The new face of multimedia

Multimedia has changed how we look at story-telling photography. It allowed us to transcend the boundaries of still photography with the union of audio and video. Now cameras like Canon's 5D Mark II and Nikon's D90 are going to take this even further. I'm sure most of you have already heard of the HD video features that these cameras now offer. If you haven't seen what these cameras can do in terms of HD film making, you should check out a couple of Vincent Laforet's videos shot with the 5D Mark II.

Nope, that's not a photo, its a clip from Vincent Laforet's HD video taken with a Canon 5D MKII.

The videos that Vincent Laforet has been producing are stunning, and really demonstrates the capabilites of DSLR HD cinemotography. At some points during the videos, I had to ask myself "is that a photograph or video?" The HD features on these new cameras are definitely not gimmicks, and with these cameras just being released this is only the start. Expect to see photographers implementing these new capabilities in multimedia projects in the future. Of course, we've seen video implemented in multimedia projects before but they often lacked in quality. Another problem with trying to implement video was the hassle of carrying a video camera, but now that a camera can both shoot amazing photographs and amazing HD, we should expect to see video playing a big role in future multimedia.