Vincent Laforet Canon D5 MKII Film

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The short film Vincent Laforet shot with his preproduction Canon D5 MKII:


Vincent Laforet Canon D5 MKII Film Page



"This video was shot with a pre-production Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR. The files used to create this video were not manipulated in any way, only re-compressed for ¼ resolution display on our website. To view Vincent Laforet’s comments and behind-the-scenes video on the making of REVERIE, please visit his blog: blog.vincentlaforet.com

EF Lenses used in the making of REVERIE:
FD 7.5mm f/5.6 (converted to EF mount)
EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
EF 50mm f/1.2L USM
EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
EF 135mm f/2L USM
EF 200mm f/1.8L USM
EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM
EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
TS-E 24mm f/3.5L
TS-E 45mm f/2.8

Video ©2008 Laforet Visuals Inc.
Used with permission"


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You'll be waiting till May or June at the earliest. First footage and working prototypes at NAB in April, and shipping at an undetermined time afterwards.
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And the movie making stardom dreams keep getting farther and farther.
 
You know, the only thing strange about this that Canon seems to have a remarkably agile marketing group.
All this silence, the planning put in the whole roll-out of the camera, and a photographer, just happens to convince the New York office that he should have a camera for a weekend and put up video shots from it on his blog just like Philip Bloom and the EX1.

I can believe that this all happened or I can also believe that Canon saw how well the Bloom blog worked for the EX1 (one of their video competitors) and decided to do the same thing with the release of the 5d mark 2.

It really doesn't matter that much in the scheme of things, but the mind boggles at the hoops that Laforet would have had to jump through to some how get all those screenshots cleared for his blog that quickly.

One way or the other it doesn't matter really, but it does make you go hmmm.
 
Well this is why you buy other cameras in the meantime and keep working your craft, instead of waiting for the dream camera. I know it'll come out, but for my own sanity it helps to shoot with what I got until something better is in my hands. Yeah the Canon's 30P and the Nikon's get wicked jello, but work around those limitations.
 
walnutcrunch said:
You know, the only thing strange about this that Canon seems to have a remarkably agile marketing group.
All this silence, the planning put in the whole roll-out of the camera, and a photographer, just happens to convince the New York office that he should have a camera for a weekend and put up video shots from it on his blog just like Philip Bloom and the EX1.

I can believe that this all happened or I can also believe that Canon saw how well the Bloom blog worked for the EX1 (one of their video competitors) and decided to do the same thing with the release of the 5d mark 2.

It really doesn't matter that much in the scheme of things, but the mind boggles at the hoops that Laforet would have had to jump through to some how get all those screenshots cleared for his blog that quickly.

One way or the other it doesn't matter really, but it does make you go hmmm.
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I don't know.

He is a pretty heavy hitter.

He is the counterpart or the mirror image if you will of the D90 guy.


I don't think he would put his reputation on the line for the launch of a 5D MKII.

I don't think Canon would either.


As far as his images.

He indeed has mastered a bit of his art.

According to him, he is just looking at going into moving images now.
 
Isaac_Brody said:
Well this is why you buy other cameras in the meantime and keep working your craft, instead of waiting for the dream camera. I know it'll come out, but for my own sanity it helps to shoot with what I got until something better is in my hands. Yeah the Canon's 30P and the Nikon's get wicked jello, but work around those limitations.
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It's Awesome!


When I read your post I hear Samuel L. Jackson's voice! :beer:
 
Well, I'm pissed.

=T I can't believe this camera doesn't have 24p. This SOB would make some incredible 720p man.
 
This video was amazing. It's obvious that it has the tech specs for filmmakers to tell great stories. Could Scarlett be better than this? Under what microscope? And how many hairs would you have to split to make your point. Talent will do great things with this camera.
 
Scarlet could be better just based on 24p Alone. Outside of that, Raw image format, manual controls, etc etc.

However... how long til scarlet comes out? =T

Just, wow. How depressing.
 
I liked the footage a great deal.

I did not like the wobbly helicopter shots and I did not like the 30p and more importantly the greater-than-180-degree shutter.


I still like it and love it but readily admit this iteration looks more like soap opera than film.


Still, I give my man Vincent Laforet and A++
 
ESTEBEVERDE said:
I liked the footage a great deal.

I did not like the wobbly helicopter shots and I did not like the 30p and more importantly the greater-than-180-degree shutter.


I still like it and love it but readily admit this iteration looks more like soap opera than film.


Still, I give my man Vincent Laforet and A++
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I agree. Aside from that, though, the image shows a great deal of promise for 720p content. =T Which is generally enough to begin with.

It produced a much better image than I thought it would have.
 
That goes to show how a talented photographer manages image making. And nothing done to the footage just recompressed 1/4 for web space. It is very nice indeed. Just needed: 24P for those of you that must have it and full manual control of course. We are no doubt entering a new stage in movie making. Witnessing an incredible evolution. And it can only get better. I am so glad to be a photographer who also loves movie making.
 
all i could think of while watching REVERIE is that when i become dicator, i execute all the whiners who havn't touched the camera and spit on it because it's 30fps...
Vince could have shot REVERIE with a holga and it would still be captivating.

people fail to understand, you need to spend at least 5 times the camera's cost on lighting, then talent, sound.. if the story is good, nobody cares about the technical details.
 
I absolutely hated the way motion looked in this. It literally screamed "DV" throughout.
360 degree shutter + 30p = evil

Apart from this, it seems pretty stunning what this camera can do. I really hope Canon will give us 24p or at least 25p.
 
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