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hmmm... with this latest build (2013-12-20 14:35:15 +0100) I can not get continuous recording even on 1780x960... I was managing that with old builds..... Am I doing something wrong?

@flofifull awesome job!

Ok so I was half right/half wrong about the motion blur....
So, there is noticeable motion blur while recording in raw, but after a few tests I figured that the motion blur while recording RAW is indeed a bit smaller than on H264, with the exact same settings.
Maybe I am so used to watching H264 and now RAW looks odd to me... Anyway here is a quick test on this:

http://s11.postimg.org/qthvd9vxv/Untitled_1.jpg

@ted ramasola

I noticed that both in 1x and crop mode . . . will definitely do some serious testing to see if I am tripping . . .

@Rewind

Ok . . . much less noticeable motion blur ;-) but you all got my point ;-)

It doesn't seem like there is motion blur but a lot of rolling shutter...

Actually I am saying that I think there is no motion blur at all . . . . and that is the bad thing .. because video looks jittery.
I think with H264, if you record fast moving subject or fast moving camera with 1/50 shutter speed (for 25fps) you can see really nice motion blur,
but with the same settings in RAW there is no motion blur at all...

Will test this as soon as I can and will post the results....

Is it just me or there is no motion blur while recording raw video...like there is no motion blur at all... Even if I drop the shutter speed to like 50 . . .?

ok so is mlv working ok now? should I finally make a switch from raw?

@Jared

Do this:
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=7464.msg63694#msg63694


And then update Modules folder and Autoexec from this build from @brunonicko
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=7503.msg70152#msg70152

@wheezl yes,
In camera ML Benchmark goes about that 60-70 MB/s, in Windows benchmark (USB 3.0) 80-90 MB/s write speed.
In camera ML Benchmark for read is also around 60-70 MB/s, in Windows read speed is around 120 MB/s.

edit with @Leonard tip:
In camera with ML Benchmark wirte speed is 85-91 MB/s,  read speed is 100-105 MB/s

@wheezl @juanmelchor
It's KomputerBay Professional 32GB 1000x UDMA7 CF
with RAW video 1728x972 it's writing 65-70 MB/s  , continuous without breaking a sweat ;-)

New Komputerbay 1000x works like a charm! Coninous RAW, no corrupted frames for now. AMAZING! I also did a little stereoscopic test with ML RAW, it looks amazing! ;-)

For vertical stripes problem, try disabling highlight tone priority, low iso noise reduction and long exposure noise reduction in camera (Canon Menu)

@blackjack102 something serious is wrong with your video. When you record in RAW image should be quite noticeably sharper and dynamic range is way to wider.
But remember you need to be working in 16-bit workspace to harnes the power of RAW (because this ML RAW is 14-bit, as Canon RAW pictures)

Hmm... I am getting a lot of corrupted frames when recording RAW video, crop mode....

I am guessing that corrupted frames could be caused by slow card speed, will test new 1000x card as soon as I get it ;-)

Thank you  @brunonicko !!

Higher resolution than 600px height now works, and live view does not freeze.
There is couple of corrupted frames every now and then, in the first second of the video, but oherwise it's working fine! ;-)

Let us know how are you collecting the money, will try to contribute. ;-)

Quick 2.5K test:

Thank you @ted ramasola and @arrinkiiii ... will go with that then....

Here is some quick test footage, comparing h264 and raw in sharpness and terms of post processing capabilities:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM-SIQp5-_c&feature=youtu.be

Just noticed slight flickering in middle/dark grays while shooting raw video. Anyone have this issue?

I am going to spend again money on new CF card.... Anybody knows which CF card is working best with 7D?
The Kingston Ultimate 600X I have, shows 40 MB/s in benchmark software, but in camera with ML shows only 20 MB/s.

I want to be sure that this new one will handle raw shooting continuously....
Thanks.

p.s. @Britom and @Mucher why do you use channel 4? I mean why specifically channel 4?

@arrinkiiii haha, of course somebody already thought of that ;-) I just read through everything, interesting indeed....
I will try to contribute to that as soon as I finish my fucking dissertation....

I also read that MLV is under development, so I am guessing it will help a lot as well...

I was wondering, if it can be possible to write 10bit or 12bit RAW instead of 14bit RAW.  That would be nice. File size will be much smaller, and the quality will be still pretty high. So maybe higher resolutions and frame rates would be possible.

@arrinkiiii thanks for the heads up.

with picture quality set to S in Canon Menu I can get up to 60 2.5K in burst mode and up to 70 the normal size ones ;-)

write speed in raw video still 20 mb/s

Had a little time off, and tried out silent picture burst mode and RAW video on my 7D. . . I am impressed. There are still quite a few issues but now I am sure that they will be solved in near future.

I was able to get up to 35 frames in 2.5K mode, up to 45 standard mode with silent picture burst. (I'm loving the 2.5K)
Also I am able to get around 10 seconds of raw video in 1600x600.

CF card used is Kingston Ultimate 600X 16GB. (Which is writing 20 Mb/s, but Kingston claims read/write speed of 90 Mb/s )

I need to spend some money for 1000x 32 or 64GB I guess...this won't do it...

Great work guys!

And thanks everybody on the forum, I've been reading closely past month or so... ;-)

@Ozgur

* continous raw recording is still missing, and higher resolutions are still missing (for now only 600px height works) - this will eventually be fixed
* CF speed on 7D is fast enough so , yes it will be able to shot continuous HD, if not 1980p then something really close to it (don't forget that 2.5K works in 7D)
* silent picture burst mode means that camera takes 24 pictures in one second (silent because mirror is locked) and keeps on taking this pictures until the buffer is full, then it stops. Difference between raw video is that you get number of picture files that you need to make as a video (like time lapse videos), and you can only record a certain numbers of pictures (until buffer gets overloaded), raw video on the other hand gives you one raw video file that you can process afterwards and can provide continuous shooting