- Welcome to another video
I got this package.
Where's the camera.
- It's down here
I'm trying to be healthier
so I'm sitting on the floor.
- All right I guess we're doing this
on the ground today.
Now this is a package
very excited about (whoa).
- Is this another box inside of that box?
- (Laughs)Right? And why don't you take the guess
what's inside this box.
Another box. No, seriously
this a box inside of a box inside of a box.
All right That's it for today's episode.
Thanks for tuning in.
- Now I wanna see what's in it.
I've been waiting for this
for a while man show us.
- C300 Mark III close up time baby shoulders
We have ourselves a power cable
top handle, monitor Mount.
Is this is the same size monitor
as the S500 Mark II
It's pretty nice and big.
Lots of screws and hardware things.
Of course they give us a nice
big BP-A60 canon battery.
These are nice cause they're big
and they actually power the camera
for a good amount of time.
Of course a charger
and here it is. Oh yeah.
- Its so beautiful.
- think this camera
has a lot of potential to be our A camera
(Inaudible) wearing pants today?
- Well I never wear pants.
- But you do realize
this is super wild right?
- These are the types of things
you're supposed to tell me
before we start shooting.
- I sent you an email last night.
- I don't read emails.
If you were to tell me
I would've at least had my legs yesterday.
- Oh my God.
There's so many things jiggling right now.
(Laughs)I can't focus.
- Happy?
- There we go.
Oh yeah. Way happier.
- This whole area kind of looks like
the C500 Mark II
We have two CF express type B slots.
Audio controls right over here
and it's charge up this battery
and just start shooting with it.
Shall we alright?
Very first shot with the C300 Mark III
and Oh my gosh.
It's looking really good.
These skin tones.
Holy crap this looks so good.
What if just all our vlogs looks this good.
Karlie tell us about our day
- I went and bought some plants.
- I'm in love with this picture.
It's nice and rich
it's not too saturated
it just this is straight
out of the box settings.
So let's look at Sam real quick.
I haven't switched it into Clog 3
And this looks fricking good.
Holy cow.
- That's okey.Now just look around.
- Oh it's on a different level.
Isn't it?
- ( Inaudible)I love it.
- You look so good huh.
- Now the first shoot we did
with the C300 Mark III
I did get a little bit nervous
because I did see a red overheating icon
come up and I was like, Oh crap
this shouldn't be a problem
with their cinema cameras.
But turns out that
that's just kind of how it works.
Now I have it programmed
so when the camera's not recording
the fan speed is at max
so it's blowing out
a lot of air right now.
Soon as I hit that record button
it shuts off for as long as possible
and as soon as it starts to get hot in there
the fan will come on out low speed
which you can kind of hear
but it's not that bad.
It hasn't really interrupted
any of my audio coming out of this microphone.
So if you start recording with this
and see that red icon come up don't panic
It'll go away after the fan gets the blow
out a little bit of the air.
Another thing I notice is the battery life.
Is a fresh battery in here.
And it's saying it's gonna get about two hours
of record time
which you know isn't bad.
But I remember these BPA 60 batteries
with a C300 Mark II
i I had two of these
I can probably get through a whole day of shooting
because it lasted over four hours
on one of these batteries.
But this and the C500 Mark II
definitely is a bit of a power hog
relative to the C300 Mark II
so you'll burn through this fairly quick.
- I'm really impressed by the C300
I felt like the autofocus was incredible.
(Laughs)I'm coming from Panasonic.
So it's like a man coming out of the desert
and like gets a taste of water.
And of course it tastes phenomenal.
Are you thinking about getting one of these?
I have definitely been looking at them
because they feel like they can give an image quality
that's almost on par with a red or an RD
but they've got the usability
of a Canon plus the body's pretty compact
and I just feel like they're reliable.
- And like Derek said
the auto focus on this thing is awesome.
But I wanna say
it's actually more like an A minus
because it doesn't seem to lock on
as well as the Canon mirrorless cameras.
