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Stunning Good Looks: My First Shoot With The Canon 5D MkII
A great article about shooting video with the Canon 5D MkII. I highly recommend reading it if you are using the 5D MkII for photo or video, as well if you are thinking about purchasing souly for the purpose of video production.
Magic Lantern Firmware for the Canon 5D MkII
I don’t dare install the firmware myself, but a lot of the features presented here are very exciting (especially the manual gain option, which also apparently reduces picture noise dramatically in video), and I hope that Canon is listening up and working on a updated firmware in the near future for the MkII.
JJ Abrams and a 5D MkII
During the above interview with filmmaker JJ Abrams, there is a break in productions where Abrams gawks over the camera they are using to film the interview. The Canon 5D MkII. We find out Abrams actually owns a MkII and really likes it. Abrams and crew dialogue about the gear which is being used including the mattebox and Redrock Micro follow focus. Nerdtastic!
