Okay. I never thought I would see this day but I've heard from 3 filmmakers now that they were renting the Canon Mark D5 for their commercial productions.
I've been researching DOF adapters the last month and I've been trying to rent them from film equipment shops. However, the rental companies are telling me they are not picking them up because they believe that the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (Digital SLR - Still camera!) will replace the filmmakers need for DOF adapters.
I scoffed at the clerk's idea, but he showed me some footage. Immediately I was impressed with the low light capabilities and the size of the sensor.
You can see some sample footage here
http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2326
I just want to know what people think about this. I see the light weight of the camera as being problem and I would be interested to know what manual controls exist, but I'm more impressed than I expected.
Does anyone have any feedack, reviews, doubts or expectations about this camera in terms of it's video capabilities?
Lights-Film-School
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That footage is gorgeous. Hard to believe but I have never used the camera so I cant claim it as being fake.
As soon as Canon introduced that camera in August 2005 the messageboards
were buzzing. Now that it's available in the States there is even more buzz.
If you can afford the $2,700, body only, price tag it does include all the needed
manual controls and even a mic input. You can use any EF lens which you can
do with the Canon XL and H1 series. I use EF lenses with my JVC cameras.
Bottom line this is a still camera body so there will be many aspects of
shooting that pro camera crews will have problems with.
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RED also has the new DSMC (Digital Stills and Motion Camera) line of camera chassis. Their specs on resolution was posted on red.com initially but they only post the motion picture res now. 3k - 6k on their Scarlet line of chassis and 2k - 28k with the EPIC line of chassis. No working models out yet but they should hit consumers hands in mid to late 2009.
Interesting concept...
David
David Schatanoff
D Studios Productions
David Schatanoff
D Studios Productions
Well, the 5D is certainly pricey for a still camera. It has a certain charm with its movies (and it's the cheapest way to acquire in 1080p), but there are some problems:
- The LCD isn't really high-resolution enough for focus-critical work, and isn't positionable by any stretch of the imagination.
- there are some difficulties associated with setting focus/exposure/white balance for video
- (this is a big one) it only shoots 30fps. Not 29.97, not 24, not 23.98. Only 30. This severely limits its functionality. What I hear, however, is that this could be fixed with a firmware update from Canon.
- there is some rolling-shutter artifacting that makes handheld work look strange.
Of course, if you really want to shoot with 35mm lenses, don't want to muck around with an adapter and can't afford a RED, this could be a decent camera.
The Nikon D90 also shoots HD video, but it's got major shutter lag issues and the video quality is absolute junk.
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Exploding Goldfish Films
Check out my blog at http://www.exgfilms.com
and my reel at http://portfolio.exgfilms.com
