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Hey Everyone

After looking around for a good, inexpensive method of changing the focusing screen on my Mark III, I decided to try and fit the 5D Mark II eg-s focusing screen into the Mark III. It works!
I was able to install the Eg-s Focusing Screen for the 5D Mark II, into the MK III without any problems or modifications to the screen  Works really well for me! The Eg-s screen is ony $35 too!

I made a video showing the installation process:

http://brianymarsh.com/blog.html

https://vimeo.com/83843427

If anyone else has a Lexar 32GB 1000x card and wants to see if they can record 1880x840 without dropped frames, you can find a copy of the contents of my card below.

https://mega.co.nz/#!w1ZRkRja!YGT3dES2C4o7N-ixcNJS3ED1qDtlKwuGR5wFgAgEWMA

Hopefully we can get some consistent results.

wat, i have the same card and I can only do about 300 frames at that resolution before it starts dropping frames. Do you mean continuously as in no dropped frames?

Yeah, continuously. The Raw2DNG module only reported 1 dropped frame out of 1505 frames and I believe it was toward the end just before it stopped automatically. I am working on compiling the video right now.

It's strange because I have a 16gb Lexar of the same speed and it can't record 1880x840 past 300 frames.

I used the latest stable build of magic lantern and just copied the MODULES folder into the ML folder and replaced AUTOEXEC

I am getting consistent recording 1880x840 on the 5D MK2 (until file size limit) with a Lexar 32gb 1000x card.

Nice work! I like the motion effect with 1/8.

I happened to try similar time-lapse in the same road! not as long as yours though. I also tried to stabilize it in AE using trackers, however, due to the distortion of the wide lens, stabilization with just an XY-plane-correction was not effective.

Hey dhilung,

Would love to see the timelapse you did!

It can be a bit tricky to stabilize with distortion. You may want to give Premiere & After Effects CS6 Warp Stabilizer.

For my video, I didn't apply any stabilization, the bean bag seemed to work fine

-Brian

What program did you use?
Did you use any filter?

is beautiful

Thank you!

I used Adobe Premiere Pro to merge the images and colorista II to grade.

Nice timelapse! Really like the colours and the use of tilt-shift effect 

Thanks! 

wow, great work, i like it so much

Thank you!

how did you deal with exposure variations during the trip ... also where did you mount it and using what ?... great work btw !

Thank you !

For dealing with the exposure variations, I  didn't have to do any bulb ramping because our drive took place during the day, so overall exposure didn't shift that much. Using a Variable ND filter, I made sure that I didn't underexpose to the point where I would loose to much detail under cloud cover. At the beginning of the drive I taped the variable ND in place, so it wouldn't shift.

Awesome! How did you fix the camera onto the dashboard (I assume)?

I fixed my Canon 60D upside down onto the front windshield on the passenger side with a manfrotto 155 suction mount. I had a battery grip on my 60D, and I was in a Toyota Yaris, so the clearance between the windshield and the dashboard didn't allow for me to mount the camera right side up.  I placed a small beanbag between the camera and the windshield for cushioning and added support, and placed black cloth around the mount in order to shade the camera from the heat.

Very effective and nicely done. Shutter speed 1/8 ?? How come the car in front is in focus and not blurred?

Thank you, anything that was traveling at a similar speed to the car was more in focus. Traveling at a similar velocity allowed for the lowering of the shutter speed without loosing focus on the cars, and also enabled me to show the evolution of large or slow moving objects, such as the sky and mountains.

Thank you for the add! 

A little tiltshift timelapse I filmed on the 6 hour drive back to California from Pheonix, Arizona.

Magic Lantern's intervalometer was used to snap a picture ever 3 seconds for 400 miles.

Camera Settings:
Shutter speed was 1/8
ISO 100
Proper exposure set with an ND filter.

Great production. How fast was your shutter and did you use a lot of lighting for filming the twixtor shots?

Thank you!

The shutter speed for the slow motion shots were mostly 1/4000 and 1/8000.

We didn't want to attract any attention as we didn't have any permits to film in the alley, so we couldn't set up any lights. In order to have enough light for the higher shutter speeds, we filmed in the middle of the day with available light and a reflector. Cinestyle was used in order to give the most flexibility in post. I lit the scene with a neutral picture style to get the exposure I wanted and then used magic lantern's picture style switching in order to record in cinestyle.

Filmed and Edited in 7 Days with a crew of two.

International Winner of Best Special Effects at the CMF Film Festival 2012 In Hollywood

Was also shown at the Cannes Film Festival 2012 in the Short Film Corner

Magic Lantern was so valuable for capturing a high shutter speed for use in twixtor, as well as the quick-switching of picture styles for higher dynamic range.

Filmed with a Canon 60D.