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For de-flickering time-lapse I highly recommend LR Timelapse. Need light room of course, but awesome. http://lrtimelapse.com/

Hey 1%. Thanks for that. Just double checked the FPS setting. Was set to "optimize for low light". not Exact! I was shooting interview with well light subject fairly dark bg. Did notice a change on the LCD when the brightness of shot changed but just thought was to do with the settings of the LCD.  Seems to be behaving like 30fps- as when slowed to 79.93% is seem to line up with the audio and the shots from 7D.
Re overheating: I'm still just trying to sort out the first 3 clips - under 3 mins of footage. Didn't feel hot.

Thanks again.

2) FPS override in movie mode - The 50d had to be hacked to unhide it's video potential and so far it is restricted to 1080p/30p and 480p/30p. To get frame rates other than 30p you need to use FPS override but QT will still playback the file at 30p and you need conform the files in your NLE to correct the shot values (movie logging is important here if you shoot different FPS). Hoping for native 24p &25p

Hey so just trying to work round a h.264 frame rate issue.... shot @23.98 fps with fps override on. Clips show in the clip bin (fcp7) as 23.98 but in timeline the info shows them as 30fps... went to conform to 23.98 but they already ARE 23.98. Something was amiss as the audio would not sync. slowed to 79.93% in fcp which pulled the audio into line, however the footage looks bit jerky due to the horrible slowdown inside fcp...   is there something I am missing or a better work round? Have searched forum but only really find anything to do with RAW video. This was all h.264. 

If anyone has any input it would be big help! Have to do more interviews and am now thinking to shoot @30 fps and conform after to 23.98? if this is how I should do it though... then what is the point of the fps override?

Thanks in advance!

Thanks for putting it all together Andy. Looking forward to reading your guide. I check here most days to keep up to speed but soo much to keep track of. All the info in one package would be a big help.

Thanks again.

It is a bit bootleg, needs some refinement.. and I think after some recording the last chunk shrinks. Wonder what diff order would do now.

Well any more speed an the camera will just record full res. Its close now. Some side effects are that you lose all dialogs.

AWESOME!
-awaiting komputerbay 64GB and praying it aint a dud.   ....any day now...

Yeah Vimeo I think only does 16:9 aspect ratio.

Hey just to clarify aspect ratio on Vimeo:
"Can I upload a video with any aspect ratio I want?
Vimeo does its best to accommodate any aspect ratio that you upload. However, there is no guarantee your video will look correct or play properly if you upload an unusual aspect ratio."

Here is one I uploaded at 1:2.35 without back borders (it has no boarders on vimeo and is correct aspect at full screen. It is actting differently here thoguh). Its not the 50D and not raw- its 7D h.264!   - hope no one is upset by that!

EDIT: removed "s" from video link to allow embedding.

[this camera is a tank]

I have owned a few 50Ds for a couple of years.  The battery life is phenomenal and I would base all your issues on old or cheap batteries.  I use Canon originals, then also 2200mAh replacements designed for CNBP511.  Bought for about $11 each on Amazon a few years back & still going strong. 

I have shot over 500 hours of 1080p video footage on the same batteries for my film production company where each charge lasts approximately 90 minutes per battery.  With the 50D charger, this is up to 3 hours per charge using Magic Lantern.  You could argue that this was HD and not RAW, but I've also used the 50D as an actual camera with over 2,000 shutter actuations per charge over the course of 5 hours on various swimsuit photoshoots.

The short: this camera is a tank & I'm glad to see so many other users finally realizing it is the hidden gem in the Canon lineup.  My photos with it: OpenVase - video with it on my Youtube.

Thanks so much for the info. I think I either have a faulty battery, or possibly a faulty charger? Hoping not an issue with the body.
Had my new aftermarket battery (7.4v  2500mAh)   on charge overnight and yet when I put it in the 50D the icon was only showing the last 3rd, and camera would not update the firmware as bat level too low.

The 2 Canon batteries although would work for 5-10 mins when they first got here now don't even hold a charge.

Have got 2 batteries on the way hoping to shed some light on the subject for me.

Is there a way to show battery % other than the top LCD screen?

