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my first video with the 5D mark II.
for technical info, please visit my blog,
mikekobal.com/blog/?p=147
Music: Max Roach, from the Album “speak brother speak” buy the album here: amazon.com/Speak-Brother-Max-Roach/dp/B000000YUR.
hope you like it. thanks for watching.

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pixelcatcher 5 months ago

makes me want to go to NY!
Todd Burleson 5 months ago

Again, such intimacy in such a very impersonal place. Great music choice. Very smooth and crisp. Nicely done.

TB
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Todd.
Viktor VonRiesling 5 months ago

Nice vibe. It's a good ad for the Canon Mark II as well.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Viktor!
Yuli Mitsner 5 months ago

Love the colors. Did you do any color correction?
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

Thanks Yuli. AWB or Tungsten setting, colors right out of the camera, but desaturated by approx 20%
Syl Renaud 5 months ago

Good Job Mike, i enjoyed watching this keep it up !
Darin Basile 5 months ago

Again, excellent work. How do people react when they see you shooting with a tripod? I always want to do things like this but I'm not sure how to handle the awkwardness of obviously taking shots. Do you say hi to the people, say I'm just shooting random stuff, etc...

Thanks.
Matthew Brown 5 months ago

I've been practicing a lot with trying to be comfortable shooting people point blank lately myself. After a little while I realize they won't bite... usually, so I've been taking the risk to shoot people. I actually picked my tripod up and started using it like a crane, swooping it in front of strangers, lol. I say you should face your worry and go for it man!
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

haha, I don't know Matthew, I have been in situations where your crane technique would definitely get you hospitalized. But anyway, Darin, the way to do it is being totally relaxed and friendly and unobtrusive. practice.
Darin Basile 5 months ago

Thanks both. I know it's about honesty, a little connection, and respect, but some things are tough to get once people get overly aware of the camera on them.

Looking forward to more of your work.
Lawrence 4 months ago

I was thinking that watching this, you've got to remember that the 5D looks like any SLR so people might not cotton on the same as they would with a larger HD camera. That said, a healthy respect for your subject matter never goes amiss either. Great vid, truly stunning!
Rakesh Erukulla 4 months ago

completely agree with you Lawrance
Bhavik Patel 5 months ago

this is brilliant, really like the quality. this seriously could be used as an ad campaign for the canon!
olaf h. ☞ nadu 5 months ago

yes, i like it!
very nice study, great music selection, coool stuff =)
Jonathan Wing 5 months ago

I love the candid quality of these shots, and the way you caught people in their own world, with such raw emotions. Great song too.

Not to mention beautiful images!
cbrdoom 5 months ago

incroyable !
j'adore !
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

merci! great Icon, dbrdoom.
Positive Pictures 5 months ago

ouai hahahah....
c'est quasiment cute !!
QUASIMENT
Breezy 5 months ago

so great! every time I watch a video using the Canon 5D, it makes me want it even more. really awesome video!
Justin 5 months ago

As always Mike, beautiful stuff. Thanks for doing what you do.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks guys for all the encouraging comments. this was really fun to shoot, I went there during rush hour, so many people and so many tourist taking flash pictures i went totally unnoticed.
-GO- 5 months ago

Man, in the right hands that camera is at the centre of some great footage.
Max Roach is the perfect combination with the shots as well.
Nicely done
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Go!
Jon McKee 5 months ago

Great stuff Mike! It's so fun to shoot unnoticed like you did. I think this is what the Mark II does best.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Jon.
NV 5 months ago

wow
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks NV
Andrew Howe 5 months ago

Nice work Mike! How you finding the 5D after the Nikon? I have a 5D2 and my mate has a D90 but he hasn't experimented with the Video side yet.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Andrew. well now after the firmware upgrade, the Canon kicks a@@ of course. but before, I had a chance to try it out, the Nikon was better in terms of control (video). as for video quality, out of the box, the canon is a lot better. I do miss a 720p setting on the Canon since I honestly think shooting 1080p all the time is overkill. the debate about 24p vs 30p is bs in my opinion. It is so easy to slow the canon files down to 24p AND this gives a mild over crank. It is also easy to convert to 24p in post w/o changing the speed. for candid work the smaller Nikon would be better. and for the lensbaby, I find the Nikon also better because of the 1.5 crop factor, the lensbaby is just too fuzzy on the full frame.one more note, the LCD and the magnification function on the canon are better.
Andrew Howe 5 months ago

Just had one try-out since the firmware. Now realise that the best time to experiment with manual control is probably not in the pitch black of a Newton Faulkner gig :S. Still, got some acceptable shots which were just not possible till I came out of auto. When there is enough noise that the mic isn't gaining up, even the sound was passable. Not got round to editing that footage yet, just watched it back from the HDMI out.
NV 5 months ago

no, thanks to you for did that amazing work , i have never been in newyork but i hope to be there soon and thanks to your work, i can to know more from this city , thanks again.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

you are welcome, NV.
Unanimous Records 5 months ago

Great work!
Blessings
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Unanimous
c gorae 5 months ago

beautiful. Impressed with depth of field- loved the way you used vingnette on particular shots nice audio track!
I will be checking your blog for more details.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks c gorae
Natu C 5 months ago

amazing! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks natu C, how many hearts is that 9?
Natu C 4 months ago

10 !!! =.))
Ron Coker 5 months ago

5DMK2 at it's best.

