Shooting SLR video with Berkley White

Berkley White · Issue 56, Sep/Oct 2010 · pp. 46–49

Products mentioned: Canon 5D Mark II, Aquatica housing, Backscatter tripod bracket, Photo Mechanic, Lightroom, Apple ProRes 422, MPEG StreamClip, Final Cut Pro

This article is going to be a little different in that, in order to get the most out of it, I will ask you first (if you are online reading this) to click this link and watch the video clip www.backscatter.com As someone who shoots primarily video underwater I have been watching with interest the new capability of shooting HD footage with the latest SLR cameras. As a result I have been keeping an eye out for clips on the web taken with them and came across Berkley White’s footage shot in Cayman of the wreck Keith Tibbetts. What struck me instantly was not the image quality of the footage (which was excellent) but the beautiful camera movements and steady shots throughout the clip. I have always thought that shooting video with an SLR in a housing which was designed to shoot stills would not work well with video and I wanted to know about Berkley’s experience shooting the Canon 5D in an A…