• S35mm covers full 5k
• pl mount
• lesss than nine inches in length
• less than six pounds
• detachable servos

http://spacecam-accessories.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/leica-m-series-lens-mount

You can view 2 minutes of the “House” episode shot on the Canon 5D Mark II here: www.ausiellofiles.ew.com/house-season-finale-spoilers/

“House” DP Greg Tattersale gives an interview on their experience using the 5D mk2 and the new Redrock microRemote: www.videography.com/article/95134

“House” Director Answering Questions via Twitter

“House” director Greg Yaitanes will be taking questions via Twitter about their experience shooting with the 5D Mark II this Friday at 10am.  Friday, April 30th at 10am PST.  Follow Greg here: www.twitter.com/GregYaitanes

HDSLs Are Starting to be Used on Television Shows

HDSLs are beginning to make their way onto major television shows. The Canon 7D and 5D Mark II were used to shoot the 2010 title sequence for NBC’s Saturday Night Live and was also used on some of the digital shorts. You can view some behind the scenes shots here: www.philipbloom.co.uk/2009/09/29/saturday-night-live-use-canon-7d-and-5d

The biggest test of all will come on May 17th when the season finale of “House” which was entirely shot on the 5D Mark II airs. Actually they got in some 5D Mark II test footage in the first 30 seconds of episode 17 “Lockdown”. “House” Director Greg Yaitanes says they mainly decided to go with the 5D Mark II because the finale takes place in a collapsed building and it was just much easier to get the cameras in cramped spaces. He also mentions that he likes how the shallow depth of field really makes the actors “pop” against the background. You can listen to an interview Philip Bloom does with Greg Yaitanes here: www.soundcloud.com/philipbloom/

Ikonosko has just announced their new 3D camera, the A-Cam3D. Here are the specs and a rendering:

• 2 x 1920 x 1080 pixels stored as individual files in RAW sequences. DNG format
• Weight: 2,8 kg incl. memory cartridge and battery.
• Distance between optical axis: 91,5 mm
• Colour depth: 12 bit
• Mount: IMS,PL or C
• FPS: 25 or 30
• Built on order.
• Price TBD

11.06.2009 A-cam dII Prototype 2.1 Going Out to Beta Testers

Nick Paton (ASC) is one of the first beta testers for the A-cam dII Prototype 2.1.

This camera isn’t a mecano set but a camera built for the human form factor. I can’t believe I can carry an uncompressed 1080P camera, memory cards, batteries, zoom, 9mm prime and filters in a backpack

Nick Paton

Ikonshop has announced that their A-cam dII Prototype 2.1 is alive and kicking.

I am happy to announce that Prototype 2.1 of the upcoming A-cam dII is operational and produces beatiful images in 1920×1080 pixels.

It is based on the same mechanical design as Prototype 1 with the addition of a better viewfinder, new electronics and new software that allows us to now test the Histogram and the much appreciated 1:1 pixel zoom.

Canon 7D Specs:

• Available end of Sept. ’09
• $1,699
• 18MP
• APS-C 4/3″ format (1.6x crop factor compared to the FF35 Canon 5D Mark II)
• HD 1080p @ 24/25/30fps
• HD 720p @ 50/60fps
• Manual ISO, Arpeture, Shutterspeed
• H.264 codec @ 48MB/s
• 4GB max clip size (12 mins)

Philip Bloom has some great pictures of the Canon 7D up:

Canon 7D footage:

It appears the jello effect is still there in the 7D but better then the Canon 5D Mark II. I’m curious how many of you think this level of jello is a problem.

Here is a video from DP Review shot at 30fps. Right click and ‘save as’ to download the original file here: www.camerarentalz.com/uploads

More Canon 7D footage here: www.camerarentalz.com/canon-7d-footage

Rodney Charters attached a Panavision 24-275mm lens to the 7D. We will post the footage as soon as it is available. From: www.philipbloom.co.uk

Even bigger – the Panavision 135-420mm:

Here is a comparison of the Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 7D at ISO 640: www.photography-on-the.net/forum/

Alex added grain with Adobe After Effects to the image above:

the one with the guy in bed has an added layer of 50% grey with noise and put on overlay transparency.

All I can say is HOLY sharp and crisp. These lenses performed beautifully on 35mm and looks fantastic. Flared nicely as well. The colorist was really blown away by the sharpness as well and did not have to apply any sharpening like he normally has to with superspeeds. The original contrast from RPP is nice too. They definitely behave similarly with S4′s.

You can download the video here: www.transmission2.com/transfers/OneLastTime-weboutput.mov

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