BenEricson

If that's true I will buy the 5D mkiv.

Head Andrew, what's happening you ? You are very hungry now, I suppose because the GH5 fight...
Please don't give up,your article are usually very interesting and also technically correct, continue on that way. 
I found always your test very useful, not supported of charts test and other things... But still very good test. 

Honestly, 16mm is really underrated. I'm working on a few Bolex 16mm/Super 16mm projects right now. I have been getting 4K scans and I am super happy with the results. 
You get the color everyone wants but you also get the character of the film stock and lenses of that era. Really been loving the Kern 18-100. The first few frames are with the Kern zoom. I'll post up the projects when they get done.
I really love the F3 and C300ii but cannot stand the FS700. There's a lot of green in washington state, and the FS700 just doesn't render green right. Canon nails it. F3 nails it. Film obviously does as well.

5D MKIII Raw.

Just needed the smallest possible kit. You can strip it down to just the body and a powered mic with a stabilized lens.
A couple stills from a Microsoft piece I shot over the summer in Houston. Run and gun interviews and b-roll. 

Just needed the smallest possible kit. You can strip it down to just the body and a powered mic with a stabilized lens.
A couple stills from a Microsoft piece I shot over the summer in Houston. Run and gun interviews and b-roll. 

Film just looks better. Red is the trend.

@kidzrevil that video above sums up for me how I feel about the XC10. In good light, like the outdoors shots, the camera gives a lovely image which can be pushed quite hard in grading. But when light is low, the image is not good - it's mushy, falls apart in the grade, colour rendition suffers and ghosting is a PITA. For what kidzrevil needs to do - fashion, music vids, etc. - image quality is paramount and the XC10 doesn't cut the mustard.
For more casual stuff like travel vids and documentation it's absolutely fine.
I promised to post a few frame grabs to show off what the camera can do when conditions are right. The weather was great the other day so we went for a walk. I brought along the XC10 as I wanted to check out how an X-Rite Colorchecker might improve colour separation using MBR Color Corrector 2 plugin for AE (it did help).
No look LUTs here. Everything is EOS Standard, corrected for colour using the X-Rite, and a simple white balance, contrast and saturation adjustment.
 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

This is another case where a c100 in a lot of situations is just going to look better. It will be just as sharp in 1080 and render better skin tones and overall scene colors. 
Don't get me wrong, I pre-ordered one and I am excited about it, but it seems like every clip still has that GH4 look. 

Shot an interview this morning 1080/12 bit. Man the 12 bit out of that camera is just lovely.

Shot an interview this morning 1080/12 bit. Man the 12 bit out of that camera is just lovely.

I agree, a C100/C300/F3/FS5 with a fitted pelican case will take away a lot of the stress. At my work we have a fitted case for the 4 Light Panels, and 2x 300ii. This makes it extremely difficult to forget or misplace items. 
3.5 is maybe fine for wild sound or some cheap doc work, but not if the client is paying you a good day rate and expecting quality. Always boom the subject as well, wireless mics are great but a boom is always more solid. 
Depending on how many interviews you shoot, the C100/C300 could be a game changer for you. I couldn't imagine doing the amount of interviews I do on shoots without the tools and features that the C300ii offers.
I know that you can get great images with smaller cameras. I love the pocket camera, one of my favorite images ever, but the amount of work it takes to build it up is just too risky and too much of a headache.
The right camera for the job. Interviews. Canon C series is hard to beat.

This has better color than any non cine alta sony camera.

I've shot with the pocket a lot. It is true, very filmic image, but if you mess up it can easily look really bad. Any moire or IR pollution and the image is instantly ruined. The F3 reminds me a lot of the pocket, but the larger sensor gives you less noise. I've never shot with the digital bolex but it really has that caked on color look that film gives you. So much richness in the saturation. 
Pocket would have trouble getting a look like this. I've seen good pocket footage, but nothing quite this good.
The frame shutter is huge, so motion is much different. Depends on what you're shooting, but that alone makes a huge difference. 
 

I've shot with the pocket a lot. It is true, very filmic image, but if you mess up it can easily look really bad. Any moire or IR pollution and the image is instantly ruined. The F3 reminds me a lot of the pocket, but the larger sensor gives you less noise. I've never shot with the digital bolex but it really has that caked on color look that film gives you. So much richness in the saturation. 
Pocket would have trouble getting a look like this. I've seen good pocket footage, but nothing quite this good.
The frame shutter is huge, so motion is much different. Depends on what you're shooting, but that alone makes a huge difference. 
 

Jackie, shot on 16mm is also looking really really nice. More muted in comparison but not that dead muted Sony look everyone tries to defend. Looks so smooth. 
 

Thank you. I would recommend doing as many tests as possible. Kidzrevil has been doing a ton of tests with different profiles, he seems to be making a lot of progress in finding the correct profile for each situation. 
C-LOG is really really nice in my opinion, but probably not ideal for lowlight. You need to work with seeing how much you can push it. If you keep the shadows lit enough, you can really avoid macro blocking and noise. The camera is temperamental. Does weird things sometimes. You really need to work with the strengths and learn to avoid exploiting the weaknesses. 
My biggest advice would be to not shoot over F11. Try to between 2.8 and 8, favor the shallower more open apertures when possible.

I manually exposed. I pretty much always used the ND, ISO 500, tried to between f2.8 and f8. The stuff shot at F11, like I said, is pretty much unusable. Something looks weird at that f stop. All C-LOG. 
These are excellent.

I manually exposed. I pretty much always used the ND, ISO 500, tried to between f2.8 and f8. The stuff shot at F11, like I said, is pretty much unusable. Something looks weird at that f stop. All C-LOG. 
These are excellent.

I manually exposed. I pretty much always used the ND, ISO 500, tried to between f2.8 and f8. The stuff shot at F11, like I said, is pretty much unusable. Something looks weird at that f stop. All C-LOG. 
These are excellent.

Here is a link to the LUT I am using. You can download the whole pack if you want as well. 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ljz17ji7k0q4kvm/AABZGeJdt2xz2Q94rQMvuhd4a?dl=0
I attached a few images that show what the LUT is doing. It's working similarly to those film looks you use. It compresses the highlights and will really create nice roll off for blown out footage. This is actually black magic pocket footage, but it's the only thing I have on this laptop to work with.
The LUT isn't too aggressive, it may work with wide dr footage as well. Make sure you sharpen 10-15 in premiere as well.
I appreciate that. Honestly, I think I haven't come to terms with the fact that a camera that is so easy to use and compact can actually produce high quality footage.

Here is a link to the LUT I am using. You can download the whole pack if you want as well. 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ljz17ji7k0q4kvm/AABZGeJdt2xz2Q94rQMvuhd4a?dl=0
I attached a few images that show what the LUT is doing. It's working similarly to those film looks you use. It compresses the highlights and will really create nice roll off for blown out footage. This is actually black magic pocket footage, but it's the only thing I have on this laptop to work with.
The LUT isn't too aggressive, it may work with wide dr footage as well. Make sure you sharpen 10-15 in premiere as well.
I appreciate that. Honestly, I think I haven't come to terms with the fact that a camera that is so easy to use and compact can actually produce high quality footage.

Ran off some more footage yesterday morning. Added grain to a few shots. Really love the color and image stabilizer, wish it could get more shallow. The lens really does seem to do best between F2.8 and F8. 
 

I would just use gaffers tape. 
Or measure the circle around the light and see if you can find some colored filters that will fit in there. 

Ran off some more footage yesterday morning. Added grain to a few shots. Really love the color and image stabilizer, wish it could get more shallow. The lens really does seem to do best between F2.8 and F8.