View Full Version : Some 5D2 Grabs from a shoot last night


Barlow Elton
December 15th, 2008, 10:50 AM
Park City, UT. 13 degrees outside. :)

I used two LED lights and a Nikon 85mm lens (via Nikon/EOS adapter)

The camera has plenty of issues when it comes to video, but wow, the quality that can be achieved is amazing.

Check the attached grabs from video. :)

Here's a very short clip: http://homepage.mac.com/mrbarlowelton

John Benton
December 15th, 2008, 12:44 PM
Hey Barlow, Great to see this.
I just picked one of these babies up today myself...Can't wait to get home and play.
Nice work
I hope you are well

Barlow Elton
December 15th, 2008, 01:00 PM
Thanks John, have fun--it's a cool camera...but in a sort of 'Crazy Uncle Ted' way.

Never 100% predictable even with a manual Nikon lens...but very interesting nonetheless.

Don Miller
December 15th, 2008, 03:35 PM
Those grabs look great. I've been looking back at 35mm adapter footage from Canon and EX1. Funny how much less impressive that look is now.

Looks like Tungsten would give a better white balance for the background.

John Benton
December 15th, 2008, 04:28 PM
B is that your girl? Stunning

Barlow Elton
December 15th, 2008, 06:24 PM
Nahh, just someone I know. She is fairly easy on the eyes. :)

Barlow Elton
December 15th, 2008, 06:31 PM
I've been looking back at 35mm adapter footage from Canon and EX1. Funny how much less impressive that look is now.

Indeed. It's definitely another realm of image quality--too bad the image control in video mode is almost insultingly limited. Still, this is Canon's first pro-ish DSLR with 1080p video, so I'm not going to complain too loudly.

Looks like Tungsten would give a better white balance for the background.

Maybe so, but I think it still looks decent.

Evan Donn
December 15th, 2008, 06:58 PM
I used two LED lights and a Nikon 85mm lens (via Nikon/EOS adapter)

Looks great! Which lights are you using?

Barlow Elton
December 15th, 2008, 08:29 PM
A Flolight LED500 and a small Sony LED camera light.

Barlow Elton
December 16th, 2008, 12:06 PM
Chris or any mod--can you edit my post not to include the clip link? I've taken it down.

btw, why can't we have unlimited time to edit our posts?