I'm an advocate of the light weight tripod approach, you have demonstrated it's worth very well.

Congratulations.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Ron. yup, the only way to go. small and light with a good head on top.
Steve Henry 5 months ago

Mike, which small and light tripod with head did you use?
weno 5 months ago

great! after the kiss i saw the heart shape in the next scenes.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

haha, thanks weno.
Glenn (avene.org) 5 months ago

Looks great Mike. I only just found out the other day that there are Nikon to Canon adapters available. With that and the firmware upgrade, the 5D2 is more appealing to me now also. But I think I'll still hold out for a Scarlet.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Glenn. Of course. the scarlet will be the camera to get. it just looks like it is going to be another year or more before we will be able to get one.
Brian Torres 5 months ago

Excelente...
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Brian
Ben Lundsten 5 months ago

Very nice work love the shots and the camera
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Ben
robertanderson 5 months ago

Mike, that looks really amazing, I like the unique look you have on the city. Did you get any cops bothering you about walking around with a tripod at the station ?
Kai Stoeckel 5 months ago

way more than i expected! super farben und interessante motive.. love it
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

Danke Kai. Die farben sind sehr gut direkt aus der Kamera
XLHone 5 months ago

Great Work
and so complete camera works: )
so respectable work !!
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks XLHone. glad you checked the photos also. thank you!
Laurence Davis 5 months ago

Absolutely fantastic! Best I have seen from the 5DII yet, apart from Vincent Laforet ;D
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Laurence, yes, I dig Vincent's work, photos and video.
WeSee 5 months ago

very nice, love the tones and the soft feel
exelent music choice
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks WeSee. the colors are really nice, right out of the box.
kevin 5 months ago

color is beautiful. very nice ! 5d2 is amazing
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Kevin.
Malfr'ART 5 months ago

Canon 5D is awesooome !
marzio 5 months ago

nice work!
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks marzio.
Bertrand Bouchez 5 months ago

thinking seriously to sale my XHA1 and LEtus... 5dmk2 is amazing !!!
Justin Gedzus 5 months ago

New York, New York...
Positive Pictures 5 months ago

Flashes does bars like cmos... I don't like that and I don't get why it does that. weird.
And it's crazy how the US flag make this amazing place looking like a comercial center. I never understood why Americain people are soo proud of that flag. Without it, it could look way better.

haha - How can you film everyone without pissing off everyone - haha - good job !!

colors are nice too.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks positive pictures. it is easy I am invisible ;O) as you can see in the video, people are walking right up to me within inches, they don't register anything
Positive Pictures 5 months ago

hahaha
William Bridge 5 months ago

Hello,

Your work on this project is just amazing!

I am wondering which Programm did you use to compile your movie?

I recently bought a Canon HF200 but I can't find any programm to work on my shots.

The programm provided by Canon ImageMixer does not work with Vista.

Bye bye :)
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

on pc use pinnacle ultimate (very good and reasonable - about $100)
Luke Pygman 5 months ago

Really great shots
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Luke
William Bridge 5 months ago

Thank you so much :)
Justin Evidon 5 months ago

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Justin
Peter Hinson 5 months ago

Saw your post on cinema5D- excellent video! Dig your blog too. Keep it up!
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Peter!
Andrew Landry 5 months ago

That was excellent!
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Andrew.
silvr 5 months ago

what lens did you use? I can't believe no one has asked this yet! :)
silvr 5 months ago

scratch that; I saw the details on your blog. doh!
Federico 5 months ago

5D is unbelievable.
seems that Hollywood is gonna disappear in your hands if you keep showing how much quality we can get wich so many equipments.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

lol thanks Federico. I doubt that
Digmo 5 months ago

Do you think the 500D is capable of anything like this ?
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

Digmo, unfortunately no. the 500D is completely useless for video work @ 20fps. you are much better off getting the Nikon D5000 in that price range. Check out my Nikon D90 and D5000 movies on my blog. just scroll down.
Digmo 5 months ago

Which is bad news as I bought it last week :( 720p is 30fps though. depressed.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

oh! then don't be depressed, dude. that is great. I wish the 5Dmk2 would have a 720p mode, cuz shooting everything 1080 is overkill
Digmo 5 months ago

Thanks Mike, I would be very willing to swap :)
Shawn B. Smith 5 months ago

Amazing video, everytime im up in NY I have to look around Grand Central... much better then when I arrive in Penn Station =P
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Shawn
Jörg Brönnimann 5 months ago

good choice of music and some excellent takes.
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Joerg
Tony Austin 5 months ago

WOW, beautiful color and depth....also very very cool!
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Tony
Jake Mannion 5 months ago

thanks for posting the lens details on your blog. I was curious about that. nice work. do you have a beefy machine to edit the 1080p?
Mike Kobal 5 months ago

thanks Jake. Quadcore mac, 2.4gh, 5gb memory.
Pablo C. 5 months ago

Wonderful shots! The soundtrack was fitting, too.