Chuck Kuhn wrote:
It's a steal, sure thing, and Canon will be coming out with a Mark III with the Video Auto Focus in May. The 5D Mark II is manual focus when shooting video.
Just to be more accurate 5D markII has AF on Demand function during video recording by pressing continously AF button. I have worked with mine today and I checked this function during some archiving videos of Xmas at Athensof2008 and I can confirm that this AF function works in a very usefull way even if you are trying to track a moving towards to your camera subject. The only problem that i have is to choose a suitable way of working with the H264 compressed material that just kills my dual core AMD system.
So it appears that the max will be required of many computers or upgrade, for the video?
My long used and useful PowrBood G4 may not, does not have it. Not only in limited ram but in the cpu. Well, the new camera requires upgrading from not only my 4gb cf cards, to more storage, to a new and more powerful computer. What I wonder is how this will all work for me on my work when I go into the field. As in my work for a year and a half in China with the Kam minority people, the G4 was fine with files from the 5D but the much larger files of the 5DII and then video would be way too taxing at the end of the day. So what portable, and small portable, is going to have the power to work effectively and with speed? More investigation. Maybe it all just part of the continuous curve until the sun goes super nova. :^)
No more kits on B&H.
Ok, one more question and I have asked this before but have not read anything about it.
Editing on a Mac works well. Editing on a PC doesn't. Apple's Windows Quicktime h.264 implementation is weak to say the least.
I have been researching this for a few weeks now. Amazing how a much less spec'd Mac can handle the footage smoothly in Final Cut Pro or even iMovie (scrubbing on the timeline... multi-stream, etc...) On PC, it stutters and skips frames and is generally impossible to use in an NLE for most average machines. I have tried several NLEs too.. So for now, my MBPro is what I am using.
Self-cleaning seems to be working well; lots of lens changes in lots of outdoor settings in the past weeks and not a bit of dust has stayed on the sensor. Its even better than my XTi was in this. Maybe its a better coating coupled with the vibration at start-up and power-down. Who knows.
Fantastic! When I was in China working there were times I had to hand clean the sensor every day. I got good at it but what a pain. I was cleaning all three cameras once in a room, with no heat at around 15 degrees.
Where does the dust go when the camera shakes it from the sensor?
I am glad to hear that the Macs do good with the video. I would have loved to have had this when working with the Kam. Oh well, next time.
apdieb wrote:
Editing on a Mac works well. Editing on a PC doesn't. Apple's Windows Quicktime h.264 implementation is weak to say the least.
I have been researching this for a few weeks now. Amazing how a much less spec'd Mac can handle the footage smoothly in Final Cut Pro or even iMovie (scrubbing on the timeline... multi-stream, etc...) On PC, it stutters and skips frames and is generally impossible to use in an NLE for most average machines. I have tried several NLEs too.. So for now, my MBPro is what I am using.
The Disaster keyword is QuickTime over PC. The solution is remove the Quicktime and work in any other format perfectly in PC. I made a conversion to to DVCPRO 100HD to check that out and it seems that its works smoothly in Edius so I will find the most clever way to work without the use of MBP (I am waiting the QuadCore MBP to go for a Mac)
Yeah, it has something I have wondered about ever since the self cleaning sensors have come out Where do those little bits of matter go? I mean you can neither create or destroy matter. :^)
There is an adhesive pad at the bottom of the sensor cover that grabs fallen dust. That's why the manual states you should set the camera on a table while it's cleaning.
I am wondering what 100º plus temperatures will do to the sticky pad. But I am sure you can get the pad replaced at the Canon Service Center.
According to the manual, the camera's not supposed to be there. Then again, according to the manual, during long video or Live View sessions, the camera could get hot enough to burn your fingers, which is considerably more than 100º F. I guess that's called "self destruction."
But again, it's probably a question to ask on an Olympus forum to see what their experiences have been.
Maybe after shooting video for 12 minutes a prompter will appear on the screen with the warning "This camera will self-destruct in exactly 1 minute unless you shut it down!"
RDKirk wrote:
According to the manual, the camera's not supposed to be there. Then again, according to the manual, during long video or Live View sessions, the camera could get hot enough to burn your fingers, which is considerably more than 100º F. I guess that's called "self destruction."
jamato8 wrote:
An adhesive pad? How long will the pad last and what happens if you have to wet clean?
It's a huge mess, let me tell you. Cleaning my 1Ds & 1Ds2 was a breeze; with the 1Ds3, it became a nightmare. It's actually even worse with brushes - brushes are the death with self cleaning sensors. You get sticky goo onto the brush and onto the sensor.
stanj wrote:
It's a huge mess, let me tell you. Cleaning my 1Ds & 1Ds2 was a breeze; with the 1Ds3, it became a nightmare. It's actually even worse with brushes - brushes are the death with self cleaning sensors. You get sticky goo onto the brush and onto the sensor.
There are times when something actually gets stuck to the sensor. How are you supposed to clean this then? Does anyone have an idea? Sending a camera back Canon is not an option when in the field in a remote area and frankly I don't want to send a camera in for something I can do.
