House season finale - shot entirely on a 5D MKII

[Kaido]

http://philipbloom.co.uk/2010/04/10/house-season-finale-shot-entirely-with-canon-5dmkii/

Can't wait

 

[ElFenix]

they shoot the show on movie film? huh

 

[Cattykit]

they shoot the show on movie film? huh

I've always been overwhelmed by the visual quality of the show. Now I get how they achieved such a great quality. Also, Now that the new episode is shot on 5D mk2, it'd be make an interesting comparsion.

Anyway, Red must be somewhat pissed off and upset. Right when they were gaining popularity, this Dslr Video came along eating up the market.

 

[jpeyton]

Anyway, Red must be somewhat pissed off and upset. Right when they were gaining popularity, this Dslr Video came along eating up the market.

The 5D2 took some wind out of Red's pro-sumer solutions, but that's only because the market was so hungry for a solution to their problem that they latched onto the first thing that came along.

The 5D2 is not an elegant solution for video, even with the firmware update. It's a still camera that can shoot video.

I believe Canon is currently working on a large-sensor HDV camera that takes EF-mount lenses.

 

[randomlinh]

The 5D2 took some wind out of Red's pro-sumer solutions, but that's only because the market was so hungry for a solution to their problem that they latched onto the first thing that came along.

The 5D2 is not an elegant solution for video, even with the firmware update. It's a still camera that can shoot video.

I believe Canon is currently working on a large-sensor HDV camera that takes EF-mount lenses.

given sony has announced their alpha mount camcorder and panasonic has put m43's out there, too... canon had better have something, heh. They have a prime opportunity on the RED market... which sadly, I think underestimated how fast these guys were coming.

 

[Kaido]

The 5D2 took some wind out of Red's pro-sumer solutions, but that's only because the market was so hungry for a solution to their problem that they latched onto the first thing that came along.

The 5D2 is not an elegant solution for video, even with the firmware update. It's a still camera that can shoot video.

I believe Canon is currently working on a large-sensor HDV camera that takes EF-mount lenses.

Well, yes and no. It's a bit more work to shoot on a 5D2. I've been vacillating between a 5D2 and a Scarlet, and the Scarlet keeps winning out. The 5D2 has some nice advantages:

* $2500 instead of $4750 (although the $4750 includes a lens)
* VERY compact instead of just sorta compact
* Full-Frame instead of 2/3" sensor (I'm a big fan of FF)
* Doubles as a really great stills camera (they say the Scarlet will be a stills camera...but Canon has been doing stills for a zillion years...so we'll see)

But the Scarlet trumps it for video work:

* 3K resolution (cropping, smoothcam, chroma keying, etc.)
* RAW format (this is king for color correction)
* Touch & Track focus
* 120FPS (I love me some overcrank!)
* Even better low-light than the 5D2
* Real cinematography controls
* CF cards (64GB RED-compatible just announced) or SSD recording (plus one or two other options iirc)

It's soooo hard to wait though...haha. Luckily being a poor college student makes that part easy

 

[gsellis]

And with MC5, you can do both natively in the timeline.