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Canon have done what they should of done before the 5D Mark 2 came out, that is give us full control over, aperture, and ISO settings. The camera with the new firmware is now the real deal giving us the power to style our shots how we want them. It was the second most exciting thing that came out from Canon, the first being the camera itself.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T DOWNLOADED IT YET DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!

This is some footage before and after the firmware update. You cant tell the difference because I was tricking the camera before the update by using the "Old Twist The Lens On The Camera Trick" I don't have to worry about dropping the lens off the front anymore.

THANK YOU CANON..... NOW GIVE US REAL VIDEO CAMERA WITH THE 5D TECHNOLOGY......

Luv Fletch

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Andrew Linga 5 months ago

Great Footage! You're the reason why I am purchasing the 5D!
Lock In Productions 5 months ago

I was gunna say the same thing, dude
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Cheers Guys!
Paul Holman 5 months ago

Wow ! Very, very nice shots. An excellent camera, in your hands anyway !
Brad McGiveron 5 months ago

great stuff Michael !!!

what lenses are you using there ?
Peter Andrews 5 months ago

According to the spotlight on planet5d, it looks like he was using "Canon Prime lenses 24mm, 50mm, 85mm, 400mm"
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

You got it in one Peter. Dont forget the 100-400mm.
Nick Keating 5 months ago

Incredible footage Mike. Your films continue to provoke my wanting a 5D!
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Thanks Nick. We have gone down this path before. Just buy one and pick up the Scarlet for your troubles.
aleksey grishchenko 5 months ago

for me it's telling not about great camera, but about a great photographer. and about (with a high probability) quite good director of photography for film.
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Too kind Aleksey. Thanks.
Zachary Morgan 5 months ago

Seriously. These shots are world class. You should be filming movies.
molekyl 5 months ago

Great! And once more for the Canon-Folks: THANK YOU CANON..... NOW GIVE US REAL VIDEO CAMERA WITH THE 5D TECHNOLOGY......
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

I'll second that Molekyl.
domenico bandiera 5 months ago

fantastico mi chiedo sempre che preset usi con Finulcut
Darwin SLG 5 months ago

...Beautiful...
Alain Pilon 5 months ago

Incredible. It is hard to believe that you live in the same world as mine!
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Just in a different hemisphere.
Dominic Sotirescu 5 months ago

I love the soft focus in many of the scenes!
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

The depth of field is great now that we can control it. Thanks Dominic.
Daniele Zedda 5 months ago

Another fantastic video mike, the first images I already saw, and the new ones are breath taking.
As always: thanks for the inspiration.
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

No probs Daniele. Glad you liked it. How are you going with your 5D. Have you uploaded the firmware update yet?
Daniele Zedda 5 months ago

I am doing great, I got the new firmware a couple hours after release ;)

Cheers Mike.
Northern Light Films 5 months ago

Stunning footage as usual! Keep it up Mike! I would like to see a bit more movement in the footage though... just to have an idea of where the camera starts to show weakness in regard to quicker pans... etc. It would be nice to be able to see where the limitations are, to help me in my decision of getting a 5D. Thanks again for your great work Mike! Peace
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Thanks mate. I have had issues with panning with the 5D especially slow pans. I was using a Canon L series 100-400mm with image stabiliser and it seemed to pan without any stepping or jumps. I will investigate further to see if there is something that has changed when I edit.

Mike
Ashley Harrison 5 months ago

amazing!
Brian Z 5 months ago

good stuff. so canon, when can we expect your video cam lineup update..hm?
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Exactly. Come on Canon give us some info.
Jeff Wood 5 months ago

wow
Jani Saajanaho 5 months ago

Rly good stuff indeed! How did you manage to slow down the footage so much? I'm referring to the scenes with helicopter.
john kopec 5 months ago

Yes, I was wondering that myself
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Cant answer that in a tech sense. All I did was disconnect the lens from the body and the blades slowed down. If someone can explain why that would be great but in the end it doesn't really matter. If it looks great who cares.

Thanks for watching.
Ear Photo Image 5 months ago

Im sorry but that makes no sense at all, you disconnected the lens from the body and that somehow allowed the 5d to capture footage at 120 frames per second?!? Wow thats some trick :)

When i do that, the camera doesn't work very well. Besides that, some gorgeous shots and work there, nicely done.
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

The camera is not shooting at 120fps. Dont ask me how it works but when you disconnect the lens you only do it by about a millimeter. Any more and the camera wont work properly. It works as that is how I did it. No other camera used, no bullshit. Pardon the swearing.
Waynester 4 months ago

So what was your shutter speed when you did the trick of pulling out the lens? another thing, do you use Manual? AV or TV? beautiful shots by the way!
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

