7D Seeking help about the Canon&7D

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malayjavier

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Dear Professionals/Hobbyists,

I've recently been asked by my director to research the full capacity and glitches of using the Canon 7D to shoot a full-length film. With that said, I came to this forum to ask about said camera. I've been a spectator of this forum for years now and now presume that legitimate answers come from here.

First Question: What would be the best editing system to use for the 7D 1920x1080 footage?

Second Question: Do I have to convert the raw footage into a certain file type or format to proceed editing?

Third Question: What would be the best audio recording system to match with the 7D without having the risk of syncing problems?

Fourth Question: Are there certain types of lenses that would benefit/handicap the HD video recording?

Fifth Question: What device/rigging would best help me on shooting via hand-held without using a Steadycam or a Glidecam?

Sixth Question: Is there a way of using cinema lenses for the 7d?

Last Question: How do I avoid the "gello" effect?

I'd be honored on hearing the best help you can give, and would appreciate any kind of advice. Thanks, and peace out!
 
malayjavier said:
Dear Professionals/Hobbyists,

I've recently been asked by my director to research the full capacity and glitches of using the Canon 7D to shoot a full-length film. With that said, I came to this forum to ask about said camera. I've been a spectator of this forum for years now and now presume that legitimate answers come from here.

First Question: What would be the best editing system to use for the 7D 1920x1080 footage?

Second Question: Do I have to convert the raw footage into a certain file type or format to proceed editing?

Third Question: What would be the best audio recording system to match with the 7D without having the risk of syncing problems?

Fourth Question: Are there certain types of lenses that would benefit/handicap the HD video recording?

Fifth Question: What device/rigging would best help me on shooting via hand-held without using a Steadycam or a Glidecam?

Sixth Question: Is there a way of using cinema lenses for the 7d?

Last Question: How do I avoid the "gello" effect?

I'd be honored on hearing the best help you can give, and would appreciate any kind of advice. Thanks, and peace out!
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1. You can pretty much use any editing system to edit the footage. The faster the better.

2. Unless your computer is super fast you may have to convert the footage before editing it in your NLE. I convert everything to Prores422. There are other options for this as well.

3. There are several audio options like the zoomH4n, JuicedLink, etc. as far as syncing problems. The only program that I know of that works is Plural Eyes, there could be others. But if you are slating and keeping everything organized, syncing in post is really not an issue.

4. Lenses are really your choice. There are just too many options out there to list. But you really want to stick with constant aperture, Variable Aperture will start to suck really quickly. And obviously the faster the better. some people prefer Prime lenses, other's zoom lenses. Getting IS lenses also help with jello.

5. There are tons of options here as well, Indifocus, Zacuto, Redrock, etc. They all make stabilizing options. i.e Shoulder mounts, gunstock set ups etc.

6. There is a way to do this but I'm not too familiar with going this route.

7. Avoiding Jello is an easy fix to me. You can use IS lenses to help combat it. and if your using Primes just try to keep your shots as smooth as possible. Any quick jarring motions could cause jello. I have shot a feature and 2 short films with the 7D and had zero jello.


Hope it helps. I'm sure there are other members here who add much more.

Rich
 
7. Get a good tripod. Jello is caused by camera motion. Pan slowly; experiment with pan speeds. The longer the lens, the slower you have to pan.
 
On composition/framing side of things, whoevers the DP will feel "out of the box" a little bit with how much more options the smaller form factor provides. That's assuming the camera isn't fully decked out.
 
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