Michael Fletcher shares a great video from a cruise boat trip in Australia. All filmed with the Canon 5D Mark II (2 x Canon 5D MK2, Canon Prime lenses 24mm, 50mm, 85mm, 400mm, Miller Tripod, Lee Filter Kit with grads, Fostex field recorder, Rode Mics). The boat for those of you who have not heard of it is the “TRUE NORTH” and it circumnavigates the Australian continent visiting some of the most remote coastline in Australia and also ventures past these waters to many unseen Pacific Island destinations.

Images Of Western Australia’s Kimberley from Michael Fletcher on Vimeo.

For those of you who are interested check out Christian’s Photographs on christianfletcher.com.au or read Christian’s blog christianfletcher.wordpress.com

Some additional great Movies Micheal and Chris did make.

Images Of Karijini National Park from Michael Fletcher on Vimeo.

Images of Australia’s Southwest from Michael Fletcher on Vimeo.

Firmware Version 1.1.0 incorporates the following improvements and fixes.

(1) Includes a function to enable the manual exposure setting when shooting movies.

*When shooting movies in manual (M) mode, the shutter speed *1, the lens aperture value *2, and the ISO speed *3 can be freely set to allow a greater flexibility.

Notes:
*1 Shutter speed range: 1/30 sec. to 1/4000 sec.
*2 Lens aperture range: Maximum to minimum aperture value of the lens used
*3 ISO speed range:
Auto: ISO 100 to 6400 set automatically

Manual: ISO 100 to 6400, H1

(2) Disables the function of the depth-of-field preview button when images are played back or when the menu screen is displayed on the LCD panel.

(3) Fixes a phenomenon where the peripheral illumination of images cannot be properly corrected, even if the images were captured with the lens peripheral illumination correction function set to Enable.

*Digital Photo Professional software version 3.6.1 or later (for Windows and Macintosh) can be used to automatically correct the peripheral illumination of RAW and JPEG images that were captured in the Peripheral illumination correction setting with cameras that have Firmware Version 1.0.7 or earlier.

(4)Fixes the algorithms of the Auto Lighting Optimizer function when Custom Function C.Fn II-3 Highlight tone priority is enabled.

(5) Fixes incorrect indications on the Arabic, Romanian, Spanish, and Ukrainian menu screens.

(6) Changes the battery information displayed on the camera when using the optional Battery Grip BG-E6.

Firmware Version 1.1.0 is for cameras with firmware up to version 1.0.7. If the camera’s firmware is already version 1.1.0, it is not necessary to update the firmware.

For details on Firmware Version 1.1.0 and the manual exposure setting for shooting movies, please download the PDF files from the bottom of this page. The latest update of the Digital Photo Professional software can be downloaded from our Web site.

You can download the Firmwar from Canon: http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html

An update to Adobe Lightroom 2.3 And Camera RAW 5.3 is now available on Adobe.com.

The Lightroom 2.3 update includes several bug fixes like:

• Additional camera support for the Nikon D3X and Olympus E-30
• In the Windows 64-bit version of Lightroom an sFTP upload process could cause Lightroom to crash.
• Slideshows could return to the first image randomly during playback.
• A memory leak could cause Lightroom to crash while attempting to process files with local adjustments.
• Canon EOS 5D Mk II sRAW files could process with artifacts in Lightroom 2.2.
• Lightroom 2.2 could cause disc burning to fail for Windows customers.

• Attempting to undo(CTRL-Z) a single step in Lightroom 2.2 on Windows could cause a series of previous actions to be undone.

Watch this review of the Canon 5D Mark 2 made by Roman Lehmann and Kevin Blanc. Roman Lehmann and Kevin Blanc speak Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch). Most non-swiss will not understand it, but it is worth to watch the review and test footage they produced.

Joining the massive wave of useless and not worth to watch Canon 5D Mark II Videos. My first Canon 5D Mark II video. What else could it be then a StrongMocha Espresso

I did have this movie in mind for some time. Inspired by the “The Trojan Room Coffee Machine”

Software used: Premiere Pro and After Effects (both CS4)

You may want to grab an Espresso while you watch it. Music alone does not make it interesting.

Alternative video sources:

• YouTube StrongMocha Canon 5D Mark II “EspressoTest” HD

• vimeo Espresso Test Video

An absolutely brilliant Canon 5D Mark II video tutorial made by Tyler Ginter on how to use the video mode of the Canon 5D Mark II. Tyler take you from the the basics of how to navigate around the menus and various video mode settings. During the video tutorial you can learn more advanced tips and tricks to help you get the best out of the camera.

“This tutorial will be particularly useful if you are a photographer making the transition to video, if you are a videographer and want to see if this camera will fit into your current workflow, or whether you’ve never touched a camera before and want to know some tips and techniques to get the best out of a 5D MK II.” (Tyler Ginter)

The tutorial is broken up into the six sections:

00:00 – Introduction
01:00 – Camera Settings
03:20 – Camera Buttons
06:46 – Focusing (Auto/Manual Modes)
09:09 – ISO/Shutter/Aperture Controls and Tricks
16:18 – Conclusion

How To Use Video Mode on the Canon 5D MK II from Tyler Ginter on Vimeo.