Back in November, Abel was lucky enough to host a special series of workshops presented by the inventor of Dedolights himself, German cinematographer Dedo Weigert. The event was filmed and we’ve put together a ten-minute-long excerpt especially for viewing on the web. In it, Dedo explains how to set up a five-piece lighting kit most effectively in an interview situation. Check out the video here on our main site.

Many people have asked me about CF card requirements for shooting video on the Canon HDSLR cameras. Compact Flash cards come in many speeds, and the faster they go the more expensive they get. Canon lists the data rate of the Canon 5D Mark II and 7D video modes at a maximum of 330 MB/minute (a bit less for the 5D Mark II). That’s 5.5 MB/second video, which can be converted from MegaBytes to Megabits (1 Mbit = 0.125 MByte) to 44 Megabites per second. So what speed cards do you need? Well, to be safe I suggest cards with a minimum transfer of 8 MB/second, and there are many of these cards on the market at very affordable prices. You may see CF cards listed in X values (40X, 60X, ect), so to help you decode I have provided the following chart.

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