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Filming 8K and oversampled 4K movies with the Canon EOS R5

Cilvēks uz kalnu velosipēda veic triku gaisā ar sauli fonā. Šis attēls ir uzņemts no apakšas, kadrā ietverot sarkanas magones un zālienu kalna nogāzē

Martins Bissigs (Martin Bissig) bija viens no pirmajiem profesionālajiem fotogrāfiem, kurš izmēģināja Canon EOS R5 kinematogrāfijā, uzņemot kinofilmas kadrus ar cilvēkiem uz kalnu velosipēdiem un skeitbordistiem ātrā kustībā. Uzņemts ar Canon EOS R5 un Canon RF 15-35 mm F2.8L IS USM objektīvu ar 15 mm, 1/800 sek., f/9 un ISO 250. © Martin Bissig

Fusing full-frame 8K internal RAW movie recording with high frame-rate 4K capture and in-body image stabilisation (IBIS), the Canon EOS R5 sets a new standard for mirrorless camera movie-making. Canon Ambassadors Martin Bissig and Ivan D’Antonio were two of the first people to put the video capabilities of the new camera to the test, each with their own very different filming requirements.

Mountain biking photography specialist Martin, whose clients include Red Bull, Specialized, Oakley and Adidas, supplements his dramatic stills work with video when requested. But for award-winning filmmaker Ivan, who shoots music promos, short films and commercials, being able to easily integrate a camera into a professional video workflow is key.

“I come from a painting background, so I consider the camera as a brush, palette and canvas combined,” Ivan explains. “I need it to be an extension of my arms and my mind, so I look for form factor, smart tools such as customisable buttons that I can use comfortably, great colours and dynamic range. The Canon EOS R5 meets all these requirements.”

Here Ivan shares how he put the camera through its paces on a landscape shoot in the mountainous Abruzzo region of Italy, as well as in the more intimate setting of a yoga class, while Martin explains why the Canon EOS R5 was the perfect partner when shooting Swiss slopestyle star Lucas Huppert and a host of other athletes in action.
A side profile of Canon Ambassador Ivan D'Antonio with his eye to the viewfinder of a Canon EOS R5 camera.

Using an 8K master in a 4K workflow

Ivan was inspired to shoot his landscape-focused film “like it was a set of paintings,” with few camera movements using a tripod or handheld, stabilised shots. “The incredible level of detail achieved with 8K gave the landscape a look I have never seen before,” he says. “When I was editing the film it felt like I was still there. Everywhere I looked on the monitor I could see the same level of detail I saw when I was on location.”

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8K input doesn’t necessarily mean 8K output. The Canon EOS R5’s 8K video capabilities bring benefits to a 4K workflow, including the option of cropping a 4K image from the 8K frame at the editing stage. Not only does this allow a variety of tighter shots to be made from a single camera position, it also makes it possible to use software to zoom, pan and stabilise after filming.

“I used all these options,” Ivan explains. “When you film you are often in a rush, so the ability to shoot one take and then make camera movements in post is priceless. The weather was very bad in the mountains, so I had to shoot quickly during the brief periods of good light. There wasn’t enough time to change lenses, but I cut some close-ups from the 8K master during the edit.”
Fotokamera EOS R5 uz trijkāja. Objektīvam ir uzstādīts filtrs.

Ivanam bija ātri jāfotografē kalnos par spīti laikapstākļiem, taču fotokameras EOS R5 IBIS funkcija izglāba situāciju. “Kad pūta stiprs vējš, es varēju stabilizēt kadrus bez jebkādām problēmām. Man bija jāizmanto 4x4 ND filtri, kamēr fotokamera bija novietota uz statīva, taču varēju fotografēt no daudziem dažādiem leņķiem, neraizējoties par stabilitātes trūkumu.” © Ivan D'Antonio

Sieviete jogas pozā fotokameras EOS R5 LCD ekrānā.

Ivans raksturo fotoaparātā EOS R5 pieejamo 8K video un pilna kadra sensora apvienojumu kā “revolucionāru”. “Filmējot jogas video materiālu, ar pilna kadra sensoru bija vieglāk radīt seklu asuma dziļumu un saglabāt skaistu bokē efektu jogas skolotāja fonā,” viņš atzīst. “Ar apgriezta kadra sensoru būtu bijis sarežģītāk iegūt kopplānu ar aizmiglotu fonu tik ierobežotā vietā.” © Ivan D'Antonio

"When I was shooting the yoga film, I knew I would be able to add more cuts to the edit without having to record the same asana [yoga position] multiple times. Yoga is a slow and controlled practice, but I was able to enhance the rhythm of the film simply by reframing the original 8K master shot of the whole body.”

With a final output of 4K for his video, Ivan could make a 2x zoom in post-production to crop into interesting parts of the larger frame or slowly zoom in during static poses. “I also tried editing the 8K footage in a 2K timeline,” he says. “I could make 4x zooms – it looked as though I had shot the video with an expensive parfocal cinema zoom lens.”

“Grading Canon EOS R5 footage is very easy, especially using Canon Log,” he adds. “The dynamic range is like a cinema camera: the colours are well preserved and I can change the hue of a single colour without affecting the rest.”

Recording oversampled and high frame-rate 4K

In addition to offering a full-resolution 8K master that can be incorporated into a 4K workflow, the Canon EOS R5 features a 4K HQ mode. This oversamples the video from 8K to give a 4K image that’s more detailed when compared with footage shot natively at 4K. It’s also possible to shoot 4K at a high frame-rate of 100fps (PAL/120fps NTSC) using the full width of the Canon EOS R5’s full-frame sensor, something which Martin took advantage of when shooting athletes performing daring tricks.

