Production 7D movie 'Another night in Beijing'

el presidente said:
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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Yeah agree! In some ways I think it goes beyond the standard cinema look... in the way that Michael Mann did with Collateral. The low light capture is incredible. I think someone is going to make something incredible with this thing.
 
Looks awesome!
I love the dude at 1:35 who's trying to make a funny face for a photograph, then realizes he's beeing filmed. I guess if you go just out there and film people with a DSLR, most of them won't even notice you're actually filming them.
 
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No offense here, but as much as I admire what Phillip Bloom is doing, I´m a bid fed up with tis kind of "people of... (fill in your favorite place) stuff.

It was great the first few times to get an idea of what the 5/7D is capable of, especialy in low light, but it gets a bit of boring - thou 'Another night in Beijing' is a nice work.

Okay, now everyone knows what those cameras can do in low light city streets, how about some real world work?

I prefer something like that: http://vimeo.com/6577890

The first 5D footage I see that hasn't got that strong "5D signature" to it.
Gives me hope that one can work with that camera without anyone and his kid brother saying "yeah, shot on a 5D"

just my ct2

Frank

And yeah, I confess it. I don´t give a sh....t about hand held camera work. No mater how often it is used in feature films today. If you want to see some real sophisticated and elegant camera moves, look at "Memoirs of a Geisha" .
 
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Well by bashing hand-held work without discernment, you're really ignoring the whole purpose of why we choose different styles for different stories. One of my favorite operating films is "Snow Falling from Cedars", but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate District 9, or Bourne Identity for its appropriate use of hand held.

The problem with "Real Work" is that it's often expensive, needs pre-production, a crew, i.e. a real movie means real planning and often real money, usually not something that is done with early pre production cameras.

These snippets by Dan and Phillip Bloom are just meant to be what they are - limited in scope to have fun with a new camera and at the same time provide us with a window on what the new cam is capable of.
 
Yeah, exactly what I said.

And I´m not "bashing " hand held work - to each his own.
I just don't like it.

Frank
 
Awesome, thanks!

I would love to know more. Like what was the aperture range used.

And how many ISO6400 shots are there, and which!

BTW, shouldn't this be in the footage section? Just saying. I bet we'll see a lot more in the coming days but I wouldn't want to have missed it.
 
Postmaster,

To paraphrase Jon Stewart... Just because you say "No disrespect...." does not excuse you from being an ass.

No offense here but I'm tired of people critiquing work for what it is not, rather than for what it is. The 7D just became available. The work will start to appear. I´m a bid fed up with people saying "I just don't like" that particular style. What's the point? I once bought a McDonald's hamburger for a guy that was holding a sign that said "Hungry. Please help" When I tried to give it to him, he told me he'd rather have Burger King.

You ask for a certain level of quality examples, dismissing what people, who owe you nothing, are posting. Instead of linking to footage you'd "prefer" to see that someone else shot, why not post your own? What footage are you putting out there for the informational benefit of this community?

Do you see the arrogance?

And yeah, I confess it. I don´t give a sh....t about soccer. No mater how popular it is today. If you want to a real sophisticated and elegant moves, watch pro bowling.
 
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dadoboy said:
Weird comment. I would say it doesn't look cinematic because there's no nice dolly shots, no crane shots, no steadicam, dramatic blocking, and uh, there's NO LIGHTING! It's just ambient street available lighting mud. But it's basically just a camera off the shelf shooting whatever happens to be available - what are you expecting?
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The definiton of cinematic folks.:thumbup:

I thought he meant filmlike though and not cinematic .
 
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pressphotographer said:
I picked up my production Eos 7D from my local store in Beijing and immediately made this movie

http://www.dslrnewsshooter.com/2009/09/25/another-night-in-beijing-production-canon-eos7d-movie/

My initial thoughts are posted there too on my new blog.

Dan
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Thank you for staying up really late at night the first night of 7D ownership for a quick shoot around town. And extra thanks for taking all the extra time and staying up even later to edit, convert, and upload the short for us to see the first real footage from a production 7D. There is a lot of dedication, excitement, and general goodness in that sentiment. I look forward to reading your blog and ongoing experiences and definitely look forward to future work.

All the cinematic stuff...honestly...
 
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The guy at 1:23 looks like the type of guy I'd get into a bar fight with. Where did you buy this 7d in beijing?
 
Well this video as pretty much sold me on the Canon. I'm on a wait list. Nikon now is the time to announce a D700x!!!
 
I'm sold too. I graded the beijing and Dunlin footages and I found relative flexibility in post.

I'm waiting for the waters to clear from our flooded capital so I can get my camera. Hopefully they'd have cleared the debris by next week. Zoom H4n also by next week.

Geez this global weather changes are crazy.
 
Yes and a H4n for me also.

teddybear said:
I'm sold too. I graded the beijing and Dunlin footages and I found relative flexibility in post.

I'm waiting for the waters to clear from our flooded capital so I can get my camera. Hopefully they'd have cleared the debris by next week. Zoom H4n also by next week.

Geez this global weather changes are crazy.
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anyone feel like hosting the file? Vimeo only allows a certain number of downloads per day. Frustrating :P
 
Sorry to rain on the parade, but the images don't look very "Camera like".

Joking.

Did notice some wierdness on the guy with the striped shirt with the bbq.
 
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