No Idea on the shutter speed WayneO I was too busy getting blown around by the rotor blade wash. With the new firmware loaded I only use Manual. Thanks for the comment.
Anton Woldhek 4 months ago

It could be that by chance you hit the shutterspeed was almost exactly in sync with the rotation speed of the rotors. This same effect you see when you film car rims. Because the wheel does a complete spin(s)+a lil bit it seems like the rim is moving slow, it has actually done a whole rotation or in this case probably several rotations + a lilbit more. And also ofcourse, you sometimes see car rims on film that seem to be going backwards, that is because the wheel is spinning almost once completly in between shutter open & closes.
But I guess the answer to the original question, how did you manage the great looking slomotions is: there is no slow motion.
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

Best answer so far Anton. The blades weren't slowed down in post but overall I did slow down this footage to 80% of it's origional speed.
Jason Armstrong 4 months ago

I think it's a combination of a high shutter speed which freeze the blades reducing the motion blur between frames and the frame rate vs shutter speed vs the blades rotation making it look smooth and continuous. The wrong ratio of those 3 elements could have come out looking like a different effect altogether

I'm sure the reduced speed of the footage made it more graceful as well.
Fahad 5 months ago

alluring
planetMitch 5 months ago

Michael, we've spotlighted your work on the planet5D blog!

blog.planet5d.com/2009/06/video-spotlight-michael-fletcher-and-the-canon-eos-5d-mark-ii/
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Thanks Mitch.
Mansoor 5 months ago

wow .. good work man!
Kevin DeOliveira 5 months ago

AMAZING. The clarity in detail from the 5D always amazes me. Makes me excited to use Reds new cams.
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Red smed. We may have to wait until it comes out and who knows when that will be. Red excel at marketing hype. But one thing is for sure, I'll be getting one if they are any good. Cheers Kev.
Renato Dibelčar 5 months ago

Perfect work!
Jean-Côme Bouden 5 months ago

awesome !!
Peter Ligtvoet 5 months ago

Great especially the black & white eye with a little color in the pupil!
rauf 5 months ago

amazing stuff, all scenes with chopter are breathtaking, and this frame with ray of lights...great!
paramon 5 months ago

unreal Mike, just freakin unreal!
kedarvideo 5 months ago

Hi Mike, great shots as usual! Although I fully appreciate your artistic skills (and this is the main thing), I still wonder about a technical aspect, if I may: what encoder and which settings did you use to make this version for vimeo. This would help me and other vimeo users a lot. I work with Mac so the question is if it can be done with a software that runs on Mac. I realized that the best footage is only the first step before the final step of encoding correctly, because everything goes through flash here and looses some of its original quality. -Kedar
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Hi Kedar

Vimeo has a great tutorial by some guy who goes through step by step in compressor how to get best results for uploading to Vimeo. Just search their help vids and you should find it. I did this ages ago and I have it saved in compressor so all I do is press a button and its done. Cant remember the settings of the top of my head. Good luck.

Mike
Adam Hodgins 5 months ago

I would also like to ask the question that Jani posed... "How did you manage to slow down the footage so much? I'm referring to the scenes with helicopter."
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Hi Adam. See above comments.
Harold U. 5 months ago

these shots are freaking amazing i love it
Aron Campisano 5 months ago

I'd like to second Jani's question about the slow-mo helicopter... how did you do that with a 30fps source from a Mark II?
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

See above comments MP.
Johannes Courtens 5 months ago

Ok.. when I think as soon as I get the money for this camera I am buying it! Eff child suport lol jk.. :P
Aaron Marshall 5 months ago

It looks incredible. What's the twisting the lens trick?
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

You had to disconnect the lens a couple of mm to keep your aperture set and maintain the depth of field you wanted. You dont have to do it anymore as the firmware update fixed all that.
Aaron Marshall 5 months ago

Are those helicopter blades really bent, or is that the CMOS sensor skewing?
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Nope. The blades were as straight as. Dont ask me how it happened as I have no idea. Looks good though. Thanks for watching Aaron.
Jessy Cyganczuk 5 months ago

Holy balls, that is almost orgasmic !
Cargutro 5 months ago

Simplemente maravilloso
MidnightStar Video 5 months ago

AMAZING stuff, what did you do your color grading in? Fantastic!
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

FCP mate.
Docmorzy 5 months ago

Strange rolling effect on the rotor blades !
Anthony Parisey 5 months ago

Hello your footage is stunning but I'm wondering as others how did you do the slow motion?????Hmmm?!
But congratulations
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

See Above Anthony.
dotcomboom 5 months ago

could easily be a movie - its that good - just needs some serious acting talent....!!

geat work....
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Cheers.
Leclerc Brothers Motion Pictures 5 months ago

Love it!
Ear Photo Image 5 months ago

Im going to guess the helicopter shot is done with his other cam at 60i
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Nope only had one camera. That was the 5D. See above for the explanation.

