puredrifting
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Great looking short, loved the lighting, effects, etc. Shows what can be done with a lot of skill and a small crew.
C500: Cinematic Images on a Small Scale; Canon C500 Frame Grabs
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anatusa
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Great movie and wonderful camera work!
a few question if u dont mind:
just wonder did u use any noise reduction during the shots? as u say u used a high iso....
since you ve been an owner of both cams and c300 and c500 , how would u compare them ? is there any difference in "look" on c500 image?
i never had a chance to work with 10bit cam or even raw and i wonder does the noise behaves differently while filming in 10 bit or more, then what we see in 8 bit on same cam?
Regards
a few question if u dont mind:
just wonder did u use any noise reduction during the shots? as u say u used a high iso....
since you ve been an owner of both cams and c300 and c500 , how would u compare them ? is there any difference in "look" on c500 image?
i never had a chance to work with 10bit cam or even raw and i wonder does the noise behaves differently while filming in 10 bit or more, then what we see in 8 bit on same cam?
Regards
cowpunk52
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I did run Neat Video on the higher ISO shots since I wanted everything to have a similar grain. I used it lightly though, I think around 30%. Not sure if it was totally necessary, though. I ran it over the log footage before I color graded, but much of the noise was mitigated when I brought the blacks down to a proper level. I think noise is easier to control with the higher bit-rate and bit-depth of the C500 since there's virtually no chance of compression artifacts, which has caused a problem or two for my NR software in the past. This is probably due more to bit-rate than bit-depth, however.
I feel like the color is a bit richer and creamier from the higher bit-depth, but I haven't run any side by side tests with 8-bit, so take it with a grain of salt. It's purely a feeling and anecdotal experience. I will say that grading was very simple to do and quite a joy to work with on these files. I had the whole short done in a matter of a couple hours (plus rendering).
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