Frustrating as all hell!!!           Need to test more variables. 

Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.

My batteries last about 30 mins but they came with the camera so are probably old. I've just order a couple of duracell replacements so I'll see how I get on with those.

Sweet, thanks for that. I'm used to my 7D batteries going for ages! I have read somewhere that as 50D not designed for video, it will use a lot of power (live view etc)  All good though.

Got 2 more batteries on the way so will be sorted soon enough. Still would be good to get some more input. Anyone using NEW Canon batteries out there? How long you get out of them shooting RAW video?

BTW I noticed a few posts about battery life when shooting raw video. If you purchased a 50d secondhand with batteries your should consider buying new ones. Look for replacements rated at least 1700mAh as they will last longer and charge faster than original Canon batteries. I recommend Phottix if you can get them.

Having battery issues myself. Just wondering what the average usage time was for the folks out there?
My first 2 canon batteries that arrived with the 50D were only lasting 2 mins and 10 mins.. so ordered a new (non canon) and it worked well for first day, but then the charger was saying full, but the camera said 1/3 and not enough to update firmware. I'm leaving it on charge for ages and seems to get a bit more from it, hoping to get the full icon like the first day. Have been counting to 5 before removing CF card also..

So, how long shooting time do you get from you batteries? Canon and others?
Thanks!

Global draw etc off. the first 3 files were fine at 59mb/s then the write speed dropped on any further files i tried to record.

Formatting in camera didn't change anything but repartitioning and then formatting put the write speed back to 59mb/s

Hey can you tell me more about partitioning the CF card? I think I can do it though disk utility (mac) but what will this do / what size partition and what format FAT etc? Thanks.

Anyone else having issues reviewing images? I used to be able to see the first frame of a raw file, and select and delete. Now i just get "no image"?
Sandisk 32GB
28th build - G. Manhattan

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

Edit: First time I was using ML Raw it was an old version... image play back says something about only being enabled in photo mode? was this a change in the 28th may build?

Also just bout go go look for info on file spanning. currently @ 1280 x 720 I can only go up to 2.7GB files. On a slow card hence aonly 1280 x 720. 60mb/s getting about 44.5 mb/s. 720 is only about 37 ish Mb/s... so not the card limiting.

so a Komputerbay 600x UDMA6 (min write speed 60) could be enough? It costs 1/3 than the 1000x!

I use Sandisk 60Mb/s and is fine for 1280 x 720, but only about 190 frames of 1576 x 880. But if it truly is MINIMUM of 60Mb/s.. maybe, but as paulforte says future proofing may be the way to go.

[realwholesale]

(Note: if you want to retune raw, Interpret Footage, More Options to relaunch ACR.)

Thanks for that tip      

The 2 batteries I got with my 50D have gone from holding charge for 10 mins to zero. New battery turned up today from TradeMe (NZ) seller: "realwholesale": clearly advertised as 50D bat. Shame its is 3 times the size of the 50D battery!  Back to waiting by the post box.

How many frames did you get before skipping?

Btw, looks very 16mm

Thanks!

Don't think I got over about 192 frames before buffer got full. The card is too slow- but just wanted to play with this resolution.

@hjulenissen  and @mixed.

Thanks for getting stuck right in to that topic! Always good to ask the questions you want answers to.
The main point for me being,  RAW and YUV 422 are not the same thing.

Thanks again guys.

My first 1920 x 1080 test on line.
https://vimeo.com/67720156

Shot at 1576 x 880. 24 fps. 0.9 bit rate. Canon 50mm F/1.8. Sandisk Extreme 32GB 60Mb/s.
raw2dng>AE: scaled and light grade. 16 bit. scaled by 122% to 1920x1080> exported as ProRes 422HQ>FCP7 Light grade / cut.
https://vimeo.com/67720156

[Q's:1: Can you review, not play but just delete in camera with files actually being deleted not just hidden?2: Is this a known issue or have I got a setting checked /unchecked somewhere?]

Tried deleting files in camera - some I could delete but then "no images to display" came up but top LCD said card had only 2 remaining shots. 32 GB Sandisk extreme. Just wanted to make some space for more shooting but failed. Tried to record anyway and would let me get a few frames before it cut out. Got home and it was full CF. Also tried deleting in Canons menu, first time round I was in ML, hitting play, to select, then trash to delete.

