the first proper video made with the Canon 5DII

DotOrg · 23-09-2008 9:42am #1

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086

shot with a budget of $5000 and it has no additional post production

PaulieC · 23-09-2008 9:54am

hate to sound like a fanboi but OMG!!!! I am so getting one of those

the only bogus thing about that video was Moby

jackdaw · 23-09-2008 10:06am

Damn !!! more points for the 5D II !!!

its looking less likely ill be getting a 50D ..

dazftw · 23-09-2008 10:21am

Thats actually pretty nice quality, and thats compressed :eek:

Go onto his blog and watch the other video (Y)

magicbastarder · 23-09-2008 10:36am

DotOrg wrote: »

shot with a budget of $5000

does that budget include the cost of the camera and lenses?

Covey · 23-09-2008 10:46am

magicbastarder wrote: »

does that budget include the cost of the camera and lenses?

No it doesn't.

Dragan · 23-09-2008 10:52am

Looks good alright, but as a piece it's pretentious as ****.

Placebo · 23-09-2008 10:55am

thats incredible ! shockingly amazing !

mathias · 23-09-2008 11:08am

I was thinking why would Canon taint an SLR with a compact style video tag on feature ..... but if its like that , well I have to take it all back.

That is seriously good picture quality. Now my wallet is starting to itch.

shepthedog · 23-09-2008 11:10am

That is seriously impressive... Cheers for posting.

nilhg · 23-09-2008 11:27am

Tis impressive, I can see a lot of headscratching about about photographers with 5D MKii 's going to events where somebody else owns the TV/Video rights.

unreggd · 23-09-2008 12:05pm

Thats amazing, but the new 5D should be a still camera first

hopefully they dont go down the route of phones

AnimalRights · 23-09-2008 12:09pm

DotOrg wrote: »

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086

shot with a budget of $5000 and it has no additional post production

Aye this is the blog I was reading yesterday, it's the 1st time I've ever signed up to a RSS feed, purely for this.

AnimalRights · 23-09-2008 12:44pm

DotOrg wrote: »

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086

shot with a budget of $5000 and it has no additional post production

The page asks me to d/l a plug in and I've just d/l Apple Quicktime (which I detest) but it's still asking me for a plug in?

5uspect · 23-09-2008 1:05pm

just click cancel it should use your existing version.

AnimalRights · 23-09-2008 1:11pm

Well I only d/l it today, I had no previous versions.
Can't see it still...

ttcomet · 23-09-2008 1:53pm

AnimalRights wrote: »

Well I only d/l it today, I had no previous versions.
Can't see it still...

Part of the page uses flash, have you got that installed?

P.S. it is a cool video, but the short itself is way up its own arse

AnimalRights · 23-09-2008 3:06pm

Tis working now after a reboot.

nameandanumber · 23-09-2008 10:09pm

unreggd wrote: »

Thats amazing, but the new 5D should be a still camera first

It is a still camera first. It's a DSLR camera with HD video capability...

ThOnda · 23-09-2008 10:56pm

Well, the decision has been made. Now to get money for the camera, lenses, batteries and memory cards. And another external HDD.

MartMax · 23-09-2008 11:19pm

Wow. I'm also impressed with the list of lenses used.

kgiller · 23-09-2008 11:50pm

Amazing image quality! Totally unreal... you can also take still pictures while recording a movie ... how cool is that!

unreggd · 26-09-2008 1:04am

nameandanumber wrote: »

It is a still camera first. It's a DSLR camera with HD video capability...

:rolleyes: I know that

I meant they should make sure the still camera part is up to scratch before they add video features

Like a phone. Phones today have so much ****e added in [MP3, bluetooth, camera, gps etc] that the phone part is usually crap

MagicMarker · 26-09-2008 5:14am

But isn't the most important aspect of any camera the glass you use? If they saved 5000 on all the fancy lighting and helicopters and used a kit lens in my back garden then i'd be impressed:) Don't get me wrong, the quality is great, but that's not just because of the camera.

Thirdfox · 26-09-2008 5:29am

MagicMarker wrote: »

But isn't the most important aspect of any camera the glass you use? If they saved 5000 on all the fancy lighting and helicopters and used a kit lens in my back garden then i'd be impressed:) Don't get me wrong, the quality is great, but that's not just because of the camera.

Indeed - I wonder would the D90 perform similarly if given a helicopter, gyroscopic stabilisation and a film crew to work with.

Indeed the same goes for using a hi-def point and shoot - sure there'll be more limitations and probably post processing but backed up by the right team I'm sure they can come up with pretty technically amazing shots too.

I've seen quite a few amateur attempts on the D90 and for the most part they've been pretty boring (as short films go) - but the users are photographers not videographers so there's quite a bit of learning to be made before people start coming out with good video.

Even with the professional piece I wasn't impressed by the lack of story (though it apparently only took 3 days to shoot right?) Creative uses of a t/s lens and great lighting but I'm not certain would the average amateur hobbyist shell out (tens of?) thousands of euro to create "good" artistic video.

And personally I've been terrible at videography - I'll stick to stills thank you very much!

ttcomet · 27-09-2008 9:41am

You can download uncompressed clips straight from the 5d2 here now.

the first proper video made with the Canon 5DII

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