HDR Video Demonstration Using Two Canon 5D mark II’s from Soviet Montage on Vimeo.

HDR cameras are nothing new, with the Spheron VR camera probably leading the way.  However, what if you can’t afford the pricey HDR camera but happen to have some old stereoscopic equipment laying around.  A new video from Soviet Montage takes two Canon 5Dmk2’s and a Beam Splitter rig, and combines it into live HDR video (although only at two exposures).

This video highlights several clips we’ve made using our new High Dynamic Range (HDR) process. Video is captured on two Canon 5D mark II DSLRs, each capturing the exact same subject via a beam splitter. The cameras are configured so that they record different exposure values, e.g., one camera is overexposed, the other underexposed. After the footage has been recorded, we use a variety of HDR processing tools to combine the video from the two cameras, yielding the clips you see above.

While this is a neat and inexpensive way to do HDR Video, it probably wouldn’t hold up under ‘production’ standards. What do you think?
HDR Video Demonstration Using Two Canon 5D mark II’s from Soviet Montage on Vimeo.