Magic Lantern is onto something…
There have been a lot of posts lately about Magic Lantern's breakthrough enabling RAW video recording on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III.
Below is an ISO test of the standard H.264 of the 5D3, and what the RAW video from Magic Lantern looks like. This was done by Dustin J Tolman.
The results are pretty remarkable and easy to see, this software is still in its early stages and will probably get a lot better over the next few months.
Workflow
An ISO test comparing Canons H264 compression vs Magic Lantern's 14 Bit RAW hack.
• First I converted the RAW files with ML's raw2dng.
• Next I dragged the files into Photoshop which opened up Adobe Camera Raw.
• I selected the first image and used the auto white balance setting which got rid of the heavy magenta tone.
• Then I synchronized the additional files, and exported them as 16bit tiff files.
• First I tried to use QuickTime 7 to create an image sequence, but it render the video with incorrect color.
• So instead of QT I ended up using Final Cut Pro X to create an image sequence to a ProRes 422 HQ output.
Canon 5dmk3 @ F8
Canon 70-200 2.8L IS II @ 200mm
Technicolor Cinestyle
Music – Soundgiant
Read more about this test at Planet5D.com | EOS 5D Mark III at B&H Photo
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