Quat’ canards volant en l’air

If your French isn’t up to snuff, that’s “Four ducks flying in the air” from the French version of the “12 Days of Christmas.”

With this project, I’m finding that I use one camera to find the shot and then use the same settings on the other one. This is mainly to compare the two bodies and see how they do in the same circumstances.

Technically, they say you get a full-frame shot with the 5D. All that means is it’s equivalent to something shot on 35mm film.

The 70d is a crop sensor that doesn’t give you the same size image as a full-frame and increases the magnification on the lens.

Those are general explanations, so if you disagree with what I’m writing, I’ll let you fester with that.

Anyway, I’m sticking with this year’s tree again. It’s only going to be up for another week or something so, ya know.

The top shot is from outside using the 5d with the 24-70.

The bottom two are the 70d with the 24-70 and a little closer.

I think I mentioned that I’m shooting both RAW and JPEGs for this project simply for speed and ease of keeping on track. In the case of the JPEGs, there’s no external processing, just what the camera catches with the in-camera style settings. At some point, I may go back and process the RAW files but I have no plans for that at the moment.

Anyway, the second shot is with the Monochrome in-camera style. The third is the, I think Fine style.

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Author: Timbo

Tim Lorge is a New York City/Hudson Valley playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is also a postproduction specialist and a Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Certified Trainer. As a filmmaker, Tim has created numerous documentary short films for myFace, the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction; the American Parkinson Disease Association; and numerous training and public service films for the public sector. He is currently in production on his latest documentary "The Wines of New York" and in depth look at wine in the Empire State. He is also in preproduction on his narrative directorial debut feature "The Naked Winemaker" scheduled to shoot in Summer, 2025 in the Hudson Valley.