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1 hour ago, Zak Forsman said:

Finally got a chance to fool around with my secondhand 5D mkIII. I also recently (last night, actually) modded a set of Contax-Zeiss lenses with fixed 2x oval apertures. These were shot with a 28mm.

oval bokeh and a full frame sensor is a great combo for faux anamorphic. not only do you get the unique defocus characteristics from the oval aperture, but full frame gives you the increased field of view you'd expect from using a real anamorphic lens. 

 

What does it cost to mod?

I've got 2 Iscoramas but they're a pain to use, and 35mm is the most width you can get out of them.

3 hours ago, Emanuel said:

Anthony, c'mon... And what about 5D3 ML RAW?? This has stopped anyone to shoot 5-star outcome? ;-)

I'd shoot with a D90 if I had to.

"The GH5 needed like 12 nodes" Call me practical, but I'd rather jump in front of a bus.

I won't be giving up the magic anytime soon.

9 hours ago, hyalinejim said:

Here is the LUT for colour correction only - the V-Log gamma remains unchanged. This should be first in your post pipeline.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1exEpCRAfgFcVdtSXhRdmJvalE

 

Nice work on the color matching, really hard to tell them apart. I played around with some of the DNGs and TIFFs; I can stretch the DNGs a lot more and get more latitude from them. Compressed DNG output is now a thing: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=15108.new#new

5 hours ago, hyalinejim said:

But which is which?

Bottom one is the 5D.

16 minutes ago, mercer said:

Man, your film looks awesome. 

Thanks. Only 150,000 frames to go

29 minutes ago, mercer said:

Yeah I noticed that. Tested it today. Pretty impressive for a less than 720p vertical resolution. I think I'll test the experimental build next week to see what I can get out of it. Have you tested any high resolution slow motion... even 48p is pretty slow... well slower than I thought it would look. 

I haven't tested the high frame rates in the experimental builds. This is some 48p stuff I shot with a nightly build.

10 hours ago, mercer said:

Thanks again, Squig. So just to be clear... set for 60/720 in Canon menu, then set FPS to 48 or 60, exact FPS, then change the resolution in ML to lower than 1080 and I assume it will let me know what resolution is even possible?

The resolution change is automatic in ML.

44 minutes ago, mercer said:

Does this require MLV Lite, or can the regular build handle a higher frame rate at a lower resolution?

Regular build can do lower res.

1 hour ago, Zak Forsman said:

Question, if I want to try one of the high frame rates, do I need to set the Canon menu to 60/720p and then the ML FPS to 48 or 60 depending on the mode I've selected? 

Yeah.

59 minutes ago, mercer said:

Has anybody tried a modest bump to 2.5k or 2.7k. I would love to be able to get 2.5k 2:39 working one day. Hell, even cinema 2K at 48-60p would get me off.

2.7-2.8k 2.39:1 has been pretty solid with most builds. I'm getting 3k continuous (12bit lossless) with the latest build.

8 hours ago, mercer said:

Yeah it's really something else. I also like Arri LUTS with it too, but I've been using them at 50% as a finishing LUT. It seems to crank up some shiny contrast within the textures... if that makes sense...

If you guys wanna use Arri LUTS check out http://www.cinelogdcp.com/cinelogc-overview

23 hours ago, mercer said:

Stupid question to more advanced ML Raw users... can I change the WB and ISO using the 5D3's physical buttons, or do I have to go through the ML menu?

And gradual exposure... on or off. I'm mostly using the 24-70mm f/4 lens if that matters? Also does it matter if I am shooting with a manual lens?

Physical buttons work. I have NFI what gradual exposure is, I drive stick.

23 hours ago, mercer said:

Also, with digital ISO, it states you get better highlight roll off with -0, if true, does it introduce more noise?

I haven't really noticed any improvement, or a noise hit. I keep it on its lowest setting because I want to believe.

13 hours ago, mercer said:

Has there been any movement with ML Raw on the 80D? Canon is selling refurbed 80Ds with the 18-55mm for $829. Could be a great b-cam with DPAF ML Raw. 

Can't see it happening anytime soon; looks like a1ex is focused on the Mk3 for now. But he mentioned recently that he was putting a few hours a week into digic 6 development.

2 hours ago, mercer said:

Great advice too, you and Hyalinejim saved my ass with part 1 of my short shoot. What batteries do you use? I have the original Canon battery and it lasted almost the entire first day of shooting, but the Wasabi 3rd Party batteries I bought drain pretty damn quick. Any suggestions?

I've got 4 Canon batteries and a dummy Canon battery to Sony NP-F plate.

5 minutes ago, thecouchguy said:

Now for some advice. I have primes 100mm to 600mm (with teleconverter.) Do you think a canon 24-70 will fill the gap and give a good result for video? I know it is great for photos.

