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benjaminwraae

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So I just bought a c300 mark 2. I´m a long time c100 user.

I´ been shooting c-log and finishing my edits with basic grading and also an avid user of filmconvert. I took the abelcine online course in shooting c-log, so I know the basics.

I´m looking for tips and experience shooting with the new c-log in c300 mark 2 (i´m not talking clog2) What Iso is great? Any experience with real life working with the camera would be great.

Also I´m doing an important assignment next week shooting beneath a castle, (sort of dungeons) but with light. My concern is that there will still be dark spots in the image. Some people say that there´s a lot of noise in the shadows. Anyone have experience?

I will of course do some tests myself to.

Any help is welcome.


Kind Regards,
Benjamin
 
I have done a field test with the C300 Mark II which includes low light. Watch your waveform. Get the exposure right especially in very high ISOs. The noise is manageable if you are not pushing and pulling much. A tiny amount of neat video also works fine if needed. Since you are using lights then there shouldn't be an issue. During my field test I had used the street lights to get shots of parks and fort walls in the dark.
 
"The noise is manageable if you are not pushing and pulling much"
One of the reasons i bought the c300 mark2 was to be able to push and pull more in the grading.
Do people experience more or less noise than the old c300?

Regards,
Benjamin
 
I'm not familiar with the original CLog having been using Slog2 for the last few years. I assumed with CLog2 I'd use the same methodology, namely ETR then pulling down highlights thus ensuring clean blacks. However, I found that even at ISO 800 in CLog 2 and exposing white at bang on 60 IRE I'm not seeing massive noise in shadows. Here's a quick grab to illustrate at those settings. Profile is: Clog 2/ Cinema Gamut/ Production matrix. Threw on an Arri Log to Rec 709 LUT, slight curve, slight saturation boost. Excuse image as a model I ain't!grade grab.jpg
 
Hello Benjamin,
I was talking about extreme ISOs like ISO 20000 and ISO 25600 etc in situations where there is not enough light for the entire scene. If lighting is fine, then even ISO 51200 is fine. Push and pull as much as you can. Remember the data is unevenly distributed in the entire range. The shadow areas always receive less amount of data levels. So if you push and pull a lot in extreme ISOs where your shadows are close to zero or so, then you will have more noise.

Just yesterday while conducting a Canon workshop for students in National Institute of Design, I was showing how much you can push and pull the 4K files of C300 Mark II. I have no intention to create an impression that the C300 Mark II files are not malleable/gradeable. The comment was for extreme situations and I often shoot in such conditions.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

benjaminwraae said:
"The noise is manageable if you are not pushing and pulling much"
One of the reasons i bought the c300 mark2 was to be able to push and pull more in the grading.
Do people experience more or less noise than the old c300?

Regards,
Benjamin
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Perfect. I just got the camera, and it´s a big investment, and I need time to test it :) Great with all the input.

How do you get the files into computer?. I´m actually still (like many else) working in fcp 7 (i´m on a mac)

What software do you use for transcoding to prores?
 
Ok trying to take the files directly into Davinci resolve 12.2. It seems to work.

Anyone experience with using resolve as a way to make quicktime files from original codec?
 
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