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Whoops - I just noticed that you have two Mark iis --- the below won't apply directly to you - but I guess I'll leave it in case someone else finds it in a search
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Of course I can't be sure -- but I had what would seem to be the same symptoms, (Canon FM 1.1.3, ML) and I couldn't read or format CF cards in the camera.  Even with no ML - still no-go.    I tried all the pin checking and rebooting I could think of, and was getting ready to send it in to Canon.  THEN I found the recent 5D Mark iii ML for Canon FW 1.2.3.  I installed it, and went to the ML Menu to enable the CF card workaround - and, now I can read and format and use all my CF cards.   Will try to understand the situation and real causes better - but, for now, I'm really happy to be back in business.    Good luck with your situation.

I was having the same problem with After Effects there might be but not sure, I'm currently using Lightroom 5 man I tell you I'm in love with it should give it a try as well worflow is very optimized.  Let me know if you need help with Lightroom 5

Would you mind outlining your LR5 workflow - or pointing me to a place where that might already be discussed?

some pretty extreme grading:

filmed entirely on the 50D. mirrored, graded and some filters on top...

Wasn't that a bit of moire I detect at about 02:0.... (just kidding)

That's quite a piece!  I love the effects.  I'll be keen to learn more about the tools you used - thanks for any further details you might want to share.

I'm about to give up shooting raw with my 50d
All I get are pink corrupted frames. ALL of them. It's really frustrating.

An example:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vv7xtg

I'm having good luck with the 50D -- let me mention a few places where my workflow differs from your list:
-I install the unified ML build on the camera (firmware update step) before bringing the RAW devt build into the picture.
You say you replace the unified build ML folder with one from a development build, then do the whole ML install.  I have seen situations where it was necessary to simply add the devt ML/MODULES folder, keeping other content that had been in the original ML.
- I set the FPS override to 24 (you don't mention that)
- I set the Exp Override ON

Not sure if there's any help there, but I'm mentioning those for completeness as you consider potential causes.

That got moved + you're looking at a unified build which is 1 commit behind to boot.
Here you can try it...

[50D] Still fast in photo mode.zip
https://mega.co.nz/#!x9JUUTaQ!crrTnHy6f7ziG9HUfKhhrFkbdx0cnmMykXCOLCjFJ5g

Bingo -- that put me back in action -- now seeing "Continuous OK' and in the 60-65 Mb/s range.

Thanks!

Sorry, again, if I'm missing something obvious - but I was doing great with the builds up to the end of May or so.  64G KompBay 1K card, 65+Gb/s write rates with 1600 1x crop raw.   
Then, as I've started trying the more recent builds (unified, mostly) - my speeds have dropped into the 40-45 Gb/s range. 
I have all the other menu choices as before (Global Draw LiveView, 24.000 fps override, etc.). 

I see discussion about turning off dialog timers, and searching the forum, mention that that involves the "Dont Click Me' menu - clicking that with latest posted build gives me weird sliding screens and a crash.
I have cleaned and rebuilt the card from scratch a few times.   Ran benchmarks again, and I think they look OK.

Oddly - when I select RAW video, the message at the bottom of the screen says "565.7GB/s needed for 24p" -- making me wonder if something is configured wrong.  I'm scratchin' my head.  Maybe someone has a clue that'll help?

Sorry if I've missed something, but when I try any of the builds more recent than about June 15th my raw write speeds have dropped to 35-45Mb/s at 1x crop, largest image size.  I've reformatted cards, rebuild core ML, used all the settings that were working before (Global Draw:LiveView, fps override, etc.) -- still it seems odd.  (KompBay 64G 1K card). There was an Andy600 build with a 'fast_raw' that worked fine - then I moved to the mainstream builds and I'm going backwards.  I'm hoping that I might have missed something obvious and that someone might set me straight.
I've searched for answers and read all the posts under this topic.

