AF100 Test Footage - Comment, suggestions?

ryangschultz

ryangschultz

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Hey everybody,

I went out last night and shot under some extreme low light conditions, my second test with my newly acquired AF100. If anyone is willing to offer advice in order to achieve even better results, please feel free to let me know. I did a little write up that's in the Vimeo description, so check that out so you know what settings and lenses I used.

http://vimeo.com/38651630

Ryan
 
Have you tried the low-noise settings (see Barry's posts on the subject)? You should be able push your ISO to 1200 using them.
You may wish to try the Nokton lens (f.95) ... I know it doesn't seem like a big difference between your f1.2 and an f.95 .. but,
it can.

Lastly, very few "night" shots in cinema are done with no lights. Night shots give you some wonderful opportunities to use
lights in very creative ways. LED light panels (with gels) are great to simulate street lights or signs and such. They can
light your talent .. but totally blend into the scene.

I would have used one in the scene where the guy is sitting on the stairs .. that was way too dark.

Have a colleague that uses decorated PVC pipe to look like lighting posts ... Since it's dark . you can get away
with a lot :-)


jeff
 
Yeah I haven't tested it yet, I totally meant to I just forgot that I had it loaded into my camera. Good to know I'll be able to push the ISO to 1200 though. And I've heard a lot of good things about the Nokton, but it's a little out of range for me right now. Someday I'll get one though.

And I know in the actual world you light the subject to maintain a normal exposure, I was just getting a feel for what the camera is capable of under the worst circumstances. All of my shots were underexposed haha, I pushed the lens and camera right to their limits. Thanks for the tip about gels and PVC pipe though, I didn't know that.

Thanks for the feedback!
 
www.neatvideo.com

Best $99 I've ever spent. The only NR software I've ever used that only targets noise and ignores fine detail. It would allow you to shoot higher ISOs on the AF. With it I would be much more comfortable at ISO 1200 at night.
 
Type in neat video into YouTube and see some pretty amazing cleanup jobs. Here is a good tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCsxCTAGLI

You get the best results with neat doing the following:

Next time you shoot at night w/ a high ISO, record a few seconds of a white card (11x7 sheet of paper will work) in the same lighting of your subject. You can then use this to build the most accurate noise profile.

Neat also has a sharpen function that adds subtle fine detail without sharpening existing noise (like your NLE's built in sharpen filter might do). This is usefull when you don't have a noise issue, but just want to make the picture a bit sharper.
 
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Neat is cool and all . but .. if you can use the low-noise settings and avoid the problem, that's best. Neat takes a while
to master .. and .. it take a while to render too. No noise-reduction tool is artifact free.
 
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