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Dan Chung got to test drive a couple prototype 1D Mark IV's for a night at the horse track.
Take a look at the results:
Canon 1DmkIV _ The races from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
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I’m guessing you didn’t go to film school?
I must say that I lean towards – peters – comment. If you are a great stills photography then your talent as a stills photographer is what sells you. Unless trained in the area, shooting combined video and stills for a client is somewhat ‘gimmicky’, relying on what you can ‘give’ a client as opposed to the client wanting you for your natural ability as a photographer. Look at Jeff Ascough, he does not need to to shoot video, he does not need to buy a client with ‘and i shoot video too, please book me’, his natural gifts as a stills photographer are enough to impress. He does not need to use technology upon technology upon technology to attract clientele. Akin to a chef who specializes in French, but will do German as well to get bums on seats.
So I guess the video made your mind to get a “photography” camera?
Because their latest video cameras and even RED, as far as I know, are great! perhaps I’ll buy one of those for my “photography” since those can take still images too. duh!
Completely untrue. I have several pro HD video cameras, from Panasonic and Canon, collecting dust because the 5D2 blows them away. It’s the amature home video camcorders that are better for family uses, but for pro video the 5D2/7D/1D4 are by far the best short of RED. The 5D2 did change the world of video, and it focuses great and delivers awesome stills too.
I bought the 5D2 both for pro photography and video work. RED is way more expensive, and more cumbersome to work with, so that’s in another ball park. Canon’s pro HD line is still only HDV, 1440x1080i not full HD 1920x1080p, and the 5D2 records almost twice the bandwidth at 47 million megabits (Mbits) per second compared to HDV’s 25 Mbits. Also, camcorders just don’t have the control over DOF and bokeh giving a flat typical video look which makes the 5D2/7D much more useful and interesting to work with. I would have bought the 5D2 just for photography had it not had the video ability, but thankfully it does, makes it that much more usefull. The revolution was a success!