“8K is probably overkill for the type of video work I normally do alongside my photography, but the ability to shoot at 100fps with 4K resolution opens up new opportunities,” he says. “Watching the guys running through their tricks, it was hard to make sense of it all because there’s so much going on in such a short time. But recording at 4K 100fps enables you to clearly see all the movements involved.”
Kalnu velosipēdists veic lēcienu izliektas koka rampas augšpusē.

Filmējot ar 4K, 100 kadriem sekundē, Martins varēja palēnināt video un detalizēti fiksēt lēcienus ar velosipēdu. Uzņemts ar EOS R5 un Canon RF 15-35 mm F2.8L IS USM objektīvu ar 15 mm, 1/1000 sek., f/2,8 un ISO 200. © Martin Bissig

Keeping track of high-speed subjects can place great demands on an autofocus system, but the Canon EOS R5 borrows heavily from innovations introduced in the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III. The Canon EOS R5’s new Dual Pixel CMOS AF II system can focus as low as EV -6, adds support for all AF methods when customising Movie Servo AF performance, and offers improved face tracking with Eye AF.

“The way that Eye AF is implemented in the Canon EOS R5 is a big step forward because it now also detects a subject’s head,” Martin enthuses. “I was shooting athletes who were wearing helmets and goggles, so you couldn’t really see their faces. But the camera knew it was the head and focused there, which is incredible. I used it to track the skateboarder in the film as he was skating towards me, and the camera followed his face all the way through the frame.”

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Sieviete stāv uz klinšaina atseguma, raugoties uz dūmakā tītiem kalniem tālumā.

Izmantojot fotoaparātu EOS R5 kopā ar RF objektīvu, kas aprīkots ar IS funkciju, kļūst iespējams uzņemt stabilus, neizplūdušus attēlus arī tad, ja fotokameru tur rokās, kāpjot augšup pa kalnu. Uzņemts ar EOS R5 un Canon RF 24-70 mm F2.8L IS USM objektīvu ar 52 mm, 1/100 sek., f/6,3 un ISO 100. © Martin Bissig

Kalnu velosipēdists lēcienā uz debesu fona, koku ietverts.

Fotokamera EOS R5 ietver viedi strādājošu automātiskās fokusēšanas funkciju, kas spēj sekot cilvēkiem un dzīvniekiem un darbojas visos automātiskās fokusēšanas režīmos, kā arī spēj atpazīt dažādu veidu situācijas. Tā nodrošina arī pilnīgu Dual Pixel CMOS AF veiktspēju visos 8K video režīmos. Uzņemts ar EOS R5 un Canon RF 70-200 mm F2.8L IS USM objektīvu ar 70 mm, 1/8000 sek., f/2,8 un ISO 800. © Martin Bissig

Introducing IBIS to the EOS range

The Canon EOS R5, and its sister camera, the Canon EOS R6, are the first EOS cameras to feature an in-body image stabilisation (IBIS) system, which delivers up to 8-stops of shake reduction. As Martin mostly shoots handheld, it was a feature he was particularly looking forward to.

“The IBIS was great,” he says. “At one point, I was hiking up a mountain before sunrise with my wife to get some footage. Even though there was not much light to speak of, and I was breathing heavily and using the camera without a tripod, the viewfinder image was perfectly stable.”
Canon vēstnieks Martins Bissigs (Martin Bissig) raugās caur Canon EOS R5 LCD ekrānu uz skeitbordistu.

Lai arī tika izmantotas enerģiju ievērojami tērējošas funkcijas, piemēram, attēla stabilizēšanas funkcija, Martinu patīkami pārsteidza fotoaparāta Canon EOS R5 akumulatora darbības ilgums. “Ar diviem akumulatoriem varēju visu dienu filmēt video, uzņemt fotoattēlus un skatīt attēlus aizmugurējā ekrānā,” viņš atzīst. © Martin Bissig

Fotokamera EOS R5 ar atvērtu LCD ekrānu.

Ivans pilnībā izmantoja fotokameras EOS R5 automātiskās fokusēšanas iespējas. “Filmējot videoklipus, man šķiet ļoti noderīga iespēja mainīt automātiskās fokusēšanas reaģētspēju un ātrumu. Ar atbilstošiem iestatījumiem rodas iespaids, ka fokusēšanu palīdzējis veikt kāds cilvēks.” © Ivan D'Antonio

“I use all the Canon RF lenses that are equipped with stabilisation, and the IS performs so well,” says Martin. “Even shooting with the Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM lens at 200mm, fully handheld, there was no camera shake. Combined with the IBIS, the performance was amazing.

“I also love shooting with the Canon RF 28-70mm F2L USM lens, which doesn’t have stabilisation, but that wasn’t a problem with the Canon EOS R5 as you get an amazing 8-stops with the IBIS alone.”

The electronic viewfinder (EVF) was another highlight for Martin. “It has about 60% more resolution than the EVF on the Canon EOS R, which gives it much more of an analogue feel – I couldn’t see much difference when comparing it with the optical viewfinder of a DSLR. Plus, the 120fps frame rate is much higher, which is a big plus for fast action.

“I’ve relied on the Canon EOS R for the past two years, but the Canon EOS R5 is such a big step forward. When it comes to speed, resolution, autofocus – it’s like a smaller version of the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III with even more features.”

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