Comments on: Canon 5D: THE camera for music videos

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:36:42 +0000

Yes, it captures most of it (crops a little) and then it downscales. In order to do more than 30 fps in that huge resolution, they would have to crop massively instead — and even then it would be tricky.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:29:09 +0000

How do DSRL handle video while recording? For example, 5DM2 has a 22 mpixel sensor but it “only” needs a 1920×1080 region. Does it capture the whole area and then it downscales to 1920p or just capture a 1920×1080 area of the center of the CMOS ?

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:05:57 +0000

Casio has a specific niche regarding this, products that were not designed to do that won’t be able to do that, because as I said, the pathway between sensor-chip-memory is not fast enough. Especially at 22 megapixel which is gigabytes of uncompressed data!!! There are too many gigabytes to pass around instantly.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:53:55 +0000

I don’t know why. Consumer Casio cameras shot at 210 fps with slighly less than PAL resolution. So 50 fps at 720p doesn’t seem to me an impossible target with a professinal DSLR.

I agree with the MJPEG, but editing 1080p h264 is a headache.

Will see…

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:02:16 +0000

MJPEG can’t surpass 40 mbps of h.264. Not to mention the terrible rolling shutter effect that all Nikon cams have. I do expect the 5D-M2 to get 24fps though.

As for 50/60 fps, this is impossible, because the sensor can’t pass so much data to the encoder that quickly. It’s many more GBs per second than 30 fps (internally). Even at lower res, it’s the initial capturing that’s the problem.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:48:15 +0000

BTW, Nikon D300s is almost here. Non official specs state that it will have 720p video at 24fps. Its video capabilities must be better than D90 but I do not expect to surpase 5DMarkII.

Nikon, 24p is great, but give as 720/50p!! Moreover, skip that silly 8 minute or whatever time limitation. Split files while not dropping frames, come on! Is that so complicated?

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:07:52 +0000

Just the rumors. There are too many to dismiss. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, IMHO.

By: Jara

Jara — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:45:00 +0000

How do you know 24p is coming? I have read some rumors but nothing really solid.

By: Philip Goh

Philip Goh — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:50:01 +0000

I guess I’m a big fan of bokeh as it really helps to isolate your subject. True, like any technique it can be abused, i.e. new hammer syndrome where everything starts to look like a nail.

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:45:48 +0000

I am not sure having a full size is a great idea for music videos, but then again, it’s $10,000, and with smaller sensor than the 5D. Not a bad camera by any means, but not as cost-effective as a 5D for music videos.