There is a lot of talk that this camera could replace current HDV cameras, and maybe even substitute higher end 1080p video cameras. But the Canon 5D Mark II has several huge flaws that will keep professional cinematographers from using it. First off, the BIGGY... ROLLING SHUTTER. The Nikon D90 was a major disappointment because if this, and the new Canon only fairs slightly better. There's no away around it, but you can vastly reduce the chances of it being visible by mounting the camera onto a tripod, steadicam or shoulder rig. But if you're like most people, you wanted this because you could just carry it around and shoot video whenever you wanted to. Well, then you need to prepare yourself for some obvious shakiness from your hands and the rolling shutter wobble that goes with it. (There are two shots around 2:30 where I was walking on some stairs and applied a motion smoothing filter to the footage to reduce the rolling shutter effect. As you will see, it actually
Canon introduces the EOS 5D Mark II DSLR, the long-awaited successor to Canon's highly popular EOS 5D, introduced in 2005. Building upon the qualities that made the EOS 5D camera so successful, Canon has coupled the creative power of a full-frame CMOS sensor in a relatively compact and affordable camera body, together with groundbreaking HD video capture that opens the door to a much wider range of imaging possibilities for photographers. Along with the ability to capture full HD video clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution, Canon's EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera features a 21.1-megapixel full frame 24 x 36mm CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 imaging processor and significantly lower noise, with an expanded sensitivity range from ISO 50 to ISO 25,600.