Daylight video?

It seems that for quite a while now we've been seeing lots of movies shot with the EOS 5D Mark II in low light. Certainly the low light helps keep the depth of field shallow, but we were beginning to wonder if it had only been bought by vampires who couldn't take it out during the day. It seems our fears were, rather unsurprisingly, unfounded. 

I just came across this video on SugMug and had to share it. It is not only shot in daylight, but is also one of the best edited videos I've seen from the EOS 5D Mark II yet. Not only that, the music is great and it's very well filmed too. It was made by Bob Davis, a photojournalist in the USA. 

Hit the comments with your thoughts and also feel free to pass on any links to videos you've seen shot on the EOS 5D Mark II.

In other news on videos and the EOS 5D Mark II, check out this website: TheEOScars.com if that's not an inspired name for a website and a cunning play on words, then I don't know what is! It is essentially a location for all the better videos shot on the EOS 5D Mark II where viewers can rate them. If you're looking for decent videos to convince you to buy one of these cameras, this site will save you having to sit through pages of youtube clips where people have posted their '5D test of my dog eating dinner' or similar....


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More EOS 5D Mark II videos

A Sunday post, whatever next?! This we thought we'd share with you early though, rather than waiting for a slot next week. 

We've blogged about Edmond Terakopian before. He has been using the EOS 5D Mark II to test it for the BJP magazine. It seems he has just put the finishing touches to his first short film with the camera. Called 'Muse' it's a totally different style to the films we've seen from the EOS 5D Mark II so far. It's more like an art-house or film-noir style piece following a segment in time of the life of a young woman. 

It's very worth checking out, which you can do in either 720p at Vimeo or in full 1080p on Smugmug.

Hit the comments with your thoughts on this and the EOS 5D Mark II video mode in general. Is it worth it? Is it a waste of time? What would you do with it? 

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EOS 5D Mark II on a helicopter

Well, we knew it would only be a matter of time before videos from the EOS 5D  II started to surface. this though, is much sooner than we thought we'd se something like it! That is a brave man...or rich! I have tried to fly radio controlled helis and while I had some success, it take a LOT of practice to be good enough to willingly strap an expensive camera to the bottom. The possibilities are endless though - how many cool shots and different angles can you achieve now?!

 

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EOS 5D Mark II Video sample

So production EOS 5D Mark II cameras have finally appeared. Hooray! Now we await the flood of videos and sample images to arrive on the web.

First out the blocks is Guardian photographer, Dan Chung. Dan is usually at the forefront of any technology and likes to get his hands on kit as soon as possible. Needless to say, he bought his EOS 5D Mark II as soon as humanly possible in China.

Now, he is well known for using Nikon cameras of late since defecting from Canon last year. However, Dan doesn't just shoot stills. More and more, he's been using video. Here is his first efforts with the EOS 5D Mark II in Beijing where he's been living for almost a year.

Canon EOS5DmkII, One night in Beijing. from Dan Chung on Vimeo.

On a side note, this is a Tuesday post and we are treating Dan as a featured photographer. We intend to make this a regular Tuesday outing, so if you would like to be featured on the blabpictures site, leave a message in the comments and let us know!

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