Test video with Canon 5D, Mark II
A short video from last Friday night’s Jamboree at the Floyd Country Store in Floyd, Virginia. Filmed entirely on Canon’s 5D Mark II digital SLR that combines a 21.1 megapixel sensor for still photography with high definition video. (Click here for a full size HD version)
Both the video and sound were captured with the 5DII and edited on Final Cut Pro with no color correction or enhancement to the video from the camera. Sound was recorded via a Sony wireless video transmitter attached to a Shure microphone on stage. The receiver mounted on the hot shoe of the 5DII fed the sound directly into the camera. No supplemental lighting was used for the shoot.
It’s obvious after looking at this that I’m going to have to use my reading glasses to focus through the LCD on the rear of the camera. Or I may opt for for an external monitor.
These clips are part of an ongoing project to update the orginal Jamboree documentary we shot in standard definition video in 2002, using a Canon XL1s camcorder.
This looks great! What lens did you use?
The lens was a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8.