Why are many short films and even some movies shot with Canon 5D2?

SLR shooting video, there was a whirlwind five or six years ago, and this gust has not ended yet.

In the past, it was very logical for the camera to take video and the camera to take photos. They do their jobs and do not interfere with each other. It was not until Nikon d90 added video shooting function to SLR camera (SD) that SLR camera had camera shooting function. But what really makes SLR camera video shooting fashionable is Canon 5d2.

Canon added the video shooting function of 1920 1080 HD resolution to the 5d2 camera for the first time. Originally, I just wanted to expand the application scope of SLR and try to add some new fuselage functions. It didn't expect such a function to bring any follow-up reaction, but it hit the nail on the head. I didn't expect that the addition of this function would make 5d2 a generation of video magic machine.

People have long been used to the dull picture taken by the camera, but they just think the video can be clear. However, some video workers suddenly found that the effect of Quan Huafu CMOS SLR 5d2 HD video shooting is as beautiful as a movie screen, which is much better than ordinary hdv cameras. So they gradually tried to shoot some wedding films with 5d2 as the video host, which actually achieved great market response. With the fantastic shallow depth of field effect, high sensitivity and gorgeous picture color brought by Quan Huafu, all traditional cameras can't do it, because the CMOS photosensitive element of SLR is dozens of times that of camera, and it has great advantages in depth of field, sensitivity and color.

As a result, the wedding video studio headed by mayadstudio in Malaysia began to shoot wedding documentaries and wedding short films on a large scale with 5d2 as the main image mode, and 24 teams in China began to shoot wedding films with SLR cameras, all of which gained great influence and achieved great commercial success.

Especially, the weddings of Fish Leong and other stars are also shot by SLR, which makes this shooting method a trend. Some film academies and low-cost short film production studios have also begun to use SLR cameras. The news that the Hollywood film "The Action of the Brave" was shot with a 5d2 camera spread, which pushed the fashion of shooting video with SLR to a peak and quickly swept the world. Later, various TV media, advertising companies, etc. Also joined the ranks of SLR video shooting. For example, the famous "China on the Tip of the Tongue" takes a small film machine as the main model, and many shots are shot with the assistance of Canon SLR. Many legal programs also use SLR cameras to restore cases.

The quality of video shot by 5d2 SLR camera surpasses that of traditional cameras, and achieves the effect similar to that of movies in sense, but its cost is far lower than that of expensive models such as arri and red. Only one camera is needed to achieve this effect, which fully meets the needs of the civilian market, so high quality and low cost make SLR video popular. In addition, because the camera is much smaller than the professional camera, in some film shooting, the camera is used to shoot the lens that is not suitable for the camera, and its flexible characteristics have become the auxiliary shooting equipment of the film. For example, Canon's single reaction is used in some scenes in Captain America's movies.

But the video shot by SLR is far less comfortable than the camera. The camera is completely in accordance with the grip mode of photography design, the difficulty of stability, the difficulty of shooting for more than half an hour at a time, the zoom effect of Kardon lens, the auto focus and follow-up focus that are basically unusable, the original recording function, and the input of lens noise are all shortcomings of SLR video shooting. A lot of auxiliary equipment is needed to complete video shooting. Tripod, monopod, camera stabilizer, slide rail, small rocker arm, radio microphone, etc. In order to pursue image quality, we have to pay these prices, but this has not stopped the popularity of SLR video. On the contrary, many manufacturers saw the business opportunities, followed the trend and constantly improved the video shooting function on the camera, making the camera basically a comprehensive product of taking pictures and videos.

This wave of camera video shooting brought by Canon 5d2 is popular now. When camera shooting video has become a common phenomenon, traditional dv and small HD products have been greatly impacted. Once you focus on cameras, you can only specialize in the civilian video market, such as corporate meeting video recording, course video recording, accompanying video recording, etc. (the professional field of TV media is still dominated by cameras). On the other hand, in the camera market, video advantages frequently appear, which enriches many models compared with the dominant era of 5d2. In addition to continuing to carry forward the advantages and traditions of SLR video, Canon has also added powerful video functions such as 4k resolution and full-pixel dual-core autofocus to the 5D4 model, allowing SLR to continue to be the main model of the photo studio, and has also developed a series of professional EOS video interchangeable lens models for cinemas, which are constantly moving towards the film machine industry.