Many thanks,
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1920x872 scales pretty nice to 4k  (4096x1920)....... this is so awesome!! 

I'm using the latest Andy builds (Andy 600 RAW and Fast RAW) - and (5x crop, of course) I can't get more than a few seconds at that size (with Komputerbay 1000x 64 card that's fine at 1536 x 864 or whatever).  I wonder if I'm missing something that others are doing to squeeze a bit more speed in that mode.

Using Gregory's June 13th build I'm finding my komputerbay 1kx 64G card is now slowed back down to 45-50Gb/s (1584x892)...
GLobalDraw = LiveView, small waveform.  Everything else off, and per the long list of suggestions that were specified a week or so ago.
Exposure Sim is ON, and even when I hit Func and attempt to turn off - I see the ON and OFF choices, but neither wheel effects a change - so that's on no matter what.

Thanks for any ideas about what I might have missed....

DaVinci seems to be the best workflow. @BoKia - You can pull more out if you open RAWMagic processed CDNGs in DaVinci and set the clip setting to BMD film.

Sorry if this is naive... but is the BMD Film Gamma selection available in Resolve 9 Lite?  I see the dropdown in Lite, but it's inactive. 
Thanks for any info....
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Sorry for my ongoing reports about performance that seemed to be lagging the pack -- but *good news --- I finally seem to have hit upon the conditions that will let me shoot indefinitely at '1600' resolution.

Not sure which of these final changes that did the trick, but what I'd done included:
- turning off every single feature (zebras, etc.) in the shooting menus, though I hadn't seen that level of 'turning off' specified, I just went 100% off on everything.
- Even though 16:9 is default, I momentarily chose 3:2, then explicitly chose 16:9.  I know that shouldn't matter - but with early code, we know things like that can matter.

Anyway - now my komputerbay 64 (1000x) card shows about 56-58mb/s and just one or maybe two stars in the buffer, then steady state for at least way longer than before.  Will try some quite long shots after battery is recharged.
Thanks again for the patience and the tips.   Now maybe I can get some test footage and try some other things.

Stupid question but how do you record? I set this raw_rec module on and after that it says to press livescreen button to start. But when I hit it, nothing happens. Sorry for this noob question

Did you also go to the camera menu and select/enable Raw recording?  The default is OFF.  After loading the module you have to further turn on Raw in the other menu.

You have something set in your camera. Can you post your melloc?

malloc is 153K

Thanks again for the ongoing problem-solving help -- it'd be great to get to the bottom of this. 

Best
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@menoc   - Here's something odd, but good, that happened...when I formatted the card in the camera for this run of the tests (even though I'd done that before) -- for some reason the performance numbers jumped from the 30s and 40s to this higher range.  It looks more like your card.
NOW when shooting raw, I'm seeing write speeds in the range of 48-55mb/s  (not 35 or so, like before).  At the raw resolution of 1600 I can get maybe 800+ frames before dropping - lots better than before, but still not continuous.
Are you able to shoot at 1600 with no dropped frames?


Thanks again for the help!

Set the following:

ISO:  100-200 (actually the ISO Does not matter so much use whatever ISO you need)
FPS override:  23.988 (Don't use 24 exact, use optimized for low light instead)

Canon Menus:

Set Qualiy to: JPEG Large Only - NO RAW

Settings in C.Fn II: Image

High ISO speed Noise Reduction:  Disable
Auto Lighting Optimizer:  Disable
Highlight Tone Priority:  Disable
Long Exposure Noise Reduction:  OFF

Global Draw:  set it to "LiveView" (Turn off peaking and all other global draw settings)

RAW Video Settings:

Raw Video Resolution:  1600
Raw Video Ratio:  3:2 or 16:9
Sound:  OFF
Hacked Mode: ON

Shoot something for a while . . . . 1600 resolution & 16:9 ratio is the most stable.

Thanks for the notes - I've done every single thing quite carefully -- and the card tops out at about 44mb/sec -- and drops frames after about 300 with raw resolution set at 1600.

