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“Offspring Films, the producers, said the only source of light, unless otherwise impossible, could be from the moon”

However, since Earth at Night in Color was always destined to be a 4K production, choosing to use the HD ME20F-SH was quite a bold thing to do. “Fortunately, there was an objective approach and were happy to go with the camera that produced the best image without getting too hung up on the whole resolution debate. We definitely pushed boundaries, but why go for a 4K camera just because it’s 4K if it doesn’t pick up as much detail in the dark?” Throughout the testing process, Payne-Gill was in close contact with CVP’s Aaron George, whose expertise and relationship with the people at Canon enabled him to promptly get answers about any technical questions regarding the camera. “Having Aaron as a gateway to Canon was valuable because the prep time before our first shoot in Zambia was incredibly tight – and, thankfully, there were no delays to filming,” he says. CVP was also able to convert the ME20F-SH’s PL mount to EF, which was necessary for Payne-Gill’s lens choice. He explains: “I knew I needed a fast lens

to be able to expose as much as possible and I had just heard about Sigma’s High Speed Cine Primes. I tested them with a fellow camera operator, who had a superb set of old-school Contax EF lenses, and they provided a high benchmark, along with a set of rented Canon CN-Es. And I found the Sigma lenses performed beautifully for their value, second only to the Contax lenses, of course.” Payne-Gill invested in a full set of seven lenses from CVP, ranging from

IMAGES Mark Payne-Gill used the Canon ME20 to capture stunning night-time images without infrared or thermal imaging technology

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