I shot a little bit of footage outside a bar last night. I just got the 5D and wanted to test out how it did with various light conditions. With properly lit footage, keeping the ISO pretty low (800 or less) the footage was very clean. As soon as the light went down, the ISO really jumps up and footage becomes very noisy.

I decided to push the footage in color correction and see what I could get away with. Very surprised how much range I could get out of these two simple clips. Focusing with the lens I had on hand was a bit challenging, so this isn't the sharpest footage ever, but I really love to look of this camera. As with any piece of film or video, with proper lighting, this camera's footage can easily break out and look very close to film. Comments, thoughts and other nonsense is always appreciated below.

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  • timnolan 7 months ago
    so, which is your favorite take?
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  • Hache 7 months ago
    What did you use for the color correction?
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  • Jason Zada 7 months ago
    In each one of the segments it says at the bottom, but generally Final Cut Pro. Magic Bullet was used for the last two. Tim, favorite is the last one. Yours?
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  • mr.ezrider 7 months ago
    do you convert to something else or cut in h264 original? which mac do you have? 5d really has great quality .. color correction is nice .. last one is most movie like and my fav
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  • Jason Zada 7 months ago
    I converted to ProRes HQ. I edited this on a MacBook laptop. It actually can handle the files pretty well.
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  • mr.ezrider 7 months ago
    just trying to find out most common workflow .. i also convert to prores .. my iMac is old whity ..I need to buy something new .. thinking about used 8 core macpro .. but hoping for new quad iMac .. :)
    maybe cineform neoscene would help .. but 100$ just to convert .. not so sure :)
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  • Gianno Studios 7 months ago
    Very Nice! Check out my videos and tell me what you think. :)
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  • iamkalaniprince plus 7 months ago
    nice CC test, I prefer the last one. Peace out-
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  • Sebastian TR plus 6 months ago
    What settings / template did you use for the last grade in MB ? looks fantastic.

    do you just convert to ProRes HQ once youve dropped H264 in the sequence or use compressor / other encoder?
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  • Jason Zada 6 months ago
    Converted to ProRes. Can't really do playback on my machine on h264. I can look into my magic bullet settings, but I tried to use the same settings on another clip and it look totally off. It all has to do with the light, colors, etc.
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  • Guy Jackson 6 months ago
    like what you did with FC CC.
    i started playing with some footage in Color (@proRes)
    and it defiantly handles, looking for a look for a music video I'm about to shoot,in color the possibilities are endless. let me know if you find a good way to convert to 24fps
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  • Paco Gomez Vega plus 4 months ago
    Ilike he last one,
    It has more of the film look,
    ill be waiting for any work you do on the 5D jason,.
    your work is amazing,
    see you around
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  • victor 13 days ago
    Hi Jason,
    great test. Just a silly question. Did you upload to Vimeo the uncompressed footage after the color correction, or did you compress it so it won´t be too heavy to upload to the web? I´m watching it on a big HD screen and I can see a lot of pixeling.
    I just wonder if this camera´s footage will do reasonably well for 35mm blowup after post-production corrections or effects. Have you heard of 35mm blowups??
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