Comments on: Canon 5D MK II – Challenges and Solutions

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:04:39 +0000

Ashik. Having a solid camera rig, and being aware of your movement are the best ways to remove rolling shutter. Adobe CS6 also have some tools to help stabilize motion in post.

By: Ashik

Ashik — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:40:34 +0000

will u pls pls explain or make a new post about “rolling Shutter” how get rid of it… i found lots of films made by DSLR but they don’t have rolling shutter !!! How???

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:58:54 +0000

Ron, thanks for always sharing. You rock Ron.

By: Bob Demers

Bob Demers — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:37:01 +0000

Excellent! I thought I was loosing my mind, so used to tungsten stock and video cameras that had nice response curves to tungsten. I look forward to that blog.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:21:27 +0000

Bob D, I am doing a blog post specifically on this. I have a work around and I think it will help you. Those 80 series will be great with the Red One and Epic.

By: Bob D

Bob D — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:38:42 +0000

Has anyone noticed that Canon DSLRs (I use the 7Ds) are particularly fond of daylight, not so much tungsten or otherwise? My colors seem more realistic when exposed with daylight. That said, would there be any benefit to digging out the 80 series filters, FL-Ds, etc.?

By: Cj Hurd

Cj Hurd — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:21:58 +0000

Hi Shane,
I currently own a 5D II and I’m wondering what your thoughts are on switching over to the new 6D? The main reason I’m considering is because of the All-I compression, time code and hdmi out (for better monitoring).

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:05:15 +0000

Ruben Fernandez, I checked it out, looks very good. Nice little spot. Thanks for sharing

By: Ruben Fernandez

Ruben Fernandez — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:31:37 +0000

One challenge I recently met and conquered was shooting with the 5D on a virtual set (all greenscreen). My VFX supervisor and me where a bit worried we where going to screw up but the budget didn’t allow for a Scarlet, which would have been my camera of choice for greenscreen work. Anyways we shot this 20 second commercial with the 5D mark III and the ALL-I codec was not only not problematic, it keyed all my mattes beautifully! My VFX supervisor in particular was stoked! If you have the time Shane take a look, it’s only 20 seconds long!
https://vimeo.com/49270513

By: Bob Franco

Bob Franco — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:35:06 +0000

Shane,
For people who don’t want to spend the money on the upcoming 1DC what do you think of
the 1DX for video? I know it’s not 4k but do you see it as a substantial move up from the
Mark III or as an alternative to the 1DC?
Thanks,
Bob

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:24:08 +0000

Cameron VanAusdal,these comments inspire me to continue what I do. Thank you so much for your wonderful words and support. Part two is coming in hot on Wed.

By: Cameron VanAusdal

Cameron VanAusdal — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:43:41 +0000

Shane I can’t say enough about how much I appreciate your willingness to educate and share. I have spent many years directing, shooting and editing in a corporate environment, only dreaming of making the jump to films, while feeling like I didn’t have the skill set to do it.

Your blog help me not only the knowledge, but the courage to take the next step and write and shoot my own short film using the 5D Mark II. It’s been an educational, invigorating, and wild ride!

Thanks and keep up the good work!

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:41:08 +0000

seenematic, I agree, but that changes the footprint of the camera too much for all of my rigs. I went with the AC adapter and power off of a Anton Bauer Dionic 90 externally now.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:39:43 +0000

Gavin Bearfield-Boyd, Ha ha, I will tell Myles. Hope to look at it soon.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:38:52 +0000

Vincent Follézou, sweet, I will check it out. Thanks for the heads up and sharing

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:38:15 +0000

Coil, you are very welcome. The guidebook is proprietary to B & H, sorry about that, just the videos we own. Go with the MK III. Overall it is a better camera then the MK II.

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:27:28 +0000

Bob Demers, Nice, going to employ this now. Thanks so much for the support

By: Keidrych Wasley

Keidrych Wasley — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:43:05 +0000

i tested the MKII against MKIII regarding sharpness and noticed very little difference. Because the MKIII doesn’t have aliasing there is a smoother edge to things which could give the sense of it being a touch softer. You can always gently sharpen the MKIII footage in post if necessary which you can’t do with the MKII. I say go for MKIII. The lack of aliasing and moire is a big deal. Also, i don’t see fixed pattern noise, and find i can push the footage much more than the MKII. Try shooting something dark with the MKIII, then process to ProRes with 5D to RGB and set the gamma to something like 1.5. You will see dramatic changes in the blacks with next to no noise! I can’t do the same when i process and grade the footage normally. I used premiere with the MKII but the MKIII opens up amazingly with 5D to RGB.

By: seenematic

seenematic — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:07:42 +0000

Hi Danielle, in my experience using a battery grip also prevents overheating. Probably becos the batteries are no longer inside the camera and don’t heat the inside as much.

By: Bob Demers

Bob Demers — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:48:50 +0000

Tip for locking shutter speed: Use 2:Custom Controls to assign shutter speed to the Quick Control Dial, and aperture to the main dial. Then use the quick control lock to lock shutter speed. Also note that C.FN 2 lets you assign what gets locked….

Love what you’re doing Shane.