Digital BW, The Print

We are using the 5D Mark ll to make our product videos; it's an  
excellent tool for some types of video capture. At one point in the  
SpyderCube video you can see a 5D Mark ll shooting video of a 5D  
shooting a still shot.

C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On Mar 8, 2009, at 3:50 PM, "Dana H. Myers" <dana.myers@...>  
wrote:

>
> There was a thread some time ago where a few posters complained
> that Canon went to the trouble to include HD video capture in the
> 5D Mk II.
>
> The assumption, apparently, is that adding the video capability
> to the 5D Mk II substantially increased the price of the body while
> adding a feature that "still" shooters would never use.
>
> Just comparing the 5D to the 5D Mk II, it looks like the price
> went from ~$2000 to ~$2700 for the body - jumping from 12MP to
> 21MP in the process, substantially improved noise performance,
> substantially improved LCD viewscreen, same overall weight.
> Superficially, it doesn't seem like the MkII comes at a much
> greater cost.
>
> What provoked this email, though, was hearing that a *real*
> motion picture professional recently commented that the 5D MkII
> was ideal for video-capture which didn't quite call for rolling
> out a whole crew.
>
> The point being, by adding a capability to the camera, Canon
> seems to have expanded the market beyond *just* "still" shooters.
> By expanding the market, the increased cost of development to
> Canon is likely to have been offset in increased sales.
>
> Dana
>
>
>
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