Here’s a few left over, “behind the scenes” shots from a recent Car Tech shoot I was involved with for CNET.co.uk, along with a video I cut together using some of the footage I shot on my recently purchased Canon 5D MkII.

This was pretty much my first outing using the 5D MkII as a video camera, and there’s a few rookie mistakes in there (I had it on full auto by accident!). It’s trite to say it these days as everyone’s clued in to the secret by now, but the footage that comes off the 5D is incredible. What little grading there is on this was done in After Effects, but there are only very minor contrast bumps. What you see is pretty much what came off the CF card.

I shot the video using two lenses – a Sigma f1.4 DG HSM 50mm, and a Canon f4 24-105mm. I also used a Glidetrack HD for the tracking shots. The presenter is Rory Reid of CNET.co.uk, and the bearded chap is Drew Stearne, Car Tech’s lead video producer.

Aston Martin DBS from Chris Beaumont on Vimeo.