Cheers Big Ears!!!
Rob Imbs 5 months ago

How in are you getting such clarity at all of those different frame rates when the camera shoots 29.97fps?? How are you under/over cranking in general with the 5d?
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Everything was shot at 30 fps except for the timelapse stuff which is a series of still images put together as a quicktime movie. Cranking is done in FCP. The 5D is an amazing camera for its cost.
Paul Stayt 5 months ago

Wow!!!! I am speechless!

Incredible footage, well cut and edited.

I really want a 5D mk II now!!!
Michael Fletcher 5 months ago

Get one now Paul. You wont be disappointed.
Paul Stayt 5 months ago

Hahaha, wish I could, need to save the pennies first :D
Wayne Avanson 5 months ago

Shame I can't watch this in HD on my ageing G5 or download it so I could get a real hatefest going…
Seriously nice work. You have the eye of a poet that's for sure.
(but if you could let him have it back sometime, he'd appreciate it.)

Avey
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

The eyes are a bit blurry these days Avey. Too much beer, wine and my favorite, Drambuie. I promise as soon as I have pestered the networks with this stuff I'll send you the full res files.

In the meantime upgrade your bloody computer :)-
William Rich 5 months ago

Just got my 5D Mark 2 today!! It came fresh from Canon with the latest firmware already updated! Thanks for all of your inspiration and support Michael! My 32G CF card is supposed to arrive tomorrow! I can't wait to start rolling video with this camera!!
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

Welcome to the club William. I'm looking forward to checking out your stuff.

Mike
Phil Summers 5 months ago

Hi Mike stunning images as usual! Do you use a set shutter speed? Thanks mate
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

Hi Phil. I use full manual control when I shoot. I always look to shoot with the largest aperture so as to have a really shallow depth of field. It usually means the shutter speed is really quick but I dont know if this speed is true when you are shooting video. Video is a whole different animal from taking stills. Dont actually know how it works. If you find out please let me know.

Mike
Matt McGee 5 months ago

Wow. I have the 5D2 and am looking forward to using it for video.
How do I know if I have the updated firmware?
How do you control depth of field?
What is the music?
thanks. again, absolutely amazing...
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

Hi Matt. The firmware on your 5D can be checked by going through your menus. I cant remember the new firmwares code but if you check Canons site you can get it. If it hasn't been loaded do it ASAP. It's very easy. If you dont download it you wont have full control of your camera as video mode would over-ride any settings you had set.

Depth of field is controlled by your aperture. The wider open your lens is the shallower the depth of field.

Music is by Hans Zimmer from the movie "The Thin Red Line"

Thanks for watching.
Willy Bergsnov 4 months ago

The choppertrick can be done with high shutterspeed. The lack of blurring on the rotors give it away. You don’t have to do slowmo, because you only get them every other round or so.
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

Dont ask me how the 5D did it but it was an awesome effect. You are probably correct with the shutter speed solution.
Roberto Dessì 4 months ago

"Sorry. This video is not available for download"

:(
Matthew Fuller 4 months ago

Wow, Michael you totally blew me away - I've seen a lot of 5D MkII footage since the camera came out (been lusting to upgrade my MkI) but that was really something else!
Your landscape images are incredible, so I shouldn't be surprised you shoot such amazing video as well - looking forward to seeing more of it. You really should be DP for a movie :)

Thanks for sharing,
Cheers
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

Thanks Matthew for the kind words but I'm a long way from being a DP yet. I'll keep working on it though.

Mike
Delmi Alvarez 4 months ago

Hi Michael, my congratulations for this movie. I sold my old 5D to buy the new MK2. Already in the box from 3 days ago, and reading manual. Honesty waiting a time to unpack and starting to recording.
Cheers with Drambuie too!
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

Hmmmmmm!!! Drambuie. Get out and start shooting Delmi your going to love it.
Flavio Azm Rassekh 4 months ago

Great, great work !
Congratulations !
Can u tell me the name of the music in the background ?
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

Thanks Flavio. The music is by Hans Zimmer from the movie "The Thin Red Line"
peter b 4 months ago

Nice work michael. I particularly like your non-tech approach. Setup your workflow, and run with it - don't care too much trying to remember the settings...
Michael Fletcher 4 months ago

I set the camera how I like it to look and press the button. Thats about as technical as I get. Good location and good light will always bring out a good shot.

Thanks for watching Pete
Martin Beeson 4 months ago

Hey Michael, as requested.
M A Welker 4 months ago

Very nice Michael, as per usual!