Rumour: 5D Mark II used in upcoming Harry Potter and Iron Man movies?

By Leonard Goh on 15 May 2009

Camera blog Planet5D has posted a rumour stating that one of its sources saw two units of Canon's EOS 5D Mark II at the set of the upcoming Harry Potter movie.

The blog's source also stated that the two cameras were fitted with industrial-grade Panavision lenses, which are typically used for filming movies. Considering that this dSLR can record full-HD videos at 30 frames per second, it is quite possible that the camera was used during the movie production.

Check out this for bragging rights. A 5D Mark II with a huge Panavision lens attached. (Credit: Planet5d.com)

Another blog, Canon Rumors, reported that the production unit of Iron Man 2 has purchased several EOS 5D Mark II cameras. However, it wasn't stated whether these dSLRs would be used to film the movies. Readers have commented on both blogs that instead of using the snappers for shooting the flicks, chances are they would be used for recording behind-the-scenes footage to be included in the DVD or Blu-ray versions.

Currently, the imaging industry is seeing a shift to integrate video recording into dSLRs. Systems like the Micro Four Thirds are catching up, too, with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 offering a 1080p-quality video-recording feature. Surely, these technologies will improve over time and we won't be surprised to see the next Hollywood hit filmed entirely using a dSLR.

Topics: 5d mark ii, canon, dslr, harry potter, hd, movie, video, iron man, mark, potter

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Comments (5)

  • AlexImaging STUDIO commented on 29/07/2009 01:05 Report abuse

    We just shot a music video clip with three cameras, two of them were 5D's Mark 2. The third one was an HD Panasonic from which the footage will probably not be used cause the 5D's outcame it.. I just couldn't believe the results, we were shooting in low light conditions, almost no noise.. excellent quality!
    Getting advantage of photographic lenses on a 35mm full frame sensor gave as Hollywood results...
    There are minor things Canon should improve on it..
    I believe with the next model we'll be able to shoot high budget feature films having nothing to envy from productions that used panavision, red or other cinematography cameras..
    Technology is finally moving forward in big steps! :-D

  • goggles commented on 08/06/2009 03:20 Report abuse

    It's very unlikely that a 5D camera would be used for actual production on a big budget film. The resolution limitation is a big factor, as well as the rolling shutter problem inherent in CMOS cameras makes them very challenging to use for VFX heavy projects - they make matchmoving almost impossible for anything but locked off shots.

  • @jeffdarg commented on 01/06/2009 08:37 Report abuse

    Now just get the firmware update to the rest of us 5D2 users and we will be happy!

  • @daviddarg commented on 16/05/2009 03:02 Report abuse

    Now just get the firmware update to the rest of us 5D2 users and we will be happy!

  • @daviddarg commented on 15/05/2009 19:42 Report abuse

    Now just get the firmware update to the rest of us 5D2 users and we will be happy!

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