I have been asked by a director to use it for a short film. I think I can handle it as I have gotten a lot of practice out of my T2i, however I am having some possible trouble with focus pulling and have a question about the camera.
Now if I shoot flat, that makes focus pulling more difficult cause the contrast and sharpness are turned all the way down, thus making it harder to tell what is in focus and not. The 5D also has a much larger DOF compared to my Canon T2i, so I hope the director will be okay with using really bright lights, and stopping down. And hopefully they will allow me to take it home to practice outside of the pre-production meetings and rehearsals, but probably not lol.
When it comes to focus pulling however, the camera shoots RAW video I see. Does this mean that I can turn the contrast and saturation all the way up, to pull focus easier, but it won't matter since it does not record that way but records in RAW data? Thus, the sharpness and contrast will not be baked in, and can easily be changed in post? I am also going to ask the director if she wants RAW video format, and if this is a good reason to shoot in it, I will mention it.
I will also ask the director if it's okay if we shoot the shots, in order of camera changes. That is we do all the shots with a wide angle lens first at an more closed aperture, before switching to long focal length close ups, at a more open aperture. This might speed things up, compared to constantly switching lenses back and forth, so is that a good idea?
Thanks.
Now if I shoot flat, that makes focus pulling more difficult cause the contrast and sharpness are turned all the way down, thus making it harder to tell what is in focus and not. The 5D also has a much larger DOF compared to my Canon T2i, so I hope the director will be okay with using really bright lights, and stopping down. And hopefully they will allow me to take it home to practice outside of the pre-production meetings and rehearsals, but probably not lol.
When it comes to focus pulling however, the camera shoots RAW video I see. Does this mean that I can turn the contrast and saturation all the way up, to pull focus easier, but it won't matter since it does not record that way but records in RAW data? Thus, the sharpness and contrast will not be baked in, and can easily be changed in post? I am also going to ask the director if she wants RAW video format, and if this is a good reason to shoot in it, I will mention it.
I will also ask the director if it's okay if we shoot the shots, in order of camera changes. That is we do all the shots with a wide angle lens first at an more closed aperture, before switching to long focal length close ups, at a more open aperture. This might speed things up, compared to constantly switching lenses back and forth, so is that a good idea?
Thanks.
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