Dan Wake Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 I have done a school and I have done two works (I shot a little short and I did a video art project for a friend). My experience is not zero but close to 1. I hope that getting a 7D could be a nice experience to do exercises with my future and present light equipment. I follow Deakins forum hoping to understand how to light a scene as cinematographer. I just want to know if this "lighting exercise" have a sense to do with h264 or it must be done in raw: dynamic range is dramatically improved in raw and light is captured in a totally different way. does anyone of you works as cinematographer with raw cameras and can give to me any advice please? thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulio Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Forget raw it will just slow you down if you are wanting to learn. Buy a gh2, they are well documented workhorses. Save some money buy 1 tota ligt (100 usd) and 3 light softbox kit (150usd). Then you have everything you need to get going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelbb Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Unless you are dead set on shooting RAW then forget the 7D as it is the worst of all the Canon DSLRs for video. The image quality on the 600D will be equivalent & you also get the articulated screen, 3X crop mode, cheaper SD cards plus €310 in your pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxotics Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 The more I read this thread the more I agree with Paulio. Get the Gh2, a very active community both on EOSHD and PersonalView. I have a $100 GF3 and I think it probably takes better video than the 7D. I have that camera with a $30 Fujianan lens and it's a blast! For straight video, Panasonic gives the best bang for the buck. RAW is VERY, VERY difficult and expensive. I've been working with it for a month and I think the minimum you need is 50D, $400, 10-20mm lens, $500, 16GB 1000 card, $65, external sound recorder, $100, a fast i7 PC, a terabyte external hard drive. You should know something about ffmpeg in my opinion and basic photo editing. Experience using a NLE is mandatory of course. You should know what DNG is. Lastly, if you don't have a clear reason why you want RAW you don't want it. I seriously think of quitting it every few days. And I've been working with video for decades. Again, those Panasonic cameras do fantastic stuff. Even with my RAW stuff, I have the Panasonic nearby when I need a sanity check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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