outlawyer wrote:
I'm glad I didn't wait. I love my old fashioned 5D, and I couldn't possibly care less about shooting movies with it.
I hope you all like your 5DII as much as I like my 5D.
When you say you didn't wait, do you mean you just bought your 5D recently?
To all those who think their 12mp 5D is plenty good, think again. It's been said that the D3 does not do justice to the high-res Nikon 14-24mm lens, and that this lens on the 1Ds Mk III is a match made in Heaven. Check out these images for a sampling of what you can get on a high-megapixel body:
azurekenzo wrote:
Dont know if anyone noticed, but there are 2 red dots and 1 green dot Laforet's pix. Are they dead pixels from the sensor?
gazzajagman wrote:
yup, there's a single bad pixel with his 5DII, not bad out of 21million! My current 5d has 3.
azurekenzo wrote:
There are 3 if you have a look closely.
"FROM VINCE: Louis - well - you got me thinking - and I thought about writing about this - and the fact that people just can’t seem to understand that this was an “imperfect” “non-production” prototype camera w/ dead pixels etc… a last minute production that was ridiculously fast paced -and I wanted to write… but then I looked up What The Duck's latest strip… and I was saved… see my latest post “Nuf Said.” "
I'm not so sure Bobbytan. I am thinking the L-plate for the 5D would still fit.
If you look at the dpreview specs and photos for the 5D and for the 5D MkII it looks like the 5D MkII has an identical width and depth dimension, and the access to the side panel for remote cable connection also looks identical.
If someone with a 5D MkII who happens to have the RRS L-plate can confirm that'd be great.
duracellbunny wrote:
"FROM VINCE: Louis - well - you got me thinking - and I thought about writing about this - and the fact that people just can’t seem to understand that this was an “imperfect” “non-production” prototype camera w/ dead pixels etc… a last minute production that was ridiculously fast paced -and I wanted to write… but then I looked up What The Duck's latest strip… and I was saved… see my latest post “Nuf Said.” "
More from Vincent:
"Whenever sensors are produced - one of the factors that leads to the high cost of the sensors is the high number of rejected chips due to “dead pixels” - out of the millions of pixels - if just one is bad - it’s rejected. Therefore a huge amount of sensors are made to get the good number of “perfect” sensors into the camera. Obviously given that this was a pre-production model - quite a bit fewer chips were being made. And the chance of getting a single dead pixel - is much higher as a result.
It also speaks to why Canon was very hesitant in releasing this footage - it’s not from their “final” version - but their first prototypes - which is NOT UP TO SPEC. So be kind in return - and respect them for releasing their “rough draft” for all to see - and nitpick at…"
More from Vincent:
"Whenever sensors are produced - one of the factors that leads to the high cost of the sensors is the high number of rejected chips due to “dead pixels” - out of the millions of pixels - if just one is bad - it’s rejected. Therefore a huge amount of sensors are made to get the good number of “perfect” sensors into the camera. Obviously given that this was a pre-production model - quite a bit fewer chips were being made. And the chance of getting a single dead pixel - is much higher as a result.
It also speaks to why Canon was very hesitant in releasing this footage - it’s not from their “final” version - but their first prototypes - which is NOT UP TO SPEC. So be kind in return - and respect them for releasing their “rough draft” for all to see - and nitpick at…"...Show more →
I don't believe the above is true. Dead pixels are mapped out. A chip with too many dead pixels or with a small area of many dead pixels is rejected. They may not have done the step of mapping out the dead pixels on a pre-production camera.
This may be a stupid question but I couldn't find an answer any where so here goes.... Do you need UDMA cards to get the most out of the video capture mode?
I am trying to figure out what CF cards I need - More GB or more speed
rachp wrote:
This may be a stupid question but I couldn't find an answer any where so here goes.... Do you need UDMA cards to get the most out of the video capture mode?
I am trying to figure out what CF cards I need - More GB or more speed
The largest video file can be 4 GB, so go by that. The largest in the Nikon D90 is 2 GB, by the way. From what I can see, a UDMA card wiuld be required because of the high transfer rate at 1980 x 1080p.
