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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III with Continuous RAW Video Recording

« on: May 13, 2013, 11:48:32 AM »

Looking forward to this once there are faster and more affordable cards in the next year or so.  Canon more than likely had zero involvement with this, it was discovered on accident while creating a histogram for RAW photography.  Seeing this live DNG feed through the HDMI is not possible, this has been discussed extensively on the Magic Lantern forums.  Heat is also not so much of an issue because the sensor is already pushing out the RAW feed.

BMCC will still be the way to go for RAW video due to it being more reliable and the easier workflow with compressed RAW, but this is a gamechanger for people on a budget or hobbyists.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: EOS 5D Mark III Firmware 1.2.1 Available for Download

« on: April 30, 2013, 07:56:11 AM »

waiting on EOSHD to do a full test, but so far his early conclusions is that the uncompressed HDMI only yields minor improvements. If this is the case, the soft output of the 5DmkIII compared to other cameras, as documented on many of his tests, may in fact be impossible to fix with a firmware update, at least one from canon.

Meh, there's just a little more color information and the signal is far from uncompressed when using the HDMI output.  Magic Lantern is working on a true RAW and 14 bit video recording along with 4:2:2 to the card, something we'll never see from Canon.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Why not higher resolution video?

« on: April 27, 2013, 10:27:13 AM »

We don't need higher resolution, we just need something other than the Youtube codec.  Magic Lantern discovered yesterday that the Canon cameras store in the buffer RAW 14 bit 4:2:2 DNG files until it is converted to H.264, you can see the difference. 



Ideally it would be nice to have a compressed RAW DNG file like the one that's found on both the new Black Magic Cinema and Pocket camera, or have the compressed RAW as an option and the H.264 or AVCHD as a second option. 

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: The First Canon EOS 6D Video Footage

« on: November 28, 2012, 02:58:44 PM »

Canon has and will always put photography before video, the line skipping method of downsampling proves it.  I would be happy to have just a Canon Rebel that could properly downsample the sensor for 1080p with a method other than line skipping. 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon's Mirrorless Entry

« on: June 19, 2012, 04:54:24 PM »

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And there we have it! Yet another let down down from Canon is on the horizon.

I respectfully disagree, this is the perfect rival for the GH2.  These will be perfect for consumers and can potentially win back the video market if they can abandon line skipping and down sample the sensor like the 5D Mark III and GH2.  Also with the small sensor size it'll probably allow a short flange distance and then allow people to ruse their old lenses including FD lenses. 

The different mount shouldn't matter as long as if Canon includes an EF adapter which wouldn't be difficult to do. The Black Magic has a slightly smaller sensor than the GX 1 and comes with an EF mount adapter.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Rebel T4i Review With Video Samples

« on: June 15, 2012, 06:48:12 PM »

Very disappointing, I'm assuming this means that this is using line skipping which will mean the noise at high ISO will be almost as bad the noise on a 7D, 60D, T3i and T2i.  I'll wait for the next year to see what Canon has to offer for us video guys.  Panasonic has the best affordable DSLR for video, then for professional use the Black Magic and the Sony cams are looking like the ticket.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS Rebel T4i First Impression Review

« on: June 10, 2012, 02:31:51 PM »

I don't like the price point though.  .  But  that's not new to canon.  Ok to do that on the pro line but on consumer models you need to make it affordable for soccer moms.

