Canon EOS R5 C Training Series – Recording Options
Summary
TLDRIn this Canon R5 C video production training, Jem Schofield explores the camera's recording options, detailing settings access through the main menu and direct touch controls. He explains sensor modes, frame rates, and formats like RAW, XF-AVC, and MP4, highlighting the importance of power source for high frame rate recording. The video also covers second card recording functions, custom picture settings, and the impact of base ISO on dynamic range and noise levels, providing a comprehensive guide for optimizing camera settings for various shooting scenarios.
Takeaways
- 📹 The video is a training series focusing on the Canon R5 C camera's recording options.
- 🔍 Accessing recording settings can be done through the main menu system or via direct touch controls.
- 🎥 Sensor mode allows the user to choose between using the full sensor or cropping into it, which is useful for different types of lenses.
- ⚙️ System frequency settings cater to different countries' standards, such as 59.94 for NTSC and 50 for PAL countries.
- 🔢 Frame rate options change based on the system frequency selected, impacting the camera's recording capabilities.
- 📈 The RAW recording format offers two options, RAW SC and RAW LT, with different data rates and resolutions.
- 🔽 The XF-AVC format is highlighted as a versatile recording format with adjustable bitrates and resolutions.
- 🔄 The camera supports different recording modes, including slow and fast motion, pre-recording, and frame recording for time-lapses.
- 🔌 Power considerations are crucial for higher frame rate recording, with options like USB PD providing necessary power.
- 🔄 Second card recording functions offer various options such as relay recording and main/sub recording for backup or proxy files.
- 🎨 Custom picture settings, including gamma and color space, allow for in-camera adjustments to paint the image as desired for post-production.
- 🌡 Base ISO settings are important for achieving a clean image in lower light situations while maintaining dynamic range and color space.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video training series by Jem Schofield?
-The main focus of the video training series by Jem Schofield is to provide an in-depth understanding of the Canon R5 C camera, specifically discussing various recording options available within the camera.
How can one access the recording settings on the Canon R5 C camera?
-Recording settings on the Canon R5 C can be accessed through the main menu system or via direct touch controls by clicking on the bottom left of the screen and then selecting 'Recording Settings' on the top left.
What does the 'Sensor Mode' setting in the Canon R5 C allow the user to do?
-The 'Sensor Mode' setting allows the user to choose whether to use the entire sensor of the R5 C or to crop into the sensor, which can be useful when using APS-C or Super 35mm lenses.
How does changing the system frequency affect the recording options in the Canon R5 C?
-Changing the system frequency affects the frame rate options available for recording. For example, when set to 50 Hz, the camera changes the available frame rates to 50 and 25 instead of the 59.94, 29.97, and 23.98 frame rates available at 59.94 Hz.
What are the two RAW recording options available in the Canon R5 C, and what is the main difference between them?
-The two RAW recording options are RAW SC and RAW LT. The main difference is the data rate, with RAW SC having a higher data rate of 1980 megabits per second compared to 1290 megabits per second for RAW LT.
What is the significance of the XF-AVC recording format in the Canon R5 C?
-XF-AVC is considered the workhorse recording format in the Canon R5 C, offering 10-bit 4:2:2 recording at a healthy data rate of 410 megabits per second, suitable for various professional video productions.
Why might one choose the long GOP recording format over the intra frame format in the Canon R5 C?
-One might choose the long GOP recording format for its smaller file size, which is beneficial when storage space is a concern. However, it requires more computational power in post-production to decode the frames.
What is the highest resolution available for recording in the Canon R5 C, and what aspect ratio does it have?
-The highest resolution available for recording in the Canon R5 C is DCI 4K, which has a 17:9 aspect ratio, suitable for digital cinema distribution.
What are the implications of recording to an SD card versus a CFexpress Type B card in the Canon R5 C?
-Recording to an SD card may limit the available recording options, such as not being able to record in RAW ST. CFexpress Type B cards offer more versatility and support for higher frame rates and resolutions.
What is the purpose of the 'Pre-recording' feature in the Canon R5 C, and is there any limitation when using it with RAW recording?
