Black Swan shot partially on Canon 7D & Canon 1DmkIV. Rehearsals on Canon 5DmkII

[AlexMaragos]

Black Swan was shot on Super 16mm,
ARRI, Canon 7D & Canon 1D mark IV.
Rehearsal footage on Canon 5D Mark II.


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[MOkoFOko]

No kidding, I'm a bit surprised they went with the 7d for this--5d2 is definitely superior.

[Mundty]

Originally Posted by MOkoFOko

No kidding, I'm a bit surprised they went with the 7d for this--5d2 is definitely superior.

Most Director's could care less about subtle differences in Video Performance between these two. Especially a director like Darren Aronofsky, who's preference is 16mm film over any digital camera.

[Sp1207]

I knew some of the darker scenes (like visually darker) were shot on digital because of the noise, interesting to see hear it was canon.

[Sunny Boaz]

Hmm,
I am total new to this film photography.
So in what way 7D differentiates itself from 5D II? No essential differences at all?

[Kento]

Damn strait, 7D FOR LIFE!

[10megapixel]

Originally Posted by MOkoFOko

No kidding, I'm a bit surprised they went with the 7d for this--5d2 is definitely superior.

They used both cameras and had specific reasons for doing so.

From the article linked by the OP:

"We used a Canon 7D or 1D Mark IV for all the subway scenes; I could just carry a 7D and shoot on the subway all day with a very small crew"

"The 7D has more depth of field than the 5D, but I needed that because I didn’t have a follow-focus unit and needed to work really fast. I shot everything documentary-style. I did all the focus pulls by hand, and we’d just look at it on the camera’s monitor. I ended up shooting on a Canon 24mm lens at 1,600 ASA to get as much depth of field as possible at a stop of T81⁄2."