Comments on: The Next Gen in Digital Film Capture: Canon’s 4K 1DC

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:56:47 +0000

Thanks Shane

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:04:16 +0000

Here is a link to a photo of our innovative power solution for the Canon 1DC with Master Cinema Series 2.0. Power convertor in battery cache. Power Anton Bauer p-tap.
http://ow.ly/i/25lPv

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:28:41 +0000

Greg. I had the cables custom made. Contact Drew (drew@audiodept.com) at Audio Department in you would like to purchase some.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:15:26 +0000

Shane, thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge. I recently acquired the 1DC and was wondering if you could provide more detail on how to use the 1DC AC adapter and step down power in order to use an Anton Bauer. I would love to be able to power my camera all day from one battery. Is there rewiring involved or other adapters that need to be incorporated in the process or can I just buy the 1DC AC adapter and plug it directly into the Anton Bauer?

Thanks,

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:20:27 +0000

Justin Teichen. What we did is take the AC adapter for the 1DC and do a power step down so we can take Anton Power 13volt power and step it down to the voltage of the camera. This gives you a days worth of shooting instead of swapping batteries. Thank you for the kind words and support.

By: Justin Teichen

Justin Teichen — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:05:01 +0000

I want to thank you on sharing your knowledge! I have learned so much from you and am very grateful for that.

I noticed the use of Anton Bauer batteries with the Canon 1Dc. Can you explain this camera configuration?

Thank you for your time in addressing my question.

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By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:15:16 +0000

Zade Akkad. Hdmi was sent out from the 1DC into the EVF, Hdmi out the EVF into the TV-Logic and SDI out to video village.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:23:35 +0000

Stop spamming with your stupid (not even functional) site.

By: Zade Akkad

Zade Akkad — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:44:16 +0000

Hey Shane,

I noticed that you had a TV-Logic external monitor. Is the monitor connected by SDI or HDMI? If SDI, is that an after market accessory?

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Die Zukunft des DSLR-Films | NEVEX Cinematography — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:05:36 +0000

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By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:13:48 +0000

Lamberto Lamberti. Thank you so much for the kind words and support.

By: Lamberto Lamberti

Lamberto Lamberti — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:27:22 +0000

You got it!!! The Real Film Look. Not emulated. That is what we can get only with Canon EOS DSLR and Raw Cine-cameras. Mr Hurlbut,you’ve the vision of a real cinematographer: finally a man who can see the difference.
Many prosumer cameras are emulating the look,even the C100/C300 are to me too “videoish” .But when i take a look a DSLR (and the 1DC is really Amazing) i see the -feeling- of film: not too sharpened image,dynamic range,soft shadows,three dimensional 24p image,beautiful nuances of color.
Great educational pages Shane,keep the very good work! and thank you for sharing your experience to all aspiring filmmakers. I’ll follow you on Youtube,Twitter etc. Great this pages too.
Love “The Skulls” (i’m also a Randy Edelman composer fan) & Terminator Salvation photography. I’ve not seen Act of Valor,but the Blu Ray will be in my home soon. And “The Ticket” is absultely gorgeous.

Regards,
Lamberto,Italy

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:22:22 +0000

Matthew Marzano. Thank you so much for the kind words,information and support. Here are the answers to your questions.

1. To my knowledge it will automatically switch from one card to another. The protocol for the elite team though was to only shoot on one card at a time to play it safe and better data management. Each card reflecting the a separate “roll”.

1B. Just like the C300 and 5DMkIII there should be a Plug in when the Camera is released for the different NLE’s to stitch the clips together.

2. Canon log on the 1DC provides increased dynamic range, but can’t be pushed into the higher ISO’s like the Neutral setting. It comes down to knowing how far you can push the camera. From testing I found that Log can be pushed to 1600-3200 ISO max without noticing fixed pattern noise, and Neutral as high as 6400 ISO.

3. The MCS cage does not allow space for the Canon GPS attachment GP-E1.

3B. All cages (except for the 1Dx/DC) can be attached directly onto a tripod and therefore if any baseplate that mimic the attachment of a tripod would work.

By: Joachim Hedén

Joachim Hedén — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:43:22 +0000

Shane, Thank you for a great blog.
About the no-go on 25, ok it’s for cinema, but as I understand it the 24fps is not a true 24, but rather the NTSC-TV land friendly framerate of 23,976fps – is this true, and if it is and they do intend it for “Cinema”, why is there no option for a true 24? (or is this possibly what you are referring to above in another post that switching the camera system to PAL will help slightly in reducing fluorescent flickering in 50Hz countries – does the PAL system setting flip the 23,976 to a true 24?)
Kind regards
Joachim

By: Matthew Marzano

Matthew Marzano — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:28:11 +0000

First and foremost, thank you for the excellent information you and your team provide.

Regarding battery life, here is the info directly from Canon (keep in mind it will be a bit less if you use IS lenses):

Movie Shooting Battery Life
4K: 1 hr. 25 min. at 73°F / 23°C

1 hr. 15 min. at 32°F / 0°C

Full HD (30 fps, ALL-I): 2 hr. 10 min. at 73°F / 23°C

2 hr. at 32°F / 0°C

Some questions I have:

1. On page 38 of the manual, “Even if [Record func.] is set to [Auto Switch Card] the card cannot be switched automatically during movie shooting mode.” I was under the impression that with a 12 hour continuous movie mode that spanned clips would be possible. Does that mean it will not automatically start recording to the second card when the first one fills up?

1B. If it is possible, are the NLE’s (Avid specifically) able to stitch together the spanned clips?

2. On page 44 of the manual, “When Canon Log gamma is set, vertical noise stripes may appear in movies depending on subject or shooting conditions.” Well, that doesn’t sound good. Did you experience this (specifically in low light, like your ferris wheel shots)? What are the workaround options (I imagine, add light or change out of Canon Log, but I’d like your opinion)?

3. Does your MCS Cage allow space for the Canon GPS attachment GP-E1?

3B. I want to attach the MCS cage to a different baseplate, is this possible yet, if not what is the ETA?

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By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:22:10 +0000

Jay C, the camera battery life is very good. I would say on 4K you could shoot most of the day on 3 batts. The camera has all the quirks of a DSLR but the most cinematic of all the cameras on the market. The 1DC and C100 are in two different leagues. One is for cinema and the other for weddings