5D MK II Announced - the moon shines

[bigalbest]

not sure if this is up somewhere yet, but video quality from the 5DM2
http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086

I really really want to play with this in macro!

Whooaaa, that was amazing.

 

[Iron Flatline]

Wow, I gotta say, that was pretty impressive - hand-held panning shot over NYC at night!

 

[soylentgreen]

Great Budha that was impressive. There was only a couple of scenes that I thought were raggedy, but that could be due to the compression. It AF's in video mode right? I may have to reconsider picking one up. FLip flopping between it and the 1d Mark III.

 

[Alex_B]

Unfortunately it's rather hard to search for because a billion retarded camera nuts misuse "HDR" as a term to describe tone-mapping. So searches return thousands of incorrect results.

In this respect us two are on a similar mission

 

[Overread19 7]

If I recall correctly its manual focusing only in video mode - no AF
I think also (as the video showed) that proper and good support really does help a lot more with video than stills - you can't just up shutter speed -

 

[Alex_B]

Hmm, doing macro video of living bugs is actually a nice idea... but very difficult In terms of focussing and camera shake I suppose

 

[Overread19 7]

I think a tripod would have to be a must - a geared or video head as well - ball might work though it might introduce too much shake from the hands. I think the biggest limit will be lighting, since your flash won't be of help - flashlights might become popular!
Focusing would take practice - I think a lot of people would want flying shots if they can and it will take a lot of patience and also I think experience in attracting subjects rather than finding them - that way one can set tripod and lighting up rather than having to adapt - works fine for stills since you only need one frame, but for video - harder -- still it would not stop me trying!

 

[shivaswrath]

i downloaded some video clips off of dpreview for the MK2- did any of you have a "choppy" clip? I've played it multiple times on my computer, and it looks HORRIBLE - not sure if the video idea is really going to work, or if it's me. . . .at first I thought it was my processor, but I'm starting to wonder. . .

 

[S2K1]

not sure if this is up somewhere yet, but video quality from the 5DM2
http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086

I really really want to play with this in macro!

VERY impressive!

 

[tonyeck]

So, who has this pre-ordered and from where?

I put mine in at Adorama, but they have 750 people on their list already!

 

[Peanuts]

I preordered from Vistek. I think I am about 10th on the list (?) Somewhere between 5 and 12.

 

[Bifurcator]

That's pretty darn impressive....

...referring to the video sample from the 5DMII

No, no. You're not allowed to be impressed. dSLR shooters "will never be able to produce anything other than goofy low quality YouTube clips...". It's the law. :lmao:

 

[Bifurcator]

In this respect us two are on a similar mission

Cool... I'll ride shotgun while you drive and we'll switch off back and forth! :thumbup:

 

[usayit]

Hehehe

Welcome back to the world of the living... Mr Bifurcator V2.0.

Did you have trouble finding the pieces of your former self after it was brushed into the corner?

 

[Bifurcator]

I'm not following... Too many possible implications.