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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Canon 1D X Movies and Sound

« on: August 10, 2012, 09:54:04 AM »

Not to come off as a jerk... but if a lack of headphone jack is really your deterrent then you must not be very familiar with DSLR video. In which case the recorder is really just the tip of iceberg in terms of additional stuff you will need to purchase. It might not be the best idea to make your first video body a the flagship 6K+ model

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Lenses / Re: Help Choosing My Next Lens? :)

« on: July 18, 2012, 09:53:36 AM »

If you want TS I say wider is better. The 17mm is a crazy good lens.

You are also missing the something like a 16-35 range. The 2.8 L 16-35 is amazing.

If you want a long zoom you could go with the 100-300L 4.5-5.6 IS, but it's not that much of an addition to your 70-200 and is slower.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Where do you start for videos?

« on: July 12, 2012, 09:59:20 AM »

Cinestyle is way overrated IMO. It is a flat picture style designed to be graded, but the codec of Canon cameras is not good enough to stand up to this kind of color correction. As soon as you even drop in a basic LUT the shadows have picked up an insane amount of noise.

As far as 3rd party picture profiles, I much prefer Marvel's. Typically I just use Neutral though - with sharpness dialed all the way down, contrast down 3 notches, and saturation down two notches. If I'm not planning to grade then I usually with dial in an extra notch or two of contrast and saturation.

Regarding the Rhode video mic I would again shy away from it. They are nice mics but your main issue with the 5D3 will actually be the preamp, and you are better spending some money on an external recorder first. Then you can worry about getting a nice mic - most recorders have an internal mic to start.