Canon 5D MKII a viable replacement for an EX1 + LEX?...

princigalli said:
I just got my Canon 5D mark II. I had very little time to play with it but here are my first negative impressions:

1. manual setting on video is not possible. I was horrified to see the camera change shutter speed, aperture, and ISO without any control on my part. Of course you can lock the exposure by pressing a button, but that's not setting the numbers yourself. Not good.

2. Not very impressed with video. A 264 quicktime is not a great format for such things. Not because of editing, but because of compression and colors, even if the bit rate is very high.

3. Chromatic Aberration. This is a serious problem for Canon because I think they are not capable of producing lens free of that problem at less than $5000. I got a new 85mm L 1.2 and the kit 24-105 F/4 L. The first lens are great for colors and Bokeh, but the chromatic aberrations make the lens unusable in some conditions, mostly open air. The zoom kit lens is pure junk. Chromatic aberrations as bad as Canon pocket tourist camera, and much more aggressive than the 85L.

It looks like if I don'w want chromatic aberration I will need a Sigma prime 150, or the Canon 200mmL1.8. Very frustrating that Canon can't control their Chroma. Nikon at least was able to produce lens with less Chroma Aberration, but all their new cameras correct the Jpegs from such problems.

4. Autofocus while filming. There are manual and automatic options, but only the manual focus seems to be usable.
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And about artifacts?

Audio quality? Did you try any workaround (as far as its obvious limitations) ?

Thanks for your input.
 
Emanuel said:
And about artifacts?

Audio quality? Did you try any workaround (as far as its obvious limitations) ?

Thanks for your input.
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Hi,
it's still too early for me to say because I didn't have time to test the camera extensively. One work around for the limitations concerning manual control while filming is to lock exposure when you are happy with the settings the camera picks at one moment.

I was disappointed with the extremely high amount of noise at 3200 ASA. I don't need 3200 ASA and wish the camera didn't switch to that mode when the lights are down. Also in low light at 1600 or 3200 I think that the colors suffer a lot. At some point I thought I was looking at a 256 color image from the old Amiga times. You can avoid this situation but it's very annoying not being able to set anything up.

When the light is good the video is very good. But it still looks like an MPEG film.
 
princigalli said:
Hi,
it's still too early for me to say because I didn't have time to test the camera extensively. One work around for the limitations concerning manual control while filming is to lock exposure when you are happy with the settings the camera picks at one moment.

I was disappointed with the extremely high amount of noise at 3200 ASA. I don't need 3200 ASA and wish the camera didn't switch to that mode when the lights are down. Also in low light at 1600 or 3200 I think that the colors suffer a lot. At some point I thought I was looking at a 256 color image from the old Amiga times. You can avoid this situation but it's very annoying not being able to set anything up.

When the light is good the video is very good. But it still looks like an MPEG film.
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Vielen Dank.

What do you mean for MPEG film?

Artifacts? No workaround?

Better or worst than HDV?

Better or worst than 24 Mbit AVCHD (after all, both are H.264) ?
 
OSV said:
can you live without a zoom lens?
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Have I missed something? Why can't you use a zoom lens? I know it won't be electronically controlled but I personally try to avoid zooms in my videos unless I want the quick manual zoom and focus look (which is possible with this camera anyway.)
 
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