Differences between Canon 5D + 7D - IQ and look

Uwe Lansing

Uwe Lansing

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After watching Philip Bloom´s new clip "Dublin´s People" i was excited about the IQ, sharpness, hardly visible aliasing... etc. But after watching 2 or 3 times i wondered if there is something "weird" with the colors. It seems that everything/every face has a bluish tint!? Is it only the different light situation in Sofia and Dublin? Here are some screenshots:

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And what about sharpness, lowlight abilities + noise...? I for one don´t see any big difference in that regard - at first glance, it looks pretty much the same. Perhaps slightly more noise? I know its a bit early but nevertheless, any thoughts?...
 
I can’t tell the noise difference between these two videos but I can believe that the 7D would be slightly noisier than the 5D. I also agree about the slightly bluish tint but I always thought the 5Dll produces a too red/orange(ish) type of image anyways. In post I would have pushed the 5Dll’s image more towards blue anyways just to tone down the red/orange color. Maybe it just boils down to how you white balance each shot. As far as sharpness it might still be too early to tell but I see no difference here between these two videos (or at least none that sticks out to me).
 
I've found the MKII to be slightly lacking in the blue channel but it's easily corrected with a bit of grading provided you shoot with the primo picture settings.
 
capice said:
After watching Philip Bloom´s new clip "Dublin´s People" i was excited about the IQ, sharpness, hardly visible aliasing... etc. But after watching 2 or 3 times i wondered if there is something "weird" with the colors. It seems that everything/every face has a bluish tint!?
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Something to definitely consider, here. To me it simply looks like something easily controlled by camera settings. I don't know if I'd say at this point that the 7D has a consistently cooler image tone than the 5D - not enough footage for that!

capice said:
And what about sharpness, lowlight abilities + noise...? I for one don´t see any big difference in that regard - at first glance, it looks pretty much the same. Perhaps slightly more noise? I know its a bit early but nevertheless, any thoughts?...
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I agree. The footage looks as though it could be intercut without any major differences.
 
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I don't doubt that the 7D will be noisier than the 5D but from what I've seen thus far it doesn't appear to be night and day.
 
It is possible that it was a white balance issue, but it's more likely that this was completely UNGRADED footage. Philip normally applies some Magic Bullet to his footage, but for "Dublin" it's straight raw out of the camera, which is out of the norm for him.
 
Barry_Green said:
It is possible that it was a white balance issue, but it's more likely that this was completely UNGRADED footage. Philip normally applies some Magic Bullet to his footage, but for "Dublin" it's straight raw out of the camera, which is out of the norm for him.
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I checked this, too. Sofia's People was also ungraded.
 
I don't think I've ever got my WB spot on and when I get it just about right 100k either way is too much. hmm 50k increment magic lantern suggestion
 
I believe Phil recently stated that the original upload was not graded (that’s the one I downloaded). But he went back (after the fact) and graded the footage because of the oversaturation of reds etc. (don’t quote me on all of that though).
 
Ok so it's likely he pulled down the reds in post. No big deal from these images it seems the cameras really match
 
Picture style editor. It's incredible. The calibration I have been using (one I made) is lightyears beyond what comes with the camera. I'm fairly certain Philip is using what came with the camera.
 
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