Re: FIRST PORTRAITS WITH THE FAB 5D2!

Jurgen wrote,on my timestamp of 14/12/2008 9:38 AM:

There are plenty of awesome examples of 5D2 video on Vimeo for you to
gaze at. Here's one I liked:
http://vimeo.com/2465025


My God. He calls that "awesome"...


I guess this is a fantastic example of what you get when you ask a still photographer to shoot a movie!

Bingo!

As a young man I worked as a focus puller for some notable cinematographers and I still know a thing or two about movie making.

This clip is clever in the way it's been edited to conceal what I've thought all along was a serious issue with DSLRs in movie mode. They can't auto focus and record at the same time.

I'm sorry, but it's not even clever. And there is a lot more
wrong about dslrs with video than just the live af.
I have yet to see ONE video clip taken with ANY of these dslrs
that doesn't show wobbly lines when the camera is moved.
And a moving camera is the hallmark of someone who
knows what video is all about.

But over the next few months we're gonna be treated to "awesome"
BORING video clips from stationary "web-cams" that not even a
beginner would dare take with ANY video camera.

And we're gonna be told how "awesome" they are by this demented
brigade. Get ready.


I've seen other clips too that are "staged" (for want of a better word) in a way that suits the camera. This is why I was waiting to see what you got before I decided to buy on or not, based on it's movie capabilities alone.


WHY would anyone buy a5d2 for its movie capabilities alone?
ANY average video camera from a supermarket will allow
one to make BETTER videos than with the 5d2.



All I want to do is splice a few minutes of footage into my still presentations. That movie you linked to almost does the 100% opposite! Ah well. Sony are doing a great deal on HD vidcams right now.


Exactly. Get a proper video camera, not a bastardized
still camera. Doesn't matter which brand, you'll be able
to make videos several cuts above all the "web-cam" crap
we're seeing from the "awesome" 5d2 users!
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