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@Kharak: Yes, you're right!! I was confused between the Canon ISO settings and the ML (indeed on the screen always appeared 400ISO)!

Here's the new link for the film, now downloadable again:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1rsjpuxq21q8ha9/AADGX_aHAmwN-Ugg3Zmen4IEa?dl=0

Thanks!!!

UPDATE: THE DOWNLOAD TRAFFIC MADE THE LINK EXPLODE (I put the link also on my Facebook page)! I'M UPLOADING IT ON DROPBOX AND TOMORROW SHOULD BE READY: SORRY FOR THE DELAY AND THANKS FOR THE INTEREST

Thank you, I'm glad you like it!!! Thanks for watching it

Nona is again downloadable!!!


https://transfer.pcloud.com/download.html?code=5Z2nhy7ZVTPU1J5PSkHZxKM5ZL8ffCtcVTU7xkf1zRQ3UGzXMV7L7

I'll re-upload it tonight, unfortunately PCloud is just 5 days...

Thank you very much for all the wonderful comments, guys! I decided to post it here because ML was paramount in order for Nona to look the way I wanted. I believe ML has some kind of true "magic" feel, truly cinematic, and the only camera I used that is comparable in term of filmic quality is the obvious Alexa (and believe me, I used almost all the camera on the market), that's why the only RAW camera I personally own is the 5D with ML, and other cameras I prefer to rent for specific job requirements.

Nona has been shot in RAW and converted using mighty Danne's cr2hdr app, then imported in Davinci Resolve using the Blackmagic gamma setting and reducing sharpness to 0 (I hate the over sharpened images of HD which seem to be the obsession of everyone nowadays, that's why I love vintage lenses) . I edited and graded in Davinci, using a little bit of the M31 lut (at a value between 40 to 60%) and working mostly with the color temperature to give the feeling I needed for every scene, then used the Filmconvert plugin to add grain. We used 6 64gb CF cards and in the end the RAW and DNG archive was in the terabyte territory...

The camera settings were pretty simple: never went above 320ASA and played a little with the shutter speed when I needed a certain nervous look. The film has been shot using classic Nikons from the 70's (20/4 and 35/2), a Russian Mir-1B wide-angle lens 37/2.8  and the mighty canon 50mm 1.2 (I just adore the exaggerate out of focus it gives)... Other camera settings were very basic since the RAW module bypasses almost all the settings...

Thank you again for taking the time to see Nona! Soon I'll post the trailer of the first feature we're shooting, again with 5D and ML

Thank you!!! I'm so glad you like it, it has been a huge work, almost one year in the making since we all had jobs to take care during the production (as I said it's a non-profit film). About the black levels I always export with Video Levels on resolve but I believe here the problem is the conversion to h264 in order to obtain a manageable 720p 2gigs file - the original proresHQ is almost 60 gigs... I notice that the player also makes a huge difference, for instance the worst one is always quicktime which almost all the time unbalance all the black levels... did you try to watch it with VLC?

Hello Magic Lantern Wild Bunch, I'll attach here a link to download my short film Nona, from a Stephen King story. The film is a Dollar Baby, it means that is officially based on King's work and also that King himself approved its distribution through festivals etc. Since it's a totally non-profit film I cannot put it on a website or, obviously, sell it but I can send it to people who are curious to see it (and of course festivals everywhere, as we already did with satisfaction).

The reason I'm putting the link here is that the film is entirely shot with a 5DmkIII with the wonderful Magic Lantern RAW profile and graded in Davinci Resolve. I want to use this post to publicly thanks the amazing Danne for all the incredible patience and support! Now, if you dare, here's the link:

https://transfer.pcloud.com/download.html?code=5ZYUyoZ5UQBSkcIdOzZCyPRZUsnBEeBfxE8Qh3Ix0oBDIXiYouX0

Hey guys, anyone can tell me how to batch convert more then one file at a time with MLV_DUMP? Thanks

Please anyone knows if there's a way to use MLV_DUMP to batch process a group of MLV files? I need to convert a bunch of MLV lossless files and only MLV_DUMP can do that but I cannot go one by one...

Hello everybody, I just gave a try to the new 14 bit lossless files (more then 50% lighter then the original 14 bits) and I wanted to use them for an independent feature we're going to shoot in spain next month. I need help with one thing: all the converters I usually used with ML (raw magic, mystic etc) obviously don't recognize the new compressed MLV file therefore the only way to go is mlv_dump which is kind of tricky for me... Is there a way to use it as a batch converter? At the end of the day I'll have dozen of gigs of files and I must find a way to speed up the workflow and the conversion... Anyone could help me? Thanks, and god bless A1lex and this place: the true digital revolution is this.