-The 'Pre-recording' feature ensures that approximately 3 seconds of footage are always being recorded to a cache, capturing unexpected moments without missing the start. However, this feature is not available when recording in RAW format.
How does the 'Main/Sub Record' option in the Canon R5 C enhance the recording capabilities?
-The 'Main/Sub Record' option allows for simultaneous recording to both the CFexpress card and the SD card, providing flexibility in choosing different qualities and formats for the main and sub recordings.
What is the role of the 'Custom Picture' settings in the Canon R5 C, and how do they relate to the recording options?
-The 'Custom Picture' settings allow for adjustments to the gamma, color space, color matrix, and base ISO, which can affect the dynamic range and color information captured by the camera. These settings are crucial when recording in video formats rather than RAW.
Why is it important to consider the power source when using certain recording settings in the Canon R5 C?
-Certain high-resolution and high-frame-rate recording settings require more power than the internal battery can provide. Using an external power source like a power bank with USB PD (Power Delivery) capability ensures that the camera has sufficient power to utilize these features.
What are the different color matrix options available in the Canon R5 C, and how do they affect the captured image?
-The Canon R5 C offers three color matrix options: Neutral, Production Camera, and Video. Neutral provides a more balanced color tone, Production Camera is designed for cinematic capture, and Video is tailored for television distribution with a more vibrant color tone.
Outlines
📹 Introduction to Canon R5 C Recording Options
Jem Schofield introduces the Canon R5 C video production training series, focusing on the camera's recording options. He explains that while not every feature can be covered, the goal is to provide an overview for better understanding. The main menu system and direct touch controls are highlighted as primary access points for recording settings, including sensor mode, recording mode, and custom picture settings. The video also touches on the impact of system frequency on available frame rate options.
🎥 Exploring Canon R5 C's Recording Formats and Bit Rates
This paragraph delves into the various recording formats available on the Canon R5 C, including RAW SC, RAW LT, and HDMI RAW, each with different data rates and resolutions. The XF-AVC format is highlighted as a workhorse for its 10-bit 4:2:2 color sampling and adjustable bitrate. The paragraph also discusses the implications of choosing different resolutions like DCI 4K and the importance of selecting the right recording destination based on frame rates and resolutions. Additionally, the impact of power source on high frame rate recording capabilities is covered.
🔌 Power Considerations and Advanced Recording Features
The importance of power delivery for high frame rate recording is emphasized, with examples of how to check power source compatibility and adjust settings accordingly. The paragraph also explores advanced recording modes such as slow and fast motion, pre-recording, and frame recording, explaining their uses and limitations. The role of the second card in recording setups, including relay and double slot recording, is discussed, along with the flexibility of choosing different recording destinations.
🖼️ Custom Picture Profiles and Dynamic Range Control
Custom Picture (CP) settings are introduced, explaining how they allow for adjustments to gamma, color space, and other parameters to capture the desired image quality. The paragraph details the process of unprotecting and editing CP presets, the significance of choosing the right color matrix, and the impact of base ISO settings on noise levels in different lighting conditions. The focus is on achieving the best dynamic range and color information while considering in-camera adjustments versus post-production flexibility.
🌆 Utilizing Base ISO for Optimal Image Quality
The final paragraph discusses the role of base ISO in achieving clean images with optimal dynamic range and color space, especially in lower light situations. It explains how changing the gamma and color space in the custom picture settings affects the base ISO options available. The summary concludes with a recommendation to use Canon Log 3 and cinema gamut for most projects, with adjustments made as needed for specific requirements.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Canon R5 C
💡Recording Options
💡Direct Touch Controls
💡Sensor Mode
💡System Frequency
💡RAW Recording
💡XF-AVC
💡Bit Rate
💡Recording Destination
💡Frame Rates
💡Custom Picture Settings
Highlights
Introduction to the Canon R5 C for video production training series.
Exploration of record options in the Canon R5 C camera.
Accessing recording settings through the main menu system and direct touch controls.
Understanding sensor mode options for full frame or cropped recording.
System frequency setup for different countries' standards like NTSC and PAL.
Frame rate options change based on system frequency selection.
