Canons C-log Setting

kamhunt wrote on 3/19/2024, 2:04 PM

In case you don't know, when you turn on c-log on a Canon R3, R5, R6, R7, R8, R5C, C70, the camera automatically changes the codec settings of the footage you capture. I think the codec changes to H265 10bit 422...Vegas HATES this codec and the program won't preview it or work properly in the time line. If anyone else knows what I'm talking about, please help. How do you easily edit this footage without having to transcode it (which it loses image quality big time)? Thanks Vegas Fam

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mark-y wrote on 3/19/2024, 2:28 PM

When you load your footage in Vegas, create a Video Proxy from the media dropdown.

A Proxy is a lightweight surrogate for editing that is replaced by the original camera file when rendering.

kamhunt wrote on 3/19/2024, 2:30 PM

Perfect! Appreciated!

mark-y wrote on 3/19/2024, 2:40 PM

Just to note, Vegas doesn't change your original camera footage.

Canon C-Log is HEVC H265 10 bit. The proxy is lightweight XDCAM-EX.

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 3/20/2024, 9:17 AM

Not on my c70. There is a separate menu for Custom Picture format which includes clog2, clog3, bt709 wdr, pq, hlg, eos std, eos neutral, and c709. Codec is independently selected in the Recording/Media menu where choices are Raw ST, Raw LT, XF-AVC YCC422 10-bit, MP4 Hevc 422, MP4 Hevc 420, and MP4 h.264 420 8-bit. Same deal on my xf605 except no raw. I get best results with mp4 hevc 420 together with either clog2 or bt709 wdr. The R-series does not offer hevc 420 which is the main reason I nixed it. I shoot nothing but hevc 420 and only use proxies while doing multicam cuts with all cameras previewed simultaneously. A full frame sensor might be an attraction if you need wide angles more than telephoto range, but the video options sound like they're crippled even more than I thought.