Hard to believe it, but EOSHD is nearly 10 years old! 2010 was a big year for digital cinema. The 5D Mark II was in full stride kickstarting DSLR filmmaking. Arri’s first proper digital film ca...
The Uncertainty Has Settled is available at Vimeo On Demand! (https://vimeo.com/ondemand/theuncertaintyhassettled) “Are we doing the right thing?” That’s the question The Uncertainty Has Se...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/uncertainty-settled-feature-film-shot-using-magic-lantern-raw-video/
Anthony Dod Mantle is a well known cinematographer, responsible for pioneering work with digital from the very beginning, with Danny Boyle (28 Days Later) and Lars Von Trier. So why is he shooti...
There are 3 performance classes of Canon camera for raw video. Which should you use and what image quality can you expect? Raw video has a large data rate especially in 14bit, so the speed at whi...
https://www.eoshd.com/raw-video/magic-lantern-raw-video-current-camera-capabilities-updated-2017/
Some of my favourite images are from cinema cameras and DSLRs from which attention has long since drifted elsewhere! Rest assured some of the older cameras on this list are better than any of t...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/5-underrated-cinematic-images-from-forgotten-cameras/
We head into 2016 with a treasure chest of great cameras but how exactly do the mirrorless and DSLR cameras rank for video? I do these charts just once a year – either in late-December or ea...
The old 5D Mark II has had an outing on the long-delayed new Mad Max movie as a “semi-disposable stunt camera”. The DSLR was chosen as a proven work-horse crash-cam despite being released w...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/pictured-venerable-5d-mark-ii-used-new-mad-max-movie/
Download sample 2K DNG 24p frame from the hacked 5D Mark III and see the image quality for your own eyes! Recently Magic Lantern had the breakthrough discovery of beautiful pin sharp 2K sensor fe...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-5d-2k-raw-feed-update-1920x720-possible-on-1000x-card/
A few days ago I spoke to Jeff Gibbs, a lifelong friend of Michael Moore, a composer, a producer and a filmmaker in his own right. Most significantly of all, Jeff is also an EOSHD reader!! So las...
Above: artist David Hockney at his DSLR video bank For his latest work David Hockney shot video with a rig of nine 5D Mark II DSLRs provided by his fine art printing solutions supplier Ted Chau. ...
This Japanese test is quite revealing. Rolling shutter is reduced by half. The 5D Mark III is a (expensive) refinement of a great cinema camera. As we know, ISO performance is almost clean at IS...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/extent-of-rolling-shutter-reduction-on-5d-mark-iii/
http://vimeo.com/37606607 A great many have forgotten what an absolute beast the 5D Mark II is. A power house of image quality with a massive sensor, Hollywood film sequences and entire episodes ...
Although the Canon 24mm F1.4L and Samyang 24mm F1.4 are superb lenses, the Canon is $1500 and the Samyang $800. Here EOSHD goes hands-on with 4 more affordable fast wides for the 5D Mark II. They...
https://www.eoshd.com/review/affordable-fast-wides-for-the-canon-5d-mark-ii/
With the newly released GH2 1.11 hack, the small GF2 is now also hackable. This camera also does 1080/25p inside a 1080i wrapper, and features a similar image processing chip and encoder to the G...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/further-gf2-gh2-and-magic-lantern-hack-technical-developments/
As good as Canon’s renowned 24mm F1.4L? From Samyang? Maybe the title of the lens gives us a clue… AS IF. In turns out those misguided initials aren’t such a bad omen but the lens – at $8...
https://www.eoshd.com/review/samyang-24mm-f1-4-ed-as-if-review/
http://vimeo.com/36845339 Minimum viewing recommendations: 40″ TV. Download the MP4 file. The NEX 7 is a beautifully designed high end mirrorless camera with probably the most advanced CMOS sen...
1080p frame at ISO 12,800 from the GH2 – click to enlarge The GH2 is the best low light DSLR. It is a myth it cannot compete with the FS100 or Canon C300. I am currently experimenting a lot wit...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/tips-for-clean-iso-6400-and-12800-on-the-gh2-and-5d-mark-ii/
You might remember last week Philip Bloom posted shots from the C300, F3, GH2, 5D Mark II and 4 other cameras as a prelude to the test he is doing and that is the inspiration for this bit of Ch...
http://vimeo.com/34061409 Follow Magic Lantern’s progress on Twitter here Get the current public Magic Lantern Unified for your 600D, 60D and 550D Thanks to Alex of Magic Lantern I have been te...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/eoshd-tests-the-new-magic-lantern-unified-on-5d-mark-ii/
Download the latest Magic Lantern How to: Install Magic Lantern I am really impressed with the way the Canon DSLR hack – Magic Lantern – has recently been progressing. Enabling video on camer...
Get the Canon 5D Mark II at Adorama for $1999 This is really tumbling now. I think there has been around 4 price drops in the last week on the 5D Mark II. Now it is at $1999 for the first time. T...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/canon-5d-mark-ii-price-dips-under-2000/
Does $2400 buy coverage on nearly every DSLR related website? And do ads need to be honest? As anyone who follows me on Twitter recently will know, I’ve been really unhappy with some camera blo...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/exposed-the-2400-5d-mk-ii-viral-ad/
http://vimeo.com/28912003 I have always believed a film shot on a DSLR would one day win an Oscar. Shot in Afghanistan on the 5D Mark II by Danfung Dennis – Hell and Back Again – seems to be ...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/hell-and-back-again-is-oscars-2011-listed-for-best-documentary-feature/
http://vimeo.com/29069158 Buy the Mosaic Engineering VAF-5D2 Anti-Aliasing Filter for $385 The biggest issue with Canon DSLRs is the rainbows – I don’t so much mind the lack of resolving powe...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/anti-moire-and-aliasing-filter-for-the-5d-mark-ii-is-it-any-good/
Click here for details of the EOSHD Anamorphic Shooter’s Guide – 2nd Edition It’s been just over 6 months now since the launch of my first book about anamorphic shooting on DSLRs and in tha...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/eoshd-anamorphic-shooters-guide-updated/
(Click the ISO 12,800 sample image above to enlarge to 1:1). Original samples from http://www.imaging-resource.com Will Sony’s decision to put 24MP in the NEX 7 and A77 backfire? It certainly ...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/which-is-best-for-low-light-sony-nex-5n-or-nex-7-and-a77/
The full frame sensor and 5K are the biggest technical innovations of the current era of digital video, but which makes the biggest difference to the image? Should we all be upgrading to 5K and c...
Click here for my post at Converge I keep hearing squeaks from an industry creaking under the weight of heavy professional gear, proclaiming that DSLRs will never last and that people will all mo...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/new-post-at-converge-on-dslr-stealth-factor/
ABOVE: Lumix GH2 team members at Panasonic With the 5D Mark 3 expected to have 30+ Megapixels, we are seeing video DSLRs severely compromised by densely packed sensors with poor light gathering a...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/how-engineering-can-triumph-over-marketing-a-solution/
The Sony F3 will have a dedicated Super 35 video sensor with huge pixels – can DSLRs compete? With news from Sony that the F3 has a built anew Exmor Super 35 2k sensor unrelated to DSLRs comes ...
https://www.eoshd.com/news/sony-f3-has-4-times-light-gathering-ability-of-5d-mark-ii/