Overview of RAW recording options including RAW SC and RAW LT with different data rates.
XF-AVC as the workhorse recording format with 10-bit 4:2:2 at 410 megabits per second.
Difference between intra frame and long GOP recording formats and their impact on post-production.
Choosing the optimal resolution and bit rate for different delivery needs.
Recording destination options between CFexpress Type B card and SD card.
Frame rates availability based on recording format and system frequency.
MP4 (HEVC) format as an alternative to RAW with 8K resolution options.
Main audio format selection and its relation to recording format.
Recording modes including slow and fast motion, pre-recording, and frame recording.
Power Source navigation for understanding power requirements for different recording settings.
Second card recording functions like relay recording and double slot recording.
Custom picture settings and their impact on dynamic range and color information.
Base ISO settings for achieving clean images in lower light situations.
Transcripts
Hey everybody, Jem Schofield here and welcome to the
Canon R5 C for video production training series.
In this video,
we're going to be talking about some of the record options inside of the camera.
So let's get started.
Okay.
There's a lot to talk about here when it comes to recording options.
And we're not going to be able
to cover every single feature, every single parameter.
But what I do want to do is dive into the camera a little bit
and give you an overview
so you have a better understanding of what options are there.
So the first thing I want to do is just acknowledge
that there are a couple of different places
that we can get to your main recording settings with the camera.
And there is, of course, the main menu system, which is where
we're going to be spending most of our time in this particular video.
But we can also access a lot of those recording settings by going
into our direct touch controls, clicking here on the bottom left of the screen,
and then up here on the top left of the screen are recording.
Settings are accessed here so we can get into things
like sensor mode, we can access our recording mode,
we can go in here and change how we're recording to our different cards.
And then on this second page, we can get into things
even like our custom picture settings for the camera.
We can get into those a little bit more in detail.
In the main menu system.
I do talk about this in another video in this series,
but it's good to know that those are here as well.
And now we're going to go ahead and dive into the main menu system and start
talking about some of the options we have inside of the camera.
Right now, we're in the recording media setup menu,
and this is the main menu where we can initialize our media,
We can go in and change our sensor mode system frequency,
our main recording formats, so on and so forth.
On the second page, we can access our recording mode.
And then over here on the third page,
those second card recording functions.
So the first thing we're going to do is take a look at sensor mode,
and this is where we choose whether or not we're using the entire sensor
on theR5 C or we're just cropping into the sensor.
So for instance, if I go to Super 35mm (Cropped)
and we then step out of our menu, you can see here we have a cropped image.
This is also a great mode.
If you want to use APS-C or Super 35mm lenses,
we'll go back into the menu and switch that back to full frame.
And then down here under system frequency, this is how you would set up the camera
if you were shooting for NTSC countries, 59.94 for PAL countries.
And so on and so forth.
If I was just shooting straight 24P for cinema capture and for nothing else,
I might choose 24 hertz, but let's go ahead and choose 50 hertz.
It's going to reboot the camera system when I do that.
And the thing to remember is when you're booting up in 50 hertz,
it's going to go ahead and change some of the options
that are available to us in terms of our recording options.
So, for instance, the big one is our frame rate options change.
We no longer have 59.94, 29. 97 and 23.98
we have 50 and 25.
So I'm just going to go ahead and go back into here and switch it
back to 59.94 hertz.
So we're going to be looking at those options that we would be using
primarily in the country we're in right now, which is the U.S.
And we're going to go down to main
recording format and you'll see that there are a lot of options here.
Let's take a look at our raw options.
We have RAW SC and RAW LT
Under RAW SC, you can see that we're recording it 8192 by 4320.
So this is DCI 8K so it's a 17 x 9 aspect ratio.
And you can see the data rate is 1980
in terms of megabits per second, pretty good year I think.
And then we're going to go in here to RAW LT and you'll see that
our data rate drops to 1290
as opposed to 1980 megabits per second.
And then if we go back inside of here, we can see we have HDMI RAW,
which will send that signal over HDMI for external recording.
We have XF-AVC, to me this is the workhorse recording format in the camera.
We have ten bit, it's four two.
