I have been doing a bit of Real Estate video work lately and this video was shot entirely with the Canon 70D. I shot it with a slightly modified cinestyle picture profile and used the Syrp Magic Carpet slider. Lens used were the Tokina 11-16 f2.8 and the Canon 17-55 f2.8.
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I do appreciate all your tips for setting up the 70D as well as info on using it.
The thing about this video that worries me (I am considering getting a 70D, mostly for video) is the lack of a smooth pan. Each and every pan is *very* jerky, and I’m guessing that has a lot to do with the IS and the way it compensates for panning.
It seems to me (and I come from a camcorder background — I’m investigating trying to use a DSLR for video mostly because of all the great Canon lenses I already have) that IS is in most cases no match for the kind of image stabilization pioneered by Sony in their own line of camcorders. It worries me because perhaps getting a Sony A77ii, for example, is a better way of going if video is a primary concern.
The alternative in a production environment would be to lock down the camera on a tripod and turn off IS, but I’d be doing mostly documentary work that would preclude this. In any case, I’d appreciate your thoughts on this.
I don’t believe the IS has anything to do with non-smooth pans. The two variables you are probably seeing are more likely a factor of Youtube compression and your streaming speed, and the footage being shot in progressive mode. Unfortunately even very high end cameras suffer from some sort of stuttering when panning due to the nature of progressive recording as opposed to traditional interlaced recordings.