I'm personally not a big fan of modern zooms, I like the character of old Leica primes, but a Canon 24-70 will cover most scenarios with a 5D. You might want to look at the Sigmas too, the primes in particular are very good. The Canon lens that I do like is the 40mm pancake, not great for manual focusing, but it does have some character.

Just now, Jimmy said:

1 year after selling my 5dIII for a Sony a7s, I am now selling my Sony a7s to get a 5Diii.... The circle of camera life continues.

I've missed the 5Diii so much

Lulz. I did warn everyone. I loved the size and the e mount, that was about it.

2 hours ago, Zak Forsman said:

bought one.

 Few tips I gave to mercer: Use the raw histogram and the ETTR hint. I have my LCD brightness 1 notch from the minimum setting which gives a good exposure preview for ETTR shooting. You can use shutter fine tuning to get a 180 degree shutter. Set FPS to exact. If you're using an external monitor you may have to switch the camera on before you turn on the monitor.

Always expose to the right, highlight recovery is more forgiving than the Blackmagics. Don't pull the CF card until the light flashes, otherwise your battery will drain. exFAT format your cards. You can go with either 1.1.3 or 1.2.3 Canon firmware, difference being 1.1.3 gives a slightly higher max bitrate, while 1.2.3 allows for dual monitoring (HDMI and LCD).

Gimme a yell if ya get stuck with anything.

2 hours ago, Zak Forsman said:

bought one.

Oh and After Effects is the way to go for max quality debayering, but Resolve isn't bad (hearing that it may be better in 14, but haven't tested it yet). If you go with AE use CS6 or CC 2014 for multiproccessor rendering. AE renders are way slower than Resolve. You can use the same Resolve workflow as you would with the Blackmagics provided you use MLVFS.

59 minutes ago, Zak Forsman said:

might be joining you folks in a bit.

My BMMCC's been sitting in my bag since I got it; the 5D color is better, and despite the quoted figures, the 5D has more usable dynamic range. The 3K live view isn't there yet, only a few fps, but usable for establishing shots. HDMI out isn't working with 3K yet either. I'm quite happy with the 1080p raw resolution for everything but establishing shots, but I do like the 2x crop @ 3K, means I can shoot @ f/2.8 instead of f/5.6 and lower the ISO. MLVFS makes editing raw files in Premiere and Resolve possible with no transcoding.

On 23/04/2017 at 4:01 PM, Neumann Films said:

I cannot stand it when companies behave like Adobe has. 

I've been paying a CC subscription for 3 years, but I'm still using CS6 because Adobe killed AE multiprocessing support in CC 2015. What a fucking joke.

14 minutes ago, mercer said:

Even the SD card that holds the ML files? On the ML site it says to format in camera first and then transfer the ML files onto the card and then update firmware.

It's OK on the SD card as long as you're not using it to record video. I think those ML instructions date back to the pre-exfat days. I don't regularly reformat my cards, I just offload the files and reuse the cards.

1 hour ago, kaylee said:

could someone please ~❤️~ explain to me how this 8/10/12-bit lossless works??

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=19300.msg183231#msg183231

6 hours ago, andrgl said:

Would be cool to see someone test if dual_iso module works with this.

I remember seeing a test yield 15 stops of useable DR.

dual ISO introduces some nasty aliasing in video mode, way too much for my liking. Good for photo mode.

10 hours ago, mercer said:

Ok, now that I've updated to Sierra, I have been able to format the card as ExFat and for some reason all of the glitches in the clips are gone... except for an occasional singular loud beep that appears in the audio. I remember my old eos-m occasionally did it too. Question about formatting exfat though... I read that it works best if you reformat in camera first and then reformat as ExFat in the computer... is that true? 

How do you use fine tuning to get an exact 180 degree shutter? The best I can get is 172 degrees at 1/50. Also, when I set FPS to exact in FPS override, it causes my liveview to stutter and not show real time preview? 

Nevermind... I figured it all out... having brain fart moments. For some reason since it reads "(from 24)" I thought you had to subtract from 24 to get to 23.976... duh. I vaguely remember having to do that with the 50D... but that camera was a different ML experience since it "never" had video on the released model. Anyway, I'm good now, thanks for your help. 

You format exfat in the computer first, that wipes ALL the data on the card. Then copy the ML files to the card. Then run firmware update from the Canon menu to make the card bootable. NEVER FORMAT YOUR ML CARD IN CAMERA, IT WILL BE FORMATTED FAT32.

Movie> Image fine-tuning> shutter fine-tuning +0.89ms = 1/48 shutter

Make sure live view is set correctly:  Movie> Raw video> Preview options> Canon

Turn off [beep] in the Canon menu and the ML menu (NFI if this helps, but it can't hurt)

Only load the modules you need, and only turn on the global draw functions you need.