Canon R5C just released a major firmware update that makes VR180 filming much easier.
Now you can quickly switch from left to right lens to check focus when the Dual
Fisheye lens is attached. So you never miss your critical focus EVER again. It introduces
a new Canon 709 color profile with beautiful baked-in the classic Canon color and minimum
digital noise. If you hate the noise in Canon RAW and don't want to color grade,
this is a faster workflow for you with a guaranteed beautiful image. Switching from
Video to Photo now takes less than 3-second. In this video, I will also share with you some
of my personal tips and tricks for shooting with the R5C with this new Firmware. How to
do critical focus onset, and how to set up director / client remote monitoring.
Watch this video before your update - so you don't risk breaking your camera onset.
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Hey. what's up everybody! It is your Boi Hugh here from the MetaverseStage. Canon
just dropped two firmware updates for the R5C back to back. If you updated to 1.0.4.1,
make sure you also update to 1.0.5.1 to fix the Photo Mode issue. Before we go over what's new,
let's go over how to update first. As if you do this wrong, you might risk breaking your camera.
Update is easy. You just need to download the latest firmware - the 1.0.5.1 here.
Unzip it and load the VSD9.FIR into your SD Card root folder. Not your CFExpress B card.
Following is the most important step - make sure your battery is FULLY charged.
The update takes almost 15 min, if your camera dies during the process, it might not function
at all. So I can't stress this enough, make sure you use a fully charged battery!
Go to the System setup menu, the one with the Ranch icon, and go to page 9 under firmware -
camera. Mine is already up to date, but yours will be to update. Now, be patient, don't touch your
camera. Go get a cup of coffee or tea or Dog Treat ... (Time to EAT) and come back after 15 min.
After your update, you will need to reset your date and time. You
will also need to reset all the features for VR180 filming with
the Dual Fisheye lens. If you forgot all of them, here is a quick guide again.
First, you need to set your color profile to C-log 3 Cinema Gamut or the brand new
Canon 709 - C8 right here. These are the only 2 color profiles I will suggest on
R5C. If you don't want to worry about color grading and not good at color,
just use Canon 709 and your picture will be beautiful with Canon's signature color.
Second, turn on level. I can't stress enough how important to
level your camera before filming. And highly possible you forgot how to do
it. Pause the video and see if you can figure it out without my help.
Okay, it is under Monitoring Setup,
the fifth icon, page 5 Custom Display 1. Go to Level and select Tilt + Roll.
Third, if you like me, only shoot on Canon C Log 3, Cinema Gamut,
but want to see the color-corrected REC 709 image to nail your color and exposure,
now you can set your View Assist to CMT 709. This is brand new in this firmware to allow you,
your director, and your CLIENTS to see the final corrected image instead of the
ugly log image. Go to Monitoring Setup - Page 7 Set your View Assist LCD to CMT 709.
Bouns Point. You want to output the technical correct REC 709 out into your Client monitor,
video village system, and inside VR headset using NDI - tutorial coming next. So your DP or lighting
grips can light the scene correctly, and you can shoot the film close to your director's vision
instead of messing with post color grading. Lots of Hollywood films do color and lighting onset
instead of in post-production. There is no fix-it in post. Getting the correct reading on your HDMI
display is crucial in any professional settings. Almost 90% of the tutorials out there are in that
YouTube solo creator mindset. When you start to work in commercials, films, and high budget stuffs
with a team of graffers, lighting technicians, and a Director, you will need to outgrow that limited
mindset. And you boi Hugh is here to watch your back when you grow. So don't forget to subscribe,
hit the bell and drop me a like. Canon R5 C is a Cinema camera. It
has all these features built-in. Right here, turn on View Assist HDMI and select View Assist
CMT 709. Now when you connect your R5C with a video-transmitting system - like right here with
the Hollyland Mars 4K and Send the Wireless 4K feed into the director monitor the Mars M1 - the
video color looks correct in true REC 709. Then in post-production, you don't color grade
your footage. Instead, you go to the Canon Website right here under Software and Drive,
Download, and download the official "Canon 3D LUT for CMT 709 Ver.1.0". Drop the LUT in
your Canon RAW footage and you are done. The output footage is exactly how the director
wanted it, and the clients approved onset. If this is a rush job, this is the final delivery.
More than you expect, commercial and even feature films don't have the time and the budget to do
creative color grading in post. This workflow will save your ass as a camera operator or DP.
Fourth, set up your Proxy recording. Go to the touch screen, and your top left corner,
turn on 2nd Card Recording Functions. Go to the third dot, set your 2nd card proxy
recording format to MP4 and proxy rec color conversion to CMT 709 again. This
proxy file can be directly sideload into your Meta Quest VR headset. Then you can
use the DEVO VR player to watch this proxy file onset directly without stitching it
in the EOS VR Utility. This is how you get a rush daily without overnight stitching. Your
DP or director can review them onset the next day in VR. Very time-saving feature.
