Testing Out The Canon 5D Mark II With Doctor Popular & His Yo-Yo

Yesterday I had lunch with Doctor Popular and after we ate I asked him if he could do some of his amazing Yo-Yo tricks so I could test out my new Canon 5D Mark II DSLR. I was especially interested to see how the 1080p HD video looked on this amazing full-frame camera. I uploaded the video to Vimeo’s new Plus service which allows unlimited HD video uploading as well as HD video embedding.

Doctor Popular & Yo-Yo

Doc Pop & His Peugeot

Of course, as a still camera, it’s quite an upgrade over my previous 5D. Here are a few photos of Doc Pop doing Yo-Yo tricks and posing with his Peugeot.

Adam Jackson Love Spam

The low light sensitivity of this camera has greatly improved since the original 5D. Here’s a photo of Adam Jackson at Monday’s Web 2.0 Holiday Bailout Party that he organized at Harlot in San Francisco. The club was very dark, so I shot it at ISO 6400 to see how it would come out and I was pleasantly surprised to say the least.

I’m still getting used to all of the new features, but so far this camera rocks!

See Previously: Canon 5D Mark II 21.1 Megapixel DSLR Camera With 1080 HD Video

photos by Scott Beale

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale is the founder of Laughing Squid and is based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Threads and sharing photos on Instagram.