It's at a healthy data rate at 410 megabits per second,
and it is recording in intra if we wanted to.
But we can go into our main resolution bitrate and we can change that.
So intra frame is recording individual frames for every frame captured.
And then we also have these group of picture recording formats
which for instance, let's do the same resolution, but long GOP
and you'll see that our data rate drops from 410 megabits
per second to 160 megabits per second.
So it is a smaller file size,
which will give you a comparable image, but it makes your computer work
a lot harder to put those frames back together in post-production.
So really test both of these out and see what you're
getting out of the camera and decide which one is best for you.
Most of the time when I'm using the
XF-AVC YCC422 10 bit format,
I'm usually doing it in interest at 410 megabits per second.
It seems to give me a nice file that has a lot of information inside of it.
We also have different resolutions and bit rates that we can choose
and the highest resolution that we can choose here is DCI 4K,
which is a 17 x 9 aspect ratio
for most of our delivery at 16 x 9
So we're usually fine with our standard 3840 by 2160 resolution.
But if, for instance, you are capturing in 4K for digital cinema
distribution and you knew that it wasn't going to be used for anything
else, you could choose DCI 4K for your recording format.
We also can choose here our recording destination
most of the time to take advantage of all frame rates or resolutions.
We're going to record to our cfexpress Type B card.
There's also an SD card slot in here, which is very capable.
But for instance, if I choose SD card here and then I go
back to my main recording formats and I change the camera to RAW ST
you will see that the SD card cannot record that option.
So we have to then go back down to our main recording
destination, change it to CF Express, and now we're fine.
I'm recording RAW to the card.
We also have frame rates here.
These are what I would call our normal frame rates based on our system frequency.
So we have 23.98, 29.97 and 59.94.
So I normally shoot at 23.98, so I'm going to set the camera to that.
Now let's just pop back up to the main recording format and I want to talk about
one other thing, I'm generally not doing 420 10 bit or 420 8 bit,
so I try to stay at 422 because I want that extra chroma information.
But one of the options here is 422 10 bit, but it's a different type of format
which is this MP4 (HEVC) and when I choose that option
I can go down to main resolution bitrate
and it is besides raw the only place where
I can actually choose 8K resolutions with the camera.
So 7680 by 4320 is a
16 x 9 aspect ratio version of 8K,
even though it's not over 8000 pixels wide.
And then we have 8192 by 4320
that's at 17 x 9 aspect ratio.
Let's just go ahead and choose the 16 x 9 aspect ratio version
and you'll see here that we still have a pretty healthy
data rate that's being recorded 540 megabits per second.
So considerably smaller than raw,
but it might be a good option in certain situations.
Do test with the camera.
I think it's great that the camera has that option
and you'll see, depending on how we're recording with the camera,
for instance, now that we're doing MP4 we also get some additional options
when it comes to our main audio format that we're using.
I would tend to choose LPCM 16 bit
four channel in terms of your audio.
Okay, let's go ahead and just set the camera back to XF-AVC, and I'm
just going to set that to the bitrate and resolution that I would normally use.
And we're going to jump over now to the second page
of the recording media setup menu.
So let's go into recording mode now and you'll see that we have a lot of options.
So for instance, if I change the camera to slow and fast motion,
we can go ahead and access what frame rate we're going to record too.
And in this case, because of how I have
the camera set up here in this menu,
I can record up to 120 frames per second.
Again, user manual is a great resource in terms of all of these combinations
and what you can and can't do based on how you have the camera set up.
So for instance, if I go over to this menu and I now change my main recording
format to RAW, you can see here
that it's changing it to 24 frames per second.
That's not necessarily how fast I can record though.
If I go over to this menu, you'll see that I can actually go up
to 30 FPS with this setting inside of the camera.
I'll go back here, change this to RAW LTE,
go back here and take a look and you'll see in
I can go up to 60 frames per second.
But there are some limitations related to that with the camera
and how you have to power the camera
for certain options when it comes to these features.
So at the moment you can see if I step out in the top right,
it says USB PD or power delivery.
That means I'm giving the camera power in a different way.
