[Bob Dix]

Hi Casey,

I may be splitting straws, I thought the House Videos were shot on 3 Canon 5D Mark II’s (which has the bigger 35mm sensor and amazing lighting ISO range). The movie look to-day is no where near the movie look of say 15 years ago, Quote” Chief Projectionist V Cinemas ” A quality 35mm film is still better than digital for colour etc.)” In my opinion a very good 1920 x 1080 HD digital production not degraded to so called “Cinema” now, is superior or equal to film say 40 years ago ?

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[Bob Dix]

Hi Leo,
For the money you cannot go past the HV30, I have run a HV20 for the past 5 years as a videocamcorder and VTR in conjunction with a Canon 5D Mark II with a RODE Stereo X/Y Condensor VideoMic which is the best of 1440 x 1080P and 1920 x 1080 P Pal but, check this out at a price https://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/product/camcorders/xf305_xf300.do

The HV30 runs at 25 Mbps Professional and the Canon 5D mark II at 38 Mbps, the newer non tape professionals run at 50Mbps, but, frankly is is hard to tell the difference. If I was not archiving to tape I would get a XF105 and go to Blu-ray which I do at times using the H.264mov from the Canon 5D Mark II?

My experience may not help your decision, but, the future looks bright.

The advantages of zoom motorised lens on Videocamcorders is a plus, but, the 35mm Lens range and huge sensor of the Canon 5D Mark II is hard to argue with for superb stills and 35mm movie making.
https://www.donferrario.com/ruether/Canon_HV20-HV30.htm

https://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/product/camcorders/xf305_xf300.do

You may have to cut and paste the links ?

The XF 105 is worth looking at ?

I would not add anything to the HV30, it is as good as it gets and so easy to edit in Premiere Pro.

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[Bob Dix]

The footage should not be shakey, you can fix the sound by external stereo mike Rode recommended, the stills and video should still be sensational. Good luck! Not a bad first camera.

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[Bob Dix]

I agree with Todd as we use a Canon 5D mark II, a great 35mm camera,stills & video but you have no motorised zoom control which is handy with sport. We use both, the 7D has only an APS size sensor.

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[Bob Dix]

That is strange.
I sometimes use an m2t file that is generated by Export to Tape in Premiere Pro 1.5.1 HDV by Importing into Premiere Elements, and it behaves as a HDV/mpeg-2 transfer that can easily be SHARED in Premiere Elements automatically, to blu-ray as H.264 or mpeg-2 in 1920 x 1080i on a PAL PC. it can be Exported to a Canon HV 20.
I can only recommend not to convert m2t as H.264 MOV Via ClipWrap

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[Bob Dix]

Slight error, a EF lens will work on the 7D but, at x 1.6 as on our 30D thereby reducing the wide angle due to smaller sensor.

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[Bob Dix]

Hi Clyde,
As our work is mainly travel we do not use a 1.4 or 1.8 lens for extra light and depth of field, although we have used a 1.2L Series Canon previously. The ability of this camera 5D to alter the ISO settings removes the need for ultra fast lens.Regardless of the renowned quality of 50-55 mm lens it is just not practical to use these as we need to get into the subject matter and use an EF 28-135 mm Canon F/3.5-5.6 IS USM See Low level clips for ART Displays shot with a Canon Fish-Eye lens and canon 24-105mm EF ISM IS Lens https://www.stevendix.com/2009/.

You cannot fault the performance of these slow lens for indoor fashion shows either. I had a tram entering into frame at speed in a Christchuch NZ shoot and had no issues. On the 5D mark II because of the 35mm sensor it would be easy to blur the background but, maybe not,on the 7D, as it has a APS Sensor.I recommemnd you set the speed of the shutter at 1/50 sec for the best results with HD Video, it will be smooth. Remember the 5D has a Cinema quality 35mm sensor , the 7D has not, a big aperture on a 5D will work better than a 7D to blur the background anyday, the EF lens for the 5D cannot be used on the 7D.

Good luck.

PS . I believe that if you run the cameras with the correct shutter speed you should not experience your “jelloo” effect. It is, in the main the size of the sensor that allows you to get the range in the depth of field, and not the lens aperture.Although in a negative 35mm film camera without the huge range of the ISO settings (ISO 50-ISO 25600(H2), ISO 100-3200 is set automatically if needed in the 5D , it would.

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[Bob Dix]

Clyde,

I presume you mean a slight movement of the pixels on panning.I have used a 5D mark II for 18 months and have noticed this only if very fast panning is done and a poor quality CF card used ,and a non Image stabilized lens in the main, & again I presume the 7d is the same. I have only seen this happen in the early stages of using this camera and never again, probably only in post production and never in the LCD.
Canon Australia advised me that the Canon EF L Lens 70mm-200mm has a horizontal Image Stabilizer that will eliminate this issue in poor panning ? But, we use mainly a 35mm 28-135mm F3.5 IS lens for most travel work, the video and stills have been stunning in 1920 x 1080p

I noticed elsewhere that you are NSTC, we are PAL and the jello only happened when we were shooting at 30fps not 25 fps now as we got a Firmware Upgrade from Canon to do this.But, Peter is right it should not make any difference, he uses a 7D.

Good luck

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[Bob Dix]

It is good to know, something works.

Regards……………..

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[Bob Dix]

I use a Canon 5D mark II which is similar to the 7D . You can select with the Multi-Controller button above the Quick Control Wheel.
However , I recommend that you use manual lens control for all focusing. The auto focus is not reliable, and to have out of focus high definition video is not a good look in Live View. It is better to use the the one red focus point and half depress the Shutter button ,( the is in stills mode.) then go to live mode to video.But, double check manually.

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