Friday, February 13, 2009

Yacht Video with Canon's New 5D MARK II Digital SLR

Myself and Paul after our shoot over South Beach... one of many of our successful flights together

South Beach from Chopper

Maverick? Goose? no, it's Ira.

Ira's view sitting shotgun to Pilot

Here I am with my Hasselblad system and a gyro mounted to the bottom of the camera. I am sitting in a Hughes 500 Jet turbine helicopter flown by Paul Barth. 


Paul repositioning himself as the boat nears us


Tuesday I had the unbelievable experience of flying over South Beach Miami chasing a Yacht from a helicopter all the while shooting video and stills with the Canon 5D Mark II. I grabbed about 15 minutes of video footage on less than half of a 16 GB card. The following video does not do the actual HD version on this edit justice. I am extremely impressed with the camera and with what Canon has done to keep pushing ahead in this fast paced age of digital photography.