I was just wondering if this case since I just got a C100 and still crossing my fingers about the Ninja 2
reasons why I need 4:2:2 :
1. I occasionally do Green screen works (maybe 3-4 times a year for extremely low budget commercials, around 0.5 k, which requires minimal efforts. and sometimes Id like to do some interesting on location greenscreen shots for fun/experiment)
2. 4:2:2 comes in handy when color is way off (I had a chance to shoot a doc in a extremely yellow/orange room, no matter how i set the WB on 5D2, its just either too yellow or too blue even playing around with the WB offsets), and when i got home to CC the footage, I cant push it too far since half of the color is missing. thats why I thought I was done with 4:2:0 no matter which cam I own
3. Ive read a lot of reviews and people always say that C100's 4:2:0 is better than 5d's 4:2:0. but for me 4:2:0 is the same.
3. its just a life saving add-on for Run-n-gun shootings regardless of the weight
anyways
reasons why I dont need Ninja 2:
1. Run n gun is a top concern for me now ( I used to do weddings with 5D2 + DP6 which is a pain, I broke at least 10+ HDMI cables,and there is no hotshoe mount on earth that secures DP6 in place), and there is currently no great mounting solution of Ninja 2 (with cable locks on both end and a arm that actually mounts on hotshoe without slipping off). I know on the C100 end, you can put a lock on the HDMI port after taking off the side screw, but I have no idea on the Ninja side.
2. I know it supports upto 10 bit uncompressed recording, but there shouldnt be any DSLR that feeds out 10 bit uncompressed through HDMI in the near future (Id say in 3 - 4 years considering the life cycle of 5D mark iii), and therefore for C100, its just a difference between 8 bit 4:2:2 and 4:2:0
3. and most importantly, Ninja has no SDI and it only brings 4:2:2 to C100 (10 bit feature is a waste since C100 only feeds 8bit), while Samurai has SDI but no HDMI. Eitherway its just a specific product for a specific reason, that I have to sell it once Im done with C100. No future proof.
by the way, My business is mainly weddings, docs, tutorials, low budget (under 2k) 30/15 sec commercials, real estate, and film BTS. C100 should be enough to satisfy 85% of these works, and only 15% I have to risk is the 4:2:0 (its run n gun, so I have to bring those bad looking shots back to life)
So my question here is, is it possible for Canon to do a firmware update to bring 4:2:2 to life on C100 ? if its a hardware issue and therefore not possible then, should I consider buying the Ninja just for the 4:2:2 ?
PS, I dont care about the workflow (for example like starting with 00001.mts everytime and AVCHD editing issues). these things are minimal. For me, its not a pain in post production since its just myself dealing with a F computer, versus calling the clients for apologizes, reschedule and reshoot.
reasons why I need 4:2:2 :
1. I occasionally do Green screen works (maybe 3-4 times a year for extremely low budget commercials, around 0.5 k, which requires minimal efforts. and sometimes Id like to do some interesting on location greenscreen shots for fun/experiment)
2. 4:2:2 comes in handy when color is way off (I had a chance to shoot a doc in a extremely yellow/orange room, no matter how i set the WB on 5D2, its just either too yellow or too blue even playing around with the WB offsets), and when i got home to CC the footage, I cant push it too far since half of the color is missing. thats why I thought I was done with 4:2:0 no matter which cam I own
3. Ive read a lot of reviews and people always say that C100's 4:2:0 is better than 5d's 4:2:0. but for me 4:2:0 is the same.
3. its just a life saving add-on for Run-n-gun shootings regardless of the weight
anyways
reasons why I dont need Ninja 2:
1. Run n gun is a top concern for me now ( I used to do weddings with 5D2 + DP6 which is a pain, I broke at least 10+ HDMI cables,and there is no hotshoe mount on earth that secures DP6 in place), and there is currently no great mounting solution of Ninja 2 (with cable locks on both end and a arm that actually mounts on hotshoe without slipping off). I know on the C100 end, you can put a lock on the HDMI port after taking off the side screw, but I have no idea on the Ninja side.
2. I know it supports upto 10 bit uncompressed recording, but there shouldnt be any DSLR that feeds out 10 bit uncompressed through HDMI in the near future (Id say in 3 - 4 years considering the life cycle of 5D mark iii), and therefore for C100, its just a difference between 8 bit 4:2:2 and 4:2:0
3. and most importantly, Ninja has no SDI and it only brings 4:2:2 to C100 (10 bit feature is a waste since C100 only feeds 8bit), while Samurai has SDI but no HDMI. Eitherway its just a specific product for a specific reason, that I have to sell it once Im done with C100. No future proof.
by the way, My business is mainly weddings, docs, tutorials, low budget (under 2k) 30/15 sec commercials, real estate, and film BTS. C100 should be enough to satisfy 85% of these works, and only 15% I have to risk is the 4:2:0 (its run n gun, so I have to bring those bad looking shots back to life)
So my question here is, is it possible for Canon to do a firmware update to bring 4:2:2 to life on C100 ? if its a hardware issue and therefore not possible then, should I consider buying the Ninja just for the 4:2:2 ?
PS, I dont care about the workflow (for example like starting with 00001.mts everytime and AVCHD editing issues). these things are minimal. For me, its not a pain in post production since its just myself dealing with a F computer, versus calling the clients for apologizes, reschedule and reshoot.
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