- Hi, my name's Rich Harrington. - And I'm Robbie Carman. - And welcome to this week's episode of Video Gear Weekly. Rob, we have a camera that a lot of people have been looking forward to. The 5D Mark III. - [Rob] Yeah, and it's been out for a little while now, and you know, I think Canon people welcome this camera with open arms. You know, I was a 5D Mark II owner. - [Rich] Yeah. - And when the 5D Mark III came out, what's the first thing I did? I got in line and bought a 5D Mark III as well. The big things about this camera are you know, sort of the same revolutionary features that the Mark II brought, but sort of enhanced.
Obviously, with the Mark II, it was pristine HD video really for the first time in a DSLR form factor, and that kind of ignited a revolution and everybody from independent filmmakers to Hollywood was using it. - Yeah, we actually did a really in depth exploration of that. You and I co-wrote along with our friends, Jim Ball and Matt Gottshalk, a book and basically a video series called From Still to Motion, and we loved this camera. It was so useful, we tried it in different environments, and I got to say, the 5D Mark II, while it wasn't the first DSLR with video, it was the first DSLR with video to really get it right.
- Right, and you know, one of the things about why the 5D Mark II was so successful was because it was a full frame sensor, and it was sort of, you know, a top end still camera, and because of that full frame sensor people went gaga over it for video because of the depth of field and the low noise, and obviously being able to use a wide variety of interchangeable lenses, both photo lenses and cinema lenses, and people went crazy with. People started going, oh I'm going to modify this and make it a PL mount and do all sorts of crazy stuff. - It could shoot in the dark. Look at the low light performance. - [Rob] Right.
- Let's have such shallow depth of field that the nose is in focus and cheek is out of focus. - So Canon really listened to a lot of the issues that people were having with the 5D Mark II, both of them, of course, on the still side, 'cause let's not forget, these cameras... - First and foremost, nine people out of 10 are using this a stills camera. - Right, so a lot of the major market improvements that they made on the Mark III had to do with photo performance, but there's also quite a few video tweaks and video performance things that we'll talk about this week, and overall, Rich, I mean, I think that if you are invested in Canon gear, have used previous Canon cameras, that in all respects, both the photo side and the video side, the Mark III is a very, very compelling camera to use and in another episode of Video Gear Weekly, we'll talk about how to make it even more functional by hacking it with things like Magic Lantern and stuff like that.
But out of the box, this is a great camera, and so this week, Rich, let's step through some of the benefits, some of the features, we'll go through some of the menus, and then we'll end up evaluating some footage. - All right.
Released
11/10/2016- Deciding what camera is right for you
- Shooting with ultra-fast prime lenses
- Using lens adapters
- Shooting video with iPhones and iPads
- Using cheap lenses
- Hacking a camera with Magic Lantern firmware
- Shooting 360˚ video
- Shooting wide-angle video
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 15s
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1. Is the BlackMagic Production Camera 4K Right for Me?
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Evaluating the footage4m 53s
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2. Is the Sony Alpha a7 Right for Me?
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3. Is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 Right for Me?
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Evaluating the footage2m 26s
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4. Shooting with Ultra-Fast Prime Lenses
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Ultra-fast primes2m 26s
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Challenges of using fast primes10m 22s
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Evaluating the footage7m 40s
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5. Is the Canon EOS C300 Right for Me?
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Evaluating the footage6m 42s
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6. Using Lens Adapters
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Why use lens adapters?2m 56s
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7. Shooting with an iPad
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Attaching a lens to an iPad1m 53s
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Attaching a light3m 23s
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Evaluating the footage3m 22s
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8. Is the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Right for Me?
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Evaluating the footage6m 47s
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9. Is the Blackmagic Design Studio Camera HD Right for Me?
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10. Using Cheap Lenses
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Cheap lenses5m 42s
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Lomography5m 28s
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Fujian2m 26s
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Lensbaby4m 6s
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SLR Magic2m 26s
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11. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000
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Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 menus2m 36s
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Evaluating footage7m 28s
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12. Filters for Your Lens
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Clear filters3m 44s
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Color filters5m 56s
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Polarizer2m 11s
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ND filters4m 39s
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13. Hacking a Camera with Magic Lantern
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How to load Magic Lantern4m 32s
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Magic Lantern menus: Part 16m 41s
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Magic Lantern menus: Part 25m 24s
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14. Blackmagic Design URSA 4K EF
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Blackmagic USA 4K EF menus8m 27s
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Evaluating footage8m 35s
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15. How Can I Shoot 360˚ Video?
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Unboxing the V.360˚6m 41s
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A field test with the V.360˚3m 22s
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Evaluating the footage8m 30s
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16. How Can I Shoot Better Video on an iPhone?
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Securely mounting the iPhone3m 31s
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Modifying iPhone lenses2m 18s
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17. Canon 5D Mark III
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Shooting menu options4m 36s
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Evaluating the footage2m 29s
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18. Wide-Angle Shootout: Part 1
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Wide-angle shootout3m 48s
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Rokinon 16mm lens7m 32s
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Lumix 14mm lens5m 46s
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19. Wide-Angle Shootout: Part 2
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Wide-angle shootout1m 1s
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Rokinon 7.5mm lens4m 30s
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Olympus 12mm lens4m 16s
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Final thoughts1m 7s
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