Here’s some semi-raw video shot with my Canon 5D Mark2 still camera that’ll be used for a promotional campaign. I have much more video – all these shots are done with my Lensbaby Composer lens attachment.
Shooting with the 5D2 has its limitations, for sure, but the saturation and depth-of-field more than makes up for them. You just have to practice and come up with some of your own tricks to get exactly what you want. Actually, I can’t wait to see what my next project looks like now that I actually have full manual control over the exposure with the new firmware update. (For this project I only used audio as an enhancement, or to hear my shot markers. I have had some luck with audio on other projects — more on that in another post).
Anyway, I just wanted to show off some raw video before posting the actual promo spots with all the post-production enhancements. Not bad for a consumer camera sporting a toy lens, right?
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That vidg is awesome. I saw something else shot with your camera and it looked great as well. Just what I need, another sweet gadget to spend money on. Luckily I don’t have the money…
Again, I want this camera! Very impressive footage for an SLR Digital Camera. What is a Lensbaby attachment?
The Lensbaby is what some might call a “novelty lens”, but I call it “totally rad”.
It’s a SLR compatible lens (with zero electronic features) that allows you to warp around the front of the lens, so you can pick where you want the focus to be, and everything is else is rendered blurry.
Go check out lensbaby.com!
What did you do for lighting? Nice work, I actually saw the promo over the weekend. A guy I went to college with just won a couple Emmys for promo work, so good luck to you.
Thanks, Oreo.
I only used a reflector for some shots, bur mostly it was done with existing light.
The camera is crazy-awesome in low light, and being able to bump up to ISO 6400 really helps.