C200: "The c200 in 420 8-bit probably looks as good as 422 10-bit"

[Eric Coughlin]

Banding isn't just issue with skies, & I tend to spot it more on gradients on walls, or such.

I agree those are more likely scenarios where they can cause issues. I've had banding on interview backgrounds on my C100s before. Interestingly, ISOs below 850 are more likely to band. They don't always, but sometimes do. Below 850 is also a bit cleaner, so sometimes I try to shoot below 850 for interviews, as long as it doesn't create banding.

If the banding created in camera is worse than whatever banding the Internet compression causes (assuming you're uploading to the Internet), then it becomes an issue. I find the sky often bands on Internet uploads regardless of what codec you shot in.

Here is 4K 10 bit from the C300 Mark II uploaded to Vimeo, which has banding in the sky. From what I recall, the banding wasn't there in the original shots.

 

[NorBro]

Besides the opening transition that really emphasizes it, I doubt most would even notice.

Have you ever been called out by someone who hired you?

 

[Bern Caughey]

Have you ever been called out by someone who hired you?

Clients have called me out for banding. Most the issues were dimishished by having post add dithering, but it's not a series of conversations I'd like to have again.

 

[Bern Caughey]

Interestingly, ISOs below 850 are more likely to band.

Though I like Canon cameras I haven't operated one in awhile, but used to push other 8-bit cameras above their recommended base ISO to introduce a bit of noise if I was concerned about banding.