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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

EOS 5DmkII users rejoice!

I would somehow post a picture of a dog, but I can't, it's your turn on that
 
Damn! My cover is blown. :couch:

Good thing my handlers at Canon HQ have promised me a safehouse in Tokyo with a Geisha....
 
Tom said:
I'm probably going to be instantly banned for suggesting such a ludicrous sacrilege, but does anyone else think Reduser needs a Canon forum?? hahaha. :banned:
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Banned
That is, if you decide to not speak your mind in an honest way. Having a Canon forum might be going a bit far on a RED forum, but speaking about what the competition is doing is not such a bad thing. Keeps everyone on their toes and makes for good conversation. Don't hold back man. I don't think anyone's going to hold it against you.
 
the dude was just kidding man.. #edit# as said.. his posts are getting better & better.. gang's type/class ehehehehehehe
 
Has the skew issue been fixed or lessened at all? There seems to be quite a lot of skewage going on in a lot of the stuff I've been checking out. This is a major turn off for me since I enjoy going handheld quite a bit. Can anyone post a link to some handheld, or fast panning footage that shows little skew?

I must admit, this is pretty cool:

http://www.vimeo.com/4041788
 
What's up with the double images on some frames with the hands and strings?

I'm seeing this on alot 5D footage lately.
 
Isaac Brody said:
I thought this piece was excellent.

http://www.vimeo.com/2605789
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By far the best clip, IMO, that I have seen from the MKii and it's completely responsible for putting me on a fence I shouldn't even be on.

I downloaded this clip and piped it out to my 46" LCD. And this is the compressed version. Wow.

One thing that's been annoying the crap out of me is the mass inability to white balance properly. This clip nails it big time.
 
No EOS for me, cause I bought this swiss fellow here:
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The led might be an option for videoshooters.. :thumbsup:
 
Kholi said:
By far the best clip, IMO, that I have seen from the MKii and it's completely responsible for putting me on a fence I shouldn't even be on.

I downloaded this clip and piped it out to my 46" LCD. And this is the compressed version. Wow.

One thing that's been annoying the crap out of me is the mass inability to white balance properly. This clip nails it big time.
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Come on man? Put a hot girl on a bed in a neglige backgrounded by nude photos and candles and have her stare lustfully at her drunk boyfriend photographer and you could get the WOW effect with a motorola razr camera. I don't think it's the 5D2 man, I have one and it's not the key!

:)

-michael zaletel
(shooter)
 
Roberto Lequeux said:
What's the word on 24fps via firmware? Anything said lately? Was this ever confirmed as either a yay or nay by Canon?
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Apparently, according to rumor, Canon engineers have been working to allow 24p to use the full mbps bandwidth for 24p, which I guess in theory would result in higher image quality per frame. Hopefully they are doing something to address artifacts, though I don't know if that is even possible, given the inherent line-skipping method.
 
Clip Length

Clip Length

I remember a time not so far I had a producer asking for those 8 gig CF cards limitation... How long was it? 4 ridiculous minutes?:)

More than stopping the 5D to make another take. The 5D reacts strangely on long takes in hot environement. It seams it gets overheat (my interpretation) and makes the picture jump (like there where some frames dropped).

I interpreted this as an overheating problem because I shut down the cam for a while (5min.) and the problem dissapeared.
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Fair comment Patrick :) , but at least that limitation was the media capacity.

You could shoot at 3K or 2K for longer times or use a RED-DRIVE for super long takes.

Any heating issue on a camera would be bad too, as that says you can't do back-to-back takes.
 
Not only does the camera overheat (thanks Live View oversight) but you're exposed to red pixels of ugly if it gets too hot. A second camera for very important work is needed.

Next up, the recording limitation is a FAT limitations, not a card. That means you can get up to 12 Minutes of Recording time from the MKii before the 4GB limitation tells you no more. Is 12 minutes a bad amount of time to have? I dunno

Music Videos last 3 minutes for performance, some interviews last six continuous minutes or longer. Judge by your project.

My MKii just arrived at Best Buy and waiting to pick it up. Prepaid for that sucker and got lucky because Best Buy lowered the price by 200.00 this morning.

A+
 
I think some of this "overheating" stuff might be getting blown out of proportion. I have shot on the 5D2 for hours, almost continuously, and never really noticed it.
 
So 24fps is already a reality? And they are only working on giving it more file size?

Allow me to ask a few more, or run some stuff by those of you that are following this closely:

1. Line skipping doesn't affect DoF performance obviously, correct?
2. There is manual control over the ISO right? How high can it go?
3. And you can manually set apperture and focus manually. Correct?

I forgot about the line skipping stuff, but still, not a bad camera at all for what it costs and what you can do with it. Last I remember 24fps was the only issue I saw with it for what I would use it for. I definitely wouldn't looking for a new generation video DSLR to replace what I have planned for Red Code, but I really love the idea of buying something that I could carry around, take immense stills, AND be able to shoot a little 24fps with with this results.

The main appeal for me would be to gain heaps of sensitivity, hopefully enough to shoot at f/5.6 or hopefully even higher in low light situations without gut wrenching amounts of noise. I don't want the shallow look for something like a BTS. For such use I personally like the idea of deeper DoF, a little noise, and not-as-good color reproduction as your movie... I think it makes people who check out the Special Features right after watching the movie hold the quality of the movie a little higher by contrast. However how could you not go and have some serious fun with it? Shoot a little project or even a not so little one perhaps.
 
Kholi said:
By far the best clip, IMO, that I have seen from the MKii and it's completely responsible for putting me on a fence I shouldn't even be on.

I downloaded this clip and piped it out to my 46" LCD. And this is the compressed version. Wow.

One thing that's been annoying the crap out of me is the mass inability to white balance properly. This clip nails it big time.
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The 720p compressed 5D footage looks better to me than the 1080. Smooths over some of the aliasing and pixel blocking if it is done well.
Best stuff I've seen was converted to Cineform for editing then output at 720.
 
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