Here is how you do it in your Meta Quest
go ahead and open Devo VR video player right here if you don't have it you can go ahead
and download right here it's free so it won't cost any money so go ahead and launch it go to
the local folder right here as you see it's right here the name is different from what you captured
the camera I actually rename it as _rf52 RF mean Dual Fisheye Lens right 52 is a 5.2 millimeter
so now Devo VR no this is a RF 52 dual fisheye file it play but highly possible because you
can't see stereo but highly possible the stereo is not correct because you do need to calibrate but
you only do once from then forward you can play correctly how to do that is right here under this
icon I'm going to hit that and then look on this side and look for video I on the video right here
uh Anaglyph Mode turn it on so now you see Anaglyph and then you go ahead and go to transform
and then right here you want to do is go ahead and reset that you will look at stereo
it's all weird off uh because each camera is different so you do need to calibrate based
on your camera so right here let's go ahead and just try to do vertical offset look at
that vertical have vertical disparity but I actually got to do horizontal offset to
remove the horizontal the disparity first uh Kimchi try to knock on my door sorry guys
so around look at the the window right there right the furthest distance
minus 3.5 okay hold on let me check it yes it's about my camera is around minus 3.5 right there
is like almost uh align and then now it's just vertical disparity of it offset and that is
what make people sick right you want to get rid of that completely so go ahead and see I think
it's positive yes positive it is my camera one two by the way you can also just drag it just
move it like incremental it's about 0.7 on the vertical disparities get rid of it a horizontal
is about minus 3.7 and that's my camera and that is stored in this video and now you can
go back to video mode and go ahead and turn off anaglyph mode and now all the stereo look correct
Fifth, set up your zebra, peaking, and graphics to help with focus and exposure.
Always turn on Focus Guide here. Watch this tutorial on how to setup all these correctly.
In this new update, when you turn on Waveform. You can tap the waveform to make it 2 TIME
larger. Tap it again to make it smaller. Very handy little feature. I can't stress enough,
check your histogram to make sure you have perfect exposure before rolling your camera.
Now, let's take about what's new in this R5C firmware update that is great for VR180 creators.
Focus now is easier. When you are in Canon RAW LT in 8K 30 or 60fps, hit the Maginfiy button
will enable zoom. Hit the set button can zoom in twice. And you can now simply roll
the select dail to switch between left and right eye to make sure both eyes are in critical focus.
If you only shoot in MP4 HEVC Mode, you can now kinda zoom in as well. Hit the
magnifying glasses button will zoom instead of giving you a warning message. The select
dail short cut also work in this mode. You just can not have 2nd to 3th level
zoom like in RAW LT. But this is good enough to quickly check focus or see the recording
in 1 eye and focus on the talent close up. I use this all the time when I know left and
right eyes are focus so I can watch what I am capturing instead of looking at 2 raw fisheye.
When you nail critical focus, always use a focus chart onset. If you don't have one,
use your phone or iPad. I have the MovieSlate8 app here for slating. Tap right here,
it has focus chart. This is great as your phone is always with you. And it backlit
the chart so you can still focus in a super dark scene instead of messing up DP lighting.
This tip alone will save your blurry VR shot. So don't forget to drop Kimchi and
me a Thank you comment. It is good Karma to share the tips as well on
your social to help other VR camera operators.
Do you shoot Virtual Produciton LED Wall? There are half dome LED wall now you can use your R5C
with DualFisheye lens to do VR180 Virtual Production. Virtual Production is the future
of filmmaking, but the flicker issue from LED source will drive you crazy. Now with
R5C new update, you can set the Shutter Mode to Clear Scan. Now you can really
dail in your shutter to remove that annoying flicker with different brands of LED wall.
It makes R5C become one of the best cinema cameras for Virtual Production.
Canon really listens to its professional users, making important updates for advanced filmmakers,
VR filmmakers like us. This says a lot for a camera brand in the model day money-driven
business world. My SONY Alpha 1 - another 8K camera - still has not had a major update
like this for 2 years now. But SONY just keeps pushing out better consumer cameras instead of
fixing their prosumer camera - that photographer spent lots of money to buy. Same as Insta360.
I am not kissing Canon's ass and this video is not sponsored. I just point out the obvious.
SONY, stop releasing new camera. Fix your expensive camera like the Alpha series first.
There are lots of other updates, like the new power-saving mode to extend filming time.
New auto focus for 2D video and supporting more cinema lens. These are not VR related,
so you can just go on Canon website and read more about it. This is a major update for VR and 2D.
Oh, the most important thing I forget to mention, now switching from Photo to Video,
and Video to Photo mode only takes less than 3 seconds. So if you need
to take VR180 photos and video at the same time, this is a huge time-saver.
Thank you for watching another original Kimchi
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If you want to learn more about other Canon R5C VR filming techniques, like how to move your camera
correctly, check out this R5C VR playlist. If you want to check out our original VR180 videos,
check out this list. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day, stay creative, my friends.