Comments on: Canon 5D MK II & The Video Village Challenge

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:34:00 +0000

KahL, you rock my friend and thank you so much for your kind words ands support.

By: KahL

KahL — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:14:48 +0000

Shane I just picked up two projects from a good friend/Director of mine. As soon as he asked about remote monitors for the Canons, I immediately referred him to your blog.

Thank you for your vast knowledge and sharing of it for all us junior Cinematographers. Hope to see you again soon :)

By: Shahzayb

Shahzayb — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:07:17 +0000

Thanks, Shane for replying.

I have just one more question. I have seen you guys using HP Dreamcolors and were you guys plugging hdmi output to the screen because many times what Canon DSLR’s such as 5D and 7D does, they bring this 1:1 aspect ratio on screen. Do you have something to say about that? And working with 5D footage, what was the post-work, did you guys by any chance change the codec or something ?

Thanks Again. You’re Amazing. Love your work.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:34:31 +0000

Shahzayb, The 5D only delivers 480 out of the HDMI when recording, the 7D delivers 1080, so yes you can extract onto a external device but you will see the red dot. For this you can go to Magic Lantern http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Lantern_Firmware_Wiki or DSLR Shooter did a blog about it as well http://www.dslrnewsshooter.com/2012/07/19/the-new-magic-lantern-2-hack-for-canon-dslrs-marcus-waterloo-tests-if-it-ready-for-pro-use/. I shot all of Act of Valor on a Canon 5D without an external recording device http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oLSBOIMX3o

By: Shahzayb

Shahzayb — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:05:39 +0000

Hello, All.

I just wanted to ask you all, if 5D and 7D both gives out 1080p footage through HDMI when recording if it does that, than we could get AJA up and running with our DSLR’s through HDMI input, and get uncompressed footage around 200 and above Mbits, with AppleProRes 422 (HQ) Codec. Can we do that, if not, any better solutions to get higher quality footage. Besides the compressed h264 which canon gives us ?

By: Just

Just — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:30:48 +0000

There’s absolutely nothing I appreciate more than visiting this blogging site every single evening after work. Thanks a bunch for most of the wonderful articles!!

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Video production — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:57:17 +0000

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By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:15:25 +0000

Sebastian, I love the color of the SmallHD monitor. I feel you can expose correctly off of that monitor as well as judge color and contrast. I love that you can flip the screen, the menu’s make sense you do not need an engineer degree to find all the controls. Love the Neoprene Monitor shade as well.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:29:07 +0000

Shane — your help is still incomparable in the field. Thanks again, I’m a frequent ‘questioner’ of your tactics.

What’s your thoughts on the best small, handheld-rig-mounted monitor that gives the most true color / besides the LCD onboard which I know you believe to be the truest. But for those of us that need a bigger screen on the rig, what’s your investigation shown to show the truest representation?

Thanks again

Sebastian

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:35:43 +0000

El Masry, Thank you so much for your kind words. I would go to fotodiox’s website and look for these adapters. They have the best selection. Don’t buy the cheap ones, you will need to spend at least 60-80.00.

By: El Masry

El Masry — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:07:38 +0000

hiiiiiii
I am very happy with these pictures and I felt like I traveled in the workshop.
I have a problem that i have 6 lenses of carl zeiss T 1.4
But have been modified to BNCR mount
i have photos for these lenses
i want to know which kind of adapters i will buy
thank you

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By: Kevin Schmitt

Kevin Schmitt — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:20:22 +0000

Hi Billy, Hi Shane, we built kind of a similar workflow. Right now we go from the Canon to a HDMI Splitter mounted to the cam rig. From the HDMI Splitter to a 7-inch on-cam monitor and the other HDMI to a Blackmagic HDMI to SDI box. The HD-SDI signal goes to video village where it runs thru a Blackmagic HDLink Pro 3D DisplayPort and out to a 24-inch monitor via DisplayPort and/or via SDI loop-through to another monitor. As we switched to using Technicolors CineStyle the HDLink Pro also works as a LUT box applying a S-curved 3D LUT to the image output to the 24-inch monitor. So we have a flat image on the 7-inch at cam. A graded image at the 24-inch in video village for the client and a option to have another ungraded image via SDI loop-through in video village either for another monitor or (as I hope in the near future) for direct recording of the 8bit 4:2:2 signal.
Shane, have you ever considered external recording of the HD signal?

By: Josua Fischer

Josua Fischer — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:00:59 +0000

Shane,
thanks so much for all the information on this blog. my production studio is about to make the switch to DSLRs and your site has been a huge source of information. I was wondering though what you use for wireless video transmission, I am looking at the IPX CW-5HD. and how important do you think it will be for handheld work, I want it mainly for wireless focus pulling.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:19:00 +0000

VNF?

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:12:00 +0000

TBERN, the Stream is also called “The Cube.” It is a WI-Fi device that weights 6oz, sits on your 5D and streams 460p wirelessly to any computer, laptop, or ipad or iphone with a simple handshake. It is truly amazing. I like the small HD monitors but I have developed a new VNF that will hit the market soon and these archaic devices will not be needed anymore.

By: TBERN

TBERN — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:40:19 +0000

Shane,

I’m old school 35mm director/dp and have been shooting 5D II since they came out. What is this “stream” you guys are talking about? Also, i always get an HD image when lighting, it’s not till you roll that the output drops down to SD. Check out smallhd.com DP6 monitor. Built just for the 5D bullshit and only true 5.6 inch monitor in the world. Sharpest image ever. Plus it’s tough. Badass little monitor, Marshall can’t touch it!!!

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:33:56 +0000

Timothy Jones, it will help. Stream will help the most. That is what I am talking about.

By: Timothy Jones

Timothy Jones — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:54:28 +0000

When the new RedRock Micro EVF comes out that will solve alot!!

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:33:12 +0000

Dana, yes it gives you a pretty good rendition ignite color even though the Dreamcolor engine is not engaged. I am working with HP to be able to enable the engine on the 2480. I am working with there tech specialist. I should have an answer fairly soon. You can not use the rec 709 space or any of those other functions on the monitor because the engine won’t turn on. I am working to get around that so that you can light with rec 709 and know that with my picture style you are seeing more information.