Hello everyone-
After weeks of debating on whether or not I should use this special build by @a1ex while shooting a Wedding few weekends ago. Lord behold and I was actually fortunate enough to bite this bullet. Why? Because I believe things happen for reasons and here's what I was able to get away with.
First of all, My goal was to try and keep things simple as possible because the groom (my client) had asked me to NOT shoot anything in MLV RAW and also for me to use a decent color profile while shooting in H.264 which smelled trouble at least for me since I haven't used anything other than MLV RAW over the years.
So I decided to go with Faithful (Sharpness @ 0, Contrast @ 1, Saturation @ 2 & Color Tone @ 0) and only because @markodarko has proven that this color profile can literally hold up pretty well without any required post work as this client repeatedly told me that he wasn't comfortable with the color grading process and he's only into Editing. Thanks to @markodarko for this otherwise I'd be using CineStyle and force the client to apply LUT's on top of it but he firmly instincts not to and frankly he's the one that paid me so here we go.
Cameras used on set: 5D3, 7D & C100II (a nephew used an Osmo that was owned by the groom).
Glass: 35L, 16-35L, 24-105L, 70-200 F4 & Opteka 6.5mm (I didn't want to bring my whole set of glass as I try to pack light).
Audio: Groom's Lapel on Channel L & AUX Output from a PA system into Channel R which was recorded onto Sound Device (rented).
Secondly, earlier I mentioned that things happen for reasons and what I meant by this was the fact that halfway through the Ceremony as I was running to the other side of the aisle to make sure the 7D + 70-200 was wide enough for the couple to walk out at the end and
bam just before I got there ... Dropped the good ole' 24-105L onto the ground as it was in my Hip Pack. Cracked the UV Filter and it was pretty hard to try and take off the Filter which I then decided to not waste time trying to fix this while the event was taking place.
Look up it's not a Plane, it's not a Bird & no it's not Superman. It was @a1ex's build who came to the rescue by using his
crop_rec.mo while shooting in H.264 (yes, that's right I said H.264) with a 35L for the rest of the event on the 5D3. I knew in my head that with this deadly combo of 35/105 focal length would deliver
magic (according to my pretests in MLV RAW and barely any tests on H.264) as I thrive on taking risks. No IS. Not sure why I've been like this my whole life. Living on the bleeding edges can actually help you with building up confidence, BIG time.
Per the Groom's request everything was shot in 30p (5D3, 7D, Osmo) while I only used C100II for slo-mo (60p) all @ 1080p. I also had to force myself to set the Color Profile to 'EOS Standard' instead of the lovely 'Wide DR' on the C100II to better match with the 'Faithful Profile' from the 5D3, 7D.
https://vimeo.com/167454180 (Sorry fellas the couple decided to make their video private)
Non Crop-Mode 35L @ ISO 3200

Crop-Mode (1:1) 35L @ ISO 3200

Where's DeafEyeJedi at? 7D + 6.5mm @ ISO 6400

From where I was standing and just to be able to push a few buttons (preferably one) in order to get into crop-mode is priceless.
Now imagine if I had shot this whole thing in MLV RAW instead but no shame on myself and hey I think overall it came out not too shabby at all.
Special Credits goes to @a1ex for this build and none of this would have been possible without your eagerness so
I THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart and also to everyone else on board that has contributed all along. Thank You!
Incidentally my question now brings to this thought ... How & When do we know that this build is ready for to be merged into the Nightlies?
I know we still have quirks to iron out for slo-mo's squeezed images and whatnot but as for 24p & 30p which seems legit according to my eyes for both H.264 and MLV RAW.
Anything that we can help with to speed up this Project of yours, @a1ex?