Jolade Olusanya was the first filmmaker to shoot with the Canon EOS C70, testing its creative potential to shoot a short film inspired by spoken word poet Sophia Thakur and her debut anthology, Somebody Give This Heart a Pen.
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Jolade Olusanya was the first filmmaker to shoot with the Canon EOS C70, testing its creative potential to shoot a short film inspired by spoken word poet Sophia Thakur and her debut anthology, Somebody Give This Heart a Pen.
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Electronic image stabilisation in the Canon EOS C70 makes it possible to film smooth sequences, even when moving around and shooting handheld. "As a solo shooter, the EOS C70’s small form factor, the RF lenses and the autofocus made things much easier for me," says Jolade.
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The Canon EOS C70 accepts EF mount lenses via the Canon MOUNT ADAPTER EF-EOS R 0.71x lens mount adapter. "You can still take advantage of most of the camera's features with a Canon Cine lens or L-Series lens attached," says Jolade. "Knowing that you can use the Dual Pixel Focus Guide to pull focus and get the benefit of the camera's electronic IS is really cool."
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The benefits of the DGO sensor technology in the Canon EOS C70 was most evident while filming the night shots in London. "It was great to be able to continue shooting into the evening, and then in post seeing that we had a lot more dynamic range to play with," says Jolade.
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The most ambitious part of the two-day shoot involved rigging the Canon EOS C70 to a drone and flying over a wheat field. "Not knowing if it was going to work, if it would focus in the right place, if the footage would be smooth… it was all a concern. But there was barely any shake and the focus was perfect," says Jolade.
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"The shoot would have taken a lot longer with a different camera," says Jolade. “You’d have to spend too long rigging everything up, changing batteries and lenses, setting up lights, then de-rigging and moving the camera around."
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Jolade was particularly impressed with the Canon EOS C70's Dual Pixel CMOS AF and EOS iTR AF X intelligent tracking and recognition technology that enabled him to follow Sophia's face as she moved through the studio, even if she wasn't looking at the camera.
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