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#251
Tragic Lantern / Re: 7D Raw Thread
October 08, 2013, 07:09:21 AM
@Tiko,

Awesome quality man!!! Really! Did you use any sharpening in post? Lenses? You didn't use a VAF filter right?
#252
Tragic Lantern / Re: 7D Raw Thread
October 04, 2013, 04:47:50 AM
Very interesting your answers about the softening of H264.. will look closely into that then! And I totally agree with the controlled enviroment, BUT.. in every short you make, you're gonna have a wide shot, a master shot, and sometimes you're gonna need everything in focus! Sometimes you can't get away with thin depth of field! AND, for me, the most attractive thing of all this RAW crazyness, and I see it only in 5D3, is exactly that! I can't believe how SHARP and awesome those wide shots look! Everything is in focus and with awesome detail! And this you cannot have on 7D, but I don't know with the VAF filter on.. every test I see they dodge this all-in-focus shots ;) And doing a wide shot in crop mode well that's just not so confortable hehe..

H264 still rocks and pays the bills !!!! ;)

Cheers!
#253
Tragic Lantern / Re: 7D Raw Thread
October 03, 2013, 08:49:15 PM
Maybe I didn't express myself correctly with aliaising.. I also mean moire, I mean, you can see with your eyes the skipped lines.. just do a wide shot with infinity focus.. the level of moire in raw is far more noticeable than h264.. and I know it's the SAME line skipping, so why? That's why everyone is talking about a vaf filter... Do you know what I'm saying 1%? :)
#254
Tragic Lantern / Re: 7D Raw Thread
October 03, 2013, 08:02:01 PM
I'll ask before and I'll ask again, maybe 1% you know why!

Why are we getting tremendous aliasing and moire in every camera except 5d3? I know 5d3 is better regarding that matter, BUT: In h264 video, the same line skipping is performed.. so WHY can we not achieve the same level of aliaising and moire as the H264? (which is very little). Can someone explain this? I guess that maybe someday it can be discovered, right?
#255
General Development / Re: Bars facelift
October 03, 2013, 03:49:35 PM
I agree with Doyl4, it'll be very functional to have indicators for which mode are you in, if you're in RAW maybe RAW is displayed with some background color, if dual iso, D.ISO for example, if the bitrate is changes maybe it could say the CBR factor, HDR for cameras that do not currently support dual iso, and so on! Indicators would we great!!! This interface is looking VERY professional!
#256
Tragic Lantern / Re: 7D Raw Thread
October 03, 2013, 03:43:20 PM
Thanks for your answers.. and regarding the H264 video.. as I shoot with the camera a lot.. it's impossible to shoot RAW everytime.. the H264 video is great, and by far is the most stable for now! Raw is for big projects only for me ;)

And thanks 1% you are doing a terrific job!! :D

Cheers!
#257
Tragic Lantern / Re: 7D Raw Thread
October 03, 2013, 02:57:07 AM
I'm amazed by all the progress here! I got a question.. does the last 7D build work? I mean, can I record NORMAL h264 video out of it? Also, I'm really glad about all the bars facelift progress.. I saw a picture of 1% that he got it working pretty well.. is it there in that build? Is it up to date?

Thanks!
#258
General Development / Re: Button manager
October 01, 2013, 08:45:26 PM
Question, is it possible to add the functionality for example that a TV remote can send keypresses and map that to a certain button or command??

I say TV remote, but the idea is to make a free-positioning button device for easy access to the camera functions.. more and more the rigs that use an evf and are moved to the side (Letus MCS), while the camera sits on your shoulder are getting more popular.. So they lack a proper placement of the buttons..

Could it be possible?
#259
Share Your Videos / Music video made with 5D3 RAW !!!
September 28, 2013, 07:14:48 PM
Hi all!

I just wanted to post this music video that me and my partners made for college using the 5D3 RAW feature. You can really see a big difference.. first we converted everything to cineform raw and started editing from there, but we realized that cineform had AWFUL quality.. so we ended up reconnecting to all the DNGs with dynamic link in after effects.

During the shoot, it was very unconfortable to use the RAW feature, also it was the first time we seriously did. Using a monitor it was complicated, the framing rectangle was messed up and couldn't show the right way to frame, so we ended up using "clear overlays" and using gaffer tape to crop to 2.35:1 by EYE.. luckily everything ended up fine! And then the interface was very glitchy also.. reviewing material is a pain! Is a pain cause you can't skip forward OR stop the recording, so you gotta wait until it's finished! Also, as we rented 2 5Ds in different places for 2 different days.. we had trouble installing the ML to the 5D.. so we did eventually but with 2 different builds.. that way we ended up with duplicate files in our ingestion.. also, one of the builds did not name the files sequencially, I read around here that it used the time MM:SS right? Why?! We couldn't keep track of our shots for post..

