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video shots around yokohama and tokyo

Heading to Tokyo - another HD video with my 5D Mark II

behold the beauty of HD on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II
21.1 megapixels DSLR, 1080p video

gnowk
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:40:11 +0000

These cameras normally take video? I didn't even know that. Do most slr's take video?

CCC
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:55:15 +0000

That's pretty cool that a DSLR can take video too.

Sp Chess
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:11:22 +0000

In colors no less!

sarcast
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:39:28 +0000

It appears DSLRs with video recording capability is a pretty new thing. The first one with this capability is the Nikon D90 that came out this year in August.

The Canon stores the video in H.264, up to 4GB @ 30fps. I am guessing somewhere between 60 to 120 minutes of video at 1920x1080.

check out another video made with the Canon:
Sample EOS 5D Mark II Video: Reverie

Any idea what car the guy drives? Audi?

And is there a name for the effect when far away lights blurs into big circles?

gnowk
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:15:34 +0000

ya. the term we typically use is oof. out of focus. or oof circles, or circles of light... some people also talk about them as bukkake.. uhh.. i mean bo'ke. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh ) which actually is a general oof term. inevitably if you are curious and look more into it.. you'll run into the circle of confusion, skip it, it's called that for a reason. ha! it's basically when a point is no longer a point but oof.

whenever you out of focus something, each point of light will become an oof circle, whether it's a light source or an illuminated object. if you focus on something with a small aperature, it'll become a star.

charlie
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:40:40 +0000

Well, looks like Charlie beat me to it.

The true technical term is called "Circle of Confusion", which most people understand as the less technical "blur". Over the year, photographers has found ways to artistically express themselves using this "undesirable" blur feature. But it would be an oxy-moron to say my super telephoto lens produces nice circle of confusions--as "nice" is only in the eyes of the beholder, while circle of confusion is a true physical observation--we say my awesome telephoto lens creates nice boken wide open. Wide open means opening the aperture to its largest diameter, thus, creating the shallowest depth-of-field and creating the largest circle of confusion in unfocused areas.

If you haven't fell asleep with this technical background, I suggest the even more technical "Lens FAQ".

The following web pages are all interesting reads on the subject:

The Circle of Confusion
DIY - Create your own Bokeh
Circle of confusion

And the abilities to shoot video and creating high definition photographs are fairly new to DSLR's.

Chieh Cheng
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:01:54 +0000

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