Broadcast work with the Canon5DmkII

[John Davidson]

Very beautiful! I’d love to know what settings you used for the night shots (ISO, etc).

[Peter Wiggins]

Most of it was with the 50mm 1.2 at 1.2 with shutter at 50 and the ISO controlled the exposure.

I will try and get the Colin the cameraman to reply too

Peter

[John Davidson]

Looks like the lens really makes a big difference. Great, now I’m going to start obsessing over l-series lenses…

[Peter Wiggins]

Let me put it this way, I will never buy another zoom 🙂

Peter

[Joe Fountain]

Good work there Peter, very nice flow. I have the 7D and am wondering if you have had any experience of artefacts with 5Dmk2 footage that some people seem to be experiencing and if so, to what degree? I haven’t experienced anything that is noticeable or even detectable on a large screen and am wondering if it may be a difference in the cameras. I watched your piece in HD and it looks fantastic, so perhaps this may be a compression issue or even a hardware issue?

Would be interested in your thoughts.

Thanks

Joe

Joe Fountain
Cinematographer
Editor
New Zealand

[John Davidson]

Assuming I have a ‘bearable’ zoom, would you recommend the 1.2 50mm as my first L lens? Especially if the goal is to make the most out of night shots and low-light?

[Peter Wiggins]

There is some aliasing and also moiré with fine patterns – but you will get that when evrything is razor sharp.

I’ve seen some compression artifacts, but that has been at low, low light levels.

Peter

[Peter Wiggins]

I cannot stress how good the 50mm 1.2 is. 🙂 Not cheap though, but it makes the 5D a different camera.

You will not be disappointed.

Peter

[John Davidson]

Thanks for the tip. Picked one up today. Thank God for write-offs!

[John Davidson]

Yep, I love it.

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