Canon C100 mk2 6 months review
After using the C100 mk2 for 6 months I've found things I love about it and things I wish it had.
First off, it's so easy to use, the auto focus is badass, I use the one shot setting and just press the button on the front whenever I need to focus on a centrally placed subject.
The detail and sharpness of the image it produces is awesome.
The picture profiles on this camera are called CP or custom pictures, I use the 'Wide DR' setting as it retains info for post whilst maximising the DR. So you get that low contrast look, with plenty of details in the lows and highlights, but it's not too washed out.
I use the 24-105 f4 kit lens and it's fantastic. It's so flexible. I use my £100 canon 50mm 1.8mm for extreme shallow depth of field shots but most of the time I just leave the kit lens on. At some point I may buy a longer zoom, like a f2.8 70-200 IS which would allow me to be a bit lazier at weddings, but at the moment I've got everything covered with those two lenses.
If you're going to snipe shots from across the room, I mostly shoot hand held as I like the energy of handheld shots, so if I'm zoomed right in I need some kind of lens or in body stabilisation. The C100 does not have stabilisation built in. The kit lens does, the 50mm does not (primes generally don't). So that's something to think about with this camera, you need a steady hand or a tripod if you don't have lens with IS. That's one thing Sony cameras in this price range have over Canon's. I use my Manfrotto monopod a lot.
The peaking and zebra-ing functions are really useful, both are super customisable too. I mainly set up shots using the exposure meter and histogram though and has been super reliable for me.
During a wedding shoot I will generally try and capture key moments in 50fps to give me the option of slowing down some shots in post. Switching between 25fps and 50fps using the menu takes ages so I've assigned a button on the back of the camera (a button that controls playback in media mode, which irrelevant when you're shooting) to go directly to the specific menu page. This speeds everything up and makes sure I can grab spontaneous moments in 50fps I wouldn't otherwise had captured because of how long it takes to get to that menu. The camera has I think 16 buttons that you can customise.
In summary it's 100% reliable, really easy to use, the batteries last forever and it's not too big and clunky. I love it, it's an absolute tool. BUT I really am thinking about getting a Sony next, unless Canon goes crazy and drops a camera at the £4-5k mark with 4k, in-body stabilisation and 120fps...
First off, it's so easy to use, the auto focus is badass, I use the one shot setting and just press the button on the front whenever I need to focus on a centrally placed subject.
The detail and sharpness of the image it produces is awesome.
The picture profiles on this camera are called CP or custom pictures, I use the 'Wide DR' setting as it retains info for post whilst maximising the DR. So you get that low contrast look, with plenty of details in the lows and highlights, but it's not too washed out.
I use the 24-105 f4 kit lens and it's fantastic. It's so flexible. I use my £100 canon 50mm 1.8mm for extreme shallow depth of field shots but most of the time I just leave the kit lens on. At some point I may buy a longer zoom, like a f2.8 70-200 IS which would allow me to be a bit lazier at weddings, but at the moment I've got everything covered with those two lenses.
If you're going to snipe shots from across the room, I mostly shoot hand held as I like the energy of handheld shots, so if I'm zoomed right in I need some kind of lens or in body stabilisation. The C100 does not have stabilisation built in. The kit lens does, the 50mm does not (primes generally don't). So that's something to think about with this camera, you need a steady hand or a tripod if you don't have lens with IS. That's one thing Sony cameras in this price range have over Canon's. I use my Manfrotto monopod a lot.
The peaking and zebra-ing functions are really useful, both are super customisable too. I mainly set up shots using the exposure meter and histogram though and has been super reliable for me.
During a wedding shoot I will generally try and capture key moments in 50fps to give me the option of slowing down some shots in post. Switching between 25fps and 50fps using the menu takes ages so I've assigned a button on the back of the camera (a button that controls playback in media mode, which irrelevant when you're shooting) to go directly to the specific menu page. This speeds everything up and makes sure I can grab spontaneous moments in 50fps I wouldn't otherwise had captured because of how long it takes to get to that menu. The camera has I think 16 buttons that you can customise.
In summary it's 100% reliable, really easy to use, the batteries last forever and it's not too big and clunky. I love it, it's an absolute tool. BUT I really am thinking about getting a Sony next, unless Canon goes crazy and drops a camera at the £4-5k mark with 4k, in-body stabilisation and 120fps...