Raw Video
Lots going on a WPPI, not too much for the folks seeking a new camera and lenses. The following information could be of value to some.
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A source told me that canon have indeed created a raw video option for HDSLR's. It will utilize the HDMI port on the cameras to output full uncompressed HD content for recording on an external device. Apparently the current 720P output is limited by firmware not hardware so all they need to do is change this setting in the firmware.
The source would not confirm if this was coming to the 5D2 directly. However, the source did make clear to me that they knew nothing of a 1DS4. I was also told that this firmware had been tested on location.
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So let me guess, you’re a RED fan right?
I still love the image quality that this camera is giving, your numbers won’t change anything. IMO Canon is still the king of DSLRs. Or not…
The situation is very strange … It’s like Canon and us, customers are playing a game where everybody pretend to be pioneers of the digital cinema. So we have super lenses, impressive camera bodies, shiny gizmos (Zacuto’s and others) and now perhaps raw recording capabilities, a whole bunch of expensive toys, like the mecano I played with when I was a kid … But there is something wrong, the reason to use all that should be the search of superb shots for storytelling … those shots are not there because of the trick Canon had to implement to be able to sell a photographic camera to wannabe moviemakers : the line skipping. The key feature is just missing : delivering decent quality pictures …
This morning I had to film kids playing in a sandbox and I had to compose my shots to avoid the moiré caused by the sand, the aliasing caused by the old mansion in the background. At the end, instead of having the kids in situation, in one of the nicest place of Paris, I have some very nice close-shots of kids faces with everything else blurred out, no usable wide shots … It’s like attempting to write a novel with a pen that can only write 10 letters from the alphabet …
So this raw thing is just a part of this joke that may end when everyone will consider that they want something more versatile than a bokeh-camera to tell stories … can not film everything as if it were pack shots …
I agree with the last reply. I am not a “Red Fan,” nor a “Canon Fan” or a “Nikon Fan” for that matter.
The 5D is a great stills camera that can be a great cinema camera “some of the time.”
And I intend to use it to shoot a feature in about 3 months. But the headache of “managing” what is shot to avoid aliasing = Compromise.
And when I get into post, having a compressed 8 bit image will limit my color options in a major way.
It’s still the smallest / cheapest alternative to Film or RED. But it ain’t like giving us RAW will fix the major problems with this camera. It will help mostly with quality of image and post for color work. Not aliasing or jello-cam.
I agree, but remember 10 years ago was just a dream to have a camera with the capabilities, HD, DOF, low light performance, etc.
Now we have it, just for a fraction of the real cost (past). I would suggest you that deal with the limitations and worry more about the content of your features. I haven’t yet recall a single time going to a movie, and criticise it because of aliasing or moire, IMO 99% of the people would love a beautiful story with just decent Image Quality.