C100: New video I made with the 5D3 and C100

Cool! Is the C100 on the slider from pianist back profile view? It seems like the other shots are sharper than the shot of the pianist fingers. Is this due to the different camera? Just curious =) Great music playing too!
 
I guess that either lack of space or grip was limiting factor in choosing angle and distance to the subject, which resulted with poor content.

What emotions did You try to evoke with this lighting set-up?

Try to watch it without the sound to judge editing dynamics.
 
My guess is that you were operating both cameras...right? In almost every shot, we can see the stand behind the performer/piano. Next time, If alone to operate both cameras, keep one camera stationnary and be sure that it's a good shot(no mics or stand in the way...and no head cutting)...and this will be your "safe" shot/camera. Then be creative with the other camera (close up of the face, the hands).
 
Nice piano performance. The framing can be improved, especially in the camera placed to capture the keyboard. It cuts the face and shows her slight double chin. I am sure the lady will not be too happy with that. Also, after close up of the face during certain moments, I would immediately like to see close up of her both hands. The lighting could have been a bit moody, especially given her expressions.

Edit: on re-reading your post, I realised you had only asked about the suitability of the inter-cutting footage from these two cameras. So please don't mind the unsolicited critique.
 
Oh thanks my friends for commenting I really appreciate it and I'm flattered, you took the time to watch.

The camera on the slider was the 5D3, the guy who was operating it never held a video camera in his hands before..... LOL! I told him to just keep it moving, but to my horror he zoomed in a lot very quickly. The 5D3 had the 24-105, and the C100 had the 70-200 f4 IS. I was doing the C100.

Eva and her husband Rafa were visiting me for the week primarily to shoot some video of Rafa playing guitar, and picking up a guitar I had made for him. We suddenly had an opportunity to use a piano at some peoples house..... a 1918 Steinway grand I might add!

I didn't bring any lighting with me and only put a hair light on Eva, the hair light was there already and used to read piano music. So the light was natural and I did the best I could. Our time was somewhat limited as we only had a couple hours time.

There is a problem when trying to catch a live performance you really are limited to a 3 minute time in which to do everything. I told them I'm not going to edit the video for different takes so to get it right the first she plays it. I really hate editing a live musical performance. I can edit the audio just fine but trying to match it up with different video takes is not fun.

Anyway, yes the 5D3 seems not to be a good match with the C100...... I'm sure their are those who can do a much better job than me, but still it's a big headache. It's becoming painfully clear I need another C100. When I look at 5d3 footage alone it looks fine with me, but throw a C100 in the mix and suddenly the 5D3 looks murky and the colors are harder to match.

Here is another video I did. Eva the pianist was the slider operator on the 5D3, and I was on the C100 with a 50 mm 1.4 lens...... a stark contrast once again to the 5D3. My first time using the black back drop and minimal lighting....... all I was hoping for was to get the exposure right. The first piece only used the 5D3, because to my horror the focus was screwed up on the C100 with that 50 mm 1.4 I must have auto focused on his shirt instead of the guitar!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWXrdqJMBZs
 
You can certainly intercut a C100 and a 5D Mark III. If you want to spend time grading them together, shoot the C100 in CLOG and the 5D3 in CineStyle. If you don't really care to spend time grading, set the 5D3 in Neutral and the C100 in EOS Standard.

The 5D3 won't be as sharp as the C100, but depending on the subject that may or may not matter. The biggest thing with the 5D3 is keeping stuff in sharp focus... especially if you're using a wide aperture. You can do some sharpening in post to bring the 5D footage closer to the C100.

I intercut my 70D and C100 pretty often. It just depends on how much work you want to do in post.
 
jbregar said:
You can certainly intercut a C100 and a 5D Mark III. If you want to spend time grading them together, shoot the C100 in CLOG and the 5D3 in CineStyle. If you don't really care to spend time grading, set the 5D3 in Neutral and the C100 in EOS Standard.

The 5D3 won't be as sharp as the C100, but depending on the subject that may or may not matter. The biggest thing with the 5D3 is keeping stuff in sharp focus... especially if you're using a wide aperture. You can do some sharpening in post to bring the 5D footage closer to the C100.

I intercut my 70D and C100 pretty often. It just depends on how much work you want to do in post.
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Yea, good advice, I had the 5D3 in Neutral and the C100 in WDR. But yea putting the C100 in Standard makes sense and something that never occurred to me. Standard would better match the popped out colors of the 5D3.

Oddly enough I actually put a slight blur on the 5D3 and it matched the look of the C100 better I thought, but then again maybe I was hallucinating...... usually I do add a little sharpening in FCPX about 4% to the 5D3.

In retrospect I suppose I should have used the 5D3 as the close up and the C100 on her hands. BTW, how was the exposure?
 
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