• January 2

FreshDV Podcast – Using the Canon 5D Mark II in Military Applications

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I am honored to be featured on FreshDV’s Podcast. As a long time viewer of their site, FreshDV has had a huge influence on me thanks to their free content and amazing articles. Thanks FreshDV for all your support! You can also subscribe to their podcast as well as this episode through iTunes.

Here at FreshDV we’ve kept pretty close tabs on two DSLR / HD video convergence cameras since they arrived earlier this year. I’m referring of course to the Nikon D90 and the Canon 5D Mark II. One of the 5D exposure control tutorials that was posted recently was created by Tyler Ginter. Tyler is a US Army 3rd platoon leader in the 55th Combat Camera, responsible for documenting operations with photos and video for internal, news, and historical use.

In this hour-long podcast, Tyler, Kendal and I discuss the tools that Combat Camera is using in the field, the challenges of their unique workflow in Iraq and Afganistan, and specifically why they are looking hard at the Canon 5D MKII as a possible upgrade to their current kit. Along the way we also delve into Red Scarlet, and other convergence cameras. It’s a fascinating discussion, and we think you’ll enjoy the listen if you are interested in this new crop of cameras or just what it is that Combat Camera does. You can see media from Tyler’s group at http://www.dvidshub.net/units/JCCCI.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!

-Tyler
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” -Steve Prefontaine




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  1. Jason Chambers March 3rd

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    He Tyler,

    Awesome info on here thanks for sharing.
    Is there any chance you could post a workflow including resizing and recommended export size for vimeo?
    I use imovie at the moment as it handles the 5d files great.I also have mpeg stream clip but I am unsure which option to compress to as there are so many options for exporting. Also would I benefit using mpeg streamclip first before editing in imovie 09???

    Thanks again

    Jase


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Tyler Ginter

I am a Combat Camera Platoon Leader in charge of a team of videographers and photographers who travel the world gathering historical footage for the U.S. Army.