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#1
Raw Video / Re: 550D/T2i raw video
June 17, 2014, 08:20:56 PM
Hello 550D enthusiasts! I've recently upgraded to the Canon 5D mkii and am now selling my beloved 550D cinema package.  If there is anyone interested in an extra 550D or in the market to buy one, this package is very complete and has only about 10,000 Shutter clicks on it.

The package includes:

-T2i body in perfect condition with Low 10,000 shutter count
-Original battery
-Original battery Charger
-3 additional Original Canon Batteries
-ACK-E8 AC Adapter Kit for long hours of indoor shooting
-LCDVF Viewfinder

I custom rigged this package out for cinema use...extra batteries (for outdoor shooting) and a power adapter for indoor shooting (don't have to worry about batteries).  Price with everything included is $625.  I accept Paypal.  E-mail me for more info at [email protected]   Thanks!
#2
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
June 17, 2014, 08:10:54 PM
Hello 50D enthusiasts! I've recently upgraded to the Canon 5D mkii and am now selling my beloved ML RAW 50D cinema package.  If there is anyone interested in an extra 50D or in the market to buy one, this package is very complete and has only about 10,000 Shutter clicks on it. 

The package includes:

Canon 50D Body
Original Canon BG-E2 Battery Grip
Six (6) Canon BP-511A Batteries
Two Canon CG-580 Chargers
Canon DS8111 AC power adapter

I custom rigged this package out for cinema use...extra batteries (for outdoor shooting) and a power adapter for indoor shooting (don't have to worry about batteries).  Price with everything included is $525.  I accept Paypal.  E-mail me for more info at [email protected]   Thanks!

#3
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
May 19, 2014, 06:22:32 AM
@ audionut - thanks for the Black Level tip.  I will try it and see if it fixes the problem.
#4
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
May 15, 2014, 12:17:33 AM
Can someone please explain HOW to disable the BLACK LEVEL in the menu?  I get nothing but corrupted jumbled colored frames shooting in .RAW mode on the 50D with the latest nightly builds.
#5
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
May 12, 2014, 11:20:51 PM
@ arboldeconfianza -  I tried using the tool you recommended to change the Black level setting but with no luck.  Nothing is happening.  Also, since a 50D is a 50D, why should we have to change the BL in the first place?  Shouldn't there be a standard setting within the ML itself when installed that fixes it by default use?  It really suxs that i cant get any of the latest builds to look normal on my 50D - they are all extremely pink/ magenta and can not be corrected.  I know its apparently a soar subject to bring this up, but the latest version of TL does not have this issue except a SLIGHT magenta shift that can be adjusted in CC.   TL was on the right track to perfecting the 50D.  I get amazingly beautiful creamy ALEXA like images using TL and processing through resolve.  TL still did have some issues that I thought the latest version of ML would have addressed by now....Please, dont give up on the 50D - its looks amazing - even better than the 5D mkii when processed right!
#6
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
May 12, 2014, 11:13:33 PM
Ive been having similar issues with shutter speed changing on its own, when I change the ISO or use the 5X crop, the shutter speed changes on its own.  Its frustrating because we don't know if its a glitch or the SS is actually changing effecting the image. I guess down the road the ML team will fix this.
#7
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
May 08, 2014, 12:59:20 AM
When I install the latest nightly build of ML, I'm getting extreme magenta/ pink frames when recording in .MLV and processing with MLV Converter or MLV2DNG.  Does anyone else have this issue? 
#8
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
April 22, 2014, 09:37:35 AM
I've finally gotten a chance to put the 50D to the test in a real world production situation.  I was on a short film shoot that ran 8 hours with a total of 72 minutes of RAW capture footage. Here is what I have to report about its performance:

Given that I know the 50D has a reputation of overheating, I tried to minimize the chances of this happening while shooting by using a original Canon battery grip to help minimize the battery heating up the camera and by using an external monitor via HDMI out.  The 1080i signal produced by the 50D I found was great for external monitoring and checking focus. 

Pros and Cons:

Pros:  The 50D is an amazing performer in low light with just enough noise at the higher 320 and 640 ISO ranges to give the images a classic "film stock" look.   The image quality while shooting the RAW is amazing as well and blows up to 2K with ease in Resolve.  Overall a great image is produced that would hold up its own if projected on a large theater screen.

Cons:  It is with great disappointment though that I have to report that despite the incredible image quality the 50D captures, overheating seems to be a major issue.  Production flow was halted multiple times by frame skipping and camera freezing up.  Even turning the camera off in between takes for a few minutes had minimal effect in preventing the sensor from getting hot quickly again. 

After a shot of 3-5 minutes once the sensor temperature raised above 40 degrees C, the frame dropping and camera freezing issues started.  To remedy this, when the camera went above 45 degrees C, I had to turn it off for at least 5 minutes and switch CF cards to enable me to capture another take over 3-5 minutes continuously.

The cards I was using for the shoot are the Komputerbay 64BG 1000X.  Perhaps a Scan Disc or Lexar may hold up better for continuous recording as the camera heats up, but eventually when the camera reaches 50 degrees C and is in the yellow, regardless of cards, I think it should be turned off as it has no auto overheat protection.

