Cameras

Hollywood Is All Over The Head-Mounted Canon5D Mark II

By Sean Fallon on July 21, 2009 at 4:40 AM

Imagine the kind of HD magic you could film with a Canon5D MK II mounted on a helmet. The possibilities have not been lost on Hollywood apparently.

Rodney Charters, the Director for Photography on 24 expressed interest in it via an email sent to planet5D. He also believes that it may have been used on Ironman, although he has no confirmation on that. Either way it would make for some interesting fight and POV scenes, not to mention comical situations on set for anyone trying to pass through a doorway with one of these on. [planet5D]

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  • Certifiable
    July 21, 2009 at 8:54 PM

    It's King of All Cosmos' brother, Prince of All Cameras.

    Certifiable

  • HDC
    July 21, 2009 at 9:15 AM

    MKII is unREAL.
    http://vimeo.com/5666977

    HDC

  • TheCrudMan
    July 21, 2009 at 6:34 AM

    @betterdays:
    agreed. Although with my GH1 I have to worry about mud before rolling shutter with a shot like that...still like it better than 5d MkII.

    TheCrudMan

  • andrelix
    July 21, 2009 at 6:09 AM

    I don't think I could but my 5dmkII out like that, I still have separation anxiety!

    andrelix

  • SumUp4U
    July 21, 2009 at 5:40 AM

    The Link for the article points to the "canon-5d-mark-ii" tag :(

  • Stealth
    July 21, 2009 at 5:12 AM

    I guess if you really need an HD camera on your head this would work (for a short period of time cause that's got to be heavy), but for the rest of the world simple head cams like the GoPro are much more practical.

  • Eugenia
    July 21, 2009 at 5:07 AM

    Well, if only the 5D had 24p support. Hollywood *needs* 24p, and so many of us too. I hope Canon is listening.

  • betterdays
    July 21, 2009 at 5:07 AM

    Then you realize rolling shutter artifacts are too bad when head mounted, and you get back to CCD cameras.
    NEXT.

    EDIT : no BS, I have one, and without some form of steady support, the footage is crap. It's a fact.

    betterdays

  • moop2000
    July 21, 2009 at 5:03 AM

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Porn!

    moop2000

  • TheCrudMan
    July 21, 2009 at 4:52 AM

    You'd get jellovision video thanks to the CMOS sensor? No reason to use a 5D mkII for this..seriously. 5D mkII has excellent low light and DOF performance...not something you really need on helmet mounted cam (fast lens for low light would make focus impossible.)

    *goes home and tries it with his GH1.*

    TheCrudMan

  • bornonbord
    July 21, 2009 at 4:50 AM

    @Hello Mister Walrus: It's a solution.

    http://boingboing.net/2009/07/12/first-person-shooter.html

  • hyewarrior
    July 21, 2009 at 4:49 AM

    @Hello Mister Walrus: interesting POV scenes? Oh I can think of a couple

    hyewarrior

  • switchblade saints
    July 21, 2009 at 4:48 AM

    great you took my beer can holders off for this?

  • Hello Mister Walrus
    July 21, 2009 at 4:45 AM

    So, what exactly do you mean by "interesting POV scenes"?

    And is that guy Techno-Bill?

    Hello Mister Walrus

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