ohhh....myyyyy.....godddd

Amaizing, nice shots!!! :)

Beautiful! I feel like saying run for your life man when I saw the Lynx come toward you... Was this in the forest or a Zoo?

Excellent. I would love to dowload this to see HD through my PS3. thanks

Nice footage ! :)

It really looks as if you amongst the cats.

How do you know you shot this at 800 ISO ? Is there a way to tell ?

You can adjust the settings and block them.

Bravo!

beautiful, until i read your blurb i didn't realise the cats were in an enclosure. i thought you were in the wild with them. ha.

i had been wondering how this camera would perform in bright light, as lots of other examples have shown off the low light capabilities of the 5dMarkII.

can't get much brighter than snow :)

Beautiful work, Stefan... really stunning.

Quick question:
I just received my production-model 5D2 this week, and I'm dying to know how you're able to control your exposure settings while shooting video.

Everything I'm experiencing with it tells me it's all automated, but your previous comment was "You can adjust the settings and block them." Can you explain that a little better?

Other than using the * button to lock-in the current auto-exposure, I find no other way to control the settings. What I wouldn't give to at least be able to choose my f-stop.

Thoughts? Thanks much!

-eaa

that's the way to go: AV-mode, select f-stop and press *

Hmmm. Are you using a pre-production model, or one of the final ones released just this past week?

On my camera, even in aperture priority mode (AV), dialing the aperture wheel does absolutely nothing while in live-view. The aperture always seems to use the widest setting available on the lens (4.0 in the case of the 24-105). I've checked around on other sites, and that seems to be the consensus with Canon's final version of this camera.

Here's a statement Vincent Laforet made in the comments section of his 11/26/08 blog post:

"unfortunately you DO have to trick the camera… it is not Aperture priority. I was led to believe (innocently - as there was very little information available at the time) that you would be able to do this - perhaps with the production camera - but it looks like there will be no true Aperture priority mode on the production camera at this point. It’s disappointing to say the least. Not real sure why Canon is not allowing true Aperture priority mode - all of the buttons/settings/menu items are in place. Forget 24p - Aperture priority (where you can set your aperture, and ISO) are much more important in my opinion."

As someone who primarily picked this machine up for it's video capability, I find this a bit aggravating. I was hoping maybe you'd discovered some slick workaround, but I'm guessing yours has different, pre-release firmware.

I really appreciate your quick response, tho!

Using non Canon lenses with a mechanical aperture ring seems to be the best choice.

Yup. Same conclusion I am reaching. Canon is going to be helping to sell a lot of Nikon glass.

Wow.

I managed it somehow to take the shot with the trees with f22 - but I can't reproduce it. Don't konw how I've done it...
I think I'll go to the attic and search for my old FD lenses...

Amazing. That's a great camera. I thought that lynx was going to get you at one point. Beautiful.

Прекрасные рыси!!! :)

National Park!... Somethink like special artificial reserv for these beauthifull animals!!!...

Magnifico!!!

I really loved the video and I can't wait until I get my 5d2.
Beautiful job, well done and thanks so much.

Oh wow.
The 'snow-in-your-face' scene was totally awesome!
Although some of the transitions were not so smooth, you got some great scenes! I loved it.
I have to say it seemed to me as if the cat was trying to get closer and closer to you, and I kept waiting to see what will happen??... but nothing did... :)

super! I've added to the 5d wiki - planet5d.com

Good Kitty!

Wow, wow, wow! Danke Stefan!
So wunderschöne, scheue Tiere, besonderes schön gefilmt... Wilkommen bei "Friends of Trees"!
Zofia

:sad: my comp is so slowly for this HD vid
and i think all problem in flash (not perfect technology use 100% of my cpu, p4 3ghz) =((

this looks incredible. why do i bother with video cameras anymore?

Beautiful shots, beautiful animals. The lynx were obviously curious and unafraid. The one that kept trying to get closer to you, reminded me a bit of my cat when she is 'play stalking' me. You are very privileged - in the wild you'd never see them - or only very rarely, and even more briefly.

wow!!! LOOOOVE LYNXs!!! sooooooooooooooooooo PRECIOUS!! thank YOU!!! cheers, sarah .:.

Nice!!! Cats of any kind I fine particularly interesting. Rarely does the average person get to capture the expressions like that.

Fantastico!

Simply beautiful - thank you!

Really gorgeous scene of winter...........For more such beautiful videos and photos click on uploaded.tv

Even if I know good things can be done with no money, I have to admit, with good gears (and the good crew), things would look crazy.
Amazing work!
And those big cats walking in the snow...purrrrrr

wow it's so beatiful :)

1 question why would anyone buy a camcorder if video of this magnitude can by produced on this camera . Is it hard to convert to video

This is very wow!
Lovely music also.

This is very beatiful....

piękne

now that's a gato

Wow I thought that cat was going to eat you, LOL. I would love to get one of those cameras but I invested to much into my Nikon D200. Oh well, great stuff though.

Hi Stefan.
Beutiful video, really... well done.
it would be very nice of you if you could share with the community the ORIGINAL 5d.mov file to download.
Nobody does so far and it reaaly is an important issue for future 5d buyers to be able to check uncompressed data to really understand the quality of the video...

please...

