Manual Control?
I've been told that Canon lent 4 5D Mark II's to a certain company with a firmware version not currently available.
The firmware is geared towards video. No word on whether or not some manual controls have been added.
I've been asked not to mention the industry or the project, so I won't.
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Actually anyone with a web browser and google.com can easily find the page from all the info I gave about the quote. I think he did find it and realized it said exactly what I said it says. But if you think you’re little troll comment is going to manipulate me into pasting it here then keep dreaming. I said I would post it if he answered the question I asked repeatedly and he repeatedly avoided answering.
That should have said “I did not say there were more digital cameras in America”
I saw it with my eyes……! The 5d2 with manual control for video. I can’t say where I work but I work in the movies set. the dp is the same guy who got yell at by the actor christian bale. this camera has been tested and its working. the only reason the canon usa guys upgraded this camera was that this dp was using nikor lens to shoot his projects and when they found out they agree to update the four camera that he personally own so he would use canon lens.
most of you guys don’t know is that this camera is been use for off the wall angles shoots ie helmet cam, body mount cam, or hard to fit areas where film cameras can’t get to. Because in real film/movies there is always a need to pull focus and this camera can’t be pull. So focus is set for hyperfocal. also workflow is a major problem for this camera. Mostly this camera has been use for web videos for film studios, not for scenes in real movies. Because it don’t have 24p or really it should be 23.97 fps. canon are listening but only to big guys with big budgets……
So you’re saying Canon is just holding back all the 5D2’s from manual control because they are not rich?
no, but if you have a high profile project and have high people at your corner things get done……start looking for webasodes of the new terminator. there should be five and it was shot with 5d2.