5D2 vs 7D vs 1D4 video comparison

[my3peas]

I came upon this today and thought I'd share it here.

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[S-Man]

Wow I don't know who that group of people are that make up Stillmotion, but all their stuff is phenomenal. Their video work had my jaw resting on the keyboard. Holy smokes.

[andyz]

The most notable difference I saw was the crop factor.

Thanks.

[PIC]

I don't get it ...

[S-Man]

Yeah, i don't know what's up with the lady doing a bad robot...is that some kind of joke? If the wanted repeatable movement they should have just done like a motion.

[Crashoran]

For some reason i laughed at the bad robot dance. hah

[AndrewCCM]

Originally Posted by andyz

The most notable difference I saw was the crop factor.

Thanks.

Yep.. Me too.. The 5D2 looked to have a slightly brighter exposure.. But all video quality looked extremely close. When shooting video with my 7D and 5D2, the only thing that I miss is the 24P on the 5D2. They both produce excellent video files.

[S-Man]

The 'rolling shutter' effect is kind of a turn off...actually a huge turn off...I suppose if you pan slowly or don't shoot fast action, it should be ok?

[AndrewCCM]

Originally Posted by S-Man

The 'rolling shutter' effect is kind of a turn off...actually a huge turn off...I suppose if you pan slowly or don't shoot fast action, it should be ok?

I rarely, if ever, see much of that effect... you have to move it pretty dramatically to really notice it. Granted, if you plan to use the camera as a camcorder handheld, it'll probably disappoint you in that regard.

I see this feature as a film maker/documentary tool. Most of the time you shoot locked down and have your actors/subjects move within the frame versus following the subjects around with the camera. Just depends really...but it kicks butt for film making DOF and not having that "Video/camcorder look"... You just have to be realistic on what you plan to use the video feature for... It ain't a camcorder for sure...

[S-Man]

Yeah, i've seen wedding footage shot with a 5II and it was breathtaking. They had stedycam's and such, but it was awesome.
Someone posted one here somewhere, a wedding shot with like five 5DII's. Even in the tests above, the DOF with the 1.2 looks dreamy.