And Now Something Really Cool
At the same time Canon rolls out the latest Prosumer level Digital SLR, the 50D, they also release the new 5D Mark II. The latest full frame sensor from Canon. A 21 megapixel sensor, DIGIC 4 processor, ISO 50 – 25600, HDMI output, Live View, Face detection, and Video. Video! Priced in the $2700 range this camera will likely find favor with Photojournalists, Paparazzi, Wedding, and Event photographers around the world.
Vincent Laforet shot a short film with a prototype 5D. The movie was hosted on Canons site but it… 
had 1.5 million views in 10 days and I guess Canon took it down for now because of the bandwidth demand. Vincent reports that it will be available again soon. Check out Vincent’s website here for more information.
The 5D Mk II shoots 16:9 Full HD movie capture at 1920 x 1080 pixels at 30 fps or you can shoot 4:3 standard TV quality 640 x 480 pixels at 30 fps. Oh yeah and still images too! As I mentioned in my post about the 50D the 5D is the next throw down in the hyper-rapid Digital SLR product cycle. Photojournalists and wedding photographers alike have been challenged with increasing demands to provide their clients with video and still imagery of their events. Shooting both up until now has been a compromise or requires both a videographer and photographer. The 5D looks to begin to change all that. Still images are able to be taken simultaneously with motion capture without losing video frames. Does the 5D replace the video camera? Not yet as HD capture is limited to 4 gig clips, 12 minutes of HD video, 24 minutes of standard and once you start taking still images it’ll fill up faster, but it’s certainly more than sufficient to capture “moments”. Yeah, that’s pretty cool.
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About the Author: James Scott is CBW (Chief Bottle Washer) of James Scott Photography. Involved with Digital Imaging, Photography, Video and Software Development for 30 years I've learned 14 things. As soon as I remember what they are I'll pass them on, because I think they are important. But I'm not sure.
