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The Era of HD Short Films is here... Canon 5D Mark II / Nikon D90 = new revolution in super high quality optics + high definition

These are real video frame captures from a short film created using the Canon 5D Mark II and top-of-the-line L-lenses. Luckily I already own a bunch of the L lenses already... so for the first time, we'll be able to do full HD footage using top-of-the-line still camera optics at a cost-quality level heretofore never seen before.

Imagine: Naturally lit wide aperture full motion HD video. Drop a 35mm f/1.4 on this camera, and be able to record what a candlelit dinner looks like and feels like -- using actual candle light.
Laforet is a photographer; he has no professional film experience and had never used the 5D Mark II before, yet was able to storyboard, cast, shoot and edit the clip in just two days, with less than 12 hours notice. In particular he noted that dumping the MPEG-4 video takes way less time than it would with an actual HD camera. The only issue that would stop a person from shooting a TV pilot solely with this camera is sound matching, he says. If that's covered, you're gold.

via Gizmodo

Wow, I can't wait... as if I didn't have enough to do already. If I got a Red One, I would have gotten the Canon EOS lens adapter anyway... now I don't even need to shell out for a different camera system.

This is a quantum leap forward... so much so, that I can't wait to see the impact on online publishing sites, like ours right here. It's a very exciting time to be helping people post all their stuff online.
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Chris Darling said
YES Garry,, I saw this mentioned via twitter the other day, googled it and came up with a UK vid intro to the camera that is a sweet tour of this new 21+megapixel wonder SLR that can shoot 30fps in HD (Drool), Pretty amazing new breakthroughs for Canon,, any way that vid is here;
http://www.dslruser.co.uk/dslrtv/play.php?vid=154
Tony Kandalaft said
That canon 5d video is INSANE....
I got the d90, the video is not as freakin awesome as the canon but still way more than i can ask for from a dslr
Mike Hall said
I'm hoping to join my fiancee shooting weddings full-time after we get married. Maybe sometime next year I can say... goodbye boring corporate IT job, hello Canon 5D MkII and photography! I'm seriously coveting the MkII. Congrats on already owning a great camera and lenses. I love the current 5D and can only imagine the new one will be insanely awesome as well!
Stephanie Lim said
glad ian's tip made it into your posterous =)