I will try to explain this as best as I can. I am currently working on a script for a film that in a nutshell, will be in black and white. The film is about a public access radio station that needs to find funding to stay afloat (it is a comedy). It will be shot in a film noir style due to the fact that the station plays vintage jazz music, but it will also have a documentary feel mixing traditional film noir lighting and camera work with a run and gun documentary-esque. Think a comedic mix of citizen kane, goodnight and goodluck and clerks in terms of cinematography.
I have done a great deal of research about the 7D and have decided to use it as my primary camera, but as many of you know, the 7D is not a great camera for run and gun, due to the presence of (in my opinion) severe rolling shutter, lack of in camera stabilization (i know i can get stabilized lenses but my funds are limited so I really need in-body stabilization). I have decided to also purchase a secondary camera to do things the 7D is not that great at. As of now, I have settled on the Canon HFS100 (ya I know its a grand but it is probably the best consumer cam you can by and the footage seems very good for its price). I am wondering if it will mix well with 7D footage. There are codec differences, the 7D shoots at 50 Mbps and the HFS100 shoots at 24Mbps.
I also planning on comedic uses of slow motion. I know that the 7D can do 60p but it is 720 and I from what I have seen, there is a noticeable drop in image quality when the camera goes from 1080 to 720. The Canon HFS100 shoots 60i at 1080. My question is, if I use JES deinterlacer, will I get 60p that I can them conform to 30p to get great slow motion while still maintaing full HD quality?
Finally, I am also looking to use a camera with a smaller sensor so I can get a nice mix of shallow and deep depth of field. I think that with these new DSLR's the shallow dof is being way overdone and it is losing its dramatic effect. I think that camera like the HFS100 will allow my to get a deeper depth of field and still shoot at a lower aperture due to the smaller sensor (the HFS100 has a minimum aperture of 1.8 with a 1/2 inch sensor so it should it should be decent with low light and still give me a deep depth of field. I know the 7D can do deep dof but not without stopping down and ruining the low light advantage that I had because of the large sensor). Any opinions on mixing 7D footage and HFs!00 footage? Or if you think I can do all of this with one camera?
I have done a great deal of research about the 7D and have decided to use it as my primary camera, but as many of you know, the 7D is not a great camera for run and gun, due to the presence of (in my opinion) severe rolling shutter, lack of in camera stabilization (i know i can get stabilized lenses but my funds are limited so I really need in-body stabilization). I have decided to also purchase a secondary camera to do things the 7D is not that great at. As of now, I have settled on the Canon HFS100 (ya I know its a grand but it is probably the best consumer cam you can by and the footage seems very good for its price). I am wondering if it will mix well with 7D footage. There are codec differences, the 7D shoots at 50 Mbps and the HFS100 shoots at 24Mbps.
I also planning on comedic uses of slow motion. I know that the 7D can do 60p but it is 720 and I from what I have seen, there is a noticeable drop in image quality when the camera goes from 1080 to 720. The Canon HFS100 shoots 60i at 1080. My question is, if I use JES deinterlacer, will I get 60p that I can them conform to 30p to get great slow motion while still maintaing full HD quality?
Finally, I am also looking to use a camera with a smaller sensor so I can get a nice mix of shallow and deep depth of field. I think that with these new DSLR's the shallow dof is being way overdone and it is losing its dramatic effect. I think that camera like the HFS100 will allow my to get a deeper depth of field and still shoot at a lower aperture due to the smaller sensor (the HFS100 has a minimum aperture of 1.8 with a 1/2 inch sensor so it should it should be decent with low light and still give me a deep depth of field. I know the 7D can do deep dof but not without stopping down and ruining the low light advantage that I had because of the large sensor). Any opinions on mixing 7D footage and HFs!00 footage? Or if you think I can do all of this with one camera?
