I Recently shot a promotional video for the Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park for Alberta Parks over night school group program. The outdoor video is was shot over 2 days and I got some spectacular scenery. The park has some unique geological formations different even from other badlands areas. We later followed up with an excursion to catch up with the students of Nellie McClung Elementary School in Calgary, Alberta and recorded the shots for the second half of the video. I used a Canon 7D and a Rode shotgun mic and it work out really well, I mainly used the Canon 35mm f/2 lens. On some shots I used the 28mm-135mm Canon zoom lens f/3.5 – 5.6. This was the first serious tryout of the 7D and it’s not an easy camera to shoot video with but I had a Zacuto Gorrilla Kit and a Z-Finder to smooth things out. I can’t recommend the Zacuto gear enough, makes shooting DSLR video much easier.
I’ll be posting my review of the Canon 7D soon, I’ve been using it for 3 months now in the harsh conditions of a Canadian winter and I’ll give you my take on its strengths and weaknesses.
