Need assistance tonight in case anyones sees this!

Thank you so much.

Need assistance tonight in case anyones sees this!

Thank you so much.

I shoot nature pictures in some of the most rugged places in the forests and mountains of West Virginia and it is impossible to carry a video camera and still camera in a convenient manner to capture nature action video.

This camera will be awesome, I am really looking forward to using this in the coming year.

Even though the camera does not auto focus I still think it will be a very valuable addition to my needs in building content on my website.

Good Job Canon!

I am sitting here with my MKII and testing all modes in lower light right now. You can NOT set the aperture in AV mode and then ride the Shutter. If I set my camera at F5.6 in lower light, it will AUTOMATICALLY over ride that and immediately go to the widest aperture. Using the wheel on the back does nothing more than changes your EV (which does change your settings, but does NOT directly change shutter or aperture.. it just changes the exposure and the camera chooses the combination). When using ANY mode, the index finger wheel (aperture control) is essentially disabled. It doesn’t do anything in any mode (M/AV/TV/P) while shooting video.

I hope I am proven wrong. But at this point, I don’t think so.

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2327

This camera is a game changer. Period. Suddenly, all the world class still photographers in the world will have a tool at their disposal they are already skilled at using and can capture 1080p. I’m hoping this will create an influx of high quality footage that can do away with the dirth of poorly composed video making up the majority of what we see on television (with the exception of the Planet Earth’s and Wild China’s out there).

I’ve posted a quick video tutorial explaining how to edit footage from the 5dmarkii in Final Cut Pro. Here’s the link:

http://www.petersalvia.wordpress.com

A second tutorial walking through the grading process with Final Cut Studio’s Color application is compressing as I type and should be posted later tonite.

I’m a video guy walking into a room of still photographers so there’s a whole lot I know I have to learn about lenses, f-stops, etc. Hopefully these free tutorials can help people understand the video workflow for producing films with this amazing, game changing camera.

proactively • peter

When capturing stills through video: is is a lag in the video file, or is it blacked out for that sec?Have you tried the Wireless transmitter too?

It’s only 5 secs each video, but … make look the D90′s movies as a really cheap-home-made movie

I Really hope Nikon improves their own implementation of Movie/Video on Full Frame DSLRs, and makes it PROFESSIONAL…

Pablo Vazquez
Technical Engineer
VISUALTECH Studio

Below are directed quotes from Vincent’s blog, i think that answer you question.

“you can shoot in Aperture priority – you set the Aperture and the camera chooses between 1/125th of a second or 1/60th of a second – and then it’s main control is the ISO

you can shoot in shutter priority mode- set the shutter speed ( I think only 1′/60th and 1/125th of a second would be option here) and the camera sets the aperture and ISO for you…

In the last two options – at any point you can override the meter – and EV correct the exposure – I believe two stops up or down… once you have a setting you like – you can press the “*” button and the exposure is locked in.

At any point – you can open or close down the camera by rotating the back dial – AS YOU SHOOT…

The point is: there is no manual exposure mode – so you can lock everything down… you CAN lock it down – with the “*” button however – it’s just not as direct and a bit more of a workaround.

You should know that I immediately set my AF to back button autofocus – using the “*” button – and therefore eliminated my “exposure lock” button… and in only one of the shots of the movie was exposure ever an issue… therefore – locking down exposure did not prove a critical as I had assumed…”

To make it Real, manufactuers has to realize they have to implement this feature in a good, Professional way, allowing the Photographer (and Movie Maker) to ADJUST EVERY ASPECT OF the VIDEO CAPTURING MANUALLY (as in still image), and with assistance (or Auto mode) IF desired, but NOT automatically as a Point and Shoot (or home movie) camera.

It is not so difficult to achieve.

Of course it needs a BETTER Capturing QUALITY TOO, but the first steps are done.

I imagined and thought about Live View in a DSLR some years ago when Professional photographers were still saying that feature was a “Point&Shoot only” feature that they didn’t need, … and now is real and almost a “must have” for new DSLRs.

The same happens to Movie recording. It only requires some work to be better and PROFESSIONALLY implemented, as it deserve to be.

Then, these manufacturers will reach to LOT of New customers they never did before…

Best regards,

Pablo Vazquez
Technical Engineer
VISUALTECH

Movie mode is going to be a necessary feature in upcoming DSLRs.
Despite many photographers may think they don’t need or want this feature, some of them already said the same about Live View and now they love it.

Of course it is a different thing, but Several Photographers (and Amateur Movie makers) will realize the HUGE potential of the DSLR as a PROFESSIONAL VIDEO Recording Tool.

As in the message I sent to http://www.dearnikon.com , that they gently posted, the MOVIE feature HAS TO BE IMPROVED to be Really Useful. (and I am sure it will)

I honestly was surprised with the Movie quality of the EOS 5D Mark II, and I hope NIKON also realizes about this, and improve it in their future DSLRs.

In the post I mentioned above I wrote many aspects involved to improve Movie and make it really useful for Professional use.

Best Regards,

Pablo Vazquez
Technical Engineer
VISUALTECH

RG’s has a preliminary preview of the video function. Autofocus uses slower contrast detect type so it may be not suitable for fast action video. White Balance setting is adjustable while auto mode shifting is smooth and gradually so the change it is almost undetected. As to your concern on Automatic exposure, they are uncertain. I’ve heard first hand user reported that video mode is activated via P mode. If it functions same as the still image P mode (though I’ve never used P mode), I believe you can adjust one setting while the camera auto adjust the other. Thus, manual setting is less likely to happened as shutter speed will be set automatically by camera (per RG)

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-9316-9607

“We’re not certain about what the range of exposure controls on the 5D Mark II in video mode will be, though a few things are clear: shutter speed will be set automatically (between 1/30 and 1/125), any lens aperture can be selected, brightness can be locked prior to the commencement of video capture, or brightness can be controlled automatically by the camera. What facility there will be for adjusting exposure during recording, if any, we don’t know. Nor have we been able to find out whether Canon has implemented the camera’s automatic brightness control in a way that avoids the flickering brightness effect that shows up in some Nikon D90 video clips (and which disappears completely with that camera by locking the exposure).”

I guess one of the most exciting areas having a DSLR to capture video is the uses of large aperture lenses like canon’s 35L, 85L, 135L to control depth of fields. A production value with shallow, sweet bokeh and film-like DOF video can be achieved without the uses of pro-video equipment. Its potential is beyond home video if one acknowledges the features of large aperture lens