Also, we used 2 128gb 1050x Komputerbay cards.. which benchmarked in 70-80 mbps.. that isn't right, right? So we shot all at 50fps 2.35:1.. and according to the estimated write speeds of ML, we *should* get continuous shooting that way.. we did for most of the time, but sometimes it skipped frames.. we ended up shooting at lower resolutions from time to time.. and I didnt know that the camera would crop the frame.. too bad!

Right now I don't remember much more trouble, it was like a month ago the shoot.. but trouble or not, the quality is AWESOME! The dynamic range literally saved some of our shots.. the underwater ones! There were several way overexposed. So, simply MAGIC.

Thanks to all the comunity, and the devs for developing this! I will use it in a big shoot when it is more stable or I have a Magic RAW camera myself to play with!

Here's the video:



Cheers!
#260
Quote from: feureau on September 13, 2013, 03:53:35 AM
Btw, why is it that H.264 video hacks settings aren't saved when shut down?

Is there a way to make it default to GOP 1? (I can't seem to find a setting in the CFGs for this)

It'll be nice for the settings to be saved upon reboot. I think it is like that cause the bitrate module was still experimental.. haven't fully tested it myself..
#261
Tragic Lantern / Re: 7D Raw Thread
September 12, 2013, 08:07:12 PM
First of all HUGE THANK YOU to 1% for continuing the development!! I have one doubt.. you said earlier that headphone monitoring was *quite* working?? I didn't understand completely.. I don't have all the adapters for the canon cable.. but as soon as I connect the usb into the camera the screen goes black.. is it possible or still no?

Thanks!!
#262
Nevermind got it working!! It seems there's a bug.. if you specify a folder in "Video/proxy files target folder" then you get that error.. too bad!!
#263
I had an issue that I couldn't find here!!

I downloaded GoPro cineform studio pro Trial.. and I was converting .RAW to .AVI succesfully for a few hours.. but suddenly.. I got the error "Fail to encode, is GoPro CineForm Studio installed?". No matter what I do.. reinstall, download latest versions.. change computers.. same error always!!! damn!! why?

Using: Rawanizer, Gopro Studio v1.3 (now tested with 2.0), and RAW2GPCF v113

Any advice please?
Thanks!
#264
Here, the 2 Logs. The first one the camera froze suddenly.. liveview froze and if I turned the camera off or touch any buttons liveview was still active but frozen. Had to remove the battery to make the camera shut down.

The second one, also randomly, Err 70.

Hope the logs are ok: http://www.mediafire.com/?l7x0b9zylrns4u6

Thanks!
#265
Same thing happened to me today, randomly.. Err 70. And also the 7D froze randomly too.. was changing lenses all day but *I THINK* the err70 was during that, not sure though.. will post the log in a little while as I forgot my card reader and gotta find my old one.
#266
Shoot Preparation / Re: Picture Quality: Raw vs L
September 07, 2013, 07:35:28 PM
Quote from: Francis on September 07, 2013, 06:40:14 PM
To answer your question, no there is no drop in image quality for RAW video when you set stills quality to something other than RAW.

Okay then.. there is no drop in quality, fantastic!!

And YES, I am shooting in 50fps 1920x508 and then stretching it by 1.61x CONTINUOUS in picture quality L. Once or twice it stopped but it says continuous OK.. maybe i'll select Drops allowed (i dont care if it drops 1 frame..). Will do more testing today on the shoot.. but at my home tests I get continuous..

Using a KomputerBay 128gb 1050x here.. ALSO: shooting at 2.35:1 ;)

Will report back if this comes back positive.
THANKS for the fast and great answer!!!

Juan
#267
Shoot Preparation / Picture Quality: Raw vs L
September 07, 2013, 05:58:30 PM
Hello!! I'm sorry if this has been discussed before.. I read it several times on the 7D thread and I never got a clean answer.. this is the thing:

I'm recording on a 5D3 in 50fps, everything is great!! Now, if I select image quality to RAW, I get 1600x??? continuous OK (i don't know the vertical height). BUT, if I select picture quality to L I can get almost 1080p, or 1080p sometimes continuous... what's the catch here? I downloaded the footage and the quality is still amazing.. of course it's the first time I use the 5D3.. we're shooting a music video.. and I need to go back in a few hours.. we rented the 5D so I almost didn't have any time to play with it..

