iMovie 09 and the Canon 5D MkII - Part 1: 1080p, yes we can!
When Apple updated iLife in January and iMovie 09 was announced, it sounded like a great way for a Mac owning 5D MkII user with little experience of video editing to have a bash at putting some clips together. In particular, the benefits over the previous version of iMovie looked appealing, particularly the image stabilization capability (which we'll address in a later article in this series). So iMovie 09 seemed to be a great solution until you actually imported the 5D MkII clips into it and tried to scrub across them. The result of scrubbing invariably led to an instantaneous crash ...
Mobygratis - no need to steal your 5D MkII soundtrack from Moby
For several reasons I've recently started to look a bit more seriously at the legality (or should that be illegality) of just placing any music track onto my amateur 5D MkII films. As most of us are making films pretty much for our own pleasure a lot of us don't think twice of adding a track from our iTunes library. We plan to address this subject in the future on the Cutting Room so I won't go into detail right now, but just wanted to point out an option for those of you that want to take a very safe ...
Sound advice - which microphone for the Canon 5D MkII?
Kevin Reylek has put together an interesting review article with B&H Photovideo that reviews the leading external microphones available for the Canon 5D MkII. The review focuses on the Rode VideoMic, the Rode Stereo VideoMic and the Sennheiser MKE 400 and includes a set of audio files that allow you to compare the outputs of each of the devices with their various filter options. The conclusion of the article is that the $199 Sennheiser MKE 400 is the clear winner in terms of compact size and weight, while the Rode Stereo VideoMic at $249 offers great customization options and is the ...
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iMovie 09 and the Canon 5D MkII - Part 1: 1080p, yes we can!
When Apple updated iLife in January and iMovie 09 was announced, it sounded like a great way for a Mac owning 5D MkII user with little experience of video editing to have a bash at putting some clips together. In particular, the benefits over the previous version of iMovie looked appealing, particularly the image stabilization capability (which we’ll address in a later article in this series). So... [Read more]
Mobygratis - no need to steal your 5D MkII soundtrack from Moby
For several reasons I’ve recently started to look a bit more seriously at the legality (or should that be illegality) of just placing any music track onto my amateur 5D MkII films. As most of us are making films pretty much for our own pleasure a lot of us don’t think twice of adding a track from our iTunes library. We plan to address this subject in the future on the Cutting Room so... [Read more]
Sound advice - which microphone for the Canon 5D MkII?
Kevin Reylek has put together an interesting review article with B&H Photovideo that reviews the leading external microphones available for the Canon 5D MkII. The review focuses on the Rode VideoMic, the Rode Stereo VideoMic and the Sennheiser MKE 400 and includes a set of audio files that allow you to compare the outputs of each of the devices with their various filter options. The conclusion... [Read more]
Who’s the daddy? Check out our parent site for the best Canon 5D MkII films
Shameless self promotion, but if you haven’t done so already, please check out the EOScars’s main site. The EOScars.com aims to provide a central hub for the best Canon 5D MkII movies available on the web. The Canon 5D MkII is providing experienced film makers, as well as a whole tranch of new videographers with still photography backgrounds, a budget route to create high quality 1080p... [Read more]
