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Maybe I didn't make myself clear in my last message.
We need a thread specific for 4k RAW.  I'm a programmer & I'm not asking ML to put this together. I'm asking the programmers who have already started on this to actually start a thread & we all share our input to the code that we have seen.

I can contribute time & energy on programming to this.  Though, I'd prefer to see data from multiple programmers all in one inclusive place while I put my effort forward.  It doesn't make sense to reinvent the wheel - as any programmer knows.  We are lazy & we use the most efficient method possible to start. I'm not seeing positive community involvement in locking my thread when I'm putting effort into an area that has no substance as of yet.

Great success on the RAW quality everyone!
On a different note, there are filmmakers such as myself who have different interests.

I shoot with 3 cameras at a time for multiple angles on my footage. I would like to stay ahead of the curve and offer 4k footage as opposed to 1080p. If you are smart about lighting your shots, you can get away with using jpg quality footage just fine.
However, we currently don't have a way to perpetuate our footage into the 4k market.

Pushing CF cards to a 100mb threshold should allow us to barely squeeze by with 4000x2000 resolution jpgs at 4mb each. 4mb per photo X 24 photos per second = 96mbps. This is essentially 4k non-raw footage.

Is anyone currently working on this? I've learned to master my lighting techniques to makeup for lack of RAW over the years, though focus on 4k will really give our cameras new life for literally 10 more years.

I see there has been some chatter about the topic, yet the new knowledge with how RAW video works should give us insight to work on this direction as well. Anyone else have this desire for their film needs?

I vote for a Kickstarter Campaign for Magic Lantern.  There are many people who are not "hackers" who would love to have this on their firmware.

We can run this as a nonprofit education-only tool & apply the money for research only to ensure it follows any laws set by Canon.

As you can see in the chart below, film & video projects are funded very often & quite successful. 

We are also all filmmakers.  Wouldn't it be cool if we all got together and made one massive video showcasing how Magic Lantern has helped us on projects?  My entire film business wouldn't even exist without ML. 

Let's go global and kickstart this thing for 4k RAW production by the end of 2013!

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