Can someone please orientate me in this one?? What am I loosing? Is it MUCH big a difference??

If I shoot at 1600px horizontal I get a crop factor that I don't want really!!!

Thanks so much in advance!!!!
Cheers!

Juan.
#268
Share Your Videos / Re: Canadian Maritimes in the raw
September 02, 2013, 03:44:13 AM
Beautiful!!! Did you use a VAF filter on the 6D??
Cheers!
#269
Tragic Lantern / Re: 7D Raw Thread
August 31, 2013, 03:56:28 AM
Aww!! Hehe.. thanks for the answer man!! I got confused when they benchmarked the 1200x but you made it pretty cleared.. will try to get one 1000x.. cheers!
#270
Tragic Lantern / Re: 7D Raw Thread
August 31, 2013, 03:27:58 AM
I have a question. Will the 128gig 1050x card work on the 7D right now? I got a music video shoot next weekend and wanted to use my 7D as a B-cam.. we're shooting with the 5d3 btw.. will post it here when it's finished :D. Thanks!
#271
Quote from: bart on October 09, 2012, 03:03:03 PM
Hi,

The MIR-24N(H) is in my opinion the best of the cheap 35/2 primes available. Got mine for 75eur and stopped me from searching further. Ok sharp right open and very nice bokeh. Not those harsh rings as with takumar 35/2 or vivitar 35 1.9. It knocks out strong lines in the background easily. I tried on a bookcase and It looks just great.
Many sample picture done with mir-24 are grainy photo scans and not very representative. I tried hard to find the photo that sold me but can't find it. I found this though. Made with both takumar s.m.c. 50 1.4 and mir 35/2 (someone else that appreciates this nice combo)

other samples.
http://forum.mflenses.com/arsenal-mc-mir-24-n-2-35-nikon-f-t38128,highlight,+mir++24.html
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/78029-melbournian-wide-open-bokeh-comparison.html

WOW man!!! AWESOME!! Sent you a vimeo message :) User "Juan Beccaglia". Please share your experience!!!! 7D right??

Cheers!!!
#272
Quote from: gybra on August 25, 2013, 10:56:48 PM
have you shot with 5D raw? Test it first to see if it meets your needs because there are some bugs. How long is your shoot? What are you filming?

Thanks for your answer!! I'm assuming the file sizes are pretty much the same for 720p 60fps right?? I mean it'll be the same data rate..

I mean.. I am often watching videos on the 5D and reading through the forums.. there are LOTS of videos that do not show any bugs.. and recently they made a commercial.. so there are people shooting stable. And no, never shot yet, I own a 7D and it's still in progress. I mean I just gotta find a stable build right? What's that about the blue line?? Is there a thread about bugs??

Thanks again!! Very kind of you!! :)
#273
Hello! I don't know if I'm asking this in the correct thread, but I think anyone who shot raw can answer me this..

I'm about to shoot a project and I wanted to do it with the 5D3.. of course it's an expense as I don't have one and all hte hard drive space.. so I was wondering how much are the raw file sized on the 5D3? I know we're gonna shoot in 2.35:1 and in 50 frames per second. Does anyone know how much the frame, or the minute, or hour file size is?? Aprox. of course!! So I can know how many drives to buy!!!

Thanks!!! :)
#274
Quote from: frogcement on August 21, 2013, 12:55:07 AM
It sounds like your focus got taken off the shutter half press and is only on the af/on button on the back of the cam next to the * button. If this is what happened you can change it back in the custom functions. This is called back button autofocus && is a feature some (most) prefer. HTH
Cheers ....
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K.C.

Thank you so much man!! Will borrow an AF lens today and let you know if I solved it!! :D What a great support!! ;)

Cheers!!!
#275
Quote from: jalejake on August 20, 2013, 07:49:07 AM
Have you checked your camera settings? Due to some ML error, my camera settings had once changed and I didn't have the shutter button assigned to AF no more. This can be found in Canon menu - C. Fn IV - 1 settings. (The very first one)
I thought for a minute too that my shutter button was broken, as I hadn't touched the settings myself..

Thanks for your response! I checked all the settings fast as I was going to the shoot.. I don't have my camera here but will look for that setting tomorrow. Also, good idea, maybe I had some button assigned to half-shutter, I know I usually do it with Magic Zoom. Bad thing is I'm returning the AF lens tomorrow.. don't know when I'll be able to test it again as I have all old Nikkor manual lenses.. (awesome stuff!!!).

Will check when I can.. but the question still stands if anyone knows another thing that may be causing it!
Again, thank you jalejake!!! :D