Davide Roveri on Vimeo has created a short titled Pentonville Nights that has been entirely shot on a Canon 5D MkII using a 50mm f1.4 lens at 24fps.
This is his first attempt at putting something together and he’s eager for some comments, so watch the video and head over to Vimeo to let him know your thoughts. We think it’s rather good and particularly like the ‘Welcome to London’ shot at around the 2:17 mark. Overall the whole video has a remarkable stillness to it. See what you think…
If you’re interested in investigating the many talents of Laura further her latest music video is below, which was shot on a Canon 5D MK II in Shoreditch. The track is called Scared to Capsize and you can watch a making of the video here.
As you can see the detail Amol has managed to capture is superb and all done with a standard 18-55mm lens. We were especially impressed with the footage of the ants – it appears so carefully crafted.
His comment signed off with ‘Hope you like it…’ Amol, we love it!
If you’ve used a Canon EOS 550D for similar projects we’d love to see them.
A few weeks back we asked Rosie Hardy to trial a couple of lenses to see what she could do with them and what she thought. They were an EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM & EF 24mm f1.4L mark II. The results are amazing!
You can see all of a Rosie’s work on her professional website along with ‘outtakes, behind the scenes and other bits n bobs’ on her blog. And if you want to stay even more up to date, then be sure to follow her on Twitter @rosie_hardy.
From the images that have been posted you’ll be able to get a strong idea of the 550D’s capabilities. Have a look at the post titled Prudential or You Can’t Take a Bad Picture with the 50mm lens. And if you’re keen to see the video quality offered by the camera then enjoy Steve’s culinary skills in the post 1st Canon 550D 1080p Video – a straight out of the box effort capturing the art of spaghetti stirring…
Dave Hodgkinson and his Canon S90 have featured before at CanonCameraBuzz in a post that saw him purchase the Powershot while in Taipei after wanting a portable point and shoot for everyday use.
He has again been experimenting with the camera investigating the in-camera black and white setting, by asking if in-camera black and white is a useful feature. The shooting was quick due to the weather conditions, but that didn’t stop Dave capturing some impressive shots.
The results Dave believed showed some overexposure that meant,
Engadget have covered the landmark and other previously significant numbers reached, and not only for the EOS-series either, there’s a mention of the shipment of their 100 millionth compact camera too, which happened during 2008.
Production of Canon’s EOS SLRs began in 1987 and took 10 years to reach the 10 million mark,
The EOS series, which stands for “Electro Optical System” and also carries the name of the Greek goddess of the dawn, was first introduced in March 1987 as a new generation of AF SLR cameras that incorporate the world’s first electronic mount system, achieving complete electronic control not only between the lens and body but throughout the entire camera system.” – Canon Press Release
Regarding the EOS SLRs it turns out that half of the 40 million now in existence are digital, which is pretty significant, and as Engadget say,
[…] given the state of film today, we’re guessing that the delta between the two will only grow larger in the future.”
Their also running a poll on the back of this news – Are you the proud owner of a Canon SLR? Be sure to head over to the article and select a radio button, and if you’re doing that why not let us know too if you’re a Canon user in the comments.
All that remains is to send a hearty congratulations to Canon! Good work.
The full press release can be seen at the bottom of the Engadget article.
He takes the camera with him to see what it can do as he strolls around Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens. Jon tests the video recording capability and the still shot credentials and finds both to be impressive. There is also some lens play and mention of the low light abilities of the camera with the ISO setting now reaching a fairly noiseless 12800.
At the end of the piece the only question left to answer is whether or not the Canon 550D is the definitive entry level DSLR…
The review of the Canon 550D DSLR starts at the beginning of the clip and finishes at 04:05.
The interest was around sections of the video that appeared as if the were shot using tilt-shift and then stop motion animation to give the impression of movement. It turns out that it was exactly how the segments were created and all the stills were taken on a Canon EOS 400D. The effect gives the sensation of miniaturization, making the sequences appear model like.
