If you're just now starting to come to grips with the fact that Canon's utterly succulent
EOS 5D Mark II is just way, way out of reach, here's a little something to lessen the impact of your inferiority complex. An enterprising young buck with a passion to bring video capture abilities to other EOS cameras figured out a way to enable that very capability on all Liveview EOS DSLRs. Of course, there's still the whole "manual focus" requirement -- which means that the bulk of your captures will be way out of focus -- but it's a new feature for your existing camera nonetheless. Now that the cat's out of the bag, why don't you just push out an official update to add this into more cams, Canon? We mean, can you imagine the look on Nikon's face if you really came through?
Read - The hack
Read - Video capture from a Canon EOS 40D
posted Jan 25th 2009 9:38PM
Do it Canon! I really don't want to go and buy a D90!
Er not really- it's the tethered PC that actually records the video, not the camera. You want to go around shooting video with a DSLR in one hand and a laptop in the other? I don't...
Yup you're right. Doesn't make it as streamlined. But I guess if you're a no-budgt filmmaker who already has a laptop and a 450D then it's another option.
Oh :(. I had my hopes up. Guess I'm going to have to embrace the Nikon.
So what's the resolution and frame rate of the captured video? Also what is the codec used for recording?
From what I could deduce on the dll's included, it looks like an avi with MJPEG as a codec. Which would mean a pretty darn big file.
1024 x 680 MJPG avi 1.0 ratio 3:2
kbps: 45010
21.99 frame/sec
The resolution is 1024 by 680 in avi. I don't have any software to show more detail in the codec.
The quality can be good if you've got enough light.
Look into GSpot. http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ [It's not as dirty as it sounds] It's a free 'codec information appliance'.
Awww, at first glance I thought that someone finally added video recording to cars...
Good way to lower my insurance rates... none of this "well it has come to our conclusion that the accident was caused by both drivers"
The end for easy profits for car insurance companies are soon at the end "roads"
works fine on my XSi... although it is pretty useless and not HD 1080p
FUCK YEAH I AM INSTALLING THIS ON MY NEW XSI RIGHT NOW
seriously this came out exactly one week after I got it
Don't get too excited, unless you enjoy carrying around a laptop to record your non-HD video
Here's my video test on my Canon 1D Mark III
http://www.flickr.com/photos/recompose/3227838820/
So this is not really video recording... It is more like "Webcam" mode for the DSLR...
WEOS?
cool
Don't forget about http://canonhack.com that is trying to collect money for hacking the 5D mk II for way better video capabilities.
As previously mentioned it requires being tethered to a PC, plus it has some "timing" issues as you can see in this video:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/holgman/3220370894/
There is an update but I don't yet know if it resolves this problem...
Hack Nikon too please!
this blog has became so lame..
Rover power...
In-camera recording:
http://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/canon-40d-hacked-to-record-movies/
my test with a canon 40D, EF 17-40L f/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITUEUG9h3yg
Maybe this isn't an official feature of Canon firmwares for a reason. I read in a Nikon D90 review that the video mode causes the CMOS sensor to heat up quite a bit after about 5 minutes of video recording. It's probable that this is why more DLSRs don't offer video recording. Maybe Canon just doesn't want to deal with the repair bills from all those still-under-warranty cameras...