Tis the Season at the Salty Rim in Manhattan, KS

Testing out the 5D mkII in low-light conditions. Many people have been arguing over it's usefulness as a video device, but frankly it is perfect for me. I've ALWAYS wanted a high-performing (and rather unsuspecting) video device to bring out to bars and capture memories. I would've killed for one of these when I was in Korea.

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[nicolasonlinex]

Really cool... I'm on the list but it's back-ordered like hell, did you b&h it? Beautiful, just BEAUTIFUL!

What was your process for editing the video if you don't mind me asking?

[robertlparker]

Thanks much! There's more on the way. I got lucky as I'm in Kansas and managed to get on a waiting list at Wolfe's Camera in Topeka.. They called me when it came in and I drove 45 minutes immediately to catch one. They are still listing "in stock" on their website actually.

For my workflow, I have a G5, so I can't really edit the h264 raw. I use compressor to re-compress as ProRes then edit in FCP and output to a mov file using MPEG4. I would use h264 but there are MASSIVE gamma problems.

[asiacub]

which len did you use?

[robertlparker]

I shot with a Canon 24mm f1:1.4 L

[Oneworldchicago]

cool. check out my nightlife hd videos from chicago!

[nicolasonlinex]

I know what you mean... it's not recommended editing in h264 anyways and rendering times suck... I'm gonna experiment with ProRes and maybe DV, but we'll see... thanks a lot for response, and great vid, what a camera! keep em comin!

[Bionicpix]

Exactly. Funny how people still pose and wait for the flash. It's our secret...:-P