Canon EOS 5D Mark II - Shutter Speed Demo

Now that the Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware allows you to set shutter speed, aperture and ISO manually, you can create some interesting effects. Shooting at very high shutter speeds isn't good for high motion video, but can create a nice effect on this kind of shot. This shows the difference between shooting 1/2000th and 1/60th. Because of the lack of available light the ISO was boosted heavily for the 1/2000th shot - up to around 3200.

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[RedLineTZ]

hi!

does somebody know how to look up wich shutter time and aperture was used in a 5D's video? i cant find this infos in the exif data of the videos i shoot ..

thanks a lot!

[cromozoneg13]

@RedLineTZ Not possible as far as I know, because these things could change during the video depending on the camera settings you're using. If it's important to you I guess you could take a note of it before you start shooting each clip.

[meltdownman1]

Newbie so go easy on me,

I thought the Mark II would not allow you to change the shutter speed when making movies but only allow you to move from either 30 FPS to 24 FPS. How do you change the shutter speed like you have here?

The Meltdownman

[cromozoneg13]

@meltdownman1 this was added in the newer firmwares; you need to put the camera into Tv (shutter priority) mode, and then you can adjust shutter speed as necessary. The camera will then adjust aperture and ISO automatically.

[escalatorman]

The grain doesn't look that bad at all at 3200!

[cromozoneg13]

Yeah not too bad - pretty useable anyway :-)

[Anton1987RU]

This is Canon? What a ugly noise fotage...

[graffitiskater111]

thank you. that was a very good test! :)

[dimension2793]

I would think shooting at a high shutter speed is Very Good for high motion shots. That way you can actually tell whats going on.

[RedLineTZ]

@cromozoneg13 hmmm .. strange...

in the manual is written that the data of shutter and aperture is stored in the video info but only the settings used when the video was started (obviously .. if you change settings during recording you wont see that).

thanks a lot for the help!

[AleksandrsLV]

@mrJoestar99 That would be down to your lighting. You'd have to work with a number which is a factor of your countries electric frequency. normally 50hz for UK and 60hz for USA. This is why its a good idea to use Magic Lantern for a better range of shutter speeds to eradicate this problem.

[mrJoestar99]

nice video! ! , I tried this and as soon as I put my shutterspeed anywhere near 1/2000 I get black bands moving horizontaly on the screen? am I doing something wrong?

[c0ll1z10n]

im kind of new, but how did you change the shutter speeds like that with almost no difference in light???

because usually it makes the picture much lighter when changing it to lower speed?

[InfiniteSword]

very nice, would like to see some more footage at 1/1000 exposure