The upper level Rebels have always been at this price point when they first came out.  In 2008 I paid just about a grand on an XSi with a kit lens and it was worth every penny.  By this fall it will be down to 650 on Amazon for the body and around 750 with the lens, you'll also be able to get a refurbished for a sweet price.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS Rebel T4i First Impression Review

« on: June 10, 2012, 11:02:07 AM »

One of the sites listed the digital video zoom for the T4i, I'll wait to hear from people with first hand experience before diving in.  I wasn't aware that the T2i had the digital zoom feature.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D Specs [CR2.5]

« on: May 17, 2012, 04:57:29 PM »

Still the 18mp sensor is 3 yrs old. maybe 7D2 will get a new 18m AND dual digic 5

That is very tempting to say the least, if I shot only photography then I would hop on that for sure!  For video purposes I'll probably go to the 5D3 for magic lantern.  With the 7D there weren't many if any people who could figure out the dual processor configuration, probably because it's the same technology as a 1D.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D Specs [CR2.5]

« on: May 17, 2012, 04:47:31 PM »

The biggest upgrade will be the Digic 5 which in turn enhances low light performance dramatically even with the same sensor.  This is more than enough reason for me to ditch the T3i and 7D.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon to Announce 2 Cameras in June [CR2]

« on: May 16, 2012, 11:43:03 AM »

It'd be nice if Canon will make a mirrorless that'll compete with the GH2(and GH3 that should be coming out soon).   A short flange distance would be a must along with an EF adapter that is either included or very reasonably priced.  I shoot with a few Canon DSLR cameras and a GH2 in order to be able to use FD lenses and as a small vacation camera.  For professional photography I never use it, it is like the 4th backup to me due to the lack of an optical view finders but it is very useful for video.

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EOS Bodies / Re: New Extensive Firmware for the Canon EOS 7D? [CR1]

« on: April 20, 2012, 06:44:29 PM »

I''ll be happy with manual audio controls, also if we could get digital zoom like my rebel but with more increments that would be amazing.  I could care less about photography updates unless if they're fixes for something that should be there.  Any video fix however will only be holding me in the Canon camp temporarly unless if they finally satisfy the 3000-8000 dollar range with a camera similar to the 5D Mark III with a simple uncompressed output (or even better an SDI port) and a single XLR port or allow XLR to be added.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Unofficial Canon Mirrorless Concept

« on: March 22, 2012, 02:27:48 PM »

The Flange Focal Distance for FD is only 2mm less than the EF. Old EF lenses wouldn't be usable unless the body were beefy.

Though that seems to be fine for Olympus. The new K-01 follows that design though the jury is still out on if anybody adopts it...it's not much smaller than a K-5.

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I disagree, the 50mm 1.4 SSC and 400mm 4.5 SSC FD lenses work just fine on our GH2 which is smaller than a rebel but similar in size to a Canon F1. 



It'd be nice to have the short flange distance so we can use almost every lens possible, then I can get rid of the Panasonic.  Canon could make something similar to the C300, have two different mounts but instead of a PL mount they can have a mount with a short flange distance, then a mount that has EF built in for people who do not wish to play with adapters.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Nikon D4 Specs Revealed? 1D X Has Competition.

« on: December 12, 2011, 09:48:05 AM »

Darn, if the clean HDMI is true I'll have to jump ship unless if Canon puts it in the 5D Mark III.  Please Canon, give us clean HDMI output!

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EOS Bodies / Re: “Revealing” Canon C300 Test Video

« on: November 29, 2011, 08:37:16 PM »

Too bad they didn't specify the "HD SLR" they used for the side-by-side shots The difference in image stabilisation is huge. I wonder how the 7D/5D II video shooters feel about this comparison.

I shoot with the 7D and a T3i with Magic Lantern and I am extremely impressed.  The Moiré comparison has me sold on this camera.  I've ran into this situation before in an interview except it wasn't the coat, it was the forehead of the person of the person I was interviewing.  I'm also impressed by the reduction in jello from vibrations, this doesn't become an issue for me except when shooting with a telephoto lens.  The wonderful high iso performance is the cherry on top, the noise at 20,000 iso on the C300 is something you would see at around 800-1600 iso on a 7D or T3i. 

What I really want to see is a comparison between the C300 and the 1Dx and other future DIGIC V HDSLR shooters since we already know that the Moiré is reduced along with the jello effect.  Iso performance will also increase due the lack of line skipping.  The improvements with the DIGIC V will also be reducing noise on top of that.  Time will tell.