It's official: 5D Mark II
09-17-2008, 07:08 PM
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Beats me. I've been on the video forums part of day reading all the incessant crap. I'm over it all...damn this bum ankle.
09-17-2008, 07:20 PM
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How much longer to be back on your feet?
09-17-2008, 07:24 PM
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I moving more than I have been. Just wearing the aircast and walking/hobbling around. If I take the brace off then I feel like I might roll it again based on the freer movement/pain.
I have an appt with my foot/ankle (thankfully he is in the workers comp med network) and we'll see from there.
I dont want to draw on comp too long, but I dont want to rush either considering what I do and how physical it is.
09-17-2008, 10:42 PM
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looks like Canon is back. 
09-17-2008, 11:47 PM
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no way!
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09-17-2008, 11:51 PM
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09-18-2008, 07:29 AM
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Isn't the sensor essentially a revised 1Ds sensor? I don't think there were ever complaints about image quality with that sensor so I doubt we'll see many with this one.
09-18-2008, 08:02 AM
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It is the 1DsIII sensor tweaked a little for the 5D, make it better. Then add the new DigicIV and makes it even better. The 5D had the Digic II chip.
09-18-2008, 10:22 AM
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09-18-2008, 10:45 AM
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Why didnt they shoot the Canon full RAW as well for a better comparison...
The Canon appears to have less noise, but at the cost of sharpness. Some of the areas looked a little "blurred"
The Nikon has noise, that looks like grain, but is much sharper than the Canon.
09-18-2008, 10:58 AM
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can you imagine 14-bit RAW?
09-18-2008, 01:36 PM
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09-18-2008, 01:38 PM
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game over. 
09-18-2008, 01:41 PM
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09-18-2008, 01:51 PM
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Good to know it can be done. I like the shot the guy is the only thing in focus.
09-18-2008, 01:51 PM
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09-18-2008, 02:01 PM
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09-18-2008, 02:06 PM
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is learning to moonwalk i
Actually, there are some better examples in some of the other links.
09-18-2008, 02:08 PM
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09-18-2008, 02:09 PM
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oh ok 
I agree I'd like to see night shots, but 1/8000th indoors is 1/8000th indoors.
I agree I'd like to see night shots, but 1/8000th indoors is 1/8000th indoors.
09-18-2008, 02:43 PM
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interesting.
Why didnt they shoot the Canon full RAW as well for a better comparison...
The Canon appears to have less noise, but at the cost of sharpness. Some of the areas looked a little "blurred"
The Nikon has noise, that looks like grain, but is much sharper than the Canon.
Why didnt they shoot the Canon full RAW as well for a better comparison...
The Canon appears to have less noise, but at the cost of sharpness. Some of the areas looked a little "blurred"
The Nikon has noise, that looks like grain, but is much sharper than the Canon.
09-18-2008, 02:43 PM
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But I admit the markII wins on lack of grain. Though that almost kills it for me as well. The whole point of shooting a higher ISO in brighter light is because you want the grain.
It why Minority Report looked awesome.
09-18-2008, 02:52 PM
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damn looking at the 3200 picture 
so clean.
man the 6400 looks like what i get at 1600 maybe 800 with my 40D
i want!
so clean.
man the 6400 looks like what i get at 1600 maybe 800 with my 40D
i want!
09-18-2008, 02:53 PM
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09-18-2008, 02:56 PM
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09-18-2008, 03:58 PM
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uhh... this is news to me.. you can take STILL pictures while filming video...
this is just gonna be insanity in the clubs...
the SX1 IS also looks to be the SLR-like P&S I was waiting for... it has a CMOS sensor.
from Canon Europe
The Future of Photography: meet the PowerShot SX1 IS and EOS 5D Mark II
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this is just gonna be insanity in the clubs...
the SX1 IS also looks to be the SLR-like P&S I was waiting for... it has a CMOS sensor.
from Canon Europe
The Future of Photography: meet the PowerShot SX1 IS and EOS 5D Mark II
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09-18-2008, 03:59 PM
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09-18-2008, 04:15 PM
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no, I don't think that's what it is.
09-18-2008, 04:16 PM
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09-18-2008, 04:25 PM
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It does interrupt the video process, you will have a 1 second gap.
09-18-2008, 04:26 PM
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ok the guy in the above video says it differently - and may be wrong - he says it allows photographers to "take still images while they're still filming in high definition". The following PC World says otherwise. This says that you can take a still picture quickly without having to switch modes. It will stop the video to take the picture. We'll have to see how this pans out as more info becomes available.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/15116...ml?tk=rss_news
http://www.pcworld.com/article/15116...ml?tk=rss_news
Now, Canon's 5D Mark II transforms the landscape further by capturing 30 frames per second MPEG-4 video at 1920 by 1080p resolution. Canon says you can capture up to 12 minutes of high-def video with monoaural sound (approximately 4GB) or 29 minutes, 59 seconds of standard definition video. You can take a picture while recording a movie; the video stops while you snap a still, then it resumes recording. In addition to the built-in mono microphone, you can add an external stereo microphone. A Mini-HDMI port facilitates outputting video directly from the camera to an HDTV.
09-18-2008, 04:27 PM
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Live view movie mode
The 5D Mark II allows movies to be shot by selecting the movie display and pressing the 'SET' button to start shooting. Still images can be grabbed at any point during movie recording by pressing the shutter button, though doing so creates a one second gap in the video for each still taken. Contrast-detect AF is available during video capture, however it's pretty slow.
The 5D Mark II allows movies to be shot by selecting the movie display and pressing the 'SET' button to start shooting. Still images can be grabbed at any point during movie recording by pressing the shutter button, though doing so creates a one second gap in the video for each still taken. Contrast-detect AF is available during video capture, however it's pretty slow.