p.41 #1 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
From this cold morning. Sorry about the micro jitters in the bald eagle shots, I let my IS on which I believe caused it. My fingers were so cold I had trouble feeling the record button to start recordings, not fun. Really not much around but fun getting out either way.
Lovely video, Rob, and like always, a great song. We seem to have very similar tastes in music... love the folk-country vocals and harmonies.
I know what you mean about fingers being so cold you can't feel or work the record button. That's happened to me so many times. Two winters ago I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to film a beautiful Snowy Owl male perched on a fence post and he didn't move for 10 minutes - unheard of. But it meant keeping my gloves off all that time in -20C weather because I can't work the camera except with bare hands. I alternated my hands in and out of my coat pockets which had rechargeable hand warmers in them, but nonetheless I damaged my fingers and knuckles so badly that it took 2 weeks for the deep pain to finally be gone. (But it was totally worth it. ). Shooting in the summer is way better.
p.41 #2 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Hi Dave,
Funny you should mention that this looks like a neat location to hang out all year round. You are correct. I have gone to this spot throughout the four season for over 15 years.
Here's a video I shot inside and outside this Mill which is about 15 minutes from our house. I shot it 14 years ago with my first Canon Pro FX100 video camera back in the day when my wife and I had a small digital design business and I did videos for some of our clients. The FX100 was rated broadcast quality and produced wonderful 10-bit 4:2:2 files, mind back then things were HD. In this video I was trying to create a cinematic "film" look using the a commercial gimbal I bought plus I built a big floor-based rail camera slider which I used a lot in this video.
p.41 #3 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
From this cold morning. Sorry about the micro jitters in the bald eagle shots, I let my IS on which I believe caused it. My fingers were so cold I had trouble feeling the record button to start recordings, not fun. Really not much around but fun getting out either way.
p.41 #4 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
We had a snow storm this morning. So Kenzie and I went out and had some fun. It was the heaviest snow I ever did video in. The AF did really well holding focus. I used the Canon C50 and the RF 100-300 f2.8. The gear was covered in snow and ice. I was completely covered too. . I used a small umbrella in the hot shoe but it was so blowing it did not stop it all. The Canon C50 did really well for the conditions.
p.41 #5 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
We had a snow storm this morning. So Kenzie and I went out and had some fun. It was the heaviest snow I ever did video in. The AF did really well holding focus. I used the Canon C50 and the RF 100-300 f2.8. The gear was covered in snow and ice. I was completely covered too. . I used a small umbrella in the hot shoe but it was so blowing it did not stop it all. The Canon C50 did really well for the conditions.
Wow Rob...., I really don't know what to write... as corny as this sounds, words fail me. Honestly, I find this video production - the visuals and the music and the lyrics so good and so endearing that all I can say is WOW! I love it!
Cheers,
Rudy 🙂
p.41 #6 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Wow Rob...., I really don't know what to write... as corny as this sounds, words fail me. Honestly, I find this video production - the visuals and the music and the lyrics so good and so endearing that all I can say is WOW! I love it!
Cheers,
Rudy 🙂
Thanks so much Rudy. Comments like this keeps me going to keep getting better. I wish I knew the secret to get more people liking the content. I struggle there a bit.
p.41 #8 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
We had a snow storm this morning. So Kenzie and I went out and had some fun. It was the heaviest snow I ever did video in. The AF did really well holding focus. I used the Canon C50 and the RF 100-300 f2.8. The gear was covered in snow and ice. I was completely covered too. . I used a small umbrella in the hot shoe but it was so blowing it did not stop it all. The Canon C50 did really well for the conditions.
Nice Rob!
As good as your stills of Kenzie are, video really brings her to life.
I look forward to seeing what is next in your creative journey.
Keep them coming!
Dave
p.41 #9 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
I wish I knew the secret to get more people liking the content. I struggle there a bit.
I've spent a fair bit of time in the last few years working on that challenge, that is, how to get more views and likes, etc. I try to do all the right things that people recommend in the tutorials, but still, most of my videos get little traction - a few hundred views at best. In recent years I've gotten a few that have gotten up to 10K views and a few all the way up to 40K, but most stay well below 1K.
