Interesting D5 Mark II (cap)abilities -- more/new (careful) footage

[bronxjragon]

Theres a bit of a guilty difference between $150 and a $1500 lens. The price jump is not really because of the .2... Its a combination of things. Mostly $1500 lens is for elites users who want product that comes with high performance and high quality lens design etc... The 50mm f1.2 a like a Bently and the cheaper 50mm f1.4 is like a honda civic. They both produce an image and do wat a lens is suppose to do for the user. But, some people like to spend alittle extra to get the best image.

Theres a few other lens manufacturers that make a 50mm f1.4 lens thats in the thousand dollar range. A simple Cooke S4 lens is like $4000 for a simple 50mm f1.4 or i think its a f1.8.... i cant remember.

thanks for the info buddy i didnt know that before. craziness

 

[Steve Castle]

Theres a bit of a guilty difference between $150 and a $1500 lens. The price jump is not really because of the .2... Its a combination of things. Mostly $1500 lens is for elites users who want product that comes with high performance and high quality lens design etc... The 50mm f1.2 a like a Bently and the cheaper 50mm f1.4 is like a honda civic. They both produce an image and do wat a lens is suppose to do for the user. But, some people like to spend alittle extra to get the best image.

Theres a few other lens manufacturers that make a 50mm f1.4 lens thats in the thousand dollar range. A simple Cooke S4 lens is like $4000 for a simple 50mm f1.4 or i think its a f1.8.... i cant remember.

I suppose you could spend $11,000 for a Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux if you absolutely must have the most expensive 50mm lens :beer:

I used to own a 50mm f/1.2 before I moved to a Nikon system (I sold it to get a Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8). The real world differences between a 1.2 and 1.4 are very small in terms of quality, it is sharper when you pixel peep. Its worth it if you can afford it, but lens quality these days have come to a level where most lenses are very excellent in quality. I recently tested out a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 and was stunned by the quality (since I have a negative bias against Sigma).

 

[bronxjragon]

I suppose you could spend $11,000 for a Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux if you absolutely must have the most expensive 50mm lens :beer:

I used to own a 50mm f/1.2 before I moved to a Nikon system (I sold it to get a Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8). The real world differences between a 1.2 and 1.4 are very small in terms of quality, it is sharper when you pixel peep. Its worth it if you can afford it, but lens quality these days have come to a level where most lenses are very excellent in quality. I recently tested out a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 and was stunned by the quality (since I have a negative bias against Sigma).

thats what i was thinking because i have some pentax lenses that i bought for so cheap and quality was awesome

 

[Chris_TC]

Theres a bit of a guilty difference between $150 and a $1500 lens. The price jump is not really because of the .2... Its a combination of things. Mostly $1500 lens is for elites users who want product that comes with high performance and high quality lens design etc... The 50mm f1.2 a like a Bently and the cheaper 50mm f1.4 is like a honda civic. They both produce an image and do wat a lens is suppose to do for the user. But, some people like to spend alittle extra to get the best image.

It's just that for shooting video most cheapo plastic lenses are going to produce a great image. These lenses are designed to resolve a lot more than 2 megapixels. Even the cheapest ones.
Also, you don't need the wider max apertures due to the 5d having less depth of field than 35mm to begin with, and due to it being great in low light.

 

[Jokerswild]

man, you guys are getting me excited about this camera now...I have had one on order and paid in full with Calumet Photographic now for a few weeks.....I got it as a backup for my Canon 1DSMKII without even considering it for video purposes...Now I am thinking that this may be the best $2700 I ever spent...

NOTE: could someone please give me a little feed back to my question here: I really need to get some input before I start my documentary..Thanks folks.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=151269
Steve
www.sjbaraophoto.com

 

[ecking]

No they just know how to fool customers in achieving film look without the need for a whole rig and now that they can achieve the result with a portable system why not go for it. Anyway half the people who say they're going to buy it usually don't.

Someone who shot with the 5DMII showed me his original raw footage and it just isn't that great. Everyone else will see that in a few weeks. With extreme control you can get a decent picture but trust me when I say except for the occasional shooter, you will not be tricking clients this that their product was shot with footage from the big leagues.

Everyone should wait until the same technology is put into real video cameras, unless your a hobbyist or doing short clips.

 

[tallrd]

Canon is allowing pre-orders since a week or so (?) now. As seems to always be the case with a new Canon product, availability will be much lower than units pre-sold.