My 1st 5dmk2 movie. Edited on iMovie
 

Hi
I found myself with a bit of time to kill yesterday so went down to the local park & filmed with my 5dmk2. This is the 1st time I have had a chance to shoot with the camera since I got it and it really did bring up some interesting issues. I guess the exposure thing is the biggest, I just set the camera recording then pushed AE lock! Also I was using a Seceed sch-120 fluid tripod but still found there to be "lag" or judder when panning even though I had the image stabilizer switched off.( anybody else found this?) I used two lenses both Canon the 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L & the 24 -70mm f2.8. It was a really flat day so on a couple of wide shots I used a ND 0.9 grad on the sky but I found it best to run the camera lock the exposure then slide the grad in! I got home excited to edit it & found that you can't ( or I can't) edit the footage in Final cut express 3.5 so I ended up using iMovie for the first time. I don't like iMovie! it's a bit like the 5dmk2's exposure system in video mode. No real control!! But anyway I then managed to get it onto Vimeo & I'm pleased I managed to make the whole workflow, work. I think that iMovie must Compress it a lot but I'm not so technical so maybe one of you guys can tell me if it does & then Vimeo must compress it to? In total it ended up as 383mb. Have a look.
I Like Birds ! on Vimeo
All the best
Mark

Sounds like you went to a lot of trouble to make it all come together but it worked!. I noticed a little jiggle on one of the pans and a few little artifacts in one of the shots from compression but overall you did a nice job. the music was perfect. I get my MKII next week . Can't wait to give it a try.

What version of iMovie?

Hi Yang
It's version 7.1.4
cheers
Mark

Thanks Mark.. Could that version of iMovie not transcode 5D2 files to another HD format? Or did you simply exported it out as SD?

Mark

That's great!

I really loved it!

Neil

Final Cut Express 4
 

OK- so now I have a great camera, the 5dMk2- I found out after I bought it you can't use CS3 to view the raw files- I had to upgrade to CS5-Now I find that I can't log and transfer to Final Cut Express and need FCP. Oh joy another 1000 dollars. I then found out you need to convert the footage into ProRes- is that true?
This camera may deliver great footage IF you can get it into a usable format- ,use a tripod ,get a loupe for focusing- oh well it is a good still camera.
Also, My exposure is very erratic. Are the focus points Linked to the exposure meter? Is there a way to uncouple focus and metering.
Thanks- great forum
dt