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All... so you need like 10-11mm lenses, etc. Some have better or worse down scaling in "normal" mode. Zoom also needs FPS override or it won't work/ you get 30P.

Thanks for the response.  I think I fully understand now   Good luck with the programming!

In 7D
technically, in Crop Mode its recording a "cropped" portion of the sensor.

However, in 1X, when you change resolution for example from 1728 width to 1280 you will see your framing guide white rec reduce in size poroprtionally thus recording only a "cropped" portion from that of 1728, so yeah, its still cropped with line skipping while 3X crop does not employ line skipping, thats the difference I guess.

Thanks for making that clear.  So I guess the catch 22 does exist for shooting RAW: either you shoot 1728 and have to buy a bunch of cards to handle the massive data rates, or you shoot 1280 and have to buy a bunch of wider lenses to compensate for the smaller image plane.  Does this happen with all the cameras?  Or is this just a 7d problem that might be fixed.

I'd love to clarify something real quick before I go down the road of buying a card and learning how to install ML on the 7d.  I've been gleaming from some previous posts that if you shoot at 720 resolution, you will increase the crop factor of your sensor because the camera will only record part of the sensor field.  Is there any way around this?  I don't see much use in shooting full 1080p resolution because the file sizes are too large and I want more than 13 minutes per 64gb of memory... but I also don't think a 3x crop factor would be workable for me.  Hopefully I'm missing something and this isn't the catch 22 I'm presenting here.

Even 720p RAW will take up a lot of room but not too bad, I'm taking a rough guess you would probably get at least 30 minutes onto a 64gb card at 720p, as for speed even on my 60mb/s SanDisk I can record resolutions above 720p, the 128 Komputerbay is rated higher than that I think so should be fine.

Thanks, DragonFlame!  I was wondering, if I get the 128 1000X from Komputerbay, will I never get the data rates to be able to record 1080 at 23.98?  I'm happy to shoot 720p now, but would love to future proof this purchase if possible.

Thanks for getting back to me.

Hi, I'm looking to buy a new card to shoot for a web series I'm working on.  I want to shoot RAW, but I also don't want to create massive file sizes.  It seems like maybe 720p would save me a lot of file space and probably wouldn't make much of a difference since I'm outputting to web.  How many minutes of 720p raw would a 64 gig card hold?  I assume RAW has a fixed data rate for each resolution, right?  If I can't get at least 30 minutes on a 64 GB card, it might not be worth it.  It looks like the 128 Komputerbay is a better bang for your buck.  Would the lower data rates of the 128 give me the ability to shoot 720p RAW?

Thanks to all the developers who are working on this and arrinkiiii for putting together the donation.  I hope my 20 bucks helps!  I'd be interested in continuing to find ways to empower the active community of 7d enthusiasts with ways to incentivize developers.

I know there are a lot of posts about this, and I'm not sure I've seen a reply... But is there any way we as users can create incentive in the development of the 7d RAW recording over other features?  Seems like it's just about waiting for a programmer to decide to take up the cause.  Is there a way we can do a kickstarter to pay for a programmer to work on 7d RAW for a week or something?  I know that would be something I'd be willing to pay 20 bucks for.  I know ML can't get paid for their work, but maybe a freelance wonder coder could come in and take that money to help out the team.

Hi, I'm just wondering, is 422 color even a possibility on the Canon 7d?  Is that on anyone's list of things to do?

I've really loved my 7d, but looking at the new black magic camera, I've become very excited for the possibility of shooting ProRes 422.  I shoot really run and gun and the extra color space can help me a lot in post.  I'm thinking of selling my camera before the pocket comes out, just in case the market gets flooded with 7ds.  But the worst thing would be if I sold it only to find that magic lantern gifted the 7d with the ability to shoot 422.  I was wondering, is there any possible way this could happen?  Or is 422 impossible on the 7d?

- Dan