Since the 5d2 era, Panasonic gh series cameras have been very competitive video models. The cracked gh2 mirrorless camera has the ability of high-speed video shooting, and it is the only machine that can compete with Canon in the field of camera video. Now gh has developed to the sixth generation gh5s, which has super video function and cannot be cracked by players.

Sony has always been a giant in the field of professional imaging, and its professional film cameras occupy a place in the international film market. However, Sony used to distinguish between professional and civilian products, and technology was never easily decentralized. In order to protect our camera product line, we never put high-level video functions on our cameras. But the success of Canon 5d2 taught Sony a profound lesson. Since then, Sony has put various black technology video technologies on the a7s camera, and put high bit rate, log, professional coding format and pp value adjustment on the micro-list, but missed the wave of Canon's video creation. Because of Sony's strong technical backing, in recent years, it has gradually regained some markets eroded by Canon in the camera market and recovered some civilian market share.

Today's cameras are no longer the era of 5d2 scenery. All the above-mentioned manufacturers have relatively perfect video models, but it is undeniable that without the camera video shooting mode pioneered by 5d2 in those years, there may not be a competitive situation in which camera videos are blooming today, and consumers may not use cameras with good image quality, small size and low price, and may still follow the tradition of camera shooting and camera shooting. In this sense, Canon 5d2 deserves to be a magical machine!

Advantages of 5D2: Large frame: Compared with the 2/3 "CCD, a broadcast camera commonly used in photo studios and independent small crews, 5D2' s Quan Huafu sensor is easy to take a movie-like picture with shallow depth of field and blurred background; Good low light performance: comparable to broadcast cameras, superior to some movie cameras, which can save a lot of lights and save money and trouble when shooting; The lens selection is rich: from the cheap Canon Red Circle to the high-end entry-level movie head Zeiss CP.2, there are all kinds of focal lengths, and it is convenient to buy or rent; Abundant accessories: There are many kinds of cameras and photography suits specially developed for 5D2, ranging from shoulder to shed, and the price is not high; Flexible format: the recording format inside the fuselage is 1080p H.264 8bit 420, and it can also be output to an external recorder through HDMI to record 8bit 422 intra-frame compressed format (such as ProRes HD422), and it can be recorded only by CF card, and most of the later software supports its coding, which is very convenient in the later stage; Small size, light weight and flexibility: Compared with movie cameras and shoulder-mounted broadcast cameras, 5D2 is simply the gospel of pursuing a light crew; Photo function: 5D2 is a camera and one of the best cameras. It is very economical to buy one that can take care of both photography and video recording. Easy to learn: Compared with the complicated operation of high-end broadcast cameras and video cameras, the video recording function of 5D2 is simple and easy to learn, and no professional photographer is needed to take pictures. Disadvantages (compared with movie cameras): poor picture quality: the definition is only 500 lines, which is the level of broadcast standard definition machine; The tolerance is only 7 gears, only half of the top camera; The color gamut is only rec.709 of TV, and the color depth can only reach 8bit. There is no official raw format support. External recording is at most 422 lossy compression, and the frame rate is at most 30fps, with obvious jelly and moles. The lens interface is only EF version, and the sensor is full-width, so it is impossible to use the film standard PL lens group. There are too few and unprofessional interfaces, no HD-SDI and no professional audio interface; The durability is quite different from that of a camera, so it is not suitable for harsh working environment.

Not all movies go to the cinema, so to speak. Not all movies have to be shot with a professional movie camcorder, even a mobile phone+stabilizer. As long as the script is in place, it is a good movie. Canon, Nikon or Huawei Xiaomi are all the same.

According to my personal experience, shooting video with a SLR camera is especially suitable for showing close-ups and scenes that are relatively fixed with people or scenery, such as interviewing people. But SLR cameras are particularly unsuitable for co-production of sports videos. After all, SLR cameras are used to take pictures, and the follow-up focusing function of videos is relatively poor. When shooting fast-moving people or objects, especially those moving back and forth, it will not follow the focus, so it is difficult to get good results.

Now the effect of shooting video with SLR camera is very good, especially the mainstream flagship model has supported 4k video shooting, and it is really 4k, and the effect is very clear.

