[jlo mein]

Article (no additional info, all pasted below) (http://www.dpreview.com/news/1004/10041302canon5dIhouse.asp)

A Canon 5D Mark II has become the first video-capable DSLR to film a whole episode of a US primetime series. Greg Yaitanes, director of FOX broadcasting company's medical drama series 'House', used the camera , a selection of of Canon's prime lenses, the 24-70mm and 70-200mm lenses to shoot the season finale. Speaking via Twitter, he said that this was to achieve a shallow depth of field and a 'richer look'. He also said he 'feels it’s the future'.

I've only watched House a couple times, but I definitely want to watch this to see how it turned out.

[skyxx]

Yep, Can't wait for them. Speaking of Lens, Carl Zeiss recently(Yesterday) released a slew of new Cinema style lenses. :) I can't wait for some shots being done with them!. If you must know what they are, they're Zeiss Compact Prime CP2s with an EF/PL/F mount. :D

Here's a price list of the lens' plus the kits. (Not sure how exact the prices are.)

Http://www.abelcine.com/store/Zeiss-compact-Prime-CP.2-EF-Mount/

Zeiss CP2 Présentation en direct du NAB on Vimeo

[Kim Jong Un]

now i wanna watch the whole series just to catch up with the finale

[skyxx]

Interview with Director of House. :)

http://soundcloud.com/philipbloom/interview-with-greg-yaitanes-about-season-finale-of-house

[LiquidTurbo]

It wasn't till now that I found out what dSLRs are capable in the video realm. I randomly came across this and was stunned at the results. Shot with a T1i.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA1A67Kr3ok

Could this mean the death of the video cam in the near future?

[Levitron]

Could this mean the death of the video cam in the near future?

Not at all. Don't forget that there will be cameras like the RED series and also the ARRI line of cameras too.

But on the lower end scale of things, one thing that that DSLR's still need to improve on is definitely that "jelly motion" effect (can't remember the technical name for it at the moment). Otherwise there will still be video cameras that can handle it better than video DSLR's.

[Manic!]

It wasn't till now that I found out what dSLRs are capable in the video realm. I randomly came across this and was stunned at the results. Shot with a T1i.


Could this mean the death of the video cam in the near future?


Nope but you will see video camera's that use photo camera sensors and lenses.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KtcBNQwIe4

[skyxx]

^ Yup, Sony will soon release one to counter it. It basically uses a GH1 sensor, but yes I'm looking forward to the AG-AF100. Now I don't really need to buy a DSLR :lol But it cost 6 grand so maybe not :(

[skyxx]

A 2 minute snippet of the House Finale!

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/05/07/house-season-finale-spoilers/

[skyxx]

TODAY'S THE DAY!!!!!!!!

[penner2k]

Watching it right now... Its hard to see a difference so far since the episode is vivid to start off with..

[skyxx]

Well first of all, a lot of the episode is shot with Cine lenses with a hotrod PL mount conversion so it can fit those ball'in lens'. Anyway, the point of today's episode is to show that there are "minor" differences in terms of picture quality when using these DSLRs. It makes a lot of Pros and Consumers think of how easy and compact film shooting can be.

[Slo40]

Actually the director said that it was shot with the canon 24-70mm 2.8L, 70-200mm 2.8L, and various canon primes like the 100mm 2.8L - not cine lenses.

[skyxx]

There was updated info and photos of the lenses used and I saw some Carl Zeiss CP.2s being used. Hmmmm

[Lomac]

Well first of all, a lot of the episode is shot with Cine lenses with a hotrod PL mount conversion so it can fit those ball'in lens'. Anyway, the point of today's episode is to show that there are "minor" differences in terms of picture quality when using these DSLRs. It makes a lot of Pros and Consumers think of how easy and compact film shooting can be.

There are still some major differences in picture quality between the DSLR and a professional HD camera. I will, however, admit that it's amazing how good the video looked on this episode, considering it was all shot on (what are essentially) hand held cameras.

[Slo40]

The director mentioned that they did use some zeiss cine glass, but mostly canon photo lenses to get the super shallow depth of field.