garethw

Nope I'm shooting 1080 25p, I'm in PAL land... problem only with the MLV + audio setting, standard raw with no audio works fine. Perhaps dropping to 24p would make a difference or turning off other functions... As I said I get about 20 secs of record time before is starts to drop frames and stops in MLV+audio. This is not a problem for scenics and b'roll.. as I rarely need more than 20 secs per shot.... But naturally it is very limiting for anything else. I shall probably use as B camera to my C100 in raw mode, as without audio I can get continuous recording. If I need it as main camera to shoot an interview or whatever, I'll just shoot in normal h264. Close ups with one of the Clog profiles actually look pretty good with a small amount of sharpening.

Can't agree with that... I'm a shooter not a colourist.. LUT's just make it quick and easy for many of us...As hard as I try I can't get into deeply into Resolve...when I tried, I just ended up spending ages to get a look I had already used with a LUT....or a Magic Bullet look. I agree if you get hundreds of them the choice is mindboggling.. but I like the Visioncolour raw setting in After Effects, very nice. I also have Andrew Reid's LUT's for the Clog setting, and recently I downloaded Canon's log LUT's for the C100. Once I've got the footage looking basically nice, I will then add a bit of Magic Bullet before exporting the project. I try to keep it simple, as I say I'm no colourist. Cheers Gareth Easy, mine was the latest software when I bought it... you need to go back to 1.2.3 version of the Canon software...there is a link/tutorial on the ML forum how to do this with the Canon Utility tool... and a link to download the 5D3 firmware. It takes 10 minutes and you're ready to go.. I installed the latest ML version for the 5D3 and it works fine.... It transforms a great camera completely... I used many of the functions...on screen audio meters, peaking, waveform, histogram (even for raw mode), raw video naturally, but also the intervalometer for time lapse, the list goes on.... Without ML I would not have got this camera for video period.. cheers Gareth

Hi there, I've shot a fair bit on the 5D3 in ML raw over the last few months, the quality is awesome, rich and vibrant and very sharp... The quality of the images makes it alone worth the hassle... A couple of things I've found: 1) Despite a fast 1066x Lexar card the MLV plus audio stops recording after around 20 seconds.. Not a big deal for scenics and b roll, but a major headache for any interview or longer shot situation... Plain raw gives continuous recording as long as I have needed so far. But with no audio... Not a deal breaker because I can record audio separately, but it adds another step to an already complicated and time consuming workflow. 2) If you are not careful you get vertical banding on the DNG conversions... MLVviewer has button to fix this for the MLV's and raw2dng in its lastest edition also fixes it. BUT I got tripped up on my first shoot and failed to notice the lines until it was too late. 3) Workflow , while relatively simple is lonnnnnnnng, ans sloooooooooow on my PC. Each file is converted to a DNG which I then take into After Effects to apply a LUT and save as a DNxHD file for editing in PPro. If I have a days shooting just to get a series of editable files takes an age. 4) You need to be careful of your shadow details... with a raw photo in camrearaw you can boost the shadow visibility, but if you start to lighten them in raw video the noise becomes apparent very quickly.. You have less possibilities as far as I can see than with a raw photo. However the end results are beautiful..and way, way better than the H264 shots. Especially for scenics. I have however just got a C100 which on initial tests even in the AVCHD internal recording holds up very well with the 5D raw footage. The audio is in camera and I can edit right from the off .. If I need more gradable files I can hook up a Ninja et voilà... Enjoy your camera it is a great tool... cheers Gareth