Gorgeous. Any personal thoughts on the camera and using it? Also, how was the editing workflow? Cheers!

Wow, crystal clarity! Probably the slr lens attributes to that.

Wow! You guys are fast.

Thanks Ron. I'll be looking to do something a bit more complicated extremely soon.

I have lots of thoughts on the camera itself Bionicpix. I just finished the review, there's a link up top there.

Great job, Phil. Thanks for sharing.
Like Ron, I'm patiently (ok, maybe not so patiently) waiting for my 5D2 to arrive.

I'd like to hear more about your editing workflow as this could present a problem to some of us with older systems.

Also, how difficult is it to focus while shooting video?

Hi Bret,

I have a fairly good system and can edit natively on it. However, if you are on an older system your best bet would be to transcode the footage to another format you can edit in real time - then swap out the edl with the higher resolution material and render it out.

It's not terribly difficult to focus with the 3 inch screen, but if you want to lock critical focus I'd advise on purchasing an external monitor like the Ikon V8000HDMI or something like that.

Great job and thanks for posting this. Very inspirational

Awesome visuals. I have lived there/near there for 10+ years now and it's great to see all those spots around the pier (and under it..very cool!).

Good to see you here, Phil. I met you on the devil girl set ages ago... in fact my avatar was shot by the 2nd stringer set photog... that axl rose wannabe guy... haha.

Check my stream for similar 5D test video.

How Hot Is That!!

Thanks guys!

Tom! I remember you for sure. I've seen you poking your head around the Red forums as well!

When I work I always dress to impress :)

Great! What lens do you use ?

Uohhhhhh!
I'm astonished. Soundtrack and picture!
Especially in last 40-60 sec.

stunning.. loved it!

Beautiful work! We've added the video and the review to the 5d wiki - planet5d.com

I love the shot on 4:03. Awesome!

Beautiful scenes. The waves washing the sand at the end were magnificient.
However, I seem so notice some vignetting. Also the sky rendition in some scenes is not totally "clean" in my opinion. Comments?

Thanks again guys. Glad you liked the video and the music!

To answer Vincent's question. The lenses used for this video are:
Canon 200mm f/2.8L
Canon 85mm f/1.2L
Canon 50mm f/1.2L
Canon 24mm f/1.2L
Sigam 14mm f/2.8

NR, When it comes to the sky, it's likely due to the compression I used on the mpeg4 export.

The vignetting was done on purpose, on one shot I used my hand even to soften the edges.

phil, amazing video, very photographic and cinematic at the same time. your review for the stills is also very appreciated.

very very beautifull. Well done ;)

Great job Phil

Nice still shots. Beautiful composition. Would be nice to see some camera movement though. After all, it is video.

Absolutely gorgeous composition.

This shot from a still camera.. Simply amazing..

tnx

Great work, Phil. It must look fantastic on a 1080p monitor! Two questions:
1) what's the music?
2) what CF card(s) did you use to capture? Some say Sandisk III good enough..

'sodo

Thanks again guys.

Scott, good point. I'll be doing something more active. This was just my first test footage really.

crazed mule, 1. I just added that music info to the top there. The song is called "Last Night in L.A." from my first album DIN. I'm currently in production on my 2nd album. 2. I have used Sandisk IV 16gb and Lexar 300x 8gb cards with success. I don't have anything slower than those in my bag though. Sandisk III's are likely still good enough due to the data writing speed.

Looking forward to more, and thanks for answering all the questions. I'm sure there will be a lot more.

I am doing a lot of stop motion myslef, but after every longer session I need to have my cameras cleaned. Does the integrated cleaning system in 5DII really work?

Thanks people.

Katarzyna,

The sensor cleaning does indeed work well. I have seen a noticeable improvement on the 1Ds Mark III and the 5D Mar II with the sensor cleaning. That said, occasionally I still find a few dust bunnies. But I am pretty hard on my gear and I prefer shooting on primes. So I change my lenses a lot more than the average shooter.

Just to see how it looked on a SD timeline I downloaded your original upload file, converted it to NTSC .dv file via mpeg slipstream, placed it on the timeline and wow, it looked very good. Also mpeg slipstream playing your .mov file just blows away vimeo as far as quality playback.

natureflixs.com

Mark,

My original upload file was also compress and optimized for web delivery. The actual footage looks even better. I have since exported a Blu-ray disc with some footage and have been impressed with the quality.

Also, just hooking up the camera to a HDTV via the HDMI looks pretty stunning as well.

Phil,
I just plunked down for a 5D Mark II. I blame you and Laforet for getting me into this mess!
;)
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Have you actually hooked up the 5D Mark II to an external monitor yet whilst recording? I checked out the Ikan V80000HDMI and it looks nice. However, before I blow yet another chunk of change trying to get away from the PMW-EX1 (Murantz Audio, RedRock Mount, etc.) I'd like to know if anyone has done this in practice.

If it will stream from the camera then I'd either hook it up to an external monitor or directly into an HDMI 1394 so that I could use Adobe OnLocation CS4.

Please let me know!

Do you think that the 5d ii can soot fireworks easy ?

Godspetmonkey - I have hooked it up to the Ikan v8000HDMI and it works well. I have issues with the Ikan battery mount though :(

I don't really know of any other HDMI monitors though to really compare it to.

2spetses - Fireworks aren't the hardest thing in the world to shoot, so yes. Also, the low light capabilities of the camera will help you out. What I would do though is bring a flashlight and a sheet of paper to help lock the exposure. Otherwise the camera in a pitch black sky will go straight to ISO 3200, which for fireworks isn't really needed.

crazed mule - lol. You'll have fun with it. Trust me!

Hi, great work. how did you change focus without shaking the camera? That seems to be the hardest aspect of the 5DII. Do you have an accessory that helps you rotate the focus?

very nice video... especially for someone who's buried under the Montreal snow! Nice to think of what we would be seeing all over the world. Just got my Canon 5D Mark II yesterday, I'll share the beautiful, icy whiteness sooner than later :)

Oh & nice set of lenses there man!

Love it. I live on the "other coast" and while it's a bit cold here at the moment, I'm psyched to get out there with my new camera. Thanks for the inspiration.

Thanks! And congrats on the new body.

Phil you sure get up early! Nice work testing the 5DMkII and making me drool for f/1.2 lenses! You're gonna triple my expenditures with work like this. Thanks for contributing to the knowledge base of the world. God bless.

i watched the exemia video on your website. very impressive!

Great job. Looks awesome.

Good stuff. Love your song too.

Good work man love it..

Mike