Pretty much all of it is 10mm yes.

thanks, was funny to shoot too.

hehe that's what I was thinking, now the camera has great weather sealing but not sure it is pigeon sealed... :)

Yeah that's Amsterdam for you!

My left and right arm :)

what about tokina?!? you want to send me one?

Well that is almost as low as you can go. first thing I did after the first test shoot was turn down the contrast and sharpening.

tnx,

For most shots: nothing, for the low stuff you can see the photo, just a monopod and 30 years experience of running around with camera's :)

Yeah upside down, I just turn the clip 180 in the source viewer and that's it. But don't tell anyone, it is a secret :)

That is genius Maarten! I have been looking at steadicams and they are either no good or really expensive. You have the perfect steadicam system there! This would work perfectly for follow cam whilst skiing! Anything I should watch out for if I try that method?

By the way, what is the little monitor you use and is it a special monopod? You seem to have cameraone end and monitor attached the other. Genius! Seriously!

Well I would call it being cheap :) It is a Gitzo monopod, this has two standard tripod mounting screws, one on each side.
Had the monopod for ages just to put light cam's on an do all sorts of "above the crowd" or whatever crane type shots.

Shot the video Low life with it, but used the Sanyo Xacti. The Canon is a bit heavy and the next day during a shoot at a tuning show the tip of the monopod came unstuck and the 7d dropped on the floor. So much for genius :P

The tip is off course the bottom part and only designed to hold the rubber you put on the floor, not to have a kilo + weight hanging from it. So be carefull with this, always secure the camera to the monopod, especially when skiiing lol.. you don't want the camera to get down 10 minutes before you do.

The monitor is the SmallHD 8.9' screen connected with a HDMI cable, but this dropped many times during the shoot. Not sure which connector is crappy. Next time I use the standart CVBS one. Sucks, because its much lower res, but when the HDMI sgnal drops, it also stops the recording.

Keep an eye on digital-exposure.com/ will post a full photo setup of how I connect everything.

We no need no steenkin steadicams :)

Hey Maarten, I just read with great interest your post: "The Good the Bad and the Ugly". A couple of things I wanted to ask, and also mention (might be helpful). Would you say that the 5D is a better choice than the 7D if you intend on taking videos? Once the new firmware comes out, the only thing that will be missing is 50p which I assume you could fake in FCP anyway. I am going to New York in a week or so and was gonna pick up a 7D whilst there, however, I have an opportunity to get a 5D in the UK at a very good price and am totally unsure which one to choose.

If as you say in your post the 7D is cramming 18MP into a 2.2MP space, then I assume that there would be 'less cramming' on a 5D? Of course, there is the 8fps burst speed and weather sealing of the 7D, but the 5D does take some awesome videos. One here on Vimeo has particularly impressed me: vimeo.com/3155182 take a look. I'd be interested in your opinion.

You mentioned problems with exposure. I bought Philip Blooms "Learn 2 shoot Great Video with your Canon 7D" DVD and he mentions using a Vari-ND filter which can add between 2 to 8 stops of density in very light situations. You can find examples of the filter here: singh-ray.com/

BTW, thanks for replying, I appreciate your time.

Hey John,

thanks, well feel free to add to the post, the more info we can put in that subject the easier it will be as a reference / info for other. The post: digital-exposure.com/dslr-cinema/5-dslr-video-good-bad-ugly.html has been updated.

You are right I left out the part about the sing ray filters. I wrote some of the stuff a while ago before getting the filters. Got a couple and are waiting for the one with added polar. It is not a bad option but if you have a longer lens and are shooting handheld, grabbing the end of the lens while holding the camera is pretty awkward. Especially if you need to focus and adjust exposure.

The 5d has even more pixels so I don't think that makes a big difference. Can't really give you a really good answer about the 5d/7d pros and cons. Never used the 5d despite the fact I love the idea of full frame. In the end preferred the 24P / 60P option. With the Sigma 10/20mm zoom you get pretty much the same angle as the 15mm used in the very cool video.

To be honest I also went back to my Ex-3 with adapter this week because I got tired of all the problems and work-arounds. If you shoot and direct a video it can be a bit too much hassle. Are you thinking of buying one? And do you already use a video camera?

no problem, anything I can do to help. that is why we are on vimeo right? :)