OT: "Must-See Short shot with the Canon 7D"

Coursedesign wrote on 9/11/2009, 4:49 PM
This makes even me rethink what video camera to get next, for multiple reasons:

Wear a bib if you are subject to drooling...

It's just lush in a way that is not so easy to get with a traditional video camera at any reasonable price. And that's with no color grading. Zip-zilch-nada!

Of course there are situations when you need a pure "video camera" but this provides something extremely attractive at a very reasonable price point.

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Coursedesign wrote on 9/11/2009, 5:11 PM
I just noticed also that the 7D shoots 1080p H.264 at 23.976 fps, 25.000 fps and 29.97 fps.

No more 30.000p goofiness to deal with.
Laurence wrote on 9/11/2009, 5:36 PM
Does it record audio too?
Coursedesign wrote on 9/11/2009, 6:18 PM
48kHz PCM audio, which is about ideal.

Coursedesign wrote on 9/11/2009, 6:24 PM
Actual clip shot at ISO 6400:

http://vimeo.com/6413346

Would you have guessed?

No way.

Coursedesign wrote on 9/11/2009, 6:34 PM
Philip Bloom has outdone himself again:



(I was in tears from laughing so hard, even though it's not the first subtitling revision of this famous footage :O)

(Wasn't it the EX series the first time?)

farss wrote on 9/11/2009, 6:56 PM
Thanks for that. Just about every working day I have to endure someone telling me we should have bought a 5D.
We actually got a bit smart and bought all the accessories for the 5D as many who've bought them and a set of lenses have no money left for the bits to make the camera usable.

Bob.
Coursedesign wrote on 9/11/2009, 10:31 PM
Brilliant, Bob!

And the 7D is a thousand bucks less ($1699 at B&H, on backorder alas), in addition to taking more lenses and records video at a higher bit rate [than the 5D MkII] for max. quality...

The 5D is the better still camera though, for all but nature photographers who need the 60% tele boost of the 7D.
Coursedesign wrote on 9/11/2009, 10:58 PM
Hmmm, it also shoots full quality 720p slow motion (720p59.94 footage conformed to 29.97 fps).