Comments on: Canon 5D Mark II Video by Dan Chung

By: james

james — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:16:00 +0000

obviously we are missing the point, this is still a very good STILLS camera with the video thrown in now as a freebie. if the video did not have any issues with panning / stuttering / jello etc… then canon might as well just delete their line of video cameras. this is just a very nice perk, lock this camera off on a tripod and you will get some amazing shots using the right lenses, use a video tripod and you will get some great looking panning shots. clearly these new breed of cameras do not like being “handheld” and to me thats fine, to all stills photographers, keep doing what your doing best.. shoot stills, then compliment your portfolio by doing the same with video, locked off shots. shooting video is a whole other world, i have this camera on pre-order and only ever intend to shoot with a tripod, it just makes sense, its just not supposed to be a home video camera.

By: Peter Lombardi

Peter Lombardi — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:36:25 +0000

It would definitely get to me too man.
-peter

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:09:00 +0000

@Peter – Yeah, the jumpy look. For some reason it really bothers me.

By: Peter Lombardi

Peter Lombardi — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:59:30 +0000

I’m with Roger, what?! haha I liked the video. I just saw a big city, I actually didn’t see much “bad behaviors” or of an “ugly side”.

Are you talking about the somewhat jumpy, very subtle, look to the pans? I could only really see it in the downward pan when he was videoing the reflections on the water’s surface (around 02:07).
-peter

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:27:55 +0000

I don’t know if by “stuttering” you’re referring to the rolling shutter artifact that some people call the jello effect. If so, I don’t think it is much of an issue. If you watch Vincent Laforet’s Reverie in better quality than this (I even have a 1080p full resolution version) and the jello effect is virtually nonexistant. What you may be referring to is stuttering just because is streaming on the web.

To Roland, what are you talking about? The ugly side of the city? It didn’t look all that ugly to me. And to Desper, I didn’t see any bad behavior.

By: Desper

Desper — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:54:48 +0000

The background music is very Chinese!
I was wondering that if the the owner or just the name Dan Chung was a Chinese. :) And I also want to know that if those Chinese people with bad behaviors in this short video were shot and presented in purpose.

By: roland

roland — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:11:51 +0000

why Englishman don’t take these in their “video works”………..

By: roland

roland — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:10:14 +0000

I saw this guy and a blackman and a middle-aisa-like man purchasing this machine in Dinghao. But I don’t know why the foreigners are so eager to show the ugly side of a city. We all knows London have many crime, pederasty, drugs, prostitute…….why Englishman take these in their “video works”………..

By: Charlie The Gold

Charlie The Gold — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:41:38 +0000

Continually out of focus in most of the scenes where subjects are moving. This is a major problem.