Duncan Staples wrote:
Azden -- 2 channel wireless Lavaliere or a Sennheiser ME-66 boom. This camera alone is worth it for 1080P video. Go find a 1080P video camera for under $3K - none.
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I have one of these and really dig it. While it's not really close to the same quality, it's still pretty darn good for 150 bucks.
ohyeah wrote:
Anyone know of decent external mic since it appears that mechanical noise from the camera and/or lens will be probably be noticeable when using the internal mic? Maybe a directional mic that mounts on the hot shoe?
The key is not necessarily the microphone so much as the mount. An adequate isolation mount suspends the mic in rubber bands, so that hum and vibration from the camera don't get to the mic. That is a greater issue with a camcorder where you have a motor and tape transport. However you might find that your hands on the camera make noise, too.
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Not comparable. You can not choose depth of field. That is a must for any professional and creative use of a (video) camera. One does not need a DSLR, too. You can get a digital camera at (suggested) $ 100 in the supermarket, today. but it gives you not more than Iso 400 and a lousy lens. A usable semipro HDTV camera starts at about 7000 € as far as I know. And it does not make still frames in 5D MK IIs quality. Neither video. I guess that tool will generate a complete new customerbase. No production company will NOT ad ome to their stuff. Next to that: Imo its the actual best DSLR on the world market. It has no competitors now. It will be available for less than 33% of the only (nearly) competitor in IQ, the 1Ds MK III, that does not have its high ISO capabilities. Imo High ISO I is much better than Nikons D3 at € 1700 more and 9MP lower res. Sonys A900 is more expensive and has no chance.
Certainly off-topic.... with the newcome of 5D MarkII we have the oportunity to see through all these HD video documents from enthusiast 5D MarkII users day-night life in China. The point that I really like is all these videos are using photographic point of view of shooting. I hope that this global documentary will last for a long while.
I think that's a pretty sweeping statement about a company that has traditionally held back its technology, metering it out a little at a time, just so it can sell you a new camera every year. The 50D and 5D2 are really only the result of competition from DSLR newcomer Sony, and Nikon, who has also had to keep up with the Sony new releases.
Canon is honoring its rebates because it has to, in order to prevent really bad public relations from a story on ABC (or NBC or Fox or CNN) news:
"International technology company Canon, Inc. is getting severe criticism from customers and lawmakers when it announced today that its rebate agent filed for Chapter 11 and that customer rebates due to be paid by that agent would not be honored. Thousands of rebate checks to Canon customers have been returned due to Insufficient Funds. One Los Angeles based law firm has already begun soliciting customers for a class action lawsuit against the Japanese company and its American affiliate, Canon USA, Inc."
burychka wrote:
I think that's a pretty sweeping statement about a company that has traditionally held back its technology, metering it out a little at a time, just so it can sell you a new camera every year. The 50D and 5D2 are really only the result of competition from DSLR newcomer Sony, and Nikon, who has also had to keep up with the Sony new releases.
Sounds like a good company to me. When was it decided that Canon measured it’s success by catering to photographers or satisfying customers. They have no moral obligation to the pro or amateur photographer. Nikon, Canon, Sony and all of the other major imaging companies are driven by profit. Why would canon, or any other company, put all of their cards on the table?
Keep in mind that Canon is not run by a group of photographers committed to advancement of the craft. They are businessmen fueled by the almighty dollar (or Yen in Canon’s case )
mdphotography wrote:
Sounds like a good company to me. When was it decided that Canon measured it’s success by catering to photographers or satisfying customers. They have no moral obligation to the pro or amateur photographer. Nikon, Canon, Sony and all of the other major imaging companies are driven by profit. Why would canon, or any other company, put all of their cards on the table?
Keep in mind that Canon is not run by a group of photographers committed to advancement of the craft. They are businessmen fueled by the almighty dollar (or Yen in Canon’s case )
Thank goodness for Red. While I do agree that Canon and other camera companies are usually behaving ethically, as a customer I don't like how they develop and release product. I don't like how they communicate with customers.
Canon style, plus the increase in the importance of software, puts Canon at risk in the photography and video business. I doubt their senior management has a clue as to some of the foundational issues that will build future successful companies.
I ordered mine yesterday from RitzCamera (yeah, yeah, I know, but the 5% back with Fatwallet Cashback made it more palatable.)
I'm going to Hawaii on the 11th, and am thinking that I won't have it before then. If I did, then I'd be happy. Odds are I'll get it in a month plus, and I'll just have to wait for everyone else to beat it to death first.
rnb2 wrote:
For storage, seriously consider a Drobo. While it's pricey ($500 without any drives), its flexibility is awesome. Basically, unlike other external RAID setups, you can mix-and-match any drives you want, and can upgrade any one drive on-the-fly, while it's running - just pull the small drive you want to replace, and insert the new big drive. It will rebuild as you work.
I really like the idea of the Drobo, hate the steep price for basically a drive box with software. I have heard that the actual process of hotswapping will pretty much make the unit slow as molasses for a day or so until it rebuilds. Any experience for that? I'm still on the fence about getting a Drobo and would welcome any first hand dope on it.
My dealer called and they are getting 10 bodies and 10 kits plus batteries. No grips yet. They will ship on Monday. All cameras spoken for. Not sure how many they requested but it looks a bit low for them.
I just got a call from my local store (Milwaukee area). He's expecting shipment to arrive as soon as Friday otherwise Monday. I am number 1 on the list for a body only!
BubbaJon wrote:
I really like the idea of the Drobo, hate the steep price for basically a drive box with software. I have heard that the actual process of hotswapping will pretty much make the unit slow as molasses for a day or so until it rebuilds. Any experience for that? I'm still on the fence about getting a Drobo and would welcome any first hand dope on it.
Yes it is slow but it's still faster and cheaper than the alternative (of getting a 2nd complete unit to offload ALL data, and then rebuild a new volume) - plus you can still access the volume, albeit slowly.
If you do have a full backup on a different drive unit, as you should, it's a no-op, since you can simply wipe the drobo, replace drives, and restore the backup. But let's be honest, most people don't have that level of redundancy (even though they should).
Drobo is only usable in video server idea and that is not the final solution. Firewire 800 well its not so fast for video but its stable speed and for mp4 content is sufficient. But for most of the users is pricey and I think that SATA II is the best idea nowdays for such type of jobs. For us esata is the best solution. The problem is Apple is not supporting esata at the moment by native but its easy to bypass that.
About the price if Drobo cost 500US$ w/o Disks its really extremely pricey for most of the average to pro application. With 500$ you could build a 2TB Raid system disk in Sata II
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