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I´m thinking about the 3x zoom mode.
Maybe it´s possible to use a B4 lens on the 50D with 3x zoom mode.
This is the theory
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cojSlCkZDkI/Udx5rn-AYxI/AAAAAAAAABc/P8gSubLisC4/s1600/crop_text.jpg
http://550draw.blogspot.com/

Theres a B4 to EOS adapter from ciecio I presume  - is 340$ on ebay 
I have three S16 arri bayonet lenses that I bet would look amazing in crop mode, but it would cost 300+$  to even test.
I guess i'll have to use them for film, or buy a BMPC or hope for a RAW video nikon V3

I would like to do some more card speed tests on the 50D, but i can't figure out how to run the benchmark or where to run it. Is it a module which should be added manually to ML or a custom build?

once you load the custom FW and then load the module there should be a 'benchmark' submenu under one of the main menu items. I can't remember which however.
PS if you have a question about something you might need to ask it multiple times before getting an answer.  Almost all my tech support questions have gone unanswered on here, and the 'guide' thread does not help much either

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Lol at that video

NM

what's the current max res achievable full-sensor?

any risks with this setup ?
12V battery > inverter to 110v > AC adapter >50D ?

there´s another idea i got to overcome the lacking sound ability of the 50D:

is it possible, to fire the flash when raw recording starts?

one could use a regular video camera/dslr as a 2nd unit (e.g. in interviews) to record the sound and then sync both cams using the flash.

it would also be thinkable to record the flash sound via a cheap lavalier microphone and mixing it into the sound signal using a production mixer. this could save the 2nd camera, replacing it by a regular external sound recorder.
fine tuning should be possible with the ttl-settings....

could be some kind of a hardware hack.

I think it's best to go the tired and trusted way and use a clapperboard.. other ways i've read are  a pop gun, or a keychain pet clicker

that looks very good.. clean images and has sortof an emulsion quality to it.. also no aliasing.. what res did you shoot at?

ok i guess i'ts time to get a 1000x card now

will a 1000x 32GB work with all resolutions?

For some reason I got this image in my head while reading the thread

i try hard to avoid that blog

I'm looking at a lot of 50D RAW footage. Most of it is pretty soft, especially compared to the 5D mkIII. Only rarely i find footage that is quite sharp.

Anyone know why this is? Is it only due to people using soft lenses, cause i would think that would be quite the coincidence.

Anyway, i think this thread's got great potential. Possibly i will buy a second-hand 50D as well. I just need to know if it will be sharp enough.

You can't do better than the 50D for the price.. and it's still in an early dev stage I think, so the safe resolution could improve .. even now however many of the images are great - especially when aliasing and moire are avoided.. very cinematic, which does not necessarily mean ultra-sharp

nm