I'm not using the internal battery on the camera.
I'm using something like this, which would be a power bank
that can give power delivery to the camera over Usb-c.
It's important to understand that not only the power bank
but also the cable that you use has to be able to deliver
enough power to the camera to be able to use these options.
So I'm going to give you an example.
I'm going to unplug now on the side of the camera, the power delivery cable,
and you'll see that with the settings that I just had with the camera,
we get this little message that says the lens does not work
with the current recording setting and attach power source check Power Source
navigation for more detail, I'm going to now plug that back into the camera
and now that's
plugged-in and we can go back into the menu
and we can now record again at 60 FPS.
So there's a great resource inside of system Setup
The wrench menu, which is called Power Source navigation.
And if I go into that, we have two main options
check the required power source or check the available recording settings.
So let's go into check the required power source.
We can go in here and select the lens to be used.
So I'm going to choose RF lens and then you can choose
the combination of recording format and frame rate you're going to be using.
So if I chose raw full frame a.k.a and I wanted to shoot between 31
and 60 frames per second and then I went over here and said, okay,
it would basically tell me that
I needed to power the camera a certain way to use that.
So a fantastic resource that you can use inside of the camera.
So that's slow and fast motion.
I'm actually going to just jump back here and change back to XF-AVC
so that I can show you all of the recording modes.
One of them here is S&F clip, which will record audio.
So you have picture two card, one Cfexpress audio, two card to.
That's a great feature.
We also have pre-recording
and that's not available to us when we're using the camera in RAW.
And this is essentially going to set up the camera.
So that is approximately 3 seconds always being recorded to a cache in the camera.
So if you want to make sure that you don't miss something that's going to happen,
but you don't know when it's going to happen, you see it starting to happen.
You press record and it will back time and make sure that you have
that previous approximately 3 seconds as part of your recording.
We also have frame recording, which is great for stop
motion and interval recording,
which is what you would use if you were recording a time lapse.
And it's essentially creating a video file with this camera.
You would go into the photo mode if you wanted to do a traditional time
lapse.
So let's go ahead and go back to normal recording and we're going to
now go to the third menu inside of recording/media set up.
And we have the option to tell the camera
what we want to do to the second card, to the SD card.
And if I open that up, you can see there are a lot of options here.
We can do the standard where we're recording to
a higher quality, to the CFexpress card
and we choose a proxy record, but that's limiting us.
We're in a 420 8 bit and that's the best we can do.
And we're recording at a very, very low data
rate 24 megabits per second in 1920 by 1080.
So HD and it's really only
used for very, very low quality proxies.
But if I go to the second option here, which is main
and sub record, then it opens up a lot of additional options.
So for instance, let's go back over here to my main
recording format and I'm going to set that to raw LTE
and then we'll go back to that third page and we'll turn on main/sub record.
You can see not all of the options are here now because I'm in RAW
and you'll see that I can choose now
XF-AVC at 422 10 bit
and then I can do up to a DCI 4K
in intra frame at 410 megabits per second.
So really fantastic in terms of the options that are there.
We also have some other options like relay recording
where it's going to fill up the first card and then go to the second card.
The caveat there is if you're using certain recording
formats in the camera, you may not be able to match them.
So when you get to the second card, you could run into a roadblock.
The same thing with double slot recording.
So those are the second card recording functions.
I do also want to mention that you are not tied
to the CFexpress card as your main recording destination.
You'll see here in the first page
we could choose the SD card as your main recording destination.
I think in most situations you're going to choose CFexpress
because it gives you the most versatility when you are using the camera system.
So now we're going to talk about custom picture.
But the first thing I want to do before we go into this menu
is make sure that you understand that it's combinations of settings
when you're setting up the recording in yourR5 C,
see that really have to do with how much you can or can't
adjust and change the image that is captured in camera.
So for instance, inside of recording media setup,
if I set the camera to one of the RAW recording options,
we are recording in the highest dynamic range
with the most color information that we can in
both raw SD and raw LT.
There's tons of information that's being captured by the camera.
When you have these settings, when you are switching the camera
to one of these other settings, you are now recording in a video format.
