Comments on: It’s official! Canon 7d announced! 24p! 25p! 30p! 50p! 60p!!

By: pbloom

pbloom — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:43:04 +0000

you need to read more recent blogs frenz!

By: Frenz

Frenz — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:25:15 +0000

pbloom, help… are you saying that the 5D MK II really suck?? I want to try and buy the 5D MK II

I’m a little confused about the 7D but I sold my 350D because I always wanted to go to 35mm.

By: John Novotny

John Novotny — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:20:05 +0000

The link I just posted gives directions on how to bug Canon into a 24p firmware update for the 5D.

Here it is again.

http://prolost.com/blog/2008/9/20/dear-canon-24p-please.html

By: pbloom

pbloom — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:13:43 +0000

25p is what i normally shoot at for UK broadcast. 24p is cinema projection rate. This camera shoots at 23.98p which is for frame rate for US TV drama. 50fps looks like video when played back. The aesthetic of 24 and 25p is much more pleasing and film like. Best to wiki 29.97 and 23.98 as it explains things like pulldown and US TV transmission v well. It’s all very complicated and much simpler here in the UK.

By: Janne

Janne — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:44:30 +0000

Some basic questions, but what is the big deal about 24 fps? Why would it be better than 25 fps? And if I can shoot 50 fps, why would I select 24? Isn’t more always better?(!)

Also, why is 30 not exactly 30, but 29.97?

By: pbloom

pbloom — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:42:16 +0000

Phil. Am VERY happy this camera has an APS 1.6x sensor. It it had a full frame sensor then i would be lumbered with two useless 5dmkIIs!!!

By: endeavour

endeavour — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:15:12 +0000

Interesting point and one I would like the answer to as well. Have tried to understand the tech but I don’t seem to be able to force it into my aging brain.

Am I right in thinking that 7D 29.97 footage would want to render if you put it into a 5D native sequence? That would mean you would still be looking at transcoding everything to ProRes 1st unless it was just a few clips. At which point you might as well shoot the 7D in your final output fps to avoid introducing artifacts into that footage in the transcode.

If commercial Blu-rays are also true 24p not 23.97? Does this mean our transcoding woes are still not over or are most TVs not bothered by whether its 23.97/24/25p?

By: HDWarrior

HDWarrior — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:35:00 +0000

The same could have been said about the Nikon D700 v the D3 but it didn’t affect Nikon sales instead lots of pros bought it as a second camera ! Phil be honest with me are you happy with the APS 1.6x sensor.

I can’t be any more blatant with Canon…we need a solid state video camera with 5D features, shallow DOF, 35mm Canon lenses etc….all the video companies are missing this golden opportunity and Canon Pro video are 16 months with no new camcorder, how much louder do we need to shout !

PS Mr Angry T-shirts… on sale… outside Canon’s UK headquarters…and the slogan “Who are the 5000 we want proof”

By: endeavour

endeavour — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:15:02 +0000

I don’t get that pricing. There isn’t a £1:$1 on the 5D2. dpreview expected €1649 and the Euro zone pricing looks all over the place at the moment like they have been told €1649 or €1999.

By: pbloom

pbloom — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:40:40 +0000

it’s a wicked camera and the US price is awesome. I for one will get one and i recommend this as the camera for people looking to get into DSLR video.