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2. There are no 'guides' with everything you need to know about running the nightlies so you can play with the RAW video. YOu basically have to read through the long forum threads and take notes. ON some of those threads I saw links to outside sites where people have tried to put it all together into one guide, but if you're not familiar with a bit of coding, or more intricate computing methods, you might just want to wait till they have a more stable candidate.
Or do Canon just ignore it?
But for some reason, I can't see how they can... once professionals see the difference in the output, they're going to be going back to Canon for a "tell me why I can't do this with what you sell me for $12,000", Canon is going to need to come up with an answer.
Canon don't need an answer as it's a hack. They will simply state that the 5D III was not designed to be used in that way, wether it can or not. It's like modifiying a car engine to go faster. The car manufacturer doesn't have to answer to those mods so why does Canon? I bet you could make a 5D III do all sorts of things if you really tried!
I do wonder about their higher end video cameras though. Though doesn't this hack only let you record for a short period of time? Most working pros wouldn't really care for that would they? I hardly see the BBC (or whoever uses that expensive stuff) going out to buy a bunch of 5D IIIs for their film crew and then hacking them with ML.
Someone also mentioned ergonomics in a similar post. Plenty of reasons Canon won't be bothered much by this. They'll sell more 5D 3 and maybe one or two less C100s. End of the day they'll still be making bank and laugh about their profits!
How do you go about color grading/correcting THAT many images?
Do you select a bunch of them at a time, that appear to be 'similar' for some things? I was just thinking that it would be nigh impossible to do a lot of layer masks on a bunch of images, etc...since things would be moving and you'd have to do it frame by frame...?
I could see in bulk doing a mass change in global things, like total contrast, white balance, etc...but if you had say, a blown out window, that would take a lot of work to restore that frame by frame wouldn't it?
If you could get that footage, still raw where Davinci could do it, then you could use their tools to have tracking done for you on that window, etc....
So, just curious can you give some more in depth on what all changes you manage with PS and the like? I like the idea, but can't imagine the workflow...
Thanks in advance!!
cayenne
Canon isn't really the place to be if your are only going to use the DSLR for video.
Can't see how that would work. The camera needs to be fixed or the landscape foreground will move. Longer exposures, including exposure stacking would give star trails, which would ruin this lovely photo.
A great shot, well composed with the foreground. For my personal taste, I would reduce the exposure a little. I use a Samyang 14/2.8 on my 5DII wide open for 30sec at ISO 3200 for Milky Way photos.
So sounds like I need a tripod. Considering that I don't really use one for photography, what is a "good" but reasonably priced tripod option for video usage?
Indeed interesting.
Well, at this point, I'll likely do the Canon firmware update (I've never updated the firmware before, so first time here for me).
I may or may not get an external recorder....maybe when the state tax refund comes in.
I'll go from there....and once the BM Pocket camera comes out for awhile, and I see what is done with adapters for being able to use my Canon EF lenses with it...I may get one of those as a 2nd video camera.
So many toys...so little time and money.
C
Personally, I would rather see the video improved so that they offer proper 1920x1080 video (or perhaps even 2K - for that little bit of extra res for slight framing adjustments). The C100 footage is a whole lot sharper, as is the GH2 - especially hacked - and I wish Canon would at least attempt to get their DSLR footage up to this level. It is just frustrating that, aside from the moire-free (albeit softer) video of the mkIII, Canon has done absolutley nothing to actually improve the processing and image quality of their DSLR video performance since the mkII came out all those years ago.
Yes the price increase is bogus, but there's definitely physical improvements to allow the camera to output that kind of high bitrate high res video, even with 1080P on the other DSLRs they struggle with overheating, but even with quality components added for heat dissipation I don't see any of that adding beyond $1K.
Also, EOSHD reports disappointment with a test shoot using the 1DC, rather soft output similar to how the 5DMarkIII video looks, doesn't make any sense...
