Introduction
Over the past couple of weeks I have been making photographs and video of Stephens Lake Park: what the place looks like, how it is connected to the city of Columbia via Broadway, and how the people of Columbia make use of the space. It is “landscaped nature” in that is is completely man-made, but tell that to the birds who pass through, or the dogs that happily scamper through the grass.
This is a “draft” of the project. At the very least, an idea of what it could be like. I would like to incorporate some spoken narrative–my plans to interview someone from the Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation fell through this week.
The video was made with both the Canon 5D Mark II and the Canon 7D bodies, and the stills were made with the same cameras.
Update: On Video…
A friend of mine just e-mailed me to ask about my impressions of the video from the 5D Mk. II and the 7D, respective to one another. I thought I would copy my thoughts to this post given the topical nature:
As far as the movies produced by the 5D II versus 7D, I would grant you that they do “feel” different, and I like having both cameras, but if I couldn’t only have one for video, specifically, I’d opt for the 7D. I posted this draft of my project for David’s class on the Friday before Spring break, and the majority of the video is from the 7D (you can try to guess what was from the 5D–I’ll let you know if you’re right).
Movie mode is easier to access, and autofocus is more intuitive on the 7D. The depth of field (DoF) is different because it’s a 1.6x crop as opposed to a full 24x36mm sensor, but I actually like having a little more DoF. Sometimes, the 5D II’s DoF just seems too shallow for video (obviously, you can stop down) and that can be very distracting.
Food for thought!
Tags: Broadway Project, EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 7D, video
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