House on 5D MKII

CoolHandMatt wrote in post #10221753
Humm...interesting...t​hat makes me feel better knowing that House could have just as easily been filmed with my T2i as well

Thanks

I'll rephrase that to: "those filmmakers would have been able to do a stunning job even with a couple of T2i's".

Kinda depressing in a way.

TheFrost wrote in post #10223513
I'll rephrase that to: "those filmmakers would have been able to do a stunning job even with a couple of T2i's".

Kinda depressing in a way.

Why is that depressing? Because you spent too much money on a 5D? or because you cant reproduce their results?

I happen to have a T2i and I love it, esp because its my first dslr...I also think that the 5D is an amazing camera! Im stoked to know and tell people that the shot House with a similar camera as mine!

'Depressing' (tongue in cheek) knowing that no way I would be able to reproduce the results (with any gear). I have a 7d, and love it really a lot, but making movies is completely new to me and it shows.

I'm never depressed about spending money .

CoolHandMatt wrote in post #10221275
So are you saying the 5D is better? I dont understand...

From what I've heard from others and seen in videos - the 5D mark II is better in anything over ISO 800. I don't have the 7D or T2i, so this my be totally wrong. At least after numerous hours researching the 7D vs. 5D mk II, this is the personal conclusion I came to. After watching the 720p version from iTunes, most of the scenes would have looked worse on the T2i than the 5D mk II I think.

TheFrost wrote in post #10223936
I'm never depressed about spending money .

Well then send some my way! Im a grad student living with inlaws because I we cant afford a place of our own on scholarship dollars!

Exactly, the engineer was responsible, and licensed, to ensure the signal met certain specifications. As long as the content could be converted or made to meet those specs, it was broadcast quality. Even back then, we could get some pretty cruddy VHS stuff broadcast as long as it was cleaned up and met the specs. It looked like hell, but if the content was worthy and could be cleaned up, it went on the air.

Things are much easier today. In fact, spend some time watching commercials at 3am and you'll still see some pretty awful stuff being broadcast. Stuff that looks like it was shot on U-matic, duplicated a few times to soften it all up, someone screwed with the phase shift, unterminated the coax and made the recording But there it is, right in between two HD shows! So yea, a 5DMkII or T2i is more than worthy.