What camera and lenses appear in The Office (US) Season 2, Episode 21?
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In several scenes of The Office (US) Season 2, Episode 21, a still camera is shown on screen. It looks Canon-branded, and one lens has a red ring that suggests an L-series zoom. I’m trying to identify the camera body, flash, and lenses shown. Is it a Canon EOS 5D, a 20D/30D-class body, or are there multiple cameras used in different shots?
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There are at least two different camera bodies in your sequence of scenes.
- The one(s) in the first and last parts seem(s) to be an EOS 20D. There are enough noticeable differences to eliminate the 10D and 30D.
- The one shown at 0:31 and again at 0:43 is not a 20D nor any other Canon digital body produced by May of 2006. It is also not any Minolta, Pentax, Olympus, Panasonic, Fuji, nor Nikon digital SLR body that I can find released by May 2006. (Sony did not release the first α body until later in 2006). The appearance of the zoom scale on the LCD in Live View indicates it is probably a "bridge" type camera with a non-interchangeable zoom lens. By 0:49 in what appears to be the same scene as at 0:43, what looks like our 20D is back.
There are also at least two different lenses in the montage:
- The lens shown at 0:06 and 0:014 is not an "L" series lens as a gold ring is visible near the front of the barrel. It looks to be an EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, EF 20mm f/2.8 USM, EF 28mm f/1.8 USM, EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM, EF 100mm f/2 USM, or EF 85mm f/1.8 USM (the last two are not likely due to how close the camera is to the subjects) with an aftermarket rubber lens hood attached via the filter threads. All of these lenses are very similar in size and appearance.
- The lens in the later sequences appears to be an EF 24-70mm f/2.8L
What about the speedlite and the lens with red hoop?
The external flash pictured near the end of the montage is not a Canon EOS flash.
Is it really an expensive L series lens or they simply borrowed one from an cinema camera that uses CN-E?
CN-E lenses would not mount on an EF camera body.
There is seemingly an first gen 5D by Canon.
None of the 5-series bodies, including the original EOS 5D, have pop-up flashes.
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It appears there are multiple cameras shown, not one single setup.
From the community identifications, the camera seen in the first and last parts is most likely a Canon EOS 20D. The built-in pop-up flash and Canon-style controls rule out a 5D, since the original 5D did not have a pop-up flash. The 20D also fits the 2006 timeframe better than later Canon bodies.
One of the lenses with the red ring is likely a Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L. The red ring is consistent with Canon L-series lenses.
At least one other scene seems to show a different camera entirely: the LCD zoom display suggests a bridge camera with a fixed zoom lens rather than a DSLR. According to the answers, that body does not match Canon DSLRs available by May 2006.
So the safest conclusion is: likely a Canon EOS 20D in some shots, probably paired with a 24-70mm f/2.8L, plus a different non-DSLR bridge camera in other shots. The flash model is not clearly identified from the provided answers.
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