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Camera operators used the C400’s high ISO settings to capture clean shots during dimly lit sets
material around the site. Because our footage looks the same, they can slot it in alongside the footage captured at the festival, giving our work some longevity – rather than simply showing it on the screens, never to be seen again.” Both Canon and Southpoint are effusive about their collaboration at Boomtown, while the latter has also found its C400s invaluable for a host of other work, including corporate AGMs and theatre shows. “They’re out all the time on various projects, which shows their versatility,” concludes Johnson.
The result was a super-clean image, and I think that reflects the way that festivals are going now, where there is a trend towards a cinema look with shallow depth-of-field and the crisp footage you’re getting out of it.” Elaborating on the suitability of the C400 for festival work, Storey adds: “They’re highly flexible; in addition to having such a small-form body, there is an incredible selection of IOs, multiple SDIs out and IP [streaming support].” Meanwhile, Johnson highlights the complementary nature of the C400-captured content to that being produced elsewhere on the site: “By using cinema cameras like the Canon C400 for our crewed camera positions, we’re producing video that looks the same as the footage being captured by the event videographers, who are also using large-sensor mirrorless or cinema cameras to capture promotional
To learn more about the Canon C400, visit canon.co.uk/cameras/eos-c400
it came to nighttime and the operators put the cameras into 12,800” – this being the high ISO setting used in low-light environments – “because it was a really dark-lit stage show. Then, they had to drop an ND filter in because the camera was using nice bright cine servo lenses.
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