In certain situation
it does tend to lose focus
for a couple seconds.
And it only really happens
when there's a lot going on
in the frame and the subject constantly moving
and turns their back and all that.
But if it sees a face
it'll walk onto it
and even if the subject is doing this
you're not gonna have any issues.
It's spot on.
Opposed to these mirrorless cameras from Canon
I feel like the lock on so good
no matter what kind of shot you throw at it.
Now you guys know how much
I love built-in ND filters.
This camera we've got
a magnetic ND felt drawn here so
definitely wanna keep that on.
But of course one of the great things
about these cameras is that
it's all built in.
Now we have a two stop, four stop
and a six stop ND that we can toggle between
but we could also do extended range
where it stacks these ND filters
and then we could get an eight stop
or a 10 stop.
And the option of going
all the way up to 10 stops
might sound excessive
but it's great.
If you wanna run fast lenses
like I wanna go up to an F18.
So I'm gonna go ahead
pop all the way up to 10 stops here.
And now I've got all that control.
I usually when we're shooting on the FX9
it's nice cause
it has an electronic variable ND right?
So we can dial in
exactly how much density we want in there
which is awesome
but it doesn't go nearly as high as 10 stops.
So there's give and take
also take this thing out.
This thing here is called The Squish.
It's designed for monopods like this.
This is the steady cam air.
Love this monopod.
When you pair it
you can kind of adjust the angle
of the camera a little bit.
But it is kind of a strange feeling
being able to wobble it like this on a monopod.
I don't know.
I still have to play with it a little bit more
and I'll let you guys know if I like it later.
Another thing I'm trying to get back used to
it is that this is a super 35 mil sensor
not a full frame.
So your focal lengths
are gonna be a little bit different
depending on what you're used to.
But there are also a lot of advantages to super 35.
You could use all kinds of different lenses
that you can't use on full frame.
Like the Sigma 18 to 35
seems to be a pretty good option
for this camera
if I'm looking for a compact lens
and it does have interchangeable lens mounts
so right now it's an EF Mount
but you could also swap it out for a
PL mount between EF and PL
there are plenty of lenses
that will fit on here
so I don't think lens selection
is gonna be much of an issue.
This is a 10 to 22 EFS lens.
The lens specifically
for crop censors.
Like this one.
There we go and since we're not nearly
as fast as an F-18.
Let me pull off these NDS
and maybe I went too far
pop it back in now we're 18
but now I can go all the way out to 10.
There we go perfect.
I don't see any vignetting around the edges.
So I like that.
I haven't seen this microphone though.
That is really wide
and the autofocus seems to be working just fine.
And it's a fairly inexpensive lens.
How are you guys doing
having a good day?
How about you Peter?
So check it out with this combo
its wide enough to vlog with huh?
My arm hurts.
Yeah when I go out and film myself
it's nice to have the ultra wide angle
so I can stay right here by the camera
I can check my frame
dial in settings
and also the microphone
is like two feet away from me.
So probably sounds pretty good.
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I don't ever wanna leave.
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I think one of the big advantages of the
C300 Mark III is that
we have dual pixel autofocus
even when we're in 120 frames per second.
Which is great for when you're doing
running gun style shooting.
Like the monitor is good
but it can become a little bit tricky
to pull that perfect manual focus
especially if you're like F-14 right?
But now I can just switch into the SNF mode
set my frame rate to 120
but still in 4K
and I get that dual pixel autofocus.
So it makes pro level 120 P very easy.
So I love that.
Do I still have love enough times.(Inaudible)
Audio set up wise
I have a Sennheiser 416 up here
and the second channel
I've actually been using the rode wireless gauge.
There's two XLR microphones
that you can pull right here
but there's also a channel three
and channel four recording at a lower audio level.
So in case I need a record audio
that was clipped
I have those backup channels.
That's always nice.
So what I like to do with it
is that I can record Sam
but since I have this microphone right here
it can also record my voice.
Cause I tend to do a lot of talking
so I can be like, what's up Sam?
