NoFilmSchool » lowlight http://nofilmschool.com NoFilmSchool is a site for DIY filmmakers and independent creatives. Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Moon as Your Key Light? The Canon C300 Delivers http://nofilmschool.com/2012/02/moon-key-light-canon-c300-delivers/ http://nofilmschool.com/2012/02/moon-key-light-canon-c300-delivers/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:17:52 +0000 Joe Marine http://nofilmschool.com/?p=19035 Hyperbole? Not really. It’s no secret that the Canon C300 is a low-light monster. It’s also marginally better than the F3 and FS100 in high-ISO situations (debatable, but from what I’ve seen, it holds slightly more detail and color information in those extreme situations). But this is just ridiculous. Barry Goyette has posted a video of mostly available light C300 footage – and get this – parts were lit with just moonlight. Yes, that moon, as in the reflection of the sun off of the lunar surface. For the really interesting footage, wait until after the credits. Here’s the video: (more…)

]]> http://nofilmschool.com/2012/02/moon-key-light-canon-c300-delivers/feed/ 44 How Do the Canon C300 and Sony F3 Compare in Low Light? http://nofilmschool.com/2011/12/canon-c300-sony-f3-compare-light/ http://nofilmschool.com/2011/12/canon-c300-sony-f3-compare-light/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:43:20 +0000 Ryan Koo http://nofilmschool.com/?p=17045 Cameras have been getting more and more sensitive, so it follows that low light tests are a nice showcase of the latest in camera technology. Here, Sebastian Wiegärtner pits the Canon C300 against the Sony F3 (with S-Log) and Canon 7D: (more…)

]]> http://nofilmschool.com/2011/12/canon-c300-sony-f3-compare-light/feed/ 43 The thing about light is... http://nofilmschool.com/2009/10/the-thing-about-light-is/ http://nofilmschool.com/2009/10/the-thing-about-light-is/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:01:46 +0000 Ryan Koo http://nofilmschool.com/?p=869 First, Canon has announced a 24p/25p update to the Canon 5d Mark II; this is crucial and I will now be keeping the camera I purchased mere months ago. But I don’t have much interesting to say about that, other than, “thank the lord.”

There’s some other news out of the Canon camp today, however, and that’s what the title of this post is about. The thing about light is… when it comes to guerilla filmmaking, there’s never enough of it. (more…)

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