Since my acquisition of the 5D Mark II camera, I’ve been experimenting with it to see how much it can help me with my photography. Besides the usual bells and whistles, I was quite intrigued by its video capabilities. The problem with video on an SLR, as of now, cannot auto-focus like a video camera.  It uses a painful process called contrast detect (here’s an article on auto-focus) which tends to be quite slow. There’s no way of doing action or live video with this one. One must use manual focus to get it right and that can be painful as well. Interestingly, the manual focus method works wonders on slow moving laid back video, where one would expect from a wedding, for example. This process would be great even for a Stanley Kubrick style film (a series of slow panning, painstaking movements for carefully planned shots). Therefore, if the work is slow moving where the shots can be planned ahead, the 5D Mark II shines supremely. A wedding video done professionally by Bruce Dorn:

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