- (Inaudible)
- So whenever you say I make strain sounds like that
we have the 416 recording that
and then we have this microphone here
recording my voice.
Cause of course the 416 super directional
so if I'm pointing it away from me
and I'm talking
this is what it sounds like
which doesn't sound as good right?
So having this channel right here
is kind of nice
and I'm actually really digging this set up
like if I have to record
a street performer or something
I'll just plant this next to them
and then I can go get my wide shots.
I could just clip it on to Sam
and then now Sam
- (Inaudible)
- Obviously depending on
what kind of project you're shooting
you're gonna need different audio needs
but for this kind of YouTube running gun style shooting
I found this really awesome.
Like I said it's easier to pack away nicely.
It's just this one screw here.
Just rotate that with your thumb.
And this whole thing just slides right off.
So really easy to pull apart.
If you need to throw it in a bag.
Now when it comes to the image stabilization
unfortunately I'm having the same issues
I had with the C500 Mark II
Actually the same issue with this EOS R.
So even though the camera itself
isn't moving right now
it looks like it's moving
because that digital image stabilization
thinks that Mozzarella
is the subject that should be stable.
So whenever Mozzarella moves
the environment looks like it moves.
And I wish they were able to use
the gyro information from the camera
to stabilize image instead of
analyzing the image.
Although now that I think about it
I'm not even sure
if there is a gyro in this whole camera
because it doesn't give you
a horizon leveler or whatever you call it
like those bubble things
that tell you when you have it level
that's still one downside with these cameras.
But out of all the things we're testing
I think the dual gain sensor
is the most exciting thing about this camera.
So let's go test the dynamic range on this thing.
I think it's gonna be really freaking good.
So let's go.
I'm going to see 300 Mark III
I'm excited to see
a dual gain output sensor.
That basically means
the shadows are captured
one way to make it
so there's not that much noise in the shadows
and the highlights are captured
a different way to make sure
that there's a lot of saturation
still there in the highlights.
Alright so let's go ahead
and look at this shot Jonathan.
The camera is exposed to his key light
and his fill side is about two stops underexposed.
The bright strip of light on the door
is one stop over
there is a range of exposure in this shot.
Now looking at Clog 2 and Clog 3
we can generally go about
three stops over
and about three stops under.
And that's generally the range where
I feel like you have some chance
of recovering the image C300 Mark III
shoots raw internally.
And that's where I was really able to push it.
I even did one shot
where I went
five stops under exposed.
And just to give you an idea
of how much that is
this is a five stop ND
if I put this on this ELSR
and I try to recover this image
this is what it looks like.
And you may even Clog 2 and Clog 3
five stops under.
It's not gonna be a good image
but when you shoot raw
you actually come up with an image
lots of noise there
but I ran it through a denoiser
or just for the heck of it.
And look at that.
You can kind of salvage a shot
that was five stops under.
So that is where I was really blown away.
Armando you are a C500 shooter right?
- I am.
- You wanna try that out real quick?
- (Inaudible)
- First impressions.
- (sighs)I like this camera.
I'm a person who says this all the time.
Oh, full frame.
But even with this lens
like the Sigma on Super 35
you still get that shallow depth of film.
Canon cinnamon line right now is rocking.
You're rocking.
The Cinnamon line light is amazing.
- I just love this size of this thing.
- The dynamic range on this
is killer with that dual gain sensor
or Dual Gain Output sensor.
- With good lighting
and with the right techniques and knowledge
you can make any camera look amazing.
But when you don't have that control
then no matter what happens
like if a giant unicycle happened
to just ride pass for no out of nowhere
then know you can capture it with no way.
Why why'd you paddle away?
Oh, wait what up cleansing
Speak of the devil.
That's one thing I've really like about
this is even when the lighting's like
Whoa, it's still looks pretty good.
Now I do keep talking about
how much I love the size of this thing.
And sure you might look at and be like
that's still a pretty big camera
but I'm comparing to something like
the FX9 where now you can kind of start to see
that this doesn't look so bad.