It is this overheating issue that makes me think the 50D is not suitable for any long shoots.  Canon probably disabled the video feature originally because of the overheating, that at the time, they had no solution for until the 5D mkii was released.  Just my guess.

The only solution for long hours of shooting with the 50D would be to have TWO cameras on standby taking turns taking shots to avoid the overheating.  In fact this is what Shane Hurlbert used to do when the 5D mkii was released to avoid overheating auto shutdown.  But Shane shot loads of footage for his projects.  So it is an option.

However when considering buying two 50Ds to switch off and alternate cameras to avoid overheating seems like it will slow production time down.  In  addition, for the price of two 50Ds one can get a 7D cheaper or one 5D mkii, which as we know, both have higher capture resolution.

Perhaps Magic lantern will come up with an option to solve the 50D overheating issue in the near future but I think this seems to be more of a camera hardware  functionality.  I know even the RED MX had overheating issues that were dealt with with ice packs at the time. The question is,  do we really want to have crew and actors wait around while a camera cools down and run the risk of corrupt files?  I guess its up to you to decide.

That said, for now, my 50D remain a "B" camera for night time exterior establishing shots (and WOW is it great in low light).  But for main "A" camera shooting, I'll be going with the 7D or 5D mkii for the next RAW production.   Hopefully these will not overheat as the 50D does.
#9
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
April 21, 2014, 10:42:27 PM
Levi you rock!  Thanks so much for the guidance and instructions!  When I changed the header in the .MLV file and the footer in the last spanded file with the HEX file editor, the file was repaired and is now rendering as it was shot!  At first though the MLV converter program was not working.  It was only rendering out the first 1800 or so frames but when I switched to MLV2DNG script, it rendered all the frames perfectly!  Thanks again Levi, you saved the day! 
#10
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
April 20, 2014, 08:39:33 PM
Also the file was shot as an .MLV  so there are 4444 frames and three files to the clip -  .MLV  .M00 and M01 and total size is 9.62 GB and runs 3:05
#11
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
April 20, 2014, 08:10:54 PM
OK I did some research in the forums and because I am using Windows I downloaded HxD Hex editor.  I also shot another "donor clip" with the same time as the damaged one.  Can someone tell me the steps of using HxD Hex Editor to swap the header and footer on my damaged file with the donor file so I can save the clip? Again I am using windows 7.  Thanks!
#12
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
April 20, 2014, 06:13:00 AM
And I will also try the Kingston card reader first before the MAC process.  Hopefully it is the card reader...
#13
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
April 20, 2014, 06:04:50 AM
Wow thanks for the help!  I am using windows at he moment but will have to borrow a MAC to try that process out!  Hopefully it will recover the file!  Thanks again!
#14
Camera-specific Development / Re: Canon 50D
April 19, 2014, 07:14:48 AM
I did try and delete the .IDX file and also am using a Lexar UDMA 7 card reader USB 3.0     When I try to convert the footage using the MLV2DNG converter I get this message in the DOS window before it starts:

Exception! Header not recognized: 'STYL'

Exception! Header not recognized: 'MARK'

The frames do render out but look really funky with odd colors and very dark.  Are there any programs out there that can recover a corrupted DNG sequence back to normal do you know?  Again it is playing as it should using the MLV player in the camera off the card.   All my other footage is OK except this one file and its an important shot that we need.  Any other help would be greatly appreciated...



#15
I just wrapped shooting a short film with the 50D and noticed when trans coding that one of the important shots is corrupted.  It plays back fine in the camera with the MLV player but when transferred to a computer, its really dark and has funky colors.  Is there anyway to recover this file/ footage back to normal?  Why would it play fine and look normal in the MLV player then when put on the computer be all messed up? Please help.  Thanks!

#16
Hi all,

Just want to say the 50D is well worth the continued magic lantern updates until perfection is attained.  I recently acquired a Mosiac Engineering VAF-50D Optical Anti Aliasing filter and did some test footage with it.  Needless to say I am very happy with the results and quality.  You can see the footage here:

https://vimeo.com/91884180

Will also be testing some low light/ night time footage as well, which from what Ive seen so far is pretty clean.  The 50D is a better performer in low light for RAW capture than the 5D MKii and 7D!  At only 25% less resolution than the 5D mkii, its surly worth the price to pick one up.  I'm also shooting a short film this weekend and will post the link to that as well once its edited. 
#17
Tragic Lantern / Re: 50D Raw video
March 22, 2014, 07:10:18 AM
Hi the global draw was on and recorded in .raw -  Its only if I go over the 4GB limit that I see this problem.  Also using RAW2DNG for 50D only made by Andy.  The files are rendered fine with the RAW2DNG but when they are opened in a program for processing they appear corrupted.
#18
Tragic Lantern / Re: 50D Raw video
March 22, 2014, 04:04:03 AM
I've been having issues with shooting long takes in ML Raw on the 50D.  If I go over the 4GB file limit and the clip switches to a zip file to continue the raw recording, when I render the ML RAW files into Cinema DNG, I get strange pink frames with lines all through the image.  The image is not even recognizable.  Any idea why this is happening?  Maybe a setting on my camera?  I tried many of your latest builds and even different cars and different recording resolution but all the same results if I go over the 4GB file limit.  Any help would be great!  I can even post a sample frame so you can see what I mean.  Thanks for your time and consideration on this.