Canon 5D MKII – Perfect Wedding Video Camera?
If you didn’t know I am a Canon guy. I use Canon’s exclusively for my photography, and I also use them exclusively for wedding videography. However, I have not been able to use all the great lenses I have in my photography arsenal. That is until now. The new Canon EOS 5D MKII have finally been announced. Whats ho special about this camera you ask? How bout the fact that it shoots video. Further more it shoots video at 1080p.
Canon most likely announced this camera to combat the Nikon D90, which also shoots video. The 5D captures HD video at a resolution 1920 x 1080 video at up to 30fps, and the new, higher ISO setting — 25,600 (this is in an extended mode. The maximum in normal mode is 6400).
I cant wait to see some test images come out so I can see for myself how it looks. I am also curious how quickly a memory car will fill up.What I would most likely use it for is close up shots, the type of shots when the depth of field I will get from an SLR would be amazing.
Canon has equipped the EOS 5D Mark II with two Silent Shooting modes in Live View which will prove particularly helpful to law enforcement officials, and for behind-the-scenes shooting on movie sets.
Canon EOS 5D MKII should be available soon at a price tag of $2,700 body only. What do you think. Is this camera worth buying for my wedding videography?
Key Specifications:
- New 21.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor with improved EOS Integrated Cleaning System (E.I.C.S.)
- New Full HD 1080 resolution movie recording
- 3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
- High performance DIGIC 4 providing superb image quality
- Maximum 310 large JPEG images in a single burst with a UDMA card
- 3.0″ VGA (920k dots) Clear View LCD
- ISO 100-6400 (expansion from 50 up to 25,600)
- 9 AF points + 6 Assist AF points
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