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heartyfisher

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"I just read the Canon post where the Avengers used the Mark II and EOS 7D to shoot several scenes, and in several other cinema movies. Why are all these movies using Canon and not Nikon?"

D800 was not out when they bought the camera gear :-) .. The Canon cameras did have an advantage over the nikon for a few years.. but the D7000 has more than caught up except for the lack of 60 fps.
The D800 has well and truly over taken the current crop of canon cameras .. but who knows what the next crop of canon cameras will be like.

check out this web series on video shooting with DSLRs note that it is a few years old now. http://www.zacuto.com/shootout

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MikeWhis

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heartyfisher said:
"I just read the Canon post where the Avengers used the Mark II and EOS 7D to shoot several scenes, and in several other cinema movies. Why are all these movies using Canon and not Nikon?"

D800 was not out when they bought the camera gear :-) .. The Canon cameras did have an advantage over the nikon for a few years.. but the D7000 has more than caught up except for the lack of 60 fps.
The D800 has well and truly over taken the current crop of canon cameras .. but who knows what the next crop of canon cameras will be like.

check out this web series on video shooting with DSLRs note that it is a few years old now. http://www.zacuto.com/shootout

Canon still have the advantage though, no doubt Nikon have beaten Canon in some areas.

Posted 1 year ago #
TaoTeJared

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Maybe since the movie probably started production 2+ years ago?

You are kidding yourself if you think movies studios are not shooting at low ISOs and with full lighting set-ups that probably cost as much as most people's homes.

That is just a slightly different than what most people have laying around. ;)

It is interesting to see what tools people use, but I rarely take it as "one system is better" and just take it for what it is - that is what they had and used for their own reasons that we will rarely ever hear about. I saw one clip for a commercial that used Panasonic GF1 - because it fit in the glove box of a car. No other reason, but that it fit. Sometimes it is as simple as that. Other times it just comes to cost and availability.

That being said, Canon has been doing video- for what, 40 years? Digital since it's beginning. Not surprising if it is better or at a minimum more preferred to work with. Same with Panasonic and both of those systems seem to be preferred by many videographers.

Posted 1 year ago #
TheLostNinja

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Just watched this video comparison between d800/5d3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NuozUxh_tOU

i think he is pretty much spot on - each camera has it's strong points and both of them aren't too far away from each other. Make your decision based on which of those points are important to you.

Posted 1 year ago #