Canon 5D Mark II HD footage test

[Beowulf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u54JKBqQvCo

For those aspiring young film maker's that hang out here and have heard about the Mark II: GET ONE. This is a test I filmed with an $80 lens and 100 watt light bulbs. Look at that 1080p!

[Pwolf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u54JKBqQvCo

For those aspiring young film maker's that hang out here and have heard about the Mark II: GET ONE. This is a test I filmed with an $80 lens and 100 watt light bulbs. Look at that 1080p!

"My thing just crashed"

LMAO

Anyway, yea, 5d mkii is :O 7d does a decent job as well.

[Warheart]

Actually most recent DSLRs that don't even have FF can do nearly as good, the Pentax K7, the D700, K-x, D90, 550D and so on, the actually advantage of the Mk II is the FF which is best to be used for Photography.

But the good thing is that it got way cheaper after the IV came out.

[Beowulf]

They can all do *nearly* as good, but it depends on what your definition of nearly is. I've played around with a D90 and the movie mode is an after-thought. The Mark II gives you the biggest DoF options, and the best iso performance for a camera under $5,000. That test footage was shot at 1600 iso! The Nikon for example, is pushing it at 800. There's a great camera shoot-out video, where they put a bunch of DSLRs through testing and the 5D wins all of them (in its class of course). The 7D looks *nearly* as good, but not as good.

I know you're basically paying an extra thousand dollars for better iso performance and DoF, but its that important to me.

As far as film making goes, the mark II is the only guy in town, and has been for a year now. I can't speak for Pentax, but I know that Nikon has nothing to compare to it. Its the best camera to make movies/narratives with in its price class.

[dreamawake]

Me and you need to hiphopswap, Beo. :3

[Brad]

Good. Now go make shit :O

[Pwolf]

Good. Now go make cool shit :O

fixed.

[Brad]

Lets start him off with attainable goals.

[requiett]

Damnit, this or the Scarlet?

[Beowulf]

Scarlett is gonna be a much better camera, but its going to be probably twice the price, and it hasn't come out yet. It doesn't take stills as far as I know, so consider that.