Blog 2008-12-20T11:31:10-08:00 7 My first blog on the Dirk Snowglobe website. dirk snowglobe,blog,canon 5d,video,full frame,sensor sizes 2008-12-20T11:14:00-08:00 Here it is, DirkSnowglobe.com's second day. Time to start blogging! We've found - and bought - the coolest new camera on the market: the [url=http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=17662]Canon 5D Mark II[/url]. It looks like a digital SLR camera, but it shoots digital video too. And the results are [i]beautiful[/i]! [img]/images/articles/blogs/5DMarkII.jpg[/img] Most small digital video cameras shoot on tiny 1/3-inch sensors. The Canon has a full sized 35mm sensor - it's more than six times as wide and has over forty times as much area. Not only are the pictures crystal clear, but we can use the full array of photo lenses, and produce Hollywood-like images, like blurring one actor while focusing on another. [img size="480x321"]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/msowsun/photo%20stuff/Sensorsizes_640.jpg[/img] We're putting the finishing touches on a tutorial video that shows the shutter speeds available for video on the camera. Hopefully, we'll get it online soon. For more information on the 5D Mark II for video, check out [url=http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/canon-eos-5d-mk-ii-hd/]this forum[/url] on Chris Hurd's DV Info site. In the meantime, we're snowed in. Five to ten more inches are expected to fall, capped with an ice storm. I wouldn't mind so much, but we've had flat gray clouds all week - terrible light for shooting pictures and video! I can't wait for clear roads and good light, so we can get out of the house and shoot some nice stills and video... 2009-01-20T18:01:53-08:00 1