Eric Coughlin
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Well if the color space falling apart when over or underexposed is comparing internal 10 bit 4:2:2 C300 Mark II to 14-16 bit 4:4:4 RAW on the F55, F65, or Arri Alexa, that's only to be expected.
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C300: C300mk2 real world footage and user reviews.
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mraaron895
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Can someone please shoot some footage with this camera on a sunny day? All I've seen are very low contrast scenes. Also stop exposing for the highlights, we wanna see how it burns off and what you can pull back.
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Dino
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Eric, he was not comparing to RAW. Just ProRes and XAVC. I am concerned by his initial impressions.
indiawilds
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Though the above was directed towards LeoGrey, I think it is better that all of us provide links to our profile so that we all can know about people and make our decisions about whose opinion to consider.
cobz01
Active member
However strangely it may sound in last 3 examples I see "sony look" there. Definitely no wow factor for me. The only examples that were really nice were that shot on an island and Film Riot's piece.
Grug
Veteran
Colours look very nice, and DR is certainly improved a bit over the original C300. But I wonder how the 15 stops of dynamic range is distributed above and below middle grey, on most of the samples I've seen so far, clipping still seems to come on really harshly.
If only they could get whites to blow out as smoothly as they do on their stills cameras.
If only they could get whites to blow out as smoothly as they do on their stills cameras.
Jim Martin
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I still really like this footage...daytime, sunny, lots of back light and no fill according to the shooter....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=XT2jCDZsraU
cobz01
Active member
I like this video as well. Out of all the footage that is out thus far, this clip seems to be the best of the bunch. Footage is slowly starting to trickle out as more shooters get there hands on the cam.
Jim Martin
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But, even though they shot log2 and colored it, the purpose of this piece is to show off the very good auto focus and the look was secondary...so wouldn't beat them up too much on the "look".
Just sayin'
Dafilman21
Carbonite Member
That is the only footage that I have seen that has made me say wow. All the others do absolutely nothing for me.
anatusa
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Eric Coughlin
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Especially if Canon comes out with a firmware update to do other parts of the anatomy than just face-detection.seems like great cam for adult industry
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anatusa
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with updates like that they will have to change the marketing strategy, otherwise i dont see how they would explain the needs of a boobs triangulation technology
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Have you seen Film Riot's piece? I find it good too. But rest no wow factor for me either.
cobz01
Active member
We have to wait for the c300 mark ii to get into more hands, there is just not a lot of footage out there yet. I definetly need to see some more footage before I make any decisions. I had the original c300 and it was and still is a great cam but I recently sold it because I want to get a 4k cam. The footage that I have seen thus far has been hit or miss. Some of it is really good and some not so. The footage is begining to trickle out slowly so hopefully we see some new footage soon.
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indiawilds
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Dan Chung's piece about whether C300 Mark II is worth its price http://www.newsshooter.com/2015/10/08/canon-c300-mkii-is-the-image-worth-the-price/
He is an existing FS7 owner and says that "the images it produces are good, but without significant grading by someone much more experienced than myself, I can't get the images to look the way they come out from the C300 mII."
In production jobs time is money. Some of the channels don't even budget editing for c-log files. So nice colours straight out of the camera is required. Internet warriors can argue that any camera can be matched with any other. However, we don't get that time, budget and colourist to work on the files.
He is an existing FS7 owner and says that "the images it produces are good, but without significant grading by someone much more experienced than myself, I can't get the images to look the way they come out from the C300 mII."
In production jobs time is money. Some of the channels don't even budget editing for c-log files. So nice colours straight out of the camera is required. Internet warriors can argue that any camera can be matched with any other. However, we don't get that time, budget and colourist to work on the files.