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October 20th, 2011, 11:24 PM | #1 |
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5D noise in gray seamless backdrop
I had a shoot today. It was simple interviews in font of gray seamless. In the gray background I'm see a lot of compression noise. The ISO was around 250 f/3.5 1.30th. PP was neutral with detail and contrast turned all the way down and with the 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II.
I looked at some footage the other day of a friends shoot in front of a black background and remember remarking how clean the blacks looked. Has anyone else had this kind of artifacts in dark areas of your frame? Figured it must be an artifact of the h.264 codec but thought I'd ask since my friends footage looked so clean. JC |
October 21st, 2011, 11:54 AM | #2 |
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Hey John,
Are you saying your shutter speed was 1/30th? If so, that would seem to add noise. I don't shoot below 1/60th. In fact I read some time back, I think it was Phil Bloom, to use 1/60th almost exclusively (or 1/50th in PAL land), and use aperture and ISO (or ND if outdoors - more light if indoors) to set exposure. I have also heard and subscribe to the theory that ISO multiples of 160 are best for the 5D (160, 320 I've never done the testing myself but I don't hesitate to shoot (for the web) at ISO 1250. I just found this ISO test on Vimeo that shows shows the noise at each setting. Very interesting. ISO 250 to be far noisier than ISO 320.
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Yes, shoot at ISOs 160,320,640,1250, and 2500. These will provide reduced noise over the in between ISO's.
Second, I tried a shoot one time were I under exposed in a low light situation thinking it would be better to do that, and add gain in post, than shoot in a higher ISO. That is a mistake. It results in a much noiser final image. So rule for me is expose properly, even if it means go to higher ISO. I use a Marshall monitor with false color to help achieve that.
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I would also avoid the level of grey you have in your background. You either want black (with the slight levels or curves adjustment) or a much lighter grey (that keeps your background brighter and in the range of exposures where the sensor is at its best). As a general rule darker areas of the image will always have more apparent noise so a dark background that isn't black is an awkward in between when it comes to noise. Noise reduction software like magic bullet denoiser or neat video can help however they will probably also smooth out the wrinkles of your subject which might end up looking a little freaky. |
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November 4th, 2011, 03:21 AM | #6 |
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Re: 5D noise in gray seamless backdrop
Something interesting I came across the other day. Watching a podcast, Robbie Carman and he said that he tests all his 5Ds and 7Ds to find out what the best ISOs are for each of them.
I've always used the multiples of 160 myself, but was interested to hear that Robbie says each of his cameras are different so he has a table of which ISOs to use on which of his cameras, to get the cleanest shots. Interesting.
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