Will the Canon 5D MKII mojolize the media?
Photo taken from the Canon press image service. Some rights reserved..
There’s been a lot of buzz about the new Canon EOS 5D MKII the last days. This camera has still to reach the market, but a lot of guys have tested it, and what they report is all good. The biggest news is that the new 5D can record HD video in 1080p and you can connect an external microphone. The photographer Vincent Laforet have been one of the early testers, and on his blog you find some truly impressive stills from the HD video he recorded with the camera.
Canon is now riding the hype. They still don’t allow anyone to publish actual videos taken with the new wonder kid. I still found one video claiming to be shot with the new 5D on YouTube. It’s included in the bottom of this post. There you will also find a HD clip I found on Vimeo. It’s really NOT impressing. It’s from sort of exhibit and it wouldn’t surprise me if they’re stolen. The clip will at least give some sort of impression about the sound capabilities of the on-board mic, which is really not bad at all. If you register at Vimeo, you can download the full version of the clip for analyzing.
Another thing that seems to be a biggie with this camera is that it can record exceptional stills and video under low light conditions. From my time as a still photographer is was always looking for natural light, which in combination with good lenses, would make the best pictures. I guess another advantage is that with a DSLR you can change lenses. In today’s video cameras you have to make a lot of comprises.
I’ll report back when I’ve had a chance to get some more information about this camera. Laforet thinks this camera will be a game changer. I simply can’t disagree. But I think we will see a lot of different convergent recording units the next couple of years. This camera will of course put traditional newspaper photographers in a new setting. Another question is if it’s good enough to a primary recorder for video journalist. I guess the sound and lightning capabilities is the most important. Another thing that we still haven’t seen is phone capabilities in this sort of gadgets. When that happens, I guess the media industry will be truly mojolized.
The last camera I purchased before I left the newspaper industry to try my luck in broadcast was an analog Canon EOS 5. It was completely new and was the first of Canon’s cameras to offer eye-tracking. I just loved to shoot low light concert photos with the camera and my 200mm f 2.8. I guess a lot have happened since then. At that point I couldn’t imaging that I one day might buy a digital EOS 5 to record video. Today I can.
Canon 5D Mark II 52-second sample movie clip by Akihabara News from David Chin on Vimeo.
Yeah. That Vimeo clip was some crap. I wish Canon would release some proper samples so we wouldn’t have to rely on that sort of samples. On the Vimeo clip it also seems like there’s a panning problem. As far as I understand Vincent Laforet this was not the case on his recording, but after seeing this clip, I’m not that sure.
It also seems like you’ve been a busy beaver this week Frank. As far as I could see, you where among the first bloggers to report about the Flixwagon and Bambuser news! Stay strong.
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A bit dissapoint to mee that YouTube clips. No panning, just camera on tripod. Camera posison also very low, clips disturbed from heat on road. Is it aven new EOS 5D?
Sorry for bad english…
From what I can read, the EOS 5 MK2 gets good reviews from those who are already in the pocket of Canon and less better reviews from the rest. Not unlike what happens when Apple releases som new gadget like iPhone.
I myself is a Nikon guy. Everything on the Canon is backwards for me