So it's not RAW data
that has to get converted to a video format in post-production.
It is actually a video format, and that's really
where we need to go into this custom picture menu
and start to understand what's happening here.
So under CP or custom picture,
we have a number of presets in here, eight in total that are protected.
We can un-protect them and we will in a minute.
And you also have a lot of user slots.
There's 20 slots in total.
Now we're going to start here with C2, which is Canon Log 3
and cinema gamut.
And this option is going to capture in a video format
the most dynamic range and the widest color
gamut or color space that you can get with this particular camera.
It's also the format that other cameras like the C 70 capturing.
So it's really a digital cinema camera.
Now let's go ahead and go to edit CP file and when I go in here
I can now un-protect that preset and you'll see that when I scroll down
that we have a lot of options in terms of painting in-camera.
So it can get very granular and you can do a lot,
but it's also pretty dangerous in terms of making changes
to those settings or those parameters unless you know what you're doing.
There's a lot of information in the user manual, so definitely check that out.
Now we're going to talk first about gamma and color space.
If I go into here, you can see that we are set to Canon Log 3 and cinema gamut.
But if, for instance, I wanted to capture in a smaller
color space a targeted color space I might use for delivery,
I could choose BT.709 So I'm going to step out of here.
You can see that it's done some resetting, so I'll turn my view assist
or my in-camera lookup table on and we can see the image
as it would be if we started to adjust it in post-production.
Now let's go ahead and go back in here and we'll set that to
something like BT.709 Wide DR and BT.709
This is giving us a reduced dynamic range and also targeting
that smaller color space.
But if you just needed to get stuff out the door quickly, it might be an option.
And you can see here that when I switch between the view assist on and off, it's
not doing anything because it's basically targeting that final delivery anyway.
So then the next option we have here is color matrix, and we have three choices.
We have Neutral, we have Production Camera
and we have Video and they basically will just shift
the image slightly in terms of the colors that are being captured by the camera.
Neutral is a more neutral color tonality.
We have Production Camera, which was designed to be more for cinema capture.
And then the final option here Video would be more in terms
of a color tonality that you might use for television distribution.
In my opinion, when you're using the camera,
I think it's better to probably
just set the color matrix to neutral so you have that neutral color tonality
and then combined with Canon Log 3 and with cinema gamut,
you can push and pull that image the way you want to in post-production.
So the last thing I want to talk about in this video is actually base ISO.
And while that may not seem like it's a recording option,
it all relates to those recording settings and custom
picture settings that we have inside of the camera.
Now, of course, if I step out of the menu here, I can go in and I'm just going
to use the direct touch controls and I can change my ISO.
So here I am, I'm changing it between 200 and 6400 ISO.
But as you know, when we shoot with higher ISOs,
we tend to introduce more noise into the recorded image.
And that's kind of where base ISOs come in
when we're recording in the camera right now with Canon Log 3 and cinema
gamut, our gamma and our color space, we can go into the camera setup menu here
and if I go to the second page, you'll see that there's base ISO.
So we have a base ISO of 800 with canon log
three cinema gamut or a base ISO of 3200,
and this would be the way we would set up the camera
to still get that clean image and that dynamic range
and that color space if we were in lower light situations.
So let's go ahead now and go back into the custom picture menu,
because what I want to do is change this from C2 to C1
So here we're going to be capturing in the gamma of Wide DR,
much less dynamic range than we were getting with Canon Log 3
And our color space is going to be BT.709
So when I step out of here, you can now see
and I'm just going to use this toggle here that I've assigned to this button
we can toggle between the base ISO of 400 and 1600
And that's just because
we've changed that gamma and that color space in the camera.
Again, for most of the projects that we're shooting,
we're normally going to be using Canon Log 3 and cinema gamut.
And then if we need to make a change, we can go in there
and we can change the settings inside of here
to paint in-camera to get a different captured image.
So there you have it.
That's an overview of the recording options in the CanonR5 C.
If you haven't already, check out the other videos in the series.
They dive deeper into other particular features of this,
including going on location with the R5 C
and using it in real world production environments.
As always, the goal is education.
So thanks for watching.
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