C100: C100 testing in lowlight (night club)

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Kastro

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Hello fellow users,

I've recently acquired a c100 and i'm doing some testing in real world situations to get a better feel of the cam. Thought i'd share some footage I shot recently in a night club where I wanted to see how high i could get my ISO before it became really unusable. With that being said I shot in this night club with ISO 6400 and the Rokinon 14 T3.1 with no attached lighting whatsoever. Only lighting was that of the club environment. Pulled footage from card, created some music, dropped footage on timeline, exported, uploaded.


I also (being a dad) shot my kids going to school. Unfortunately my son decided to keep on walking as he didn't want me to record him, so I just shot my daughter. When i went inside I should have removed the ND, but alas I was rushing and just saw darkness and brought up the ISO. Lesson learned.


I love the fact that this camera can be so discreet. I was able to just hold the camera by the handle and just walk around. Every once 'n awhile i'd glance down to see how things were looking, but for the most part I just held it by my leg and walked. Pointing the cam in the general direction of my daughter.

Anyhow, I just thought i'd share since this place has been a valuable resource to me and I wanted to contribute something other than just some staged test shooting. :)
 
it might take a few shoots, but you'll learn that there is no unusable iso on these cameras. if you need it, it's there. i personally draw the line at 12800, but would have no qualms with using 20000 if i truly needed it
 
In wedding videography I use 4000 iso with no problem!
A week ago I shot brakedance compettition and I used up to 4000 iso when it got dark, you can check out the link and tell me what you think.
As long as you have some lighting in the scean it will look good. If you do not have lighting, the picture will be with no contrast and you will notice the grain.
 
sony3000 said:
In wedding videography I use 4000 iso with no problem!
A week ago I shot brakedance compettition and I used up to 4000 iso when it got dark, you can check out the link and tell me what you think.
As long as you have some lighting in the scean it will look good. If you do not have lighting, the picture will be with no contrast and you will notice the grain.
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Yea I saw that it was pretty cool I need to shoot some more daytime shots to allow for me to toy with it. Pretty content so far, but still need to play a bit to get a real feel for it. I like a few of your videos and catch myself glancing back every once 'n awhile. Keep posting your videos :D

dmitrizigany said:
That music was so annoying I couldn't concentrate on how the picture looked.
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ok.. thanks for your criticism on the imagery! :)

@Darren - Cool. Ya know it was your test video that made me pull the trigger. Literally watched that video and it pushed me over the edge on buying the cam. Couldn't be happier, and I personally thank you. So you'd do up to 12800 eh? I guess i'll hit up another club and shoot at that for the night and see how that comes about. :) I was trying to stay at a set ISO to see how it would do overall instead of just a stationary setting. This way it would give me a better feel for what to look out for or what I can get by with.
 
Watch out for those lasers. They'll ruin your sensor. There are a bunch of YouTube videos showing lasers etching dead pixels across 5D sensors.
 
DNN said:
Watch out for those lasers. They'll ruin your sensor. There are a bunch of YouTube videos showing lasers etching dead pixels across 5D sensors.
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Yea man, I'm glad I didn't get hit. Totally forgot about that possibility. Coming from DSLR, I normally just point, shoot a few sec, then stop. So I end up with 100+ clips vs a few long takes. I think this method helps a little as long as I'm not pointing directly at the lasers. I will be a bit more cautious or maybe not even do those night clubby shots.
 
Hey dmitrizigany,

The first thing I do when I watch ANY samples is hit MUTE. I want to study the camera work, lighting and editing. Music will influence you and that doesn't tell me how good a shooter, gaffer or editor the person is.
 
@Kastro, I saw your video and here what I think. I think you should try some lens with more open aperture! It will be much more interesting at closeups shots. In your video there some footage with no contrasty lighting, only abient, that lighting is the most problematic for visible noise - example:0:15, 0:17.
With open apertures like f1.2-f2.0 you will get much shallower DOF and it will separate the object that's in focus from the background - that will give you much more interesting footage and the noise will take less of your attention, Of course you could work in lower ISO settings as well. I would recommend all manual Nikon glass. I have old manual Nikin 85mm f/2.0 and I used it for outdoor footage in that wedding clip a lot!
 
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