I organized some activities and hired a camera team. They are also recording videos with SLR cameras in Quan Huafu.

However, the owner said that 5d2 should have been a long time ago, because if you record video with a SLR camera now, you can't shoot it without 4k video. Including Canon's full-frame cameras 6d and 6d2, they can only shoot 1080p video. Flagship cameras such as 5d4 and d850 can shoot 4k video. The advantage of 4k video is that even if the area of 1/4 in the video is intercepted, it is still a standard 1080p video, and the later space is very large.

If I don't say it, maybe everyone will think that the picture below is a photo, but it is actually a single frame picture derived from 4k video. It can be seen that his details are perfect.

Moreover, there are more and more stabilizers suitable for SLR cameras and micro-single cameras to shoot video on the market. Both DJI and Yunhe brand have introduced several kinds of SLR stabilizers to make their video shooting more stable than cameras. And for the photography team, since there is a SLR camera to shoot high-quality video instead of the camera, there is no need to spend extra expensive money to buy a special camera.

Due to the high price of professional cameras capable of shooting film-level quality and pictures, 5d2 led the pixel-level cameras and low-cost film-level cameras in that year and achieved great market success.

First of all, the video function of Canon cameras has always been excellent. This self-contained attribute makes wave after wave of video creators choose Canon, and it is like snowballing.

Secondly, Canon's lens group can be used with some Canon cameras. This Nikon is nothing compared with it (it has no camera).

Furthermore, Canon's menu design is more suitable for one-handed control. When shooting video, the other hand needs to master shooting accessories, such as monopod and stabilizer.

Finally, the size of the SLR determines its flexibility. Compared with large machines, small machines are more flexible in some scenes without ground stations. Of course, this is also related to other requirements of the picture, and it is more complicated to expand here.

Canon's 5D2, commonly known as "invincible rabbit", has achieved the function of shooting short films in full HD (1920 1080 full HD) in a breakthrough. Because of the wide lens selection range, with the large image sensor and large aperture lens, you can get a small depth of field and form a strong background blur effect. The low noise characteristics of Quan Huafu sensor make the dynamic images taken in dark environment have excellent image quality. High pixels ensure the quality of moving images and reach the level of high definition. It is precisely because of its strong playability and good practical effect that many short films and even some movies are shot with Canon 5D2.

In fact, friends who often play with cameras or camcorders have this experience. The shooting level of digital camera is much better than that of camera. In fact, this is mainly due to their different internal structures. However, although 5D2 has strong camera shooting ability, it is even better than many cameras, but there is still a big gap compared with professional cameras. So the specific choice should be decided according to your actual needs and specific budget.

Thanks to the development of the Internet age, we should analyze it from several aspects. From the point of view of movie viewers, people can watch a movie without waiting for it to be printed in a cinema or broadcast by a TV station. Everyone can watch their favorite movies on their mobile phones or computers, and the pace of life is accelerating, so microfilm comes into being. Viewers can watch it on their mobile phones or computers without watching a boring and lengthy movie, or even take the subway in their spare time.

2. From the perspective of content producers, the threshold has been greatly reduced. In the past, it took dozens or hundreds of people to make a film and a lot of money. Now it only takes a small team of three or four people and a small amount of money. Then a civil plane like 5D2 can satisfy the effects of most traditional movies in terms of both image quality and depth of field, and it is not expected to be played on the big screen. As long as it can be seen on mobile phones or computers, 5D2 is fully satisfied, and it is naturally loved by small teams of low-cost micro-movies.

3. In terms of machine input and performance, the traditional film and television machines are too big and expensive, and the operation is too professional, which is far from the general public. However, a civilian camera like 5D2 is easy to operate, especially the interchangeable lens, which can create various telephoto, macro and shallow depth of field effects at will, and the price is not unattainable. If the traditional video camera can achieve 70~80% effect with very little money, then SLR filming will be popular.

To sum up, the machine is cheap, flexible, can meet the audience, the team cost is low, and the network is developed, which meets the needs of SLR in the era of micro-movies and small videos, and will naturally catch fire.

Because this is a 1 SLR camera that can shoot 1080P HD video. Set a historical precedent for a generation. It is because of this machine that the concept of microfilm was born.