5D2 in the news, "Act of Valor" SEALS feature film

Today's Wall Street Journal has an article about the making of the action flick, "Act of Valor", about the Navy SEALs, starring actual commandos rather than actors. It's a Hollywood feature, not a documentary.

Of interest are two photos on the inside pages, one showing the director in waist deep water in camos, and another of a director on the deck of a carrier. Both are using DSLR's to shoot the movie, not digital "film" cameras.

The carrier shot clearly shows a Canon logo on the body, and a white long lens, looks like a 100-400. The water shot shows the camera on a Steadycam frame, with what looks like a mike cable to overcome the 5D2's poor onboard microphone.

I've known for a while that the 5D2 has been used to shoot documentaries, but I always wondered if it would ever be used in a feature.

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It was used in the recent super-hero movie. The name is escaping me at the time.

Captain America?

exactly, plus Iron Man 2 as well

tvphotog wrote in post #13002807
Of interest are two photos on the inside pages, one showing the director in waist deep water in camos, and another of a director on the deck of a carrier. Both are using DSLR's to shoot the movie, not digital "film" cameras.

The production company who made that film.

http://www.banditobrot​hers.com/

Wayne

The 5DII was also used to shoot an entire episode of House MD.

5DII was also used for a lot of static shots on Deadliest Catch...

I can't imagine the guy in that second photo is actually recording video for that movie.

It was also used, along with 7Ds, to shoot the open of Saturday Night Live.

It was also used to shoot interviews for the ten year anniversary retrospectives of SNL.