All I have to do now is put it on the right camera, it's on my
Canon 40D right now as an example. The
Rode VideoMic looks pretty sweet though, doesn't it?
Can't wait to start filming. Should start about late June, already working on creating a small project. More details to come.
Big news in the world of HDDSLRs, the fine folks, including director Greg Yaitanes, over at "House". For the season finale they used only the Canon 5D Mark II for the entire episode, a first in television and HDDSLR history.
Sounds so epic.
I watched it and was blown away by the wonderful bokeh of the tight macro shots to the literal tight shots that made the 5D Mark II an obvious choice for the episode.
Courtesy: FOX Broadcasting Co. Youtube Channel
They used all L glass to bring out the best in what the 5D Mark II has to offer, including the 24-70mm f/2.8, 70-200mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.2, 85mm f/1.2, 100mm f/2.8 Macro.
Now word has it that next season will be filmed on all Canon 5D Mark IIs and 7Ds according to Canon Rumors. Instead of using Canon primes and zooms though, apparently they will be reconfigured to have PV and/or PL mounts, or look like this....
Courtesy: Cinema5D.com
Who will follow this trend now?
So I've solidified my decision that the Canon 7D will be mine by the end of the summer. Yes, that is right, the practically priced, multimedia overload, sadly APS-C sensor Canon 7D is in my sights and as soon as my funds are sufficient, that sucker is mine.
There is only one problem.... After capturing video, what do I use edit it all together into a nice piece for someone's viewing pleasure?
My MacBook Pro has
iMovie on it, but I don't know if that is even a reasonable consideration. Checking the Apple website for
compatible devices, and the
Canon 5D Mark II was on the list. I'm just going to go on with the assumption the list has either not been updated yet for the 7D and the other Canon HDDSLRs, or something awful will happen...and I will cry.
I would think that the 7D would come with some sort of software, but with the searches that I have done, nothing has come up saying EXACTLY what it comes with other than the fact that, yes, yes it does come with a pack of CDs that may or may not allow you to edit it video on your computer, but you certainly can import and edit photos! Not what I currently looking for. I am perfectly happy with
Adobe Lightroom 3 beta 2.
Then there's
Final Cut. The
Philip Blooms and
Vincent Laforets, as well as news organizations use this as there go to for multimedia output. Is it worth it though to shell out the 1000 bucks for it? Sure there is the simplified version, but then again that looks like a $200 version of iMovie with a few more bells and whistles. Not knowing Final Cut or
Final Cut Express, it's hard to say. I hear it's pretty simple, but then again, that's from someone that has been using it for a while, go figure.
So I guess this isn't a huge problem until I am holding the 7D and shooting video, but it is always nice to know.