Last week I had one go quickly up to 500 views (that's quick for one of mine), and then suddenly for no apparent reason it just flatlined and has stayed there. It was like YouTube just decided, "OK Buddy, that's all you get." Prior to then YouTube was promoting my video like crazy.
Anyway, one suggestion that I have for you is to get your thumbnails conforming to what YouTube favours and rewards. There are lots of good videos out there on what kind of thumbnails YouTube likes. The main thing is that it has a compelling close-up image of the main subject together with very large bold text that can be easily read on a thumbnail image that appears in people's YouTube feed beside the video they are currently watching.
p.41 #13 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
SUNRISE - SUNSET: Canon C-Log3 Practice Footage (1:20 mins)
I'm continuing to work at learning how to shoot and edit Canon C-Log3 footage taken with my R5 camera.
A couple of days ago the sun finally came out over Ottawa and I shot both the sunrise and the sunset in order to practice working with high dynamic range scenes. I wanted to see how the highlight and shadow detail retention performed. As well, I wanted to see how the natural colours looked in post (Davinci Resolve viewed on a 4K colour-calibrated monitor). I didn't add any saturation or colour enhancements in either of these clips because when I applied a little contrast the colours just popped out.
The very darkest shadows, as expected, did have quite a bit of noise and I applied selective noise reduction in Resolve to mitigate it. However, the more moderate shadows retained a lot of detail which was easily made visible by lifting the shadows a bit in post. There were no blown highlights in these clips and I was really happy with their detail and colour retention, even in the brightest areas.
Regarding exposure, after watching some YouTube tutorials and having already done some practicing I decided to go with two primary exposure tools - the Histogram and the Zebras. I did not go with the method of trying to expose 1-2 stops to the right based on the camera's internal light meter. I tried that method over the previous weeks and I had a lot of test footage under exposed. The Histogram with Zebras worked better for me.
So far I'm pretty happy with the results of working with C-Log3. Unlike the Nikon Z9/Z8 or the newer Canon cameras like the R5 Mark2, the C50 cinema camera, or the R6 Mark3, my older R5 will not produce 10-bit 4:2:2 files without using log, which is why I'm going to all this trouble. Nevertheless, it's fun to learn new skills, so no complaints.
p.41 #14 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
I'm continuing to work at learning how to shoot and edit Canon C-Log3 footage taken with my R5 camera.
A couple of days ago the sun finally came out over Ottawa and I shot both the sunrise and the sunset in order to practice working with high dynamic range scenes. I wanted to see how the highlight and shadow detail retention performed. As well, I wanted to see how the natural colours looked in post (Davinci Resolve viewed on a 4K colour-calibrated monitor). I didn't add any saturation or colour enhancements in either of these clips because when I applied a little contrast the colours just popped out.
The very darkest shadows, as expected, did have quite a bit of noise and I applied selective noise reduction in Resolve to mitigate it. However, the more moderate shadows retained a lot of detail which was easily made visible by lifting the shadows a bit in post. There were no blown highlights in these clips and I was really happy with their detail and colour retention, even in the brightest areas.
Regarding exposure, after watching some YouTube tutorials and having already done some practicing I decided to go with two primary exposure tools - the Histogram and the Zebras. I did not go with the method of trying to expose 1-2 stops to the right based on the camera's internal light meter. I tried that method over the previous weeks and I had a lot of test footage under exposed. The Histogram with Zebras worked better for me.
So far I'm pretty happy with the results of working with C-Log3. Unlike the Nikon Z9/Z8 or the newer Canon cameras like the R5 Mark2, the C50 cinema camera, or the R6 Mark3, my older R5 will not produce 10-bit 4:2:2 files without using log, which is why I'm going to all this trouble. Nevertheless, it's fun to learn new skills, so no complaints.
Critiques, questions or comments are very welcome.
Cheers,
Rudy ...Show more →
Video looks nice Rudy. Are you able to notice a big improvement of the 4:2:2 files over the 4:2:0 files.
