As we require a second (or even third) camera for the documentary but don't have the budget to rent another camera, I spoke to Sam Creamer about the cameras we have avilable in the Tech Store and if any would match up with the Canon C100. He suggested testing the Panasonic DVX200 against the C100 as he thinks it'll be the best camera to match up with it.
What's also handy about the Panasonic is that we can rent them from University without any rental charge, they have a long zoom which is perfect for the performance videos and everyone on the course has had a chance to operate them so when it comes time to get extra camera operators (which will likely be people from the course).To compare the two cameras I used the UCA baseroom as it's constantly lit with white lighting in there and had my subject (George Lock) sat on the couch and just got him to chat and move in front of the camera. I set both camera's up side by side and matched the settings together as best as I could. As I was still undecided on whether to use C-Log or not on the Canon C100 I kept it on for this test to see the difference:
As you can see from the first test, the footage does not match and this is due to the C-Log. With the footage needing grading it makes it a lot harder to match up with the Panasonic. I took off the C-Log and did another test with another subject (Jemma Cotterell) and as you can see, the cameras match up much better. The Panasonic's footage slightly more grey as you can see the colours of the white background change between the two and I also feel that the detail in the C100 is more than the DVX200 but these are minor and just myself being VERY picky.
This camera will work as our 2nd (and if needed 3rd) camera for the documentary.
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