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By: Thinking about going DSLR with the 7D | SynapticLight

Thinking about going DSLR with the 7D | SynapticLight — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:30:44 +0000

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By: Brad_Parler

Brad_Parler — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:22:16 +0000

Thank you very much! And Thanks for the heads up about the post will be checking it out soon.

By: Phillip Gibb

Phillip Gibb — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:15:40 +0000

yeah,
I meant to add a reference/referral to your blog in the last post of mine – I will edit the post and add your series.
being that is what has gotten me thinking
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By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:56:28 +0000

I’m sure that it’s set for you, but you can control it in the menu under “Picture Style” according to http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E7D/E7DMODES.HTM

By: Phillip Gibb

Phillip Gibb — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:13:09 +0000

awesome, thanks for the feedback
So I assume that the 7D has the sharpness automatically set to some value. Probably the case for all cameras.
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By: Paul Del Vecchio

Paul Del Vecchio — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:40:31 +0000

No major issues. It pulls a clean key for the most part, even with hair. I should also add that you will want to turn the sharpness all the way down in order to soften any blocky artifacts/color sampling. Another cool thing is that if your talent is far enough from the greenscreen (as they should be) you can (depending on your f-stop) throw your background (the greenscreen) out of focus. This also helps as it blurs/blends the green shades together making it easier to pull a key.

By: Brad_Parler

Brad_Parler — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:38:26 +0000

Dude, thank you so much for posting! I know that you've been out shooting today, thanks for taking the time to post real world examples of what works! So you had no issues pulling a key from the 7D footage?

By: Paul Del Vecchio

Paul Del Vecchio — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:41:01 +0000

Hi guys. I use the 7D to key and it keys surprisingly well. If you check out the last Zacuto shootout, you'll see they say the same thing.

Next to the HVX the picture was a lot cleaner. This was the original HVX and not the HVX200a. I'm not sure how that one compares to the 7D. The 7D keys pretty damn well and will be good enough for a lot of situations. You just have to make sure that your lighting is good and you probably don't want to shoot above ISO 640 for greenscreen work. Ideally, you'll want to shoot around ISO 320 or 160 and you have to make sure that you properly expose. If not, your image gets noisy and it makes the key a bit more difficult.

So again, the wrap up, shoot at ISO 320 or 160, 640 if you HAVE TO, evenly light the greenscreen, properly expose the greenscreen and talent, and you should be fine.

Hope that helps!

By: Brad_Parler

Brad_Parler — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:57:47 +0000

I DM'd him via twitter – but he's out on a shoot already this morning — so I hope he will be able to comment on it soon.

By: Phillip Gibb

Phillip Gibb — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:55:29 +0000

Wow DSLR over the HVX. Well I hear that the HVX has a little too much noise in the one channel (probably cancelling out the 4:2:2 it has ) and is not really 720p. Yeah – lighting is key
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By: Brad_Parler

Brad_Parler — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:51:42 +0000

Keying can be an issue – I'll see if I can get a buddy to comment better on this as he shot DSLR footage next to a HVX and ended up using the DSLR footage to key with. With any project – it will come down to lighting as much as the optics and the camera back. If you shoot with a scope, you will be able to see if you're lighting is on target or not.

By: Phillip Gibb

Phillip Gibb — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:40:57 +0000

Have you seen the Zacuto DSLR shootouts? very interesting and impressive. One of the things that interest me is how easy/hard will it be to work with footage that needs to be keyed (considering that 4:2:0 color compression is used).
I keep thinking that I need a 4:4:4 camera – it one of my stumbling blocks in getting a DSLR
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By: DSLR Workflow & Non-Liniear Editor Solutions | Powered Production

DSLR Workflow & Non-Liniear Editor Solutions | Powered Production — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:18:06 +0000

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