OK OK... So I held off as long as I could. The first time I saw the photos of the all rigged out 5DmkII I thought WOW!!! Then I told myself I was just judging a book by it's cover. It looks very cool -- but it's not ready for video yet.
So I waited, patiently, with my EX1 and EX3 by my side. My trusty LETUS 35 Extreme always ready... Then it started happened. People I knew started asking for or using the 5D and 7D on their projects. TV shows started using them. Canon released the firmware updated for the 5D -- now it was a whole different ballgame. Workable frame rates, better control over the sound (even if it's just a scratch track in most cases) and Zeiss has adopted the EOS platform as a real entity. All hail the CP.2 lens set...where's that winning lottery ticket....
I'm now into my third week of owning a 5DMKII. It took a week to figure out how to get it into video mode. My first subject - my big toe... Got almost a minute and a half out of that. Next it was on to real uses. I re-configured my RedRock rod system and V2 follow focus from the EX3 to work with the Canon 24 -70 2.8 L lens that I bought. Worked out the mount for my 7" Marshall monitor and tracked down the elusive spare Canon LP-E6 batteries. I was able to make my CA Vision matte box just fit the tall form factor of the 5D with the battery grip on it.
I'm off to the races -- or in
this case an art showing for a friend to shoot a couple of interviews for the event. They turn out really pretty good considering the room was packed and I used only the light from a hanging PAR 64 blasting the art on the walls. I put the interviewees about 4 feet in front on the art and me about 3 feet in front of them. Not your ideal ratio - but it's what the room could handle. The DoF was not bad when I looked at the footage later. Important safety tip Egone... Just because you can go WFO with these lenses on the 5D and get everything really shallow - doesn't mean you should. The first interview went great because the interviewee stood still -- at ƒ2.8. The second person repeatedly leaned in to make her points. I didn't think it was that far... but she fell in and out of focus slightly through out the interview. To do it over, I would set my focal plane more forward or shoot an ƒ4.0. Still a good first outing.
I'll keep you all posted. Should be a fun learning curve. Have a great weekend.
TDTrey.com
So I waited, patiently, with my EX1 and EX3 by my side. My trusty LETUS 35 Extreme always ready... Then it started happened. People I knew started asking for or using the 5D and 7D on their projects. TV shows started using them. Canon released the firmware updated for the 5D -- now it was a whole different ballgame. Workable frame rates, better control over the sound (even if it's just a scratch track in most cases) and Zeiss has adopted the EOS platform as a real entity. All hail the CP.2 lens set...where's that winning lottery ticket....
I'm now into my third week of owning a 5DMKII. It took a week to figure out how to get it into video mode. My first subject - my big toe... Got almost a minute and a half out of that. Next it was on to real uses. I re-configured my RedRock rod system and V2 follow focus from the EX3 to work with the Canon 24 -70 2.8 L lens that I bought. Worked out the mount for my 7" Marshall monitor and tracked down the elusive spare Canon LP-E6 batteries. I was able to make my CA Vision matte box just fit the tall form factor of the 5D with the battery grip on it.
I'm off to the races -- or in
this case an art showing for a friend to shoot a couple of interviews for the event. They turn out really pretty good considering the room was packed and I used only the light from a hanging PAR 64 blasting the art on the walls. I put the interviewees about 4 feet in front on the art and me about 3 feet in front of them. Not your ideal ratio - but it's what the room could handle. The DoF was not bad when I looked at the footage later. Important safety tip Egone... Just because you can go WFO with these lenses on the 5D and get everything really shallow - doesn't mean you should. The first interview went great because the interviewee stood still -- at ƒ2.8. The second person repeatedly leaned in to make her points. I didn't think it was that far... but she fell in and out of focus slightly through out the interview. To do it over, I would set my focal plane more forward or shoot an ƒ4.0. Still a good first outing.I'll keep you all posted. Should be a fun learning curve. Have a great weekend.
TDTrey.com
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