Q's:
1: Can you review, not play but just delete in camera with files actually being deleted not just hidden?
2: Is this a known issue or have I got a setting checked /unchecked somewhere?


- don't think I've read it anywhere in this thread, forgive me if it is in here though, just so much data been written into my brain right now I may be the one with dropped frames etc!

Thanks for any input.   

Congrats John.. Great video look good @ 720p looks like a commercial.  You forgot to mention @Gregoryofmanhattan he put in a lot of work on this lastest build that we are currently using.

But of course!  @Gregoryofmanhattan deserves a big thanks! And A1ex, JulianH and pretty much everyone one here!!

Never sure who is on for ML / helping with code, or what everyone's specific involvement is... however great community to be part of and big thanks all round. I know ZERO about code so made sure to donate as a way of hopefully helping out.

Currently only issue for me being the 2 batteries I got with the 50D are shot. The "good" one lasts bout 10 mins. 2 generic replacements en route. Fast CF card next on the list!

Hey team.
50D finally arrived this afternoon.  CF card is Sandisk Extreme 32GB 60Mb/s. With this in mind I just went for a 1280 x 720 workflow. Just wanted to try and get my head round it all. Have included the video below, not to show what this camera can do as others have done that far better!!! This is my first go at the whole thing. Pretty exciting times! Currently in a cast and on crutches but hoping to get out and about to get some decent footage tomorrow.

Was running fine at these settings. Can not get Komputer bay sent to NZ. Looking round for others.

For now, here is a beer for all the hard working Magic Lantern crew! Can't send beer through the post to 1% but lets get that card to him!

https://vimeo.com/67630114

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Happy to wait and wonder at what Alpha 3 may bring. Things like HDR video, YUV422  and not having to load ML each time are things that make me really excited for when Alpha 3 is released.

As I said I am happy to wait because each time they release anything it is much more than I ever thought possible. Love my 7D and the current ML. Smart cookies the ML crew. I have no idea about code / programming etc so always very impressed.

So.... Can someone please give me more info on YUV422  and RAW?  Is YUV422 the colour spacing, and RAW the record format.? Could you have something that is YUV422 recording as a non RAW video file?



They way some of these posts read it is as if they are separate somehow.

"
old post:
Currently i am working on a module that records YUV422 data to card.
This code will only work when compiled from repository (there is no release yet)

5D3: can record 1904x1274 @ 12.5 fps
there are three major options
- Frame skipping: record every n-th frame. choose 2 on 5D3 in 25 fps mode to record with 12.5 fps *continuously*
- Single file: save some processing time by writing a single file. you have to split it later on your computer. (maybe the 422 converters will somewhen support this?)
- RAW mode: not working yet, just saving gibberish

-g3gg0"

What? Raw video development on the 7D is not yet possible.. Where did you get that idea?

My original quote is here:

5th a few minuets ago when i read "uncompressed YUV422 and 14-bit RAW video recording " and 7D on the same page...
Happy to wait and wonder at what Alpha 3 may bring. Things like HDR video, YUV422 and not having to load ML each time are things that make me really excited for when Alpha 3 is released.

I read in this thread about uncompressed YUV422 @ 12.5fps as below... 

In the inside of this thread
According to the utterance of g3gg0, yuv422 has already operated by 12.5fps.
About rawvideo, there is no information yet.

But  djoulbdx says that RAW and YUV422 are the same thing? 

Exactly the same thing. Wait...

Fantastic! Thanks for full detailed post!!!   

Awesome. Thanks for that.       Have been finishing off edits so when the Camera finally gets here I wont have any distractions!  Although hoping to get by on Sandisk extremes in short term, will be getting a bigger and faster card when I can work out best deal that can also be shipped to NZ. 

Holy mother of God!! . . . . I'm getting FULL FRAMES stable  3:2 !!   

Did like 12GB with no frames skipping! . .  .WE HAVE TO GET FILE SPANNING WORKING!

Can you confirm what resolution and frame rate that is please?  And what speed it is writing at? Thanks.