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Chuck Westfall on Canon - EOS 5D Mark II
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Chuck Westfall, Technical Advisor with the Professional Products Marketing Division of the Consumer Imaging Group with Canon U.S.A., Inc. joins host Scott Sheppard for a special report with preview of their new Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Chuck explains some of the new features now available in this 21.1-megapixel DSLR camera. A significant upgrade from the previous 5D. The EOS 5D Mark II includes a redesigned full frame 24 x 36mm CMOS sensor, a DIGIC 4 imaging processor, significantly lower noise and an expanded sensitivity range from ISO 50 to ISO 25,600.
One of the most amazing upgrades to the camera includes it’s ability to capture up to 12 minutes of full HD video clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution. In addition of capturing detailed images, the camera even has an audio outlet compatible with standard microphones easily enabling video coverage in a .MOV format which is easily brought into any standard editing program. Perfect for capturing editorial stories or candid wedding moments, the EOS 5D Mark II is of course compatible with the 60+ Canon EF Lenses allowing for complete creative expression and effects.
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II includes; three live view AF modes - quick, live and face Detection Live mode, peripheral illumination correction, auto lighting optimizer, new creative auto mode, 2 small RAW formats, silent shooting in LIVE view, and the EOS integrated cleaning system.
Canon also introduced the EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM lens which replaces their EF 24mm f/1.4L USM professional wide-angle lens. This is the first upgrade since the lens was introduced in 1997 and now includes re-designed optics and uses a new anti-reflection lens coating called SWC (Sub-Wavelength Structure Coating) to minimize ghosting and flare.
The camera will be available for $2,699 for the body or with the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM zoom lens kit for $3,499 scheduled for delivery in the U.S. by the end of November. They will introduce the camera at Photokina and it will be shown in the U.S. at the upcoming PhotoPlus Expo in NYC. The EF24mm f/1.4L II USM lens has an estimated selling price of $1,699 and it is due to be shipped in December.
For details about their EOS system visit: http://www.canon.com/eos-d/ Find out more on all of Canon’s products at: http://www.usa.canon.com/ and For more tips visit Canon’s Digital Learning Center website at: http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/
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September 18th, 2008 at 8:19 am
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January 28th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Here’s the Canon EOS 5D audio sync issue or problem.
Last Wednesday I used my two 5D MkII’s in a 3 camera music video shoot. The third camera was a Sony PMW-EX1. Audio was recorded on two additional devices. One audio recording device was an Edirol R4 Pro. The other audio recording setup was a Tascam USB Interface to a MacBook Pro.
The Sony Camera, Edirol, and Tascam/MacBook Pro devices all synced sound perfectly over the full duration of the shoot (just over 20 minutes). To clarify - once the different sources are sync’d quickly and easily to the slate clap on the waveform at the beginning of the shoot they all stayed perfectly in sync for the rest of the video.
Both Canon cameras audio and video sync’d perfectly to each other but drifted significantly from the other 3 devices even over a 3 minute segment. That is a very serious problem for me and one that introduces significant post-production trouble and expense.
This issue was so unexpected (I haven’t run into this in years of working with a range of equipment) that I performed 3 subsequent tests to confirm that the 5D MkII’s run too fast. The results from the tests show both of my 5D Mark II’s run about 14 frames too fast in 10 minutes. Audio that is 1 full frame out of sync is noticeable on sharp sounds causing an echo. Audio that is 2 or 3 frames out of sync causes echo on any sound and looks odd in terms of lip sync.
That the two Canon cameras audio sync’d OK to each other tells me that the cameras can be calibrated to a standard. Evidently they are just calibrated to an incorrect standard.
Anybody else experience this? Does anybody really know if this is likely a chip issue or a firmware issue? Does anyone know an easy, reliable way to get the clips to conform to the standard without time-consuming constant tweaking?
I contacted Canon tech support and the girl there wasn’t too concerned. She said: There is no fix and that the 5d isn’t really a video camera so what did I expect? Nice!
March 18th, 2009 at 9:02 am
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