OK, so it’s not so new. I acquired this camera a few months back. I have to say that it is simply amazing. I know, you’re saying, “But it’s a DSLR! You are a Videographer!” Well, this camera is also capable of recording high definition video as well as take still photos, and do so amazingly well!

While a great deal of photographers will tell you that it is a great camera there was nothing ground breaking about the 5D Mk2 in the world of Photography, for Videography the story is quite different. See, as a Videographer I am always striving to achieve that Cinematic look with my wedding movies. Regardless of how you compose your shots or edit your footage together, there are just some things lacking in footage from a small-format video camera that will keep you from achieving that cinematic look, but the 5D Mk2 has a huge sensor! The huge sensor allows a lot of light to be captured resulting in the ability to achieve a very shallow depth-of-field. The small sensors in all video cameras prior to the release of the 5D Mk2 made it very difficult to achieve a shallow depth-of-field (DOF) that is synonymous with movies today (granted there have been breathtaking cinematic productions achieved with little or no shallow DOF shots, Hitchcock was well known for such works). A Shallow DOF will allow me to focus on a subject and blur everything before and after the subject. This is a common mechanism among movie makers to direct your focus and attention on to a specific subject in the scene.

I have been shooting a great deal of weddings with this camera and the results will begin to surface soon on my blog and FB so keep an eye out for it!