Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Canon DSLR Metadata?

It's important to remember that these cameras aren't video cameras. They are
stills cameras that can shoot video - and that difference is very obvious at
almost every single stage of production with them. Sometimes that's a
positive thing, sometimes it's a negative thing, but most of the time it's
just something you need to keep in mind.

We use 5Ds in production fairly regularly, paired up with Zoom H4n recorders
and a bunch of RedRock gear. They work well for many things, but they also
cause us a lot of problems.

They have delivered something that wasn't available before with the asthetic
they deliver and have really created a demand for it. It's taken a while but
the basic concept (big chip, removable lenses) has made it into proper video
cameras. The Panasonic AF100 and Sony F3 (and un-named NXCAM camera) have
done a fantastic job of addressing the demand in a practical way.

The DSLR revolution is over-stated, but it has really delivered a fantastic
tool for enthusastic amatuers and hobbiests, while also bridging a gap for
professionals.

Unfortunately we're now all so infatuated with the shallow-DoF look that
everyone who gets their hands on a video DSLR suddenly believes themselves
to be a DoP. And we also suffer from the same problem that was evident with
the RED One (only on an even larger scale now) where people mistake pretty
pictures for a good film - believing that getting a good camera is in
someway a higher priority than having a good story, acting and direction.

It'll all level out again in time, but it's clear that the professional
market no-longer has a monopoly on the "filmic" look.

Dylan Reeve
http://dylanreeve.com/

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:40 PM, John Hollands <johnhollands22@gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> Hmmm.
>
> Thanks all.
>
> I'm flattered to be thought of as some enthusiastic newby, makes me feel
> young all over again!!!
>
> As for whoever said "please learn how to use the video functions..."
> (Steve Hullfish) I'm not commenting on that. Using it myself I was able
> (sheer luck?) to get good shots, and we do get usable audio off the
> internal chip using Sennheiser radio mics. Just can't monitor it is all.
> And I'm sure our "proper" cameramen can also get good results.
>
> Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned auto-focus but it is there, it is
> fitted, I guess I expected it to function in a somehow useful way.
>
> What surprised most me was how bloody awkward it all is. We HAVE the
> clamp-on big-ass viewer thinggy, I always leave it behind. I don't see
> how it makes it easier. Makes me feel I have to bend backwards to take a
> look. I must confess I haven't tried it with the screen off to the side
> and swivelled up. I once used a Mitchell BNC like that; rackover focus
> and parallex viewfinder. Not TTL at all! But that was back when Mr Nixon
> was President, things have changed, I gather, since then.
>
> I wish there was a way to turn on the viewfinder as well as the screen -
> like we do on our other cameras. I guess it really needs a telescopic
> viewfinder like the old fillum cameras.
>
> We'll keep using it, it is a good guerilla camera and we've covered
> concerts without being noticed at all. We refrain from zooming or just
> cut out the crook zooms. It is not - yet - great in low light, but we'll
> figure that one out. One of our guys just keeps winding up the ISO
> settings. Once the images look completely rank he'll wind it back, I
> assume. Works well on tripod in our greenscreen stage.
>
> I suppose I am just a bit surprised and taken aback after all I had read
> about these cameras taking over the World. They won't.
>
> On the other hand, a very innocent-looking thing to leave on someone's
> desk while stepping out of the room...
>
> john-the-spy
> licenced to edit
>
>
>

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