Comments on: Amazing footage from the Canon 5D Mark II

By: CrunchGear » Archive » Korean remake of 5DmkII movie “Reverie” is waaay better

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:16:14 +0000

[...] (for the most part) or the generally good focus control, but I like this movie way more than the one by Vincent Laforet, which it’s based on (though Aki News’ one was good). Prism, as it’s called, [...]

By: CrunchGear » Archive » A better Canon 5D mkII video than that last one

CrunchGear » Archive » A better Canon 5D mkII video than that last one — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:02:38 +0000

[...] case the highly hyped “Reverie” short shot on a 5D mkII disappointed you, as it did me, here is an alternative. Some guys at [...]

By: max hodges

max hodges — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:29:34 +0000

>Vincent is definitely a pro and his ability as a photographer truly transferred over to film making.

can’t be sure about that. He worked with a film maker to create this video. read the credits.

By: jay

jay — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:44:52 +0000

30fps will put off pretty much the entire indie film industry…. and before anyone mentions conversion, it’s just not a good enough option, Canon HAVE to deliver 24fps if they want the indie market to get on board (which, prehaps they don’t?)

By: Gazelle

Gazelle — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:12:16 +0000

Now we are on the same page!! That is what makes the Red so Film like and thus attractive. The chip(s) are much larger, and are comparable to a camera like the Canon 5D. The DOF is much more like a film camera. The bigger the Chip the better the DOF.

OH and agree, the DOF makes the difference!!

By: double_m_entity

double_m_entity — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:57:51 +0000

I’m just saying that: Take a portrait photo with an el cheapo Nikon D40 with the kit-lens with beautiful evening sun, a beautiful subject, epic surroundings. That still image will come out orders of magnitude better than anything from say, a sony ex1 hd-cam. And this is exactly what we have here. Plus it’s not a D40, it’s Canon’s top notch full format camera. DoF is magic. And it’s a revolution. Or put another way: If the DoF is right, everything else will fall into place. If one piece of glass is not cool, it can be upgraded. Or, put still another way: We’ve had exchangeable lenses for ages (Canon XL1), but it’s the Dof that’s been the final frontier. From now on, the future is wide open and crassly democratic.

By: Gazelle

Gazelle — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:53:11 +0000

The color interpolation via the CCDs/chips gets its information from the lens, thus if you have bad glass, you get bad images. Look at all the “Major” players and I dare say you will not find any who uses a stock lens. Why is this, why upgrade to such an “expensive” component? Image quality, whether its photographic or moving images that’s your answer.

With that said yes, this is just one component in a series of high dollar parts. I agree that the low light sensitivity and the capabilities of the chip makes a huge difference. But it all starts a the front of the lens.

By: double_m_entity

double_m_entity — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:36:01 +0000

Actually, the quality of the glass will be way less apparent when shooting meager 1080p frames than when acquiring full resolution (21MP) Stills. The discussions about the glassy requirements are mostly centered about reaching the resolution ceiling. What problems do you expect from not so great lenses? Chromatic Aberration and insufficient sharpness? I’ve never seen those kind of problems from the usual entry level lenses that people get with those dsl kits. But then again, I am not an expert.
What the undoubtedly expensive glass did, was add some spectacular perspective to the imagery, but the beautiful colour was mostly due to the camera and the ability to leverage low but spectacular available light due to the new and super-sensitive sensor.
Anyway, a photographer friend of mine has already ordered his MkII and will be borrowing it to see for myself…

By: Gazelle

Gazelle — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:10:24 +0000

Beautiful yes but I suspect the glass used (costing probably more than the camera!!) made most of the difference. Vincent is definitely a pro and his ability as a photographer truly transferred over to film making. Another hindrance would definitely be the CF card capacity, short record times.

I suspect the Tech involved in making the camera will trickle up to video cameras, then things will get interesting indeed!!

By: double_m_entity

double_m_entity — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:44:53 +0000

Yeah right, get a clue. Footage this beautiful has up til now only been possible with cameras costing from $14k upwards (red one). Every indie filmer will want this baby. Who on earth would want that guesome video look if he can have cinematic photography? ENG will be the only place left for traditional HD-Cams, i suppose. And the cat is out of the bag, people will no longer accept tiny 1/2″ sensors on cameras costing $10k from now on…, the days of DoF-adapters are numbered.

By: » 縮短 Camcorder 跟 Camera 之間的距離

» 縮短 Camcorder 跟 Camera 之間的距離 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:47:22 +0000

[...] 隨著科技的進步，很多的東西都會開始 merge，有些東西將會成為歷史。像是信用卡結合悠遊卡、手機將相機包進來，現在相機要將 Camcorder 的功能給包進來了。Canon 5D Mark II，現在配備了優異的攝影功能。雖然手機某種程度吃掉了數位相機的市場，但是，數位相機往 Camcorder 方向整合或許是趨勢了。讓我們來看一段由 Canon 5D Mark II 所拍出的電影吧…啊…沒辦法 Embed 進來，所以請各位移架到 CrunchGear 上面觀看吧。 [...]

By: Jeff Whitley

Jeff Whitley — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:16:05 +0000

Videopia.org just coordinated a Q & A session with Vincent and was able to get an interview about his project.

Very interesting, you will definitely enjoy!!

By: Devin Coldewey

Devin Coldewey — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:36:31 +0000

Real HD cams are better for a lot of reasons, but that’s no reason not to appreciate this capability on the 5d.

By: bpm2000

bpm2000 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:09:58 +0000

maybe because of the 11 lenses he had to use to do it ;)