FEBRUARY 2014
Vol 199
Canon 1D C Action Welcome to 2014 one and all and let’s hope that we all enjoy some busy times this year. Starting us off is Brendon O’Hagan because Brendon’s got a Canon 1D C. My interest in this camera is because I was very impressed last year when I saw a short film made with the 1D C and I thought that finally, here’s a hybrid camera that puts out very good video. Ed: Now tell me Brendon, you have a history in still photography? Brendon: Yes, I’m predominantly a still photographer and then, about four years ago, we started doing video as well, just before the Mark II came out. Ed: So this was with a what …? Brendon: Originally I was with Sony actually. I had an EX1 – that was my first video camera which we used to do a relatively big project. Then I got a 5D Mark II and it works with my workflow very well because we still do stills as well as video and we’re able to switch between the two very easily and keep two of them going. Ed: Because the form factor … I mean, for somebody who has come from the video side, going to this form factor of camera is a transition, but for you, I guess, the EX1 was a transition? Brendon: Yes it was, but then going to the Digital SLRs after using something like an EX1, you automatically know the disadvantages to it. So you know that it’s got no XLR inputs, it’s got no decent sound and of course that’s a big thing for a still photographer to learn – you’ve got to suddenly learn this third dimension that you’re not used to. That was a big thing. I was doing a lot with super yachts where I didn’t need to worry too much about ambient sound or sound in general. We’d use the Sony EX1 when we needed the sound and we’d use the 5D Mark II for doing all the other stuff, and then I could shoot stills and build up the stills library with that as well. For me, I’ve got a Canon 5D Mark III as well and now I’ve just gone
to the 1D C. I’ve always had the 1D series cameras, but this is the first time I’ve spent a little bit more and gone the 1D C way instead of getting a 1D X. Ed: Just go back to the EX1 – if you compare the video pictures you were getting out of the EX1 compared to the 5D, how were they?