Update April 09, 2010:
You can now find a sample video on my vimeo profile.

Hey folks,
I finally got my new camera – the Canon 550D/t2i. I’m already in love with it and will be uploading sample videos to my vimeo profile soon. The full HD footage looks stunning with my canon 50/1.8 lens. stay tuned for more, i’ll be putting together quite some gear in the near future for hddslr filmmaking while staying on a budget. maybe i’ll be of help for some of you guys who also want to get into hddslr business.

i’m currently waiting on the LCDVF to be sold in Germany again – it seems to be out of stock anywhere else as well, but i was told new stocks should arrive some time this week. i’ll keep you posted on this as well for i know it is a low priced alternative to the zacuto z-finder and is supposed to be working quite okay. check back here for more info, reviews and footage on that later!
hope you have a wonderful week!

xo

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Since yesterday i’m the proud owner of a beautiful canon ef 50mm f1.8 lens. yes, i know there is a mkII version out there which is not 20 years old like this one, but it seemed to me more like a step back than forward, especially when it comes to production quality. the mkI version features a metal bayonet, while the new one has plastic. plus – most important point for me – since i’m planning to use this lens for hddslr filming i will be able to actually use the focus ring on the mkII. it’s still not really wide, but much wider than the one on the newer version (which is like 1.5 mm).

the mkI is kind of hard to get though, there are a few ones on ebay, but often they are quite expensive due to their rareness. i was lucky and got mine for about 170$ from a marketplace in a dslr forum.

i already played around with the lens a bit, but have yet to test it under real low light conditions (in which i was planning to use it obviously). i’ll show some samples here then.

in the next days i’ll get myself the new canon 550d, really looking forward to it. i can’t wait to get into the whole hddslr filmmaking, after seeing all the possibilities you have with these cameras (check out the blog of filmmaker/dp philip bloom – i love his work and he’s totally into hddslr filmmaking).

xo

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