Comments on: Canon 5dMarkII vs 7D reactions

By: Edwin

Edwin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:43:12 +0000

first of all, canon is not a company of art, is a business company and all they want is money, can they do a 24p update firmware to the 5DmkII? obviously YES, are they aware of all the angry men who wants this? YES!, but they are business man, and they won’t do it. at least not today, so yeei!, lets spend all of our savings in the new shitty camera, and wait until these bastards drop a bone to us…. or pray for a decent hack

By: chuck

chuck — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:09:22 +0000

Oh, I agree. Indeed, I submit that the largest advances in the “pre-digital” age were in improving the optics and 35mm platform in general to take advantage of the full capabilities of the film. However, there’s a reason we have medium format and full-size view cameras, not the least of which is size of the negative in relation to the size of the final print (remember those ‘circles of confusion’?).

So, although the 7D may be a step forward in functionality, I feel it is a step back in resolution; specifically where 35mm camers have the ability to continue to encroach on territory reserved for medium format cameras

By: admin

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:46:29 +0000

Chuck: Did you know that at 21mpx the sensor out resolve almost every lenses? Actually, the 5D has a better resolution than most negatives I have played with (color and BW).

The only place where negs are still better than electronic sensor is the dynamic range but I think they will lose this battle soon, judging by the progress made with the medium format bodies (check the new phase one bodies!).

By: chuck

chuck — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:24:07 +0000

To the comments so far, I would add intended final image size to the considerations for keeping the 5D. With 21MP, you have full size sensor that approaches the quality of a 35mm negative.

By: Canon 5D Shooter

Canon 5D Shooter — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:55:31 +0000

I would advise a landscape photographer to keep the 5D Mark II. I also find the “3D effect” of certain images to be better as the sensor gets larger. For me the digital full frame Canon 5D is the smallest sensor I will accept for my work.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:12:45 +0000

For pro work you better record the sound on an external device anyways such as the H4n. We have a post about this from last week I think. Check it out.

But even with just a small shotgun mic installed in the hot shoe, I managed to get decent results.

By: Greg Althoff

Greg Althoff — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:22:17 +0000

Well, to shed better light on putting video into theaters, this def. allows us to. My wife shoots pics, but I’ve got to use the new 5D on a commercial shoot and tinkered around with it for a whole weekend.

I was blown away at the depth of field, colors, and unique. Plus I shoot documentaries and have been drooling over these camera’s because of the price, the quality, and the most important how you can virtually shoot anything anywhere with minimal lighting enhancements, which is a documentary shooters dream.

I’m curious however at how the sound will be considering the options on the 5D weren’t the best. But don’t forget that even Steven Soderbergh is shooting movies with these, and others shooting music videos. If there’s a way, people will do it!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:59:36 +0000

Hank: the question is, how many people are going to project their clip in theaters? Not that many, that is why I think people are reacting very strongly to something that does not affect them as much as they believe.
Still, Canon screwed up big time by not giving 24p to the 5D!

By: Hank Graham

Hank Graham — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:55:59 +0000

I’m seriously considering going from the 5D2 to the 7D, because of the video.

Where you’ll see the HUGE difference between 30p and 24p is if you make a film copy for projection. If Canon would just shift the 30p to 29.97p (which is the industry standard), it would be possible to get very good conversions to 24p. As it is, you lost a LOT when you convert from 30p down to 24p.

Additionally, because Canon went with 30p, your footage can look a little weird when output at 29.97p.

The rest of your points I pretty much agree with, and this is still a superior camera for stills.

By: ryusen

ryusen — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:19:09 +0000

I own a 5dMkII. While i’m a bit sad that i don’t have the improved AF, i hardly think less of my camera. I mainly do portraits, so the shallower DoF and the better low light sensitivity is still more important. As for video, i almost never use it and don’t really feel it’s an asset to what i do.