Hidden Canon C70 Documentary Features

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[EamonGlavin]

I've been using my C70 like this allll the time since Feb 2021 on my own one man band documentary style journey! I also created vertical markers for 9x16 (Marker 1 size 608/1080, Marker 2 size 100/100) because so much stuff is vertical focused nowadays and I don't always have the ability to hit display (labeled 5) and flip the camera/footage 90 degrees for vertical videos - I'll crop in post. Also super glad I set Button 4 to record because being right handed and holding the camera with a top handle and hitting record with the left hand is a bit of twisting I don't need in my life.

[jeffcowie]

Curious…what SD cards are required for this? I have a 250/s cards and they can’t keep up recording xf long gop, it buffers out, and won’t even allow RAW. Any recos??

[OneShotFilmmaker]

Man I love your channel… always so much good information

[picturemaker]

2:1 is my favourite aspect ratio. I find it a good balance of height and width.

[AndreaBelcastro]

Hi, which microphone are you using for documentary shots?

[JayFingers]

YES!! I love using the aspect markers. I’ve also been on an aspect ratio kick lately, although I’m mostly 2.76. 🤣🤣 And I also turn off the tally light. As you mentioned, when it’s on, people are hyper aware of the camera’s presence. Turning it off subtly relaxes folks, even if they do know a camera’s there. Great video. Thanks for posting! 🙌🏾

[nessimstevenson]

Thanks for all the c70 info, it's all been really helpful!
Just a little tip for using S&F / Audio, if your second card is full the C70 won't record audio to the first card, it just won't record any audio at all.

[Hazar]

I only pressed LIKE for the tip #5. Very original! :)

[rudyvanos]

Hey I was looking for a camera with pre-record! Does it support it in 120p slow-motion too? Couldn't find it in the manual specifically so probably okay, but just wanted to double check! Thanks!

[RicardoTrevinoLohman]

Great tips. What codec are you planning on using?

[scotey]

Great video, man. What are those orange external drives you're using?

[TonyMellinger]

yea the pre-record and tally lights are nice features I use quite a bit. keep up the good work! The c70 just keeps getting better :)

[Roman.the.explorer]

Thanks for the video, am still debating if I should get this camera. I have the R5 now and rented the C70 twice for commercial work and loved it, but so spoiled with the R5 autofocus.

[pottjunge]

My C70 Guru.... Thank you for this video and best wishes from Germany

[rickpostdp]

Great video! Especially tip number 5 was really helpful :)

[Patrick-jjnh]

yes, you would not want to shoot a whole documentary in raw lol, maybe some nighttime stuff or a gig or sth but not long unscripted convos haha

[mauna]

Awesome stuff! My boss Brad Watanabe knows you, I sent him some of your videos to him and he’s like, I know that dude! Anyways, one note is that if doing the slow fast mode with WAV, the audio just saves to the other card. I was shooting like that on one project, filled up card one and then when it jumped to card 2 it stopped recording audio cause card 1 was filled. If I had just stopped a minute or two earlier on card one and then switched, I could have gotten the last dozen or so clips at the end with audio files too (and I really wish I did!) mahalo for all the great content!!!

[littletheatrefilms]

I’m looking forward to seeing the doc footage and your experience. I’d like to see how you manually focus using the c70. Seems like everyone has a 7 inch monitor but you don’t. If you were ever thinking of a quick little video.
Excellent video as always.

[DevotedMediaGroup]

Good stuff man. I’m also working on a doc with a c70 so your videos have been very helpful. Keep it up

[Mintyseden]

Always great to hear these tips. Most also useful for my R5C as well. Thanks