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There have long been rumors of HDSLRs being used on the big screen, and we've seen them used for some TV shows like the one episode of "House" — but now we have confirmation that a couple of scenes for the blockbuster "Iron Man 2" were shot with the diminutive Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

The Web site Broadcast Engineering has posted more info from the DP Matthew Libatique in their story 'Canon HDSLRs Used to Shoot “Iron Man 2″'

"Without a doubt, we couldn’t have gotten the shots any other way,” Libatique says. His comment refers to a scene in Iron Man 2 in which the titular character’s alter ego Tony Stark drives a race car in the Historic Monaco Grand Prix and is attacked by supervillain Ivan Vanko. Canon 5D Mark II Digital SLR’s served multiple roles in photographing this important sequence. One was to capture moving background plates on location in the famous European racing city; another was to provide crash-cam footage amid the scene’s high-speed auto race."

Canon seems to be the source for the story and they've also provided two stills from the shoot showing the camera mounted on the racer. Please read the story on Broadcast Engineering for much more info!

We'll be reporting on more usage of the HDSLR on the small and the big screen soon ... keep an eye on pixiq!

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