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    5D Mark II Used in The Avengers!

    Just stumbled across this on IMDb:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/technical

    Apparently some shots in The Avengers were shot with the 5D Mark II!
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    eoshd has an article about this, with a bts picture... and lots of nasty comments about some famous dslr lovers

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      #3
      Just read the article. For anyone interested,

      http://www.eoshd.com/content/8032/ca...n-the-avengers

      Apparently the new "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" was shot completely on the 5D Mark II!

      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430626/
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        #4
        ^ that's a stop motion film, so it uses a stills camera - one year ago, you'd be hard pressed to find a camera better suited to that task than the 5D2

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          #5
          Originally posted by Samuel H View Post
          ^ that's a stop motion film, so it uses a stills camera - one year ago, you'd be hard pressed to find a camera better suited to that task than the 5D2
          nice. so in effect the resolution they are working with 'raw' absolutely obliterates anything possible with even the best digital movie cameras? would be nice if they created a 5d on steroids which just shoots raw image files at 24 shots a second silently and for periods of 5mins or more

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            #6
            Originally posted by Seamus McGarvey (Cinematogapher, The Avengers)
            They are great for shooting additional angles that give film editors more options for creating powerfully immersive and kaleidoscopic views of action scenes
            I'm guessing it was used for very specific purposes, perhaps not even intended to ever be shown as full frame (i.e. to get a small portion that would ultimately be composited into the full 4k frame).

            I saw The Avengers in 4k and didn't notice and DSLR footage.

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              #7
              They generally get used when you want a "disposable" or small camera. Either a big risk the camera will get trashed in the shot, or we want to stick it in a very tight space.
              Edit: OR have it be super light to rig it in some weird way, like at the end of a gun barrel.
              Last edited by gonzo_entertainment; 05-11-2012, 05:52 AM.
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                #8
                reading the comments on the eoshd post, in the case of the avenger, I think it's "all of the above"

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by KyranFord View Post
                  Just read the article. For anyone interested,

                  http://www.eoshd.com/content/8032/ca...n-the-avengers

                  Apparently the new "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" was shot completely on the 5D Mark II!

                  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430626/
                  The IMDB techical detail page is wrong, I've submitted correction. that stop motion film (with CGI elements) was shot on 50 1D Mark IIIs, yes, the number of 1D Mark III is 50.

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                    #10
                    There was one scene towards the end where a row of cars flip over, from the pov of a camera mounted inside a car looking thru the windshield. fFinally the camera car flips over and the windshield cracks. Pretty sure that was a full frame 5D shot.
                    http://vimeo.com/channels/guerrillafilms

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by gonzo_entertainment View Post
                      They generally get used when you want a "disposable" or small camera. Either a big risk the camera will get trashed in the shot, or we want to stick it in a very tight space.
                      Edit: OR have it be super light to rig it in some weird way, like at the end of a gun barrel.

                      another example from Act of Valor

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by simonpwood View Post
                        There was one scene towards the end where a row of cars flip over, from the pov of a camera mounted inside a car looking thru the windshield. fFinally the camera car flips over and the windshield cracks. Pretty sure that was a full frame 5D shot.
                        That would be a prime example of when to use one, and I think you are right. Also the added bonus of shooting through that window just to add a practical element of softer looking image.
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                          #13
                          I'd imagine those shots require a lot of post work: rolling shutter in that shot must have been horrible

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Samuel H View Post
                            I'd imagine those shots require a lot of post work: rolling shutter in that shot must have been horrible
                            I was just imagining this. Too bad the Mark III wasn't out when production took place. ;)
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by KyranFord View Post
                              I was just imagining this. Too bad the Mark III wasn't out when production took place. ;)
                              If you seen the adobe website you can see how they used premiere/ after effects to help create the movie, very powerful stabilizing effects as well as rolling shutter within that program. Have a look around the 3:00 mark, seems very easy and straight forward.
                              http://tv.adobe.com/watch/moving-to-...dito-brothers/

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