Very nice work. I'll second asking that you share the original upload file. I would love to convert it with mpeg slipstream to a .dv SD file so I could view it on my SD editing system. If it looked good then I am going to buy the Mark II and upgrade to an HD editing system.

natureflixs.com

very impressive, great shots!

such incredibly beautiful creatures, and great footage of them, and now I'm even more looking forward to picking up my Mark II! yay! ...thanks muchly for the info re the ISO and exposure settings in comments, this is very good to know before I buy :)

Such an awesome sight to see these creatures. Glad you braved the cold so we could all watch it :)

Amazing... makes me wanna buy this camera this instant!!!

I had no idea that there were Lynx in Europe!

I was really wanting a Nikon D90, but I believe the Canon 5D might be better...
This is beautiful. Exquisite!

wonderful

Awesome video, I just bought a Nikon D90, quality looks the same to me.

amazing how the canon still cameras now shoot 1080p video, watch out scarlet! very awesome vid.

Kitties! :)

Fantastic! One of the better video here! Thank you!

Gorgeous animals, gorgeous video
lovely

Miao!

God is so awesome!

awesome video, really...!

That was awesome!! really enjoyed it, the clarity was unbelievable

Incredible!

I love cats. What a beautiful video.

Wow!. Beautiful cats. Well shot.

Very Very Nice Video!! So Beautiful!!

Superb thank you

graceful. are you involved with the reintroduction program? Beautiful footage and editing.
Thank you.

What I find the most beautifull is how the linx is intrigued by the camera, and how he's coming slowly to you, to us...
I bet that it was a very emotionnal moment...

The Lynx is not intrigued by the camera - it is intrigued by my dog ;-)

Incredible footage.

Amazing work... the snow passing through the trees right at you was a great shot.

bums, if I had held of a year from buying my HVX200. ah well.

Wow, amazing shots you've got. I bet the full hd quality can pass for BluRay production. Well done!

This looks like something from the Planet Earth series of films. Really really excellent video!

V.E.W.
Very Excellent Work!

The best wildlife video so far viewed on Vimeo.

luchse sind genial ,)

What happens to the vertical lines if you pan quickly?

yummy music choice makes this serene & lovely.
feel like we can almost tell what that cat was thinking.

yet with different music it could be a "When Lynx Almost Attack!!!" video. : 0 hooray

Wow, Amazing

Beautifully done! Lynx are such amazing creatures, I'd love to have an opportunity to observe the cats as you did in such a natural setting. Your dog must be extremely well trained to sit quietly as you filmed.

Amazing, an excellent wildlife video, breathless

Stunning Stefan! Next time I will go back to the Harz and not for skiing this time!

that was great! :]

Great vid, but I was scared for you for a second there.

Simply amazing. I love the shots of the cat coming right at you. Isn't this camera something. I did this the day after I got it in the mail. It's so familiar if you already came from the canon line. vimeo.com/2562442

Very very good!I would be receiving with pleasure video like this!

Absolutely amazing! Beautiful, proud, wild creatures!

Very nice, thanks for sharing!
It looked as if that lynx was heading towards you. How far away were you from it?

Hi all,
Sorry if i'm going off topic and using your video for some technical help! Great video by the way.
EOS Utility keeps crashing half way through transferring video files. They are about 11 minutes in length at 1920x1080. I've had no problem transferring a whole cards worth of shorter 1 minute clips.

I'm on OSX 10.5.6., using EOS Utility 2.5.1. I'm using an 8GB SanDisk Extreme IV card. I'm on a 2.4GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 GB Ram Macbook Pro.

Has anybody else had this problem, or suggest what the issue may be? Is there a maximum file size limit? The manual doesn't mention this. I'd guess an 11 minute clip is about 3.5 GB. I've even tried reinstalling the EOS software and formatting the memory card with no luck.

Any help would be great, i'm pulling my hair out!
Jim

It's very annoying. I've found that if the video is over 4 minutes i have to pull them off one at a time, or it crashes the entire machine.

ha exactly! I just have to take them off the card one at a time if they are long videos. Strange, i've not encountered anyone else with these issues!

Very amazing video Stefan. The shots of the trees at the beginning knocked me and my brother out of our seats. Absolutely gorgeous looking.

How's the autofocus, or just focus in general on that thing? At some points it looked like you were struggling to focus it, and during the last few seconds, as the lynx ran away, you seemed to lose the focus entirely.

>>Dan

This is absolutely beautiful and inspirational. Just picked up a 5D Mark II and hope to be shooting beautiful video like this!

This is really beautiful.

Großartig!!!! Super!!!
Wie wandelst Du das Canon Material, wenn du PAL-HD
z.B. für eine DVD brauchst?!?!?
Grüße aus München!

Simply gorgeous cinematography. Who would have guessed that one day you could shoot this kind of video with a digital SLR camera? Great work.

It's interesting to see how the lynx approached the blind you were shooting from. That's one curious kitty!

Some very nice shots - beautiful cats

Wonderful footage and close-ups! Curious kitties...at least one. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the lynx approach.