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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

While waiting for Scarlet, I bought 5d Mark II

Really nice man...Arrh the Mustang! Don't get many of them over here but it is super sweet. Nicely cut together vid and nice colour.
 
Very nice work. Does the 30fps thing bug you at all? Excuse my ignorance, but are there any rumors that they'll bring in 24fps on a firmware build?

What mount did you use on the Mustang for the road shots? Again, great work.

Nick.
 
Hey Nicholas, there are rumors of a 24p firmware update and possible manual control. www.canonrumors.com seems to be the biggest source. 30fps can be easily (relatively easily) converted to 24p. If anyone has questions regarding how: I'll post someone's workflow from the cinema5d forum:


Superb 30p to 24p Workflow

1. Cut video in 30 fps timeline

2. Create copy of finished edit so you'll have two clips, one to convert to 24p and one to preserve audio.

2. Open Cinema Tool (part of Final Cut Studio), File, "Open Clip", choose "Conform", specify "23.98" to conform to.

Explanation: This keeps the same number of frames in the clip, it only changes the timebase from 30fps to 24fps, essentially creates overcranked footage by 6 frames, (desirable on some shots). As a result this makes the clip longer and slows the audio down which is undesirable where audio is important. At this point you've already created a copy of the original clip therefore preserving the original audio which we'll relink later in Final Cut.

3. Now open the inspector window so we can do some tweaking. Under "Frame Controls" tab, click the button to the right of "Frame Controls:" to enable this feature. Once enabled, select "On" for "Frame Controls:" Underneath the "Retiming Control" section is where we'll make changes. For "Set Duration to:" click the radio button where it will allow us to put in a duration. NOW THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, OPEN THE COPY OF THE CLIP WE CREATED THAT STILL HAS THE 30 FPS TIMEBASE AND PUT IT INTO THE FINAL CUT PRO TIMELINE, DELETE THE VIDEO TRACK AND ENSURE THE TIMEBASE OF THE SEQUENCE IS SET TO 23.98, GO TO THE END OF THE AUDIO AND READ THE TIMECODE, THIS WAY WE'RE ENSURING THAT WE'RE RETIMING (SPEEDING BACK UP) THE CLIP SO IT WILL MATCH THE ORIGINAL AUDIO. This number is the timecode you'll put into the duration field, (example01:08:01:06) then depending on how well you want the footage to look also taking into consideration the time it will require to compress it choose the desired quality under "Rate Conversion:". I choose, "Best (High quality motion compesnation)" to get superb results, however this increases the compression time.

Important: Make sure that no matter which codec you use that it remains as a 23.98 fps timebase.

4. Now take the treated clip into Final Cut, we've already set up the sequence from step 3. Add the clip to video track 1, relink and presto!

I've extensively tested this and find it to be the best way to convert 30p to 24p for the time being, or atleast until and hopefully Canon comes up with a firmware to address the issue.

Additional Tips: If you have multiple clips to treat, in Cinema Tools, choose "Batch Conform" locate one file where all the files are located. Then setup batch conversions in compressor, if you have a quad core or 8 core configure Q master to take advantage of all cores otherwise it will take longer.
 
awesome stuff, greg. that turbo shop owner guy reminded me of a sopranos character or something. :)

camera worked beautifully for this stuff.
 
Very nice, man.
Great footage.
It gives us a good hint what scarlet and epic will be like. They will rock even more but it's crazy what such a little cam can do allready.

Tim
 
Wow. Nice job. How did you do the audio for the car spot? Love the Vegan Queen short. What am I supposed to hate about this camera again?
 
Nicely done, enjoyed the videos, I just got one my self, and will be test shooting for a Feature film here in Vegas, a no budget film to showcase the impossible of things, which become possible.

Wish Scarlet was here, but for this project the 5D II will have to do, hope it will be kind on the skin tones :)


Good job on the videos again, love the snow one as well, so peaceful.

ciao
 
Very nice work and the colors are great!

I was thinking about picking up a 5D, but have been hesitant as some people have slammed it for motion problems and warping when you or the subject moves to much and I also think 24P has to be coming.

Were the motion problems a big deal? Did you notice them? Did you find you composed shots differently? Do you end up cutting around wobbly shots or are people making too big of a deal out of it?

Thanks for showing us your work. Definately the best 5D footage I've seen.
 
Nice work Greg

I picked one up a few weeks ago but have not tested it much yet. I bought it for still work but it's nice to see that it's capable of decent motion work.

Keep up the good work.
 
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