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@dfort
Hi Daniel, in one of your Treads in the last Days you write about a "April joke" meaning some different reports from Testers. I don't understand all the Programming Details in many Treads and I believe many others ML Interessted User got the same Problem. But I cut feel that you was not satisfied about the different reports about the Testing Modules you offer to bring the Crop mode and 10,12-14 Bit Mode together.

Let me say since 4 Years I use more or less ML Modules anthill I found with the 3xCrop Mode exactly what I need and looking for, especially for the 5D3-123 Firmware, because I use a Field monitor for manual focusing the small Birds on bigger distances. With my 65 years old Eyes the Monitor is a big help. I use Lenses from 12 to 100-400mm and 600mm or 840mm with T-Converter and the 3xcrop Mode works perfect for my Bird documentaries.

I read your Reaction and ask myself what I can do to help by testing especially for the 5D3 with 123 Firmware. So I change the Firmware from 123 to 113 and test the last December Modules where 5xcentered Crop and 10, 12 and14 bit is together. Id needs a bit to understand the workflow, but now I got it. Today I was out in the Fields around Paphos – Cyprus and test it in the real World. I used MLV with Sound and Auto ETTR, the Module works without Problem in the way I used. The Colors and Withe balance are nearly ok when I open the MLV in Lightroom, only small corrections in the Highlights.

So if you need Testing and reports back let me know, it will be a pleasure for me to help for ML.

@dfort

my help can only be testing and report back to, I am an old photographer but following Magic Lantern for Video especially with crop mode over 4 years now. I work on WIN 10 and Adobe Cloud with Lightroom, PS, AE and Premiere Pro, but programming isn't my Job. I use the Canon Firmware 113 and 123, change the Firmware is every time possible. So if you need testing something special an the 5d3 let me know. About the test I made yesterday here is a small video shows you my settings and a few clips with the result. https://youtu.be/W39_BB4vp0o

From MLV to DNG I use MLV Mystic, raw2cdng 17.9 and MLV Producer. Best results I get with MLV Mystic and ACR / Lightroom. Because I am a Nature and Bird photographer not so interested in LUT´s and Movie optic.

Today I try also the 5D3-113 Module from dfort - magiclantern-raw_video_10bit_12bit_crop_rec.2016Dec24.5D3113. I try the crop Mode with the 5x centered crop and after a few changes in my settings it was working very god without corrupted Files. I made perfect clips with 2880x1320-10 bit, 15sec, 25fps and with 2400x1320, 10bit, 25fps it works continual. I prepare at the moment a video with some sequences and the ML settings.
I believe there was also a version for the 5D3-123 from dfort, but I don't save it to try it out. Maybe someone get id for download again.

The charm one this 10bit-crop-record version against the Standard Crop mode Module from September 2016 what I normaly use is to use also the 10bit Version with higher resolution. What I see today is one of the best results and simular to the Crop-Mode, also the colors and resolution don't need big corrections in ACR Lightroom, everything looks perfect for me.

Sorry for my bad english

@chmee

your raw2cdng 1.7.9. works very well, the only thing I missing the automatic Lens identification in ACR so is always one extra step to make the correction settings manual in ACR

@Alex and RenatoPhoto

even for the same use on bird and nature video I use the last version from Alex - 5D3 1.2.3: magiclantern-crop3x.2016Sep05.5D3123.zip (build log). I used it since September without any problems.
Thanks very much for your work.

Hallo dfort

the last build from https://bitbucket.org/daniel_fort/magic-lantern/downloads/magiclantern-raw_video_10bit_12bit.2017Jan05.5D3123.zip shows me the problem during mlv_play, without loading the raw_rec module I get corrupted files to see, if I see the recorded frames at MLVProducer everything is ok. If I load the raw-rec module and record with mlv_rec also in mlv-play I see the clip correct. This was not happen on your build from 2 January 2017.

If I like to go back from 5xCrop used with 50fps by 10bit 1920x648 to 5xCrop 233x1314 25fps 10bit must switch of and on to work with the new setting. With 5x crop the lifeview shows the the images are jumping from normal size to 5x crop sometimes, if you like i prepare a video to show what I mean.

When I try to use normaly 1920x1080 25fps by 10, 12, 14 bit the record stops after 12 seconds bei "Frame skipping"

Hallo Danne

Hopefully I can help a bit with my test for your last magiclantern-raw_video_10bit_12bit.2017Jan02.5D3123 upload.

First I made the same test as DeafEyeJedi in his Video on 5D3113 firmware. I used the same settings and the results are similar what you see on this Video. But, when I replay with MLV Player, I got clear Video clips.

My Standard on 5d3 -123 works with Canon Setting PAL and 1920 x 25 fps. Now, with your new Builds raw_video_10bit_12bit.2017Jan02.5D3123 and raw_video_10bit_12bit.2017Jan02.5D3113 the Camera switch during 3xCrop Mode in to NFTS (Canon Menu still 1920x25fps) and shows me the Frame rates goes to 29,776 fps, but this is NTFS not PAL.
By 29,766 fps and 2400x1320 - 16-9 recording Time is 8 - 12 Seconds. If I use FPS override, I can select 25 from 30 fps and it recording works continually without problem.

If I select the maximum 3520x1320 - 25fps the record stops with Frame skipping after 5 seconds and I must take the Battery out to start the Camera again. There is only the message about "Frame skipping"

Hope this Info is helpful for you. Generally I use MLV with Sound bei 1920x25 and use some times 3x Crop mode for Nature (Bird) documentaries with Lenses from 12 to 600mm. Your last magiclantern-crop_rec.2016Dec28.5D3123.zip works beautiful, only missing the 10bit mode for more frames.

Big thank you to all ML Developers

It is a pleasure to see this video. I am surely not the only one like to know something about your 5D3 and MLV record settings because in the Video it´s above and below the black stripes visible.
If you find the time, it will be very interesting for me and many others.

Thanks again for showing.

Regards from Cyprus,
Albert