5D Mark II

I got a new camera. It’s totally awesome. Here’s a little test video for you guys! UPDATE: I’m loving this camera so much.

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June 15, 2009



Teach_J

Acid washed jeans and a CD player – how ’90s.

Shane Bugbee

I so want one.
So, how do you think a novice would do with it?

Sean

I’d say these cameras are great for novices. Shooting can be done in complete auto mode or full manual mode.

The only problem you might run into would be in editing. There’s no intermediate codec like camcorders have, so unless you have a super fast computer, you’ll most likely struggle even playing back the footage because it’s such a high bitrate. There are plenty of workarounds, though.

The Summer of Productivity @ esotericsean

[...] business. Money has been slow. So I recently sold my 40D, Macbook Pro, and a few other things and bought a Canon 5D Mark II. We were a little leery about getting a D-SLR to replace our EX1, but so far it’s really [...]

Eliza-Jane

Sean:
“The only problem you might run into would be in editing. There’s no intermediate codec like camcorders have, so unless you have a super fast computer, you’ll most likely struggle even playing back the footage because it’s such a high bitrate. There are plenty of workarounds, though.”

Hey Sean,
I’m really wanting to get a 5D, but not sure if my mac would be powerful enough to handle editing this footage? Are there min operating specs?

Eliza-Jane

Sorry Sean, I should have looked around a little before asking you that.
From a few websites I’ve been on, it was apparent that there was some windows trouble earlier on in the piece, but it seems alright with mid-range macs, running on Final Cut.

Sorry, once again for wasting your time!

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