Jad Beyrouthy Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 i have a big experience in shooting photography in 5d mark II but i have a short comin up where the producer suggested the 5d mark II to shoot while i was suggesting the red one camera. most of the movie (80%) is shot handheld and i've been hearing a lot of comments about dropping frames while in motion or handheld with the mark II, any comments or help tips? thanks a lot guys :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted May 11, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted May 11, 2010 I'd worry more 'bout rolling shutter problems on the 5D.. then again RED has similar issues (less pronounced). All in all, though without whip pans it should be totally doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mei Lewis Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 I don't think dropping frames is an issue. While shooting video there are no moving parts, so a bit of motion of the camera body shouldn't do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jad Beyrouthy Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 does the speed of the compact flash card matters? what speed is mostly recommended for shooting video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mei Lewis Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Yes the speed of the card matters. I don't know what the minimum is, but I'm pretty sure it's in the manual which you should be able to find online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted May 20, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted May 20, 2010 I have a feeling it's 233x... maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Vincent Sweeney Posted May 20, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted May 20, 2010 You want to use 8 or 16gb UDMA cards 60MB/Sec (400X) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Aapo Lettinen Posted May 21, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted May 21, 2010 You want to use 8 or 16gb UDMA cards 60MB/Sec (400X) My friend uses Sandisk's newer extreme III 30MB/s cards and he says those are working fine w/5D2. Heard similar comments from other users, too. I myself use 60MB/s cards, mostly becourse the material can be transferred little faster to the laptop (And I always have that extra speed if something eats more bitrate than it should to; its good to be safe, though, even if it never happens :rolleyes: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Del Nero Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I don't think its a moving parts or card issue with the dropping of frames, its an overheating issue. Keep a fan on set and hit it with that between takes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob thomas Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 (edited) About a year ago I shot a music clip with a 5D attached to various amusement park rides. Some of the rides had such incredible shaking I thought the tripod bolt would break but the camera held together and there were no dropped frames. So I wouldn't worry about dropping frames with handheld. More recently I did a clip on the 7D all handheld and most of the time the rolling shutter wasn't offensive. BUT when we tried to smooth out handheld moves in post that no rolling shutter had been visible in the rolling shutter become hideous, like being underwater. If shooting handheld with these cameras don't plan on stabilizing in post. Edited May 22, 2010 by jacob thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Zustra Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 weigh the camera down as much as possible as well, and having two cameras would help with the overheating if that's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemalettin Sert Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I'd worry more 'bout rolling shutter problems on the 5D.. then again RED has similar issues (less pronounced). All in all, though without whip pans it should be totally doable. never shoot with red but on reduser all the redfans saying red has no rolling shutter problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 never shoot with red but on reduser all the redfans saying red has no rolling shutter problem Well, not one that will affect most shots, although flashing lights can cause problems. The new RED Epic seems to have a higher refresh rate, so it should have even less skew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jad Beyrouthy Posted May 26, 2010 Author Share Posted May 26, 2010 thank you everyone for your replies :) helped a lot :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Lalonde Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Just like to add a bit about cards....I've been using 32gb 133x Kingston Cards and have never had a dropped frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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