View Full Version : Need advice on film look using a Canon GL2
PVMvideos
06-19-2005, 08:00 PM
Please do not laugh, but seriously I need help.
I do not have a DVX100A camera and have recently purchase a Canon GL2. It was affordable for me, but I do have Vegas 5.0 software. What settings if any can I place in my GL2 using iris and or aperture settings and the like could I use, and does this camera have 30p or 60i mode or something near that to get me in the proper ballpark to mimick film. Please Help. :undecided
Norm Sanders
06-19-2005, 09:05 PM
Never used the camera, but I doubt it has progressive at all, as I think that's saved for its big brother, the XL1 or XL2. I'd imagine if you CRANK the iris all the way open (use filters to off set any potential blowouts), use maximum zoom (just like on the DVX), then use manual focus, you can work your way to a better depth of field. Perhaps if you can manipulate the shutter to a different speed as well, I don't know if that will help or not.
Use cheats, like putting your subject WAY away from the background to force the background more out of focus, putting something between your subject & the lens to further increase your depth of field, etc.
Then, use Magic Bullet or VASST's plugin's for a variety of cool film looks. Lastly, there are programs out there that can convert/chop your interlaced footage into progressive 24P, but I've heard others say that when you do that you'll sacrifice/cut your resolution significantly ... so be warned.
Hope it gives you some direction. Also, become a pro with lighting & learn your camera well.
PVMvideos
06-19-2005, 09:11 PM
Thank you very much for the advice. I will use every morsel of it!
The GL2 has the same frame-mode as the XL1 (i.e. NOT progressive). It's basically Canon's in-camera film-look hack (as it isn't truly 24fps nor is it progressive).
This is the same effect you can get with any normal interlaced footage using a film-look technique in Vegas (or pretty much any other NLE). Just google for info.
There's also a lot more to the "film-look" than just a frame-mode image. Lighting, iris, shutter speed, etc. are all important.