Another high ISO RAW video test with the 5D Mark II

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johnha

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I shot this for a client on Monday, using mostly ISO1600 and sometimes 3200 (the dog in sun was ISO100). The consequence was that I barely had to light it, and I could really run and gun, focusing my attention on content and pulling focus. Some of the footage has been pushed +1.0 to +1.6 stops of exposure in post (ACR) to match brightness levels from clip to clip. The post production cost is higher than shooting H264 though... I estimate for a short video like this, to add 1 to 1.5 days. With my workflow, that's the time to convert raw files to DNGs and adjust them, and also the time at the end to do color corrections and other raw adjustments and re-encode ProRes files.

The lesson learned here, for me, is that I can shoot at ISO1600 with impunity, and probably 3200 too. In post, I couldn't tell them apart.

 
Does the magic Lantern Raw hack work on the 5d2 as well? of did you mean to type 5d3? If that's the case, that's awesome. Breathes some life into that old beast. Wonder if they can do a raw hack for the smaller cams like t3i?
 
You can also check my test The Machines Are Sleeping where I climb from 2000 to 8000 over the course of 1 hour during sunset.

3200 is very possible I think you can even go a bit higher if you can live with crushing blacks in post.
6-8000 you start getting nasty bayer pattern noise.
 
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