The FX9 does have a longer lens on there right now
but just try to look at the body
and when you need to shrink it down
you can just pull off this handle.
You just spin that with your thumb
and then check it out.
I had plan on taking this
into the middle of nowhere.
So I wanna be able to Chuck it in the backpack
and hike with it.
You could also break down this FX9
but they'll never get as small.
and also you're gonna require
some tools to take this top handle off.
And this viewfinder kind of sticks out of here.
So it's really not designed
to be portable camera.
Do you guys think about a comparison video
of these two cameras?
I think they're both in the same ballpark
in terms of price.
So actually I just looked it up
they're actually not the same.
The C300 body is more expensive by one dollar.
Do you think so?
And he was like you know
we'll make this cheaper than
the C300 Mark III 10,998.
I actually really liked the layout of this camera
because out of the box
it's pretty self explanatory.
There's just a few things that I modified.
For example, zebra
I don't really use too much
so you can fully customize all these buttons.
So instead of zebra
I have it set to false color.
This is personally my favorite way
to get perfect exposure.
I also programmed false color
into my thumb button here
because I wanna be able to access
that false color pretty much
no matter how I'm holding the camera.
I also set up one of my buttons up here
to turn on and off face detects.
So when I'm recording somebody
it's nice because it will track what their faces.
And there's actually a joystick right here at my thumb
so if there's multiple faces in the screen
I can just switch between different faces
and we'll walk onto that face
which is nice.
Let's say I want to focus on something
that they're holding
instead of their face
then I go ahead and press this button
that I customized here
to turn off face to tech.
And then I can just tap anywhere on the screen
to where I want it to focus.
So if you're used to
touch the focus on a mirrorless camera,
you have that here
and it's awesome.
I also made a modification
to this grip right here.
Definitely something I recommend
to anyone with a Canon cinema camera
but check it out.
Usually when you adjust your grip
you have to rotate this thing
cause it's on a reosette
and then you can move it
and then you could rotate it back down
to lock it in.
If i put this little plate right here
in between the handle and the camera.
And it has a little button on it.
So now I can just press it
rotate and then I press rotate.
And when I release it locks in.
It's just right there.
So now I can super quickly adjust my grip
which somehow I tend to do.
This little plate is something
that condor blue makes.
It does add a tiny amount
of plate in the handle
but it's not that bad for me.
I'd rather have the flexibility
to readjust real fast
and deal with that little bit of play.
And of course to attach the mic
for the road video mic wireless
I just screwed on
a little hot shoe play right there
so I can go ahead and attach this perfect.
The thing I love about it
is that you can use it as a running gun camera
but of course you can attach Cinema lenses
PL lenses and you could really
rig it out to make it
a performance camera anamorphic features in here.
It's interesting that the digital image stabilization
also works with the anamorphic lenses
that's about it.
I wanna start shooting a majority
of my YouTube videos
on this camera.
I know it's a bit overkill
but if you start recognizing
the quality of the videos getting better and better
you can go ahead and think this camera.
We wrap this up
and read some comments from my last one video
which was all about me
switching to the A7S3.
Am just jealous of having that many friends
to talk about cameras with.
Well, in case you missed it in the last video
I did open up a discord channel
where chatting wanna divide it up
into different locations.
So we have Northern California
Southern California, many different States
and different countries.
And I think it'd be so cool
if people ended up meeting each other
and doing collabs within their city or States.
And it's still a work in progress
but yeah, come join the conversation.
Link down below
The dynamic range difference
on the beach shot is huge.
That's probably the biggest reason why
I'm going to the A7S3
is because of that dynamic range.
Canon still has the edge in color science though.
Can't deny that I'm filming on the ESR right now.
And I don't even think
I need a color grade this.
But that's it for today.
Hope you guys are having a killer weekend
and I'll see you guys on the next one Peace.
I think somebody else does the peace right?
I feel like I got to think of something different.
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Yeah I can't think of anything.
So then Bye bye.
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