Importing with canon 5d markii

Being new to mac and considering this camera, can anyone comment on whether or not the importing is user friendly

It just occurred to me, after taping over the contacts, that I should also try something else: zoom lenses usually change their aperture while zooming from wide to distant (e.g; from, say, f3.5 down to f5.6) if set to their maximum, wide-open, aperture. So perhaps setting the lens' maximum aperture to be a bit less than its max at its distant setting (..e.g; setting it to, say, f6.3 or similar..) might prevent the aperture changing during a zoom. But then again, maybe it wouldn't ..I'll try it today and see if that makes any difference. Anyway, tape-over-the-contacts certainly fixes the problem.
(..The 5D MkII changes its ASA/ISO 'sensitivity' as it deems necessary before or during video shooting, so maybe having the aperture iris electrically connected, allowing the camera to adjust the iris during a zoom (..it balances ISO with aperture..) will always give jerky video.. I'll find out later today..)
That lens was a..
Tamron 28mm-300mm ..similar to, but much smaller and lighter than..!
Canon's own 28mm-300mm. It's not so eye-searingly sharp as Canon's, and is 'softer' and less contrasty, and has more 'flare' than Canon's superb 28mm-300mm ..but the differences aren't so apparent in a movie as they are in still shots ..which you might stare at for several minutes, so discovering the lens' shortcomings.
I'll post a bit of a beach zoom later; you'll see how a great shot was spoiled by having the movie jerk every few seconds when the camera made adjustments to the lens. Meanwhile, I've just had my (PAL, 25fps) movie camera adjusted so that it shoots 30fps too ..so that I can now mix'n'match video shot with that 5D along with HDV video material (..and smoother zooms!) shot with a camcorder. The camcorder's zoom lens is easier to control (..able to provide very slow, 'ease-in' and 'ease-out' zooms..) but the 5D allows any type of Canon-fit SLR lens (..from super-wide to super-long..) to be used for shooting video.

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