Tokyo reality - new Canon 5d MK II movie

Not perfect but for an amateur video? Amazing.

I need tse lenses...bad.

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All these videos are inspiring.

The choppiness I think is simply computer playback related. A few of the choppy scenes I simply scrubbed back and watched the trouble section again, it didn't skip in the same place twice.

I'm guessing it's just computer related hiccups with flash.
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You must be right. I turned off HD for the clip on Vimeo and the playing became very smooth! I have an 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo processor in my laptop but as it looks like it's not enough to play the vid in HD smoothly.

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weigertj said:

You must be right. I turned off HD for the clip on Vimeo and the
playing became very smooth! I have an 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo processor
in my laptop but as it looks like it's not enough to play the vid in
HD smoothly.

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We are going to need at least quad core to even think about editing.....!

That's a great video. Would love to see it at its full quality potential, such as playing on a BluRay player.

Seeing these kinds of movies inspires me to think outside the square in movie making, to learn some new tricks and techniques.

You have done a great job and thanks for posting.
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Really cool and amazing quality.

weigertj said:

It will be very hard to beat the quality (look at that smooth camera
flying, amazing!) that they could reach with a Canon XH A1:

http://vimeo.com/2136654

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StillMotion does very good work and I love the look and colors of their videos.

However, over-use of the steadicam makes me sick... Some flyovers/rotations are a nice thing, but the constant movement is annoying (on a mostly great video)...

Off the HD and is smooth.

David C Harris said:

It seems like the "choppiness" is coming from the handshake. A proper
shoulder-brace-type camera mount or of course tripod should help that
out.

Great video, by the way.

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First, there is a lot of choppiness (short pauses) in the video delivery in HD mode. This is not what I'm talkiing about.

The frames in many of the shots, especially the long-focal-length shots, that look like inaccurate frame registration in old films. The frames jump around, up and down, side to side. The ballistics of the movement are unlike any i've seen in hand-help film or video, and must be the result of the IS system in the lens.

My conclusion, the IS system built into the lens is entirely inadequate for hand-held video shooting. The system is made to stabalize a short-duration movement, not movement in a long sequence, and sort of 'resets' itself when jostled giving the appearance of sudden frame shifts.

Some have made the argument here that the 24-105L IS lens in the kit is chosen over the 24-70L because the IS makes for better video shooting. I think this video demonstrates the IS motion artifacts are as distracting as the motion they are attempting to dampen out.

I'd like to see Canon address this in a firmware update that overrides the default behavior and changes the IS ballistics to work better for long sequences of video. It might not be possible. Corrections over a long time require a (relatively) large amount of IS correction movement, and the lenses simply might not have enough movement to work with (hence the frequent 'resets').
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Are you certain IS was on?
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I feel that very few people will be able to take advantage of the HD video from this camera. It just requires too much in the way of high end computers and software. I've done editing of video from my Sony HD camcorder, and it is difficult and slow.

I've got a pretty high end pc, and quickly found that Quicktime could not handle the high resolution without choppiness unless I turned on the "play all frames" option, and then there was no sound. Other codecs do much better, but all are just barely making it. And editing will not be something quick and dirty. It will take hours and hours to compile a reasonable length DVD.

Only pros with dedicated video processing computers and software will be able to take advantage of HD.

hopefully, in a year or so, the demand will result in pc's being configured by manufacturers to handle it better.

Richard Ettinger said:

Are you certain IS was on?

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Good point, I wasn't sure. So after digging through the blogs, I found the list of lenses used:

"14mm f2.8 L
17-40mm f4.0 L
50mm f1.4
90mm f2.8 TS-E
135mm f2.0 L"

No IS lens in the list.

So, my bad, and never mind this thread.

Still can't explain whey the camera shake varies so much scene to scene, and why there is so much of it.

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Scales USA said:

I feel that very few people will be able to take advantage of the HD
video from this camera. It just requires too much in the way of high
end computers and software. I've done editing of video from my Sony
HD camcorder, and it is difficult and slow.

I've got a pretty high end pc, and quickly found that Quicktime could
not handle the high resolution without choppiness unless I turned on
the "play all frames" option, and then there was no sound.

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Other

Scales USA said:

codecs do much better, but all are just barely making it. And
editing will not be something quick and dirty. It will take hours
and hours to compile a reasonable length DVD.

Only pros with dedicated video processing computers and software will
be able to take advantage of HD.

hopefully, in a year or so, the demand will result in pc's being
configured by manufacturers to handle it better.
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Easy to burn DVD and see if a TV player stutters..