DEAD SEASON: ZOMBIES AND THE 7D

Makers of “Dead Season,” a new independent zombie flick currently in production, have snagged up the rights to it being the “first film shot on the Canon 7D.” Although the movie in still in the early stages of production, it appears to be shaping up well.

Up to this point, the camera of choice has always been the 5D Mark II for serious film productions, yet I believe we will start seeing more and more productions utilizing the 7D’s wider frame rate capabilities. Despite the smaller sensor, the 7D still turns out an amazing image and I’d say the real test to measure it’s performance is to see it on the big screen. Hopefully more movies like this will do that for us.

“Dead Season” has put out a selection of first week dailies to give us a taste of what they’ve achieved. Check it out below!

Dead Season Week 1 Selects from enzosauce on Vimeo.

CANON SURVEY ON VIDEO FOR DSLRs! FILL IT OUT!!

Reasons why I love Canon:

-Kick ass cameras
-Amazing image quality
-THEY LISTEN TO US!

Canon wants to hear your feedback! And specifically about video for your DSLRs! Here’s our chance to make it happen! 24p for the 5D!

FILL OUT THE SURVEY HERE! Even if you don’t own a 5D, SAY YOU DO!

MY RANT AGAINST THE RED SCARLETT AND DSMC

I was reading through Red’s literature again on the Scarlett camera and Mysterium Sensor.  I do this often because it feels like I never get enough Red news in my life.  But after reading for the 200th time, I still have some new thoughts.

Has RED no shame?!  I personally think the whole “DSMC” tag is a little dumb. “DSMC” stands for “Digital Stills and Motion Cinema.”

They’re making a DSLR-esque camera, but they want to call it something different that seems “more appropriate.”  Kinda like when scientists wanted to call the swine flu, H1N1.  I don’t buy it - it looks like transparent advertising to me.   I even started to imagine a conversation I would have with a tech yuppie at an Apple Store or some stupid bar in Williamsburg or both.

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DSLR DESIRES: 2 OF 5 - DSLR AUDIO *UPDATE

So the original desire that many filmmakers wanted with their DSLR was XLR capability. Since that is what “the people” wanted to hear about, it’s what I went looking for. Well after some thought, and a load of interesting opinions, I’m updating our search to include all audio in general to cover all bases. Cool?

AlainP, over at Canon5DTips did a great job reporting on a handful of external audio devices that are worth mentioning. And since audio devices are as abundant as DSLR choices, it all really comes down to what you’ll be using it for…

One of the phrases that likes to be tossed around is: “Filmmakers should be used to using an external audio device anyways.” I agree, we are used to it. Does that mean we what to keep doing it that way? No, not really, syncing audio is a pain in the ass. Especially with DSLR video that wasn’t made to handle audio like a professional video camera does…

Here’s Some Options!

HITLER ÜBER PISSED ABOUT CANON 7D

We’re a little late on this meme… but in our defense it feels like a new Hitler Downfall video is coming out every week.

DSLR DESIRES: 1 OF 5 - PANAVISION LENS MOUNT

One very hot topic in the DSLR film world is the coveted PV to EOS lens mount (or Panavision to Canon). We’ve blogged about this before, but now we have a lot more information! In turn, now you will have more information!

As we have mentioned before, the fore runner of the PV to EOS mount is “24″ cinematographer Rodney Charters. Rodney and his crew have been working on a “unknown” promo shoot that I came to find out is called “Indian Gangster.” Check it out on Twitter! They have been busy mounting all kinds of lenses on a 5D.

Oh, but there’s more!!

COME CHECK IT OUT!