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When I read they filmed a House finale all with a Canon 5D MkII, I thought was pretty cool. What are the differences of using something like the MkII vs someth
by swah 15y ago
When I read they filmed a House finale all with a Canon 5D MkII, I thought was pretty cool.
What are the differences of using something like the MkII vs something like this (for folks that don't know anything about movies)?
- excuse-me 15y agoResolution (and image quality) wise - none really The big reason for using a 5D in house is both it's size compared to a movie camera - you can get in to closer shots. But mainly it has a larger sensor - most movie cameras (film and digital) have a sensor half the size of a 35mm frame so movie lenses are effectively 1.5x as 'long' as you are used to on a SLR camera. By using a full frame 35mm camera (Canon 5D) the lenses become wider angle than on a movie camera and you get a much smaller depth of field (for the same aperture) which lets you create shots that isolate a persons face in close up. It's a little surprising that this camera didn't have the APS-C/super35 sensor size used in most movie cameras - that would mean that a lot of standard lenses would work as expected.