Canon EOS 5D Mark II Remote Capture at the Inauguration
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Chuck Kennedy uses a Canon EOS 5D Mark II for Remote Capture at the Inauguration.
Fantastic. I’d say it was well worth the effort. Note Sasha standing on the block.
[via The-Digital-Picture.com - Canon Digital SLR, Lens and Accessory Reviews]
Wow, that’s a fantastic closeup of the Obama family at the inaugural swearing-in ceremony. That remote setup worked beautifully. I’d love to experiment with that equipment for remote photography.
yes such a great shot, what is the lens?
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It looks like either a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L or a Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L.
take nice images ;) and by the way would you recomand one over the other it seem like faster is better no?
Edward: I’m trying to decide which of these lenses to buy for myself at the moment. The 17-40 is half the price of the 16-35 but the 16-35 is fast enough to use in low light with a camera like the 5D. Plus on the wide end that extra millimetre from 17 out to 16 is meaningful. I’m not sure which I’ll get yet, if any. I wasn’t sure what to do and missed the recent sale where it was $50 off on the 17-40 and $100 off on the 16-35. Sigh.
yes when you told me about a wide angle I looked into it the review are more faverable on the 17-40 but not sure what those are worth, so I am like you I think that wide is better and faster is better too. the price isent better ;)
Edward, on your 40D the 17mm end of the lens won’t be 17mm, it will be more like 24mm. That’s wider than anything you have now but not a super wide angle lens. This is the great thing about a full frame camera.
right, and as soon as i get more proficient with the 40D I will get a full frame camera. right now I am investing in lens ;)
Edward: …and that lens should be forward thinking, one that will work both on your 40D and a future full frame camera. No EF-S lenses unless you plan to sell them or have two bodies, and remember that wide on the 40D is superwide on the 5D.
well you have kind of convinced me that i should realy look into L lens and kind of stick to that but to tell you the truth I check your gear page frequently and that is a good source of inspiration ;)
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Edward: There are many great lenses that are not Ls but it’s true that L lenses are built very well and of professional quality. They are a lifetime investment for sure.
My gear page is rather embarrassing given the lack of photographic output from me these days. I have to get back to it!
well it is a good resource when ever i am about to get new gear it is the first place i look.
and I like life time investment….
Edward: I know you, and you can rationalize anything!
hahahah right you do know me well.
Here’s the Canon EOS 5D audio sync issue or problem.
Last Wednesday I used my two 5D MkII’s in a 3 camera music video shoot. The third camera was a Sony PMW-EX1. Audio was recorded on two additional devices. One audio recording device was an Edirol R4 Pro. The other audio recording setup was a Tascam USB Interface to a MacBook Pro.
The Sony Camera, Edirol, and Tascam/MacBook Pro devices all synced sound perfectly over the full duration of the shoot (just over 20 minutes). To clarify – once the different sources are sync’d quickly and easily to the slate clap on the waveform at the beginning of the shoot they all stayed perfectly in sync for the rest of the video.
Both Canon cameras audio and video sync’d perfectly to each other but drifted significantly from the other 3 devices even over a 3 minute segment. The is a very serious problem for me and one that introduces significant post-production trouble and expense.
This issue was so unexpected (I haven’t run into this in years of working with a range of equipment) that I performed 3 subsequent tests to confirm that the 5D MkII’s run too fast. The results from the tests show both of my 5D Mark II run about 14 frames too fast in 10 minutes. Audio that is 1 full frame out of sync is noticeable on sharp sounds causing an echo. Audio that is 2 or 3 frames out of sync causes echo on any sound and looks odd in terms of lip sync.
That the two Canon cameras audio sync’d OK to each other tells me that the cameras can be calibrated to a standard. Evidently they are just calibrated to an incorrect standard.
Anybody else experience this? Does anybody really know if this is likely a chip issue or a firmware issue? Does anyone know an easy reliable way to get the clips to conform to the standard without time-consuming constant tweaking?
I contacted Canon tech support and the girl there couldn’t care less. She said: There is no fix and that the 5d isn’t really a video camera so what did I expect? Nice!
Michael: Wow, I’m quite surprised by this and by Canon’s response. Given that lots of people are buying this camera to do video work with I’d think Canon would be all over this. I’m not sure what to say except that I hope it’s fixable in firmware. Good luck.