I personally recommend the 7D version as it covers the same ground as the 5DmkII version but in more detail.
our first touch...
In a few hours I get on a plane to Prague where it is VERY cold. I am meeting up with Albert Hughes to do some shooting on the 1DmkIV. It’s a stunning city and should look great with this camera in low light.
Prague at night, not shot on 1DmkIV
I only have it for a two days so it’s unlikely I will get a chance to do any side by comparisons between this, the 7D and the 5DmkII but even from one very short test shot I did it’s way cleaner at 3200 ISO than the Canon 5dMKII and 7D are.
Z-Finder V2 or 1DmkIV
I will be updating this blog over the next three days or so finally culminating in a short film made out there.
On Sunday, Lucasfilm’s Rick McCallum will be joining us which will be very cool as we had a great time over at Skywalker Ranch last week. In that vein below is the very first shot I did with the Canon 1dmkiV prototype. Don’t worry, it will get better from now on 
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Silliest first test shot of Canon 1DMKIV ever… from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
well so far anyway!
Just camera on tripod. Lights off, let’s see what she can do.
ISO 3200. CANON L series 35mm f1.4 wide open.
Check out my blog for continual updates of weekend shooting with it.
Jason
December 18, 2009 at 18:55Haha…. that’s awesome. Maybe over the weekend, you & Rick can fight each other!
Voytech
December 18, 2009 at 19:02Awesome! Have fan in Prague and shoot some clubbing scenes.
chris schwartz
December 18, 2009 at 19:12have a safe flight
aaron morrell
December 18, 2009 at 19:35That was perfect use of the new saber. Just watched the boxes get ripped open on your other video…. should’ve seen this coming. Ha! Great plot development!
John Novotny
December 18, 2009 at 19:59LMAO, still on your Skywalker trip.
Prague very beautiful, a great shooting location.
Can’t wait for the review.
Rob Imbs
December 18, 2009 at 20:04I’m not impressed, I get that same kind of low light performance from my HVX and letus adapter,….
….BWAhahaAHAHAAAaaa! …oh man, oh that was funny.
JK,that low light performance is ridiculous!, I’m envious.
BTW, the light-saber powering off looked very cool in a pitch black room!
pbloom
December 18, 2009 at 20:28i dropped shutter to 1/30th so I would get some motion blur on the blade!
Steve Staffan
December 18, 2009 at 20:25yesss!!!! I CANT WAIT!!
Ron Dawson
December 18, 2009 at 21:08So, the light saber activating was very phallic Philip. Was that on purpose? Wishful thinking are we?
Larry
December 18, 2009 at 21:26Loved it….put a smile on my face
Roman France
December 18, 2009 at 22:15That was the most EPIC test video I’ve seen. That’s high claim because I just watched Avatar in IMAX 3D and that might be the most EPIC film ever.
gmtof
December 18, 2009 at 23:12I can’t judge on the 1DMKIV quality their is a damn geek one the video
Anyway thanks for you’re videos really inspiring or informative (exept this one
STR
December 19, 2009 at 00:14awesome!!
Bring it on…
PS – would love to see a green saber battling with you – lighting would look awesome!
joe plenys
December 19, 2009 at 00:43Super curious to see if Canon got rid of the recording light/cropping of the image on the hdmi output with this camera so it could be used with NanoFlash or http://www.cinedeck.com/content/#/2?type=serial&var=
so h.264 could be bypassed.
Have a chance to connect it to the nanoflash?
Cheers from LA! — Congrats on the whole Skywalker Ranch saga- pure awesomeness!
Joe
markp
December 19, 2009 at 12:20The IDmkIV white paper has an illustration of an image during recording mode displayed on an external HDMI monitor – there are black pillars on the sides – the 16:9 image is inside a 4:3 box on a 16:9 screen. Disappointing, and amazingly stupid.
A Rigged Production
December 19, 2009 at 00:55Hahaha you cheeky bastard
, nice work ;D
Rig.
Carl
December 19, 2009 at 03:28Hey Philip,
The kids want new sabers for Christmas, which one was that? Very cool!
tom
December 19, 2009 at 06:18I want to see this camera in low light test, to see how good is it. can’t wait!
Bernard Lau
December 19, 2009 at 14:39Didn’t expect the Sith to return!
Very creative first test video Philip.
Andy Nicholas
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Charlie Liu
December 19, 2009 at 16:15did you realized that you got a Red light saber…
It is what bad guy use…LOL
Jay Alipit
December 19, 2009 at 18:53That is freakin hilarious. Lucky Lucky Lucky… feed us visuals when you get the chance. Happy Hols Everybody!
Ehtasham Mallick
December 19, 2009 at 22:29Great !!! Anxiously waiting for more footage ……. Low light capability seems to be much better than anything by Canon at this time.
martin clabburn
December 20, 2009 at 18:47I bet Steve’s now quaking in his boots!
Javier Rivera
December 21, 2009 at 13:06Hey Phil. Is this the Albert Hughes, twin brother of Allen Hughes, director of “Menace II Society” “Book of Eli” Albert Hughes?
pbloom
December 21, 2009 at 13:07Yep. That Albert Hughes
Javier Rivera
December 21, 2009 at 16:32WOW! Did you guys hook up through Lucas or is he a fan of yours too?
Javier Rivera
December 21, 2009 at 16:45I’m a dope sorry. Just re-read that you put that info at the bottom of the Lucas Post.
pbloom
December 21, 2009 at 16:52Albert emailed me early last year when he first saw my work and we have been in touch ever since.
Javier Rivera
December 21, 2009 at 17:18Can you please tell me how that email went? Was he already finished with Book of Eli? Please tell me I’ll be able to read your name on a big budget film on IMDB soon?
pbloom
December 21, 2009 at 18:14this was before he started shooting the movie. It was just a very lovely complimentary email out of the blue
Denisa Mrackova
December 21, 2009 at 15:22this is parody to your video from 1d mkIV but honestly it looks like D3s is much more better (colors, noise, light)
http://www.vimeo.com/8289717