NOCTURNE of Events
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 4:36PM Canon has proudly placed Nocturne on their website, echoing the up-down-up pattern Reverie experienced last year.
Astute ProLost readers will have noted that Nocturne has always been viewable on my YouTube account, since Canon never asked me to take it down, just Vincent.
As you will recall, Nocturne is a short film shot entirely in available light using two pre-release Canon 1D Mark IV HDSLRs.
Vincent Laforet wrote about the film here and here, and has a fresh update here, along with a behind-the-scenes video edited by Joseph Linaschke.
My making-of post is here.
The 1D Mark IV is starting to show up in peoples’ hands and looks to be a rockin’ solid action SLR with the autofocus that Canon shooters have long wished for. As I wrote here, it is undoubtedly $5,000 worth of stills camera. It’s probably not $5,000 worth of HD video camera, unless you very specifically need the unmatched low-light performance.
Which you very well might. It’s obviously awesome.
Just remember that the Mark IV has no ergonomic concessions to video shooting—not even a dedicated video start-stop like the 7D has. And while it has greatly reduced rolling shutter skew (Nocturne is ample evidence of this), the video aliasing/moiré is no better than that of the 5D Mark II (something you can also see in Nocturne).
Reader Comments (4)
Thanks for the post and all the inspiring material! One question. What tools did you use to deal with the noise in post? I recall that some article / web posting said that some footage was cleaned in post. I naturally don't know if this statement was true or not.
BR,
Chris
why is it that people running away from cars always seem to run right in the middle of the road where it is easiest for the car to get them??
kinda like the cartoons with someone running straight downhill to 'escape' a growing ball of snow.
other than that, i loved the cinematography and the editing!
Stu, what lenses were used on the shoot? I can't seem to find this anywhere but I'm sure someone must have asked it already...
I am looking into buying and SLR to shoot stills and video in low light settings. This camera looks like a winner, but actually I am looking into something more moderately priced, as I am a "semi-pro": the 7d and the Nikon d300s. Anyone care to comment on these cameras, and their lowlight performance?