 4K60p so I can just let the recording run on and on and this acts essentially like having pre-capture on the R5, something I can't do on the R5 shooting 4K120p because it runs too hot and produces huge files. Also pretty happy about this.
Filming in Log - my conclusion about filming in Log on the Canon R5:
After 8 months of almost continuous filming in C-Log 3 on a wide variety of wildlife and landscape subjects in various weather and lighting conditions I have decided that for my use cases it's simply not worth the time, trouble or expense. The above video was not filmed in Log but in Canon's Standard Picture Profile.
Still lots of flaws in some of this footage (first clip is very jumpy), a work in progress...
p.52 #4 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Practice footage: My first video in a while, I was able to get out for a couple of hours this week.
I'm practicing a couple of things:
1: Using the fluid head arm on my tripod head for the first time ever hoping to get smoother movements than I used to get by holding the head with my hands. This means trusting my R5 AF more than before.
2: Using my new Rode Video Pro mic to capture ambient sound. Practicing using the mic settings to reduce the hissing sounds during recording. I turn the camera sound recording volume way down to reduce the camera's preamp noise and boosting the recording volume on the mic. This make a HUGE difference. I also did additional noise reduction on the audio file in an audio editor called Audacity - it does a great job.
Video format:
I shot the entire video in 4K60p crop mode for a number of reasons:
1: I used to shoot the majority of my clips in 4K120p because it gave smoother results, but as you know it has some disadvantages - it is line-skipped and produces poor image quality, plus it does not allow audio recording. On the other hand 4K60p crop is down-sampled using 5.1 K from the center of sensor producing much higher image quality virtually indistinguishable from 4K30 Fine mode, and you can do audio recording too.
2: In crop mode the autofocus points cover a larger area of the sensor than in full frame modes making the overall AF performance better. I'm pretty happy with the results.
3: Overheating is not a problem in 4K60p so I can just let the recording run on and on and this acts essentially like having pre-capture on the R5, something I can't do on the R5 shooting 4K120p because it runs too hot and produces huge files. Also pretty happy about this.
Filming in Log - my conclusion about filming in Log on the Canon R5:
After 8 months of almost continuous filming in C-Log 3 on a wide variety of wildlife and landscape subjects in various weather and lighting conditions I have decided that for my use cases it's simply not worth the time, trouble or expense. The above video was not filmed in Log but in Canon's Standard Picture Profile.
Still lots of flaws in some of this footage (first clip is very jumpy), a work in progress...
Cheers,
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Looks very good to me Rudy!
I wish my practice video was this good, !
Hope you can get out more and have more video to share with us.
Dave
p.52 #5 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
dj63401 wrote:
Looks very good to me Rudy!
I wish my practice video was this good, !
Hope you can get out more and have more video to share with us.
Dave
Hi Dave,
Thanks for watching and for your kind and encouraging remarks.
p.52 #8 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote: Video format:
I shot the entire video in 4K60p crop mode for a number of reasons:
1: I used to shoot the majority of my clips in 4K120p because it gave smoother results, but as you know it has some disadvantages - it is line-skipped and produces poor image quality, plus it does not allow audio recording. On the other hand 4K60p crop is down-sampled using 5.1 K from the center of sensor producing much higher image quality virtually indistinguishable from 4K30 Fine mode, and you can do audio recording too.
2: In crop mode the autofocus points cover a larger area of the sensor than in full frame modes making the overall AF performance better. I'm pretty happy with the results.
3: Overheating is not a problem in 4K60p so I can just let the recording run on and on and this acts essentially like having pre-capture on the R5, something I can't do on the R5 shooting 4K120p because it runs too hot and produces huge files. Also pretty happy about this.
Filming in Log - my conclusion about filming in Log on the Canon R5:
After 8 months of almost continuous filming in C-Log 3 on a wide variety of wildlife and landscape subjects in various weather and lighting conditions I have decided that for my use cases it's simply not worth the time, trouble or expense. The above video was not filmed in Log but in Canon's Standard Picture Profile.
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Rudy, agreed. Especially the section on Log. For what I shoot I've just found the additional post processing work not worth the added effort. Some of this is absolutely due to my shortcomings.
I also like 4K-60 for the ability to slow the clip down. Dragging a 4K-60 clip onto the timeline creates a 4K-60 sequence. Got that. Now a question; would creating a 4K-30 (or 24) sequence and dropping the 4K-60 clip into it, allow me to slow down further? Or am I better off just slowing down the 4K-60 clip in the 4K-60 sequence?
p.52 #10 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Quiet Mornings at the Pond
This favorite local pond in Ottawa, Ontario has been my second home for the last 15 years, ever since I discovered wildlife photography (and now videography).
Enjoy!
Rudy
Camera: Canon R5
Lens: Canon RF 100-500 L
Video format: 4K60p crop, 4K120p
Editing: Davinci Resolve 20
Music credits: see end of video for credits page
p.52 #11 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Quiet Mornings at the Pond
This favorite local pond in Ottawa, Ontario has been my second home for the last 15 years, ever since I discovered wildlife photography (and now videography).
Enjoy!
Rudy
Camera: Canon R5
Lens: Canon RF 100-500 L
Video format: 4K60p crop, 4K120p
Editing: Davinci Resolve 20
Music credits: see end of video for credits page
Loved this while having my morning coffee, well done.
p.52 #12 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Quiet Mornings at the Pond
This favorite local pond in Ottawa, Ontario has been my second home for the last 15 years, ever since I discovered wildlife photography (and now videography).
Enjoy!
Rudy
Very nice Rudy!
An enjoyable love letter to your favorite pond!
Always enjoy watching your videos.
Dave
p.52 #13 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
Loved this while having my morning coffee, well done.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for watching and commenting! I've been managing to get out a bit more lately. We've been having sweltering heat and humidity up here in Ottawa lately, but I get to the pond by 6:30 am and stay for only 2 hours so that works out really well.
Cheers,
Rudy
p.52 #15 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Cheezie but Fun!
Here's one Pied-billed Grebe chasing another one out of its territory. I've been waiting for years to capture this event, but unfortunately I was shooting directly into the sun so the colours and image quality leave a lot to be desired. I'm amazed that the camera stayed on focus all this time.
p.52 #18 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Young White Tail Deer at Ted Shanks C.A. in NE Missouri. Velvet on antlers and several button bucks.
Canon R5 MKII RF200-800 4k Hand held using monopod
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p.52 #19 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
p.52 #20 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Here's one Pied-billed Grebe chasing another one out of its territory. I've been waiting for years to capture this event, but unfortunately I was shooting directly into the sun so the colours and image quality leave a lot to be desired. I'm amazed that the camera stayed on focus all this time.
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