As much noise as possible for Video

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filmandcaffeine

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So I was bothered to learn that ISO expansion for the T2i only exists for stills. I'm going to be shooting in low light, and I'm wondering if you guys have any tips (other than a 6400 ISO) for getting the noisiest/grainiest video possible?

Thanks in advance, what a cool forum,

-Ben
 
Turn the sharpness up and the noise reduction down and the ISO as high as possible... but you can also add an unholy amount of noise in post pretty easily, so I guess it depends on just how grainy you want it?
 
I wouldn't shoot higher than 1000. You can always add grain in post. It'll look much nicer than the noise you get from iso 6400. Grain and noise are not really the same thing in my opinion. Grain comes from film while noise is part of the digital realm. You should do some tests. If it's for a film I'd highly recommend using some lights and trying to get the highest quality image possible. It's always easy to mess it up (add grain or noise, whichever you prefer) in post. If you shoot a noisy image, even with neatvideo or any type of noise reduction, you won't be able to clean it up very well if you change your mind later. Hope this is useful to you.

Best,
Nik
 
Thanks for the responses.

I've always found that noise filters look really artificial in post-production, that's why I want to add it while shooting; I've found it makes it look more genuine. But I'll test out the other way. Do you guys have any recommended programs/filters?
 
what an odd request...

you can get something very similar to increasing the ISO, both in terms of light sensitivity and added noise, by adding a curve to your picture profile to lift all tones

it may reduce your dynamic range, but it doesn't seem you're very worried about this things ;)
 
What editing program are you using?

I would say do it in post and not in camera. I'm all for in camera but this one seems like you might shoot yourself in the foot if done horribly wrong. Especially if you see that after you've shot with this grain it might not encode well for any web based footage you put out. Encodes don't usually compress well with lots of grain. It will just turn into very block pixels. So by doing it in post you can pull back on what you did if necessary.

It's not hard to achieve this look with simple adjustments to your image with color correction tools in your editing program.
 
draven4 said:
What editing program are you using?

I would say do it in post and not in camera. I'm all for in camera but this one seems like you might shoot yourself in the foot if done horribly wrong. Especially if you see that after you've shot with this grain it might not encode well for any web based footage you put out. Encodes don't usually compress well with lots of grain. It will just turn into very block pixels. So by doing it in post you can pull back on what you did if necessary.

It's not hard to achieve this look with simple adjustments to your image with color correction tools in your editing program.
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I'm using Vegas and FCP. But I've only tried out this effect in Vegas. Any post-production recommendations?
 
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