Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "edrudolpho" <erudolph@...> wrote:
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> My take on this camera is that to some extent the moving picture community was excited by the 5D Mk II.  But they perceived a problem with using it as for motion picture making.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the 5d Mk II capture HD video at the frame rate of 30p, rather than the 24p used by movies?
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More than frame rate issues, what about audio and timecode inputs? If you can't put timecode into it, you step back about 30-40 years to where you rely on the slate alone to sync an audio track. And I have a feeling that it doesn't offer a balanced audio input which kind of limits you to consumer level deices. Then the ergonomics would be next on the list in my book of things I don't like.

If they redesigned the device to meet those issues, and kept it under about $5,000, they would sell a lot of them to motion picture film schools. It would also need to fit one of the more standard file formats too.