Production 7D movie 'Another night in Beijing'

Sigh...I thought it was excellent work. I agree with slimchrisp - posts like that, are EXACTLY the reason that I come to this site less and less. It seems every time a new camera is released, there's 1000 new members bashing something about it.

Jesus...
 
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John Caballero said:
Well, real movies and TV series done with film or in digital cinema do not have the background "blured" all the time. That is totally inaccurate. I suggest you go to hulu.com and take a look at some of them. You'll be surprised. It is amazing how much misinformation is flying around out there. Unbelievable. The piece on this thread looks plenty "cinematic", with or without the "blur background".
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Id say background blurred 70% of the time in shots from what i see on my TV watching films/tv series.
If DOF dont have anything to do with "filmic/cinematic" then forget 7d and lets all shoot with our cellphones,put them on dolly or crane - instant film.
It doesnt look cinematic and theres nothing wrong with that, im sure some guys will pull amazing footage from this cam.Ive seen many bad RED footage and some amazing work.Handheld random footage very rarely looks good.
BUT first of all this vid is not suppose to look cinematic/filmic.
First RED videos werent great too.
Its not bashing,its stating opinion,we can do that on forums.When peoples are overexcited over new product they "protect" it as much as they can,i understand that.
 
bwwd said:
When peoples are overexcited over new product they "protect" it as much as they can,i understand that.
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Sorry dude, but it has nothing to do with protecting a product. When someone takes the time to post some clips out of a new camera, there's nothing really constructive about bashing the aesthetics.

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Looks very good. I watched the first one you made with the 5D. There is a big difference. The 7D looks better to me. Can you post some day time video?
 
Plenty of you would be better off if you took a break from bashing work and instead got out there and shot something.

Why is it lately that anytime someone goes out of their way to share footage with the community we seem unable to do anything but attack the original poster in some way?

This isn't a feature film, this isn't a short, it's not a commercial, this was nothing that was planned, written, or otherwise produced - this was test footage of the 7D that so many have been saying they wanted to see.

You should treat it and critique it in the context in which it is presented.

When I see long time members making reference to the fact that this sort of thing makes them visit the site less and less... it makes me realize it's an issue that needs to be dealt with.

But in the end - it's up to you guys.
You make up the community - and you make the climate.


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Oh, and for the record - thanks to the original poster for posting that footage.
Personally, I think it looks absolutely killer.
 
I'm getting real sick of the agendas... Might be time to start dropping the hammer.

There are some usual suspects who need to chill. I'm tired of this constant back and forth and these bad vibes...

Same thing, different camera... and it's making people look like hypocrites.

Sorry for the harshness... but consider this the warning.
 
Zim said:
Looks very good. I watched the first one you made with the 5D. There is a big difference. The 7D looks better to me. Can you post some day time video?
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I agree with you... For some reason, the 7D DOES look better to me. I can't wrap my head around it... And it's not just the 30p vs. 25p. Now I'm finally understanding what those people were saying about how the 7D looked "more organic" than the 5D in Philip's "Dublin's People."

Another impressive video from this new camera...
 
I hear what you're saying ydgmdlu...it might have something to do with the slightly noisier image than the 5dll and 25p combined ( but still very sharp and detailed). I don't know...but it does have a kind of organic feel to its image. I like that a lot.

Thanks for posting this video.
 
Thanks for posting. Yet another great example of what this cam is capable of. I've got the 5DII, but might just throw this in my bag as well.
 
I like the shot of the guy on his mobile..his illuminated face from the phone is great...This camera is (hopefully) gonna help a lot with constructing lovely footage...what turned me on to 5d/7d was the bloom footage lit by candles, as a letus elite/ex1 user I thought that ruled the low light arty shot battle.

As for the footage...thanks for posting...You only just got the camera, so well done for "putting your head above the parapet" these sort of clips offer the best opportunity to make informed decisions about the products we are looking to buy.

I am picking mine up today...the positive remarks in reply to the negative make it more likely that I (and others) will post test footage requested by other forum members.
 
i think it looks great, thanks for sharing this so soon after picking up the camera.

you can see a lot of shear at 2:15. i wonder if it'll be better at 60p purely because it'll have to dump from the sensor faster, minimising the delay from the top of frame to bottom.

my thinking here is largely with respect to 3d tracking; any shots involving 3d elements might require shooting at 50 or 60p, track, then drop/mix frames down to match surrounding shots at 24/25/30. Not ideal, but I'm sure any tracking software would look at that footage and faint.
 
I love it! Quite a bit of camera movement which complemented the energy of Beijing nightlife. Great focus pull at around 1.53 to 1.56 where the guys are playing mahjong. This camera is great in low light. For all the limitations the DSLRs have (skew being probably the most distracting and most commented about - yeah noticed it during the pan at 2.15) they certainly have some advantages. This is a great example (along with Philip Blooms work) of what can be done with these cameras. I really can't see why you couldn't shoot a feature with one of these things.
 
Just looked at footage again to see above posts shear at 2.15(i can live with that)...

is it just me or is the potential of this camera freakin stunning?
 
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