Canon 5D mark II and 7D mark II
This is problematic, as this is not a professional video camera, but a high end still camera. That being said, the picture out of the camera is very nice, and great for straight to web. It is very useful for remote shooting, when no audio or monitoring is required.
Sensor
The 5D is full sensor, the size of film 35mm when turned on it’s side. Bigger than most high end Digital Cinema cameras. Because this is a still camera, it is not possible to record all the image hitting the sensor. Multiple lines are skipped, and it is also necessary to highly compress the video right away to use the CF cards. But the image handles the all this well, as long as there is not a lot of post work to be done. The 7D has a smaller sensor than 35mm, but this allows the non-Cine Lenses to follow focus easier in video mode.
160 EI with 9 stops Latitude. 8bit Color.
Media
The video is recorded to high speed CF cards, and is compressed in 8bit H.264 web codec to allow more footage to be shot.
Post
The media is generally transcoded to ProRes or MXF if any post work being straight editing is done. FCP X will be able to handle it directly when it is released.
Notes
The video was intended for journalists, which is why it is so compressed, and not a
flaw in design. Many issue plague the camera when people try to use this camera
for high end productions or green screen work. But if they were professionals
who cared, they would be using this camera for such work, and use it as it was
intended. For what they are, I love these cameras.
