This is the new flagship for the EOS Rebel line and comes in with a suggested price tag of $899 with an 18-55 MM IS kit lens.
Not bad when you realize this camera has almost the same video specs as the Canon 7D. Yep, we’re talking 1080 at 30p, 24 and 25p. At 720 you get 60p and 50p if you want that nice 2x overcranked slo-mo look.
And you can store that juicy HD video on inexpensive SDHC or SDXC cards. Cool.
After the success of Avatar the movie, 3D video is all the rage. 3D flat screens, cameras, animation systems… you name it and it’s getting lots of attention in the video production world.
Panasonic announced a 3D HD camcorder for just over $21,000 and Ikonoshop, a small high end camera company, announced a 3D version of their soon-to-be-released video camera.
The question is… what does this mean to you as a film maker in the real world?
George Carlin used to have a great bit about “stuff”. But if you’re producing online video you need a place to keep your “stuff” – your online programs.
I’ve tried pretty well most of the solutions for this from hosting my own private server to Vimeo, FaceBook, and YouTube to streaming from Amazon’s cloud. All have some benefits but nothing offers a complete package.
The last post was about improving the ability for Google to find your videos. But this is a topic that has a lot more to it than making your thumbnails better. It’s been proven that online video is unsurpassed for creating sales, leads, followers and subscribers.
If you’re creating online video for yourself or your customers you need to understand the tricks and tips for making them the most attractive for targeted traffic. Here’s a collection of solid information that will do just that.
If you’re creating video for public distribution you need to consider how Google can find your programs on the web. Yes, you may have a fan base built on youtube.com or vimeo.com but there’s a much larger market searching Google and other search engines right now.
Wouldn’t it be great if the perfect audience could find and watch your programs? Here’s an important step in making that a reality.
NOTE: check the comment from Oliver below. His article has been taken down for an update. I’m leaving this post up and will update the link when it’s available.
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Here’s a link to a blog post with clear and comprehensive details of a post production workflow for the Canon 5D Mark II by Oliver Peters.
I just read a nice article by David Flores with a solid workflow for transcoding your DSLR footage for editing on the B&H site. He gives setups for both Apple Compressor and MPEG Streamclip.
Let’s see… your DSLR, a shotgun microphone, Zoom H4N at a minimum. If you really want to simulate shooting with a camcorder you’ll probably need a portable monitor, wireless lavaliere, outboard mic mixer, and an LED light.
Now pick all of that up and track someone moving through the shot.
Yep, you’re definitely going to need a lot more than a single hot shoe mount.
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