Your 4:2:0 videos had some very good quality to them.
Dave
p.41 #15 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
I'm continuing to work at learning how to shoot and edit Canon C-Log3 footage taken with my R5 camera.
A couple of days ago the sun finally came out over Ottawa and I shot both the sunrise and the sunset in order to practice working with high dynamic range scenes. I wanted to see how the highlight and shadow detail retention performed. As well, I wanted to see how the natural colours looked in post (Davinci Resolve viewed on a 4K colour-calibrated monitor). I didn't add any saturation or colour enhancements in either of these clips because when I applied a little contrast the colours just popped out.
The very darkest shadows, as expected, did have quite a bit of noise and I applied selective noise reduction in Resolve to mitigate it. However, the more moderate shadows retained a lot of detail which was easily made visible by lifting the shadows a bit in post. There were no blown highlights in these clips and I was really happy with their detail and colour retention, even in the brightest areas.
Regarding exposure, after watching some YouTube tutorials and having already done some practicing I decided to go with two primary exposure tools - the Histogram and the Zebras. I did not go with the method of trying to expose 1-2 stops to the right based on the camera's internal light meter. I tried that method over the previous weeks and I had a lot of test footage under exposed. The Histogram with Zebras worked better for me.
So far I'm pretty happy with the results of working with C-Log3. Unlike the Nikon Z9/Z8 or the newer Canon cameras like the R5 Mark2, the C50 cinema camera, or the R6 Mark3, my older R5 will not produce 10-bit 4:2:2 files without using log, which is why I'm going to all this trouble. Nevertheless, it's fun to learn new skills, so no complaints.
Over all I think it looks pretty good. I do find the artifacts in the trees/bush line a bit distracting. About at the 1 minute mark it appears the strongest.
p.41 #16 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
dj63401 wrote:
Video looks nice Rudy. Are you able to notice a big improvement of the 4:2:2 files over the 4:2:0 files.
Your 4:2:0 videos had some very good quality to them.
Dave
Hi Dave,
Thanks for watching and commenting.
To be honest, I can't really tell the difference at this point. From now on I'll try to do the same scenes in both C-log3 and in a non-log picture profile and have a close look at the difference. I'll let you know.
Cheers,
Rudy
p.41 #17 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
RobAmy wrote:
Over all I think it looks pretty good. I do find the artifacts in the trees/bush line a bit distracting. About at the 1 minute mark it appears the strongest.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for the feedback. Yep, those artifacts are really bad - working on them now.
p.41 #18 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Rudy Pohl wrote:
Hi Dave,
Thanks for watching and commenting.
To be honest, I can't really tell the difference at this point. From now on I'll try to do the same scenes in both C-log3 and in a non-log picture profile and have a close look at the difference. I'll let you know.
Cheers,
Rudy
Rudy,
I was hoping you might do that. That will be interesting.
Dave
p.41 #19 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
Here is one I just did. It goes through some of what I feel are essential and I also go through a few settings. this one is 35 minutes so you need a little time if you really want to watch it. Any questions feel free to ask. I used the R1 and the RF 15-35mm for the parts with me and the lens and the RF 100mm macro for just the screen shots. I made up my own thumb nail also per Rudy's suggestion .
p.41 #20 · Canon video thread for hybrid shooters...
I'm playing around with a few clips of hummingbirds near my feeder that I shot with my R3 in the fall of 2024. I shot them with the R3's "High Frame Rate" set to Enable, so (as described at https://cam.start.canon/en/C010/manual/html/UG-03_Shooting-2_0050.html) they were captured at 239.8 or 119.9 fps and recorded as 29.97 fps MP4 files so they play in slow motion.
So, I have 2 questions.
1. Is there any way I can tell whether the clips were captured at 239.8 or 119.9 fps?
2. How would I go about incorporating some portion of these clips at full speed (i.e. not slow motion) into a 29.97 fps movie in Davinci Resolve?
). Shooting in the summer is way better. 
. I used a small umbrella in the hot shoe but it was so blowing it did not stop it all. The Canon C50 did really well for the conditions.