GOOD! new……………..Can not afford to buy

why is basically every shot overexposed?
not impressed with the exposure latitude of this, not much better than a consumer videocamera.
can sense a bit of rolling shutter jello in the first escalator shot, but theres not very much other shaky shots to judge how the camera handles this.

also video was a bit long, did it really need two whole songs?

still looks like lots of fun to make, ahw i miss tokyo now

Ryan -> Yes first ! Vincent Laforet is an offical video maker from Canon and he have been pay for that ! We have making that un-officially it’s why Canon have forbidden this video… and only yesterday they say “ok you can publish it” !

So that the first unofficial video of 5D Mark II, and the proof of wath we can make without any team and few normal lens. Only 2 guy have work on it ! And I’m one of them

Great video, many thanks.

We need more panning shots, please pretty please.

Only way to assess how the cam copes with the jello-effect.

Next time, try underexposing by 1/3 or even 1/2 stop by default. May help a bit with the over-exposure.

Congratulations. With all due respects to V. Laforet, his film is just technical display of the camera’s possibilities. Your movie is… a movie, not only are the pictures great, but it also conveys emotion and nostalgia of the time in Tokyo. I find it has a poetic value akin to “Koyaanisqatsi” (google it and watch it).

Good job and i hpe to see more films done by your team.

This is simply gorgeous, can’t wait to get my hands on mine. Anyway it seems that is going to be needed to develop certain technique of film making.

Thank you for doing this. I too, want to return to live in Tokyo.

second song is

Kraked Unit – Poupées russes

@ Jonnnny, you’e simply Out of Topic man…

No real image stabilisation. This is clearly visible here. A bit disapointed.
Do not see any advantages over a real video camera.

Great job guys !

Super boulots les gars ! ça donne vraiment envie de se balader à tokyo !

A+

Very interesting, where can I find out more.. what is the video recorded onto?
How much video can be recorded? Any compression?
Lots of questions?
Hopefully some answers eventially..

Any chance of downloading this movie in .avi or .mov?

> it was his FIRST VIDEO he’s ever shot. Credit where credit is due folks.

Laforet had a filmmaker help him–read the credits. it’s not he just picked up a video camera for the first time and make a create film. he had an experienced director do it with him.

Anyone who is slamming the quality of this footage is either not working under the real-world constraints of low budgets, or is working on large-budget film shoots. It looks great, and I’d love to see a video camera in the $3000. price range come close to doing what this camera does. Great stuff guys.

Hey, about the focus lag… I read the blog of one of the two people that made the movie, and the one who filmed focused manually

>>> Original post by video author David, which gives you even more details about the vid – juste read before criticizing :

http://www.lejapon.fr/blog/index.php?2008/11/05/744-tokyo-reality-premiere-video-hd-non-officielle-faite-avec-le-canon-eos-5d-mark-ii

why can’t canon make video that doesn’t have the rolling shutter jello-vision? I’ll pass on this camera thanks.

Not sure why people are excited about the 5D video. It is average at best. Of course, if you are taken in by Canon marketing, you will believe it is the answer to all our video needs. I have seen much better video than this from cheaper video cameras.

This is a really nice video. 5D is really a top-of-the-line machine. And Tokyo is way too cool. Thanks for sharing this video here.

Hello I’ve been checking out the canon 5d mark 2, and although the video looks great
i’m not sure if its quite pro quality. I heard/read that it has jelloing issues due to its single ccd and aliasing artifacts. I know the still image aspect of the camera is awesome, however i’m still not sure of the video. I’m doing this research independently for a group of friends wanting this camera for primarily video use which i feel is the wrong reason. Any body care to shed some light either pros or cons. Thanks

nice bokeh, at least if i could see it, what sort of rude compressor have you’ve been using?
the squares and dips in the blacks are more of an jpeg/mp4 than needed now a days
posting on lets say vimeo gives uncompressed HD, linking to a site like that hopefull will give a good result of what you’ve actually shot

jean