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EOS Bodies / Re: Will Canon release a Pocket BMCC competitor?

« on: April 11, 2013, 02:20:03 PM »

They have made a lot of promises, and for every promise, later a excuse.  I'd take a wait and see approach to see if they can actually produce and support them.  Companies often have a tough time delivering on the hype.

All they have done is provide the best video IQ below $10K for around $3K. The first gen is finally out and shipping in quantity. 

I was a Canon apologist for the longest time, but show me ANY Canon Cam that can do this.

https://vimeo.com/62959319

No chance with the 5D3, not even on a c300(to be fair, the c300 has big-time advantages, in other areas not emphasized in those shots). 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Will Canon release a Pocket BMCC competitor?

« on: April 11, 2013, 02:14:33 PM »

Yep, and I honestly don't expect any Canon DSLR to ever shoot in RAW.

If they don't, or at least allow for higher bit depth codecs, the days of people buying Canon DSLRs for video are soon to be over.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Announcement Tonight? [CR2]

« on: April 08, 2013, 10:46:54 AM »

EOS 7DC

I hear that brother. Canon better do something. Black Magic is kicking them in the rear. Did you see this?

4K, s35 global sensor, RAW, for about $4,000 

http://www.eoshd.com/content/10018/blackmagic-production-camera-4k-shocks-nab-4k-for-4k-compressed-raw-super-35mm-and-global-shutter

Come on Canon, I can only wait so long before i move to a cheaper option that can produce images like this:

https://vimeo.com/62959319

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: yes or no..6d for video...

« on: April 08, 2013, 09:47:46 AM »

Canon isn't really the place to be if your are only going to use the DSLR for video.

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EOS Bodies / Re: What is Laforet teasing?

« on: April 06, 2013, 04:56:34 PM »

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Canon XA20 and XA25

« on: April 05, 2013, 02:18:25 PM »

Does anyone know what percent of revenue and profit canon gets from various camera and video product categories?

Surely that information exists, but not for public consumption. My guess is that anyone with access to that info is subject to a confidentiality agreement.

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EOS Bodies / Re: What is Laforet teasing?

« on: April 05, 2013, 02:14:39 PM »

Wow, comparing this to the 5D2 is an insult to common sense. I wonder how much they paid him?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 7D L Announced, Shipping in May

« on: April 01, 2013, 09:43:49 AM »

Jimi Hendrix will love this camera!

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 7D Mark II Test Camera [CR1]

« on: March 31, 2013, 06:23:24 PM »

Canon made a big splash by making the 5DII better than it's price(even the 1Ds III couldn't shoot video like the ol' 5D2).  But Canon probably felt that it hurt sales of the flagship in the long run.
 
It's very possible that they try to play the same trick with the 7DII(as they did for the 5D2).  I think it will be the new "best value" model.  And I think the WOW factor will be bigger than it was for the 5D3.

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 7D Mark II Test Camera [CR1]

« on: March 28, 2013, 01:39:08 PM »

Some of this corroborates what we've heard before. For example, this does have new video features.  "stills burst". If it is like the v1, than that could mean 30fps of 4K, 14bit raw.

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 7D Mark II Test Camera [CR1]

« on: March 28, 2013, 11:25:40 AM »

The "stills burst mode" is the most interesting thing here for me. The only question is how long the burst lasts.

The Nikon V1($300) can shoot 4K raw for a second, which makes for some pretty awesome video clips. If they could extend it to 10 seconds (on 7D2), it would be sic.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Help deciding between BMCC and C100 for RE Listing Videos

« on: March 25, 2013, 04:28:01 PM »

And some of the posters are giving excellent feedback on the camera itself, but I'm looking at the camera AND what you'll be using it for (which is arguably more important).  You're not doing occasional studio shoots, you're doing real estate videos, which means you'll be shooting a lot and very frequently.  Battery life would also be a big issue in your case, since the internal battery lasts maybe an hour.  Also consider that you won't be shooting real estate videos in 2.5K RAW, it's just going to slow you down way too much, so try and take that spec out of the equation and look at it as just 1080p ProRes.

It won't slow you down too much if you have the hardware to handle it. The hardware is not cheap, but neither is the c100.  But if you try to cheap out on the hardware, RAW will make your workflow miserable if not impossible. 

Why are you not not considering the 5D3? I feel like the only reason i would get a c100 is if i was going to do documentary stuff where i needed to handle tons of footage, run and gun,  and not have to worry too much about low light performance. 

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: What's the difference between ALL-I and IPB?

« on: March 22, 2013, 09:51:19 AM »

In All-I the compression is done in each frame is restricted to that one frame. In IPB, the compression is done across frames, by taking advantage of parts of the image that do not change from frame to frame.

I think the only real advantage is that you can cut to whatever frame you want with All-I. With IPB, since any given frame might be reliant on information in a previous frame, you are somewhat restricted in this capacity. However since you are being less restrictive on the compression algorithm (with IPB), you might get more detail and less macro blocking.

Does this make sense?

I think IPB should be the default choice.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 100D Detailed Specs Appear

« on: March 20, 2013, 07:47:27 PM »

I bought  a T4i, for my girlfriend and she loves it but says it is too big. So yes there is a market, I think it will be a success and I don't like mirrorless cameras so I find this is a fantastic move by Canon. Gee people complaining about too much choice, really don't get it.

I thought that's what the EOS-M was for. Or Nikon 1. 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 100D Detailed Specs Appear

« on: March 20, 2013, 05:01:27 PM »

What the F is the difference supposed to be between this and the t5i? Am i missing something?