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Coming up to speed (again) on the R5C

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pedz
pedz Regular Member • Posts: 163
Coming up to speed (again) on the R5C

This post is somewhat embarrassing for me to write.  I am fortunate enough to be able to buy fantastic equipment but due to various things, I don't get to play with it very often.  I've had my Canon EOS R5C almost a year now.  When I first got it, I read and studied and got comfortable with it.  But it has now been probably 6 to 8 months since I've played with it and I am now feeling the same anxiety of the unknown that I felt when I first got it.

Video, to me, is confusing and daunting -- mostly because I just don't spend enough time with it to get to a comfort level that stays with me.  In still photography, I'm happy picking up my camera after long periods.  I will have forgotten some things but they gently return to me as I take shots and notice my mistakes.  Video, for whatever reason, causes a lot of fears to come up.  I guess... this is because with a still photo, if it is "bad", you just take it again.  But with video, by the time I get to a finished product, I will have spent at least 15 minutes to several hours mucking with it.  The mistakes seem much more costly.

In any case... I'm wondering if other folks have similar problems / fears / anxieties and if so, do you have remedies?  For example, a particular YouTube video that you go to to refresh your memory.  In the past, I've starting taking notes but I seem to have failed to do that in this case.

The biggest source of my anxiety is picking the format.  Do I want to use RAW?  Do I want this or that color profile?  etc.  It might seem silly.  "Just go out and take videos" ... but I get stuck and I'm not 100% sure why.

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pedz

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Steven Aunan
Steven Aunan Forum Member • Posts: 66
Re: Coming up to speed (again) on the R5C
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I struggle with video, too. It seems to me that video requires a lot more pre-planning and post-production; probably even a script, or at least some idea about the sequence of shots. Shooting stills is challenging in a different way, but at least you can just grab the camera, compose, shoot, review, delete the crap, and edit the good ones.

I started a video podcast project last year and it took 10 takes of the first episode before I even started to feel comfortable filming myself. The podcast is still on my calendar, and now I have a long-term photo documentary project that might benefit from a few videos.

As for remedies, I can only suggest repetition. And don't put the camera down. Best of luck in your endeavors!

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drsnoopy Senior Member • Posts: 1,216
Re: Coming up to speed (again) on the R5C

pedz wrote:

This post is somewhat embarrassing for me to write. I am fortunate enough to be able to buy fantastic equipment but due to various things, I don't get to play with it very often. I've had my Canon EOS R5C almost a year now. When I first got it, I read and studied and got comfortable with it. But it has now been probably 6 to 8 months since I've played with it and I am now feeling the same anxiety of the unknown that I felt when I first got it.

Video, to me, is confusing and daunting -- mostly because I just don't spend enough time with it to get to a comfort level that stays with me. In still photography, I'm happy picking up my camera after long periods. I will have forgotten some things but they gently return to me as I take shots and notice my mistakes. Video, for whatever reason, causes a lot of fears to come up. I guess... this is because with a still photo, if it is "bad", you just take it again. But with video, by the time I get to a finished product, I will have spent at least 15 minutes to several hours mucking with it. The mistakes seem much more costly.

In any case... I'm wondering if other folks have similar problems / fears / anxieties and if so, do you have remedies? For example, a particular YouTube video that you go to to refresh your memory. In the past, I've starting taking notes but I seem to have failed to do that in this case.

The biggest source of my anxiety is picking the format. Do I want to use RAW? Do I want this or that color profile? etc. It might seem silly. "Just go out and take videos" ... but I get stuck and I'm not 100% sure why.

I don’t do a lot of video and also find it daunting.  I have an R5 and I don’t think I would ever use all its video features.  However, after watching a number of tutorials I wrote down the most useful settings and programmed them into C1 with the camera in video mode.  I can’t recall them just now, but they are there when I need them!  A recent firmware update gave the R5 longer recording time in 4K, and I never made long takes anyway.  So I suggest  find settings that work for you, save them to C1, and practice lots.  Be prepared for a whole new learning curve for post production and you will need a high spec computer.

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