For the komputerbay 1000x  64 GB card, what write rates are others seeing using those settings?   I had a second of that same card which performed exactly the same.  I guess i could have seen two dud cards - but I'm thinking it's something else that has me crawling where others are having better luck.... many thanks for the group's patience and tips...

I'm happy to see the progress being made - some nice footage being posted.  I'm still trailing behind with a 1000x komputerbay 64gb card that won't seem to run at more than about 45mb/s -- meaning that 1280x720 is the best I can capture with no frame drops.
I'm running the 5/28 build -- and I think I've done all the things I see you all doing to smooth performance:
- FPS override for 24fps (optimize for exact)
-Global Draw on for LiveView
- Hacked Mode ON

While I don't expect things to be the same as the 5dm3 envt - that same card runs at 75+mb/s in that camera raw.

Am I right to be thinking that others with the same card are getting continuous capture at 1592x896? (or maybe you are dropping frames and just posting short shots that worked?)
Thanks for any tips

I'm using what would seem to be the same setup as goldenchild9to5 (latest build, Komputerbay 64, etc) - who reports smooth results.

I tried setting resolution to 1600 to see if that helped, but even with Global Draw OFF, Hacked Mode ON, 24fps overrride...  the 1592x896 - writing to the card is at about 41Mb/s and I start dropping after about 200 frames.   I'd love to figure out what's causing performance in my setup to be so much slower.
Will stay with it and learn my way there somehow.  Ongoing thanks for any tips along the way.

Best

Thanks @goldenchild9to5 - I used the steps that you suggested (reformatting the card, backing to a build before 5/28, etc). 
That changed things for the better -- now 1280x720 starts off great, just one star in the buffer, maybe 2....runs for 10-20 seconds, and then just announces 'stopped automagically'    It's not even close to skipping frames - so I'm sure it's another newbie blind spot on my part.
I'll poke around to learn more about that - but at least the chance for some stable 1280x720 raw shooting is getting closer.
Thanks again for the help - I'll watch for any more tips.

Best

On a cleaned Komputerbay 64GB card, I did a fresh install of ML and then the newest 50D raw build (5/28) - just to be sure I wasn't introducing any problems with cards that had been used for raw in my 5DMiii.

Still - I don't get write rates anything like what Julian and others seem to be achieving.  Even 1280x720  writes at about 35-40 Mb/s and I start dropping frames after about 400 or so.  Same result whether or not I turn on Hacked mode, I have selected small jpg for still image size, turned off Global Draw.... still I seem to be missing something.   
I'll keep trying and reading the forum and other resources to learn - but I'll appreciate any tips about other things to test or try.

Thanks

I followed the same steps and had the same experience.  GregoryofManhatten was good enough to offer to send me an updated build through email - and that helped some (write rates more like 35Mb/s versus the 20 or so with those first files) - still I'm trying to figure out why a card that operates at 80-90Mb/s doing raw in my 5Dmiii is so much slower so-far in the 50D. 
Please post any progress and I'll do the same....

Best regards

I have raw working fine on the 5DMiii - but I'm new to the 50D and probably making a naive mistake in the setup.

1. I have the regular 50D ML setup right on the 50D
2. I used the 'autoexec.bin' file for the 50D, from one of the first posts in this thread, to replace the autoexec file that was in the regular ML setup.
3. I copied the MODULES folder from the link in that same 50D post near the top of this thread.

I get a message along the lines of  'Scripts folder missing', but I can load the modules and the raw menu items work in the 50D

BUT - even when shooting at, say, 1280 x 720, using a 1000x Komputerbay 64GB card,  data rate peaks at about 20Mbits/sec and frame skipping happens in about 10 seconds.  I'm sure I've screwed something up.  I don't mind learning on my own and waiting a while to get things working - but I'd appreciate any tips that you might offer.