8 Responses to “Unofficial Canon 5D Mark II Video”

1. Elja Trum
   November 5th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

   Can’t wait to try the video capabilities myself. :)
   Looks good.

2. James NomadRip
   November 5th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

   You haven’t seen the Reverie film by Vincent LaForet?

   http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2326

   The video is outstanding.

3. jwylie
   November 5th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

   What about these?

   http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetProductArticlesAct&productID=249&articleTypeID=225

   Vincent Laforet’s was not really official, but Canon liked it enough to use it.

4. Eric
   November 5th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

   Fair enough point on Vincent LaForet’s video. I have seen it. It’s pretty amazing. However, I suppose I considered it at least officially endorsed by Canon. This video does not appear to carry the same Canon blessing though. I expect we’ll see these picking up in numbers soon.

5. Poagao
   November 5th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

   I think this is far better than LaForet’s video. Much more feeling to it, though less bling and flash.

6. Fried Toast
   November 6th, 2008 at 6:30 am

   I turned the music off in order to judge it on its video-taking capabilities, not the editing capabilities of the author. I got to the 3 minute point w/o being overly impressed. Perhaps I expected more? Not sure. There was a brief point where there was a wide-angle shot coming out of the subway that *really* got my attention. And then it was back to normal. A couple fade out/focus on something else shots looked good. Other than those and the lone wide angle part, it looked very pedestrian.

   Now, I’m not saying the mkII’s a pedestrian camera. I’m sure it’ll be a fine, fine piece of machinery. Just saying that for the first 3 minutes of video, there is very little to get excited about. And perhaps I’ve been to Tokyo enough that watching normal video of everyday life there does not excite me. I was looking for things that would stick out and show me that hey- this is pretty darn cool! If I were looking to watch a cool video about Tokyo life, *now* we’re talking. In that regard, it seems to be a pretty cool production.

   As an aside, I’m wondering if I wasn’t right next to this guy recently. The fellow that was waking up partway through, I could swear I saw him not long ago. Almost took a shot of him (if it was indeed, the same guy). Heck, maybe the guy got me on video (altho’ I didn’t make it into the first 3 min :P ).

   Looking forward to seeing more out of this camera.

7. Fubar
   November 6th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

   Julian Stratenschulte got the chance to test video with the 5D MKII much earlier

   http://www.stratenschulte.de/index.php?page=5dmkii

8. Rebel
   November 6th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

   Thanks for the video! :)

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