Fedor fight.. CBS filming with DSLR?

[Essor]

Anyone watching the Fedor fight tonight...here's a photo from the press conference which was organized by CBS.

Is that a CBS employee using a mini-steady with a DSLR on it? It's surely a mini-steady with a DSLR, but is that a CBS employee?

He's the only guy filming, and the footage made it to CBS, so, wow, when did networks start using DSLRs?

http://www.m-1global.com/v2/wp-content/gallery/fedor_rogers_day_3/_MG_0655.jpg

 

[Jannard]

I moved you because a DSLR is not a DSMC. Interesting find however...

Jim

 

[Simon Smith]

A good excuse to bring the Scarlets above the water.

 

[Thomas Koch]

I know a guy who shoots a lot of UFC fights and they are testing them. Using them as their main cameras, with HDV or DVCAM as the 2nd camera.

 

[Tom Lowe]

If this is a live fight, how is the signal being sent from the camera? Do any of these cameras even put out a live signal?

 

[Alexander Ibrahim]

If this is a live fight, how is the signal being sent from the camera? Do any of these cameras even put out a live signal?

I was looking into this, as I researched using a Canon 7D as a B-camera for a RED and A cam for nearly zero budget narratives.

The answer so far is no. None of the Canons or Nikons can output a live signal that's clean for broadcast.

The Canon 7D does output a 1080p feed via HDMI, but there is display data on screen. You might be able to take a center cut and get 720p though. You could route that through an HDMI->SDI mini converter then into a belt mounted Camwave or the like. Then you could crop ... but talk about signal delays.

All that said, I'm guessing it isn't live if they released a photo, and are going to broadcast later.

The main camera I have not investigated is the Panasonic LUMIX GH-1, so if anyone has an answer regarding that units live output, I'd love to hear it.

 

[Jannard]

I know a guy who shoots a lot of UFC fights and they are testing them. Using them as their main cameras, with HDV or DVCAM as the 2nd camera.

This is not a UFC fight. And the UFC is not using a 5DII or 7D as their main cameras. Neither is Strikeforce.

Jim

 

[Tom Lowe]

You a UFC fan, Jim?

 

[Essor]

Someone knows their MMA.

Fedor's coming up.

Bet that statement's a first here.

 

[Essor]

And no, they're not using it for live.

But even that someone shooting something CBS knows will be going on air with a DSLR instead of some random camera is downright bizzare.

 

[Wesley Scoggins]

The main camera I have not investigated is the Panasonic LUMIX GH-1, so if anyone has an answer regarding that units live output, I'd love to hear it.

No, the GH1 doesn't put out a live feed from it's HDMI port (only playback), which is one of the limitations that many DSLR video fans feel it has.

Apparently some people have figured that it's possible, and have been petitioning Panasonic to give it a firmware upgrade to add that feature, and there has been some rumbling about it potentially being in a firmware update in the future (as Panasonic has started insinuating that they are indeed working on some firmware upgrades for it when people inquire to them directly about fixing some issues with it), but there is no way to be sure if a clean livefeed is one of them.

 

[Tyler Lambert]

The main camera I have not investigated is the Panasonic LUMIX GH-1, so if anyone has an answer regarding that units live output, I'd love to hear it.

From the rolling shutter tests that I have seen, the GH1 seems to be a lot worse than the 7d. The moving shots exhibiting rolling shutter from the GH1 looked terrible.

 

[Wesley Scoggins]

http://www.vimeo.com/5702579

This film had a chase scene that I think looks pretty good, I mean it's not as beautifully sharp as stuff i've seen from the Red, but the skew doesn't seem super bad, and it still fits into the story.

 

[Tyler Lambert]

Doesn't look too bad in that one. There is RollingShutter from The Foundry ($500) that does a great job at correcting the rolling shutter problem.