I'm a noob to video as my old 7D took terrible videos in the late 2000s and then put the hobby down for a while. Got back into the game last year with the R6ii but honestly was mostly lost as I was focusing on re-learning the stills side of things. Started shooting more video in early 2024 after the birth of my BFF's first child but sadly to protect privacy I won't be sharing those videos. But I learned a lot following a toddler around after he learned to crawl and now walk. Nothing tests IBIS like a child lol. Specifically traded in my R6ii for an R5ii for CLog2 and 8K video--which I have now learned is too much of a storage drain so I'm primarily using the 4K Fine mode. I believe Canon states that the 4K resolutions with "Fine" in the name means it's oversampled from 8K as opposed to subsampled. Here's generally where I landed and why (note these are R5mkII settings, and will differ with other models). Also this is for "everyday/travel shooting". Not for special things like slow motion birds in flight or action shots. Also if something is super important to you (or your subject/client) and it's not a super long clip, I'll use the highest resolution 8K available and RAW and deal with the size later. But if it's like the first steps of a child, etc. and I want to capture it in 8K RAW, it be what it is.
Resolution: 4K-U Fine - I use U instead of D because all my home 4K TVs and Monitors are 3840x2160 (4K-D is 4096x2160)
Frame Rate: 29.97. Yes I'm a film fan and I know 24fps (or 23.98) is more "filmic" but for some reason, my eye likes 29.97 on my videos. Maybe if I'm ever commissioned to shoot an actual film for distribution I'll go to 24fps.
Compression method: Long GOP (LGOP). This is mostly due to the limitations of the codec I've decided to use, namely...
Main recording format (codec): XF-HEVC S YCC 422 10 bit - yes it's a newer codec and may not play nice with older hardware. But both my PC and Mac platforms are very current and have zero problem playing and editing this codec, and the file size savings due to the improved compression is a godsend. But using HEVC will limit you to LGOP.
And most importantly: Canon Log 2. I shot a few videos on my R6ii in CLog3 and even a rank amateur like me can tell you CLog2 is a way better format. I was hesitant at first shelling out the extra cash for an R5ii but upon shooting with CLog2 I can say it was money well spent.
Here's a short clip of the outdoors of the Norton Simon museum. This clip was in HEVC 422 at 3840x2160. I may or may not have known about Fine being the oversampled so I can't swear if it was 4K-U Fine or just 4K-U. I used the standard Canon LUT available from their site and it's called "CinemaGamut_CanonLog2-to-BT709_WideDR_65_FF_Ver.2.0" as a starting point and then light tweaking of saturation, contrast, highlights, shadows etc. to make the stitched clips match better.
This clip Shot on the R5ii with the 35 1.4L VCM. I'm most proud of the last 15 seconds or so when I go from the plants to the water to the trees and the sun setting behind it as I had to hand adjust the aperture using the smooth ring on the 35 VCM (which is why I'm glad they have it smooth, I can just use the back dial if I want steps) so that it didn't get blown out as I panned up and to the left. I did a manual test run without recording to get a feel in the OVF of how I'd have to adjust the aperture ring as I panned.
Obviously for best viewing results, watch the clip on YouTube proper, full screen and select 4K resolution if YT doesn't do it automatically for you.
Dec 28, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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