Quote Originally Posted by hotsecretary


I never knew it was that good for HD Video, I heard a lot of complaints about it's function while shooting videos.
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Some of them were from me. I complain about it all the time. The Canon 1.1.0 firmware helped a bit by adding manual control, and the Magic Lantern Free Software is taking care of many of the other complaints I've had. Version 0.1.6 just came out with some awesome features for still shooters too, such as automatic focus stacking.


The biggest issue is one that can't be fixed: aliasing. It skips 2/3 lines reading the sensor, which results in really bad aliasing artifacts such as moire. Even the cheapo camcorders don't have it that bad. But most people (including me) are living with the artifacts to get the benefits of the sensor size.


Quote Originally Posted by Keith B
Plus, isn't the 5DmkII really the bench for
image quality too. I know it is the best Canon has right now, but
doesn't it really best the Nikons? IQ speaking only.

The Nikon D3X is the king of dynamic range. I think the D3 and 5D2 are pretty close in underexposure (high ISO). I'm really curious to see how the 1Ds4 and 1D4 will turn out.