I've purchased three Canon SX70's for a live music shoot. I'm really having problems getting them to record and output correctly. The lcd screen on all 3 cameras seems pretty grainy with digital interference when you look closely. I thought, no drama it's just for visual reference... However, I'm getting the same naff quality when outputting in 4k clean to a blackmagic intensity 4k capture card..... Does the canon need to be recording to output in height quality via hdmi? Seems weird.... All three camers need to output 4k via hdmi to a blackmagic ATEM ISO capture device. Are my cameras faulty? Running version 1.1.1 firmware. Any ideas please folks? Is there a silly setting that I am missing somewhere?
What video setting are you using? The higher the ISO the more noise you'll get on your recordings. Are you using the camera in auto mode? My suspicion is that you are not using the correct settings. Unfortunately video making is a little more complicated than just pressing the record button and getting amazing results. What FPS are you recording in? Are you able to upload a photo of the settings you are using? Are you shooting in a dark environment? There's a whole bunch of additional info required to help you out. G.
Thanks G, I will upload a pictures tomorrow and a little video from the blackmagic capture card..... I'm shooting at 4k30p or 4k25p... need to check. It all looks just as jive in HD at 50fps.... I really hope it's the settings and lighting conditions. I've not changed any iso setting so they are on factory default settings.New camera so it's on 'out the box' settings. Shocked it produces unusable footage out of the box. Standard lighting conditions inside with a philips hue led bulb look awful. When I turn on 3x professional soft lights it's pretty much the same.. . I've read a lot about the camera being rubbish in the dark but I don't think a làck of light is the issue. I will pop up the pics tomorrow. Any help would be greatly appreciated. R
Well as a starting point you should have your ISO as low as possible to give you a sensible image with enough ambient light so your picture is not under or over exposed. Also your shutter speed needs to be double your frame rate so for example if you are shooting 24fps then shutter 1/48, 25fps - 1/50, 30fps - 1/60, 50fps - 1/100, 60fps - 1/120 etc. You also have to bare in mind that the faster your shutter speed the darker the image will be. You'll find that many pro youtubers like to use 24fps @ 1/48 (1/50 is close enough as 1/48 is not usually an option) as this configuration gives the most cinematic looking video for their uploads. When it's all said and done, you as the videographer have to perform a balancing act between the above settings, once you have chosen your FPS you need to balance the ISO and shutter speed until you get a nice looking image. I'll keep an eye out for your next response with your settings. G.
Thanks, I will follow all your advice and do a camera test this afternoon. I will pop the results here.
