Graeme Beck Freelance Cinematographer and Sound Recordist with 11 ACS Awards for Television, Commercial and Industrial Productions.
Canon 5DMKII
Graeme Beck brought you the World's first 70mm ENG camera, The Hyper 35, with
rotating electronic viewfinder and onboard monitor for hassle free viewing.
Full frame 35mm - simply better pictures.
The Canon 5DMKII and the Phantom are the only 'full frame' 35mm cameras on the market. At twice the size of all other 35mm formats they produces truly stunning pictures. (Panavision's 'Anamorphic' 35mm cameras are also full frame equivalent)
The Canon 5DMKII in Hyper 35 rig
The original Hyper 35 was the Worlds first HDSLR rig with single system audio
and electronic viewfinder
The Canon 5DMKII: up close and personal
The camera brings speed and versatility to 35mm producing razor sharp images
with velvet soft backgrounds.
Camera features
Shooting in 1.2 seconds from battery or card change
24/25/30 fps 1920 x 1080p (230' shutter for progressive motion blur)
24/25/30 fps (50/60 fps 7D)
Full frame 70mm ultrasonically clean super speed sensor for a 'Big Picture
Look'
Over 3 stops faster than any Sony/Red camera at 9db
22 megapixel stills during a take (5600 x 3700 pixels is 10x the quality of
SD)
On board 7" colour monitor. video transmitter and Diversity Radio Mike
Files are recorded on CF cards in MPEG 4 at 40Mbps (ample supplied)
Native MOV HD. Free transcodes to P2 for no rendering in FCP, XDCAM and Standard Definition file formats
Comparisons Tests
Canon 5DMKII full frame 35mm sensor compared to 1/2" DVCAM
(Both cameras at f2.8)
Canon 5DMKII full frame sensor compared to XDCAM HD 2/3"
sensor (Both cameras at f1.8)
A 24mm lens is used on the full frame 35mm Canon gives the same shot
as a 7mm lens used on a 2/3" XDCAM HD. Both lenses f1.7
A 200mm lens on the Canon 5DMKII gives the same shot as a 50mm lens
on a 2/3" XDCAM HD camera. Both lenses f2.8
Because the Canon 5DMKII capture area is 8x the size of a 2/3" camera, longer lenses are needed to produce the same shot size in frame. The different perspective of a longer lens creates a 'Bigger Picture Look' along with lower depth of field that easily separate the subject matter from the background. The smaller the capture area of the camera, the greater the depth of field and the flatter the picture looks.
Low light
The Canon 5DMKII outperforms any other camera in low light. It is an incredible
3 stops faster than any other camera. It's super speed sensor literally sees
in the dark.
The Canon 5DMKII at 6400ASA/f1.2 compared to Sony 2/3" XDCAM
at 9DB/ f1.7 (Red Vs Canon in low light)
The large full frame sensor has an incredible additional 3 to 4 stops in light gathering ability when compared to a RED or Sony camera.
35mm ' The Bigger Picture'
Because its capture area is 2x the size of the RED camera and 8x the size
of a 2/3" camera, longer lenses are needed to produce the same shot size
in frame. The different perspective of a longer lens creates a 'Bigger Picture
Look' along with lower depth of field that easily separate the subject matter
from the background. The smaller the capture area of the camera, the greater
the depth of field and the flatter the picture looks.
The Canon 5DMKII with its full frame 70mm sensor is the biggest breakthrough since the introduction of the ENG Betacam in the 1980's. The camera stretches the palette a stop and a half beyond 35mm Anamorphic to rival the look of 70mm but with shallower depth of field producing motion picture never seen on the screen before with outstanding three dimensional quality. (3D movies would also benefit with greater depth from the larger capture area)
The bigger the better!
The Canon 5DMKII full frame 35mm sensor gives outstanding results similar
to Panavision's 35mm Anamorphic cameras but with the advantage of being able
to use faster spherical lenses capable of producing shallower depth of field
images of outstanding three dimensional quality. It also achieves a 'big picture
look' by using longer lenses to produce the same shot size in frame. When
a 5.5mm wide angle is used on a 2/3" camera, a 24mm is used on the full
frame Canon camera.
35mm film gate runs vertical, Canon 5D MKII 35mm digital runs sideways
Panavision 35mm Anamorphic film cameras uses a full frame Academy aperture of 18.6mm x 22mm (409 square millimetres or 818 square millimeter Anamorphic equivalent.) While in movie mode the Canon 5D MKII has an effective capture area of 36mm x 22mm (792 square millimetres). Its coverage is just about equivalent to the Anamorphic system but can use the faster spherical lenses. As there has never been an Anamorphic lens manufactured below F2, Canon's f1.2 & f1.4 spherical lenses are capable of producing shallow focus images that have never been seen in motion pictures before.
New Ground for Cinematography
The Sensor's coverage is equivalent to 35mm Anamorphic systems but uses spherical
lenses. As there has never been an Anamorphic lens manufactured below f2.
Canon's f1.2 high speed spherical lenses are capable of producing shallow
focus images that have never been seen in motion pictures before.
Why does 35mm look better?
"Comparing 2/3" cameras
to 35mm" on YouTube
Graeme Beck: Freelance Cameraman / Cinematographer and Sound Recordist with Canon 5DMKII HDSLR and Hyper 35 rigs.
Graeme Beck Cinematographer
mobile: 0411 82 7799
email: graeme@dop.net.au
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With Canon 5DMKII rigs.