quoted from blog.vincentlaforet.com
Having video capacity in stills camera is an old story. A lot of P&S have it, some in HD. How having this in 35mm full frame camera will revolutionize…yes, what? TV or film production?
Professional EFP-electronic field production- requires dedicated pro cameras. The ones with proper frame rates, resolutions and fields , Time Code, big HR viewfinder, XLR audio connections, shoulder mount capability, long lasting bateries,and many many other things. Any video professional will tell you that having a camera as crippled as 5D2 for video production is not their dream. The only interesting feature is the low light capabilty. But then what stops Canon from putting this capabilty on their proper video cameras? Another story is the moving pictures cameraman skills. How many photographers think in terms of “crossing the axis”, edit matches, shot sequence, zoom avoidance, camera movement, rhythm etc etc. In the worst case all 5D2s will produce bad looking amateur videos. You Tube is gonna broadcast them all?
This thread already shows the great ignorance of the filmic issues within the photographic community. Why on earth would you need great storage and bandwidth to show HD movies on the web? Apple Tunes store sells them by hundreds.
1 hour occupies something like several gigabytes at most. Nobody of sane mind will place raw (in the sense of unprocessed, acquisition quality) footage on the web! The 5D2 codec apparently records with 35 mbit/sec. Regular dv is 25 mbit/sec. But that’s acquisition quality. For distribution you must go down to several mbit/sec to make the whole experience palpable even to the most broadband armed, web savvy users.
I am sorry to disagree wwith most, but the marketing gimmick is not revolution.
Great low light capability-yes. Give it to me on the proper dedicated video camera, the one that will have cameraman faint of hand fatigue. Try to hold your 5D2 in front of your eyes for hours. You’ll learn a thing or two about “duck walk” to minimize shaking, about hand and back fatigue etc.
Comment by Piotr 09.21.08 @ 4:59 pm |