No Budget FilmMaking Ultra-Pack

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• Comment by Bill
  March 4th, 2010 at 8:27 am

  Absolutely any Canon EOS camera can be used for fashion photography. If the photographer is very fashionable about knowledge and he knows how to use EOS cameras, he will be able to turn in excellent fashion pictures. He might complain about some nitpicky little detail, saying he prefers his 5D for this or that reason, but you won’t see the difference in the pictures.

  As for independent film-making, you probably should get yourself a camera that is intended only for motion pictures. Or who knows, you might be able to explain away the 1D’s video as being part of your artistic vision.

• Comment by fhotoace
  March 4th, 2010 at 8:27 am

  It can certainly be used for shooting fashion with all the right lenses, like a 24-70 mm f/2.8, 85 mm f/1.8 and 70-200 mm f/2.8. If you spend any time around fashion shooters, you will see that they are using Nikon and Canon systems with the above lens lengths

  As far as Independent film? NO way.

  The video feature on any still camera is only a feature.

  Contact some production companies and see what they use. What you will see is they usually rent all their equipment ( http://www.birnsandsawyer.com/_camera-rentals/hd-cameras/ ) for two reasons. 1) there is a tax advantage renting instead of owing and 2) the technology is advancing so quickly you would be buying a new camera every 24 months or less and you can rent the latest and greatest in technology and get a tax break.

  That said, if you are intending to produce an independent film, later which will be released as a 35 mm theatrical print, you will be shooting using a 3-CCD video camera at 24 fps.

  I think you are aware that the maximum number of pixels used on a DSLR in the HD video mode is just under 2 mp. The HD video cameras capture three times that because they are using three CCD’s instead of only one sensor like when making videos on a digital still camera

  Here is a link to the kind of camera you will be using if you start the production of an independent film

  http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelList?storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&catGroupId=112002

  Or better,

  http://www.red.com/

  I suggest you first spend some time working on someone else’s film, learning the ropes and getting a good handle on script writing, script break down to shooting blocks, budgeting, shooting, lighting, set building, sound recording, Foley, editing of video and sound and all the other skills necessary to produce a film, indie or other. By then you will have a really good idea of what camera(s) you will need for the script you are planning to shoot.

  If you do eventually choose the 1D, Mark IV, note that there is some new firmware for it. "A firmware update has just been announced for the EOS 1D Mark IV. Version 1.0.6 improves the autofocus tracking performance for subjects moving towards or away from the camera at low speeds"

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