A1ex, Given what you have accomplished in raw, the prospect of 4:2:2 Craw is very interesting...not as much DR as RAW, but it would be really cool to get that data stream direct to a card on older cameras like the 60D...it might actually fit at full HD or close to it on the slow interface to SD. Not sure if that could be done, but I for one would be SUPER happy with 24fps 4:2:2 Craw compared to H264...now that we have a good model of post processing with 14bit raw (raw2dng, etc.) if we could just do that same thing with 8bit Craw at least we would have super nice HD video (way more filmic than most lower cost broadcast options I bet since we have a super35 sensor). Using a cool LUT like VisionColor or others at this deep color depth (and with an anti moire filter) this would make the 60D a very interesting production tool (and the 7D too if it can be done there on the funky chip set)...very interesting potential...if it could work. Might be much more practical than my other question about All-I on the 60D...It might be a nice compromise between full raw and high bit rate H264...and would cost less due to the lower bit rate...at least a bit less anyway. - CT
PS - Did a little math in my head while driving, an it made me want to bolster the note...No matter what happens on the 60D, the prospects for the 600D, 650D and (I hope) 70D might be more exciting...sure 14bit raw is super nice, but if 8bit 4:2:2 Craw is actually about 40% (a bit more) smaller, not only would faster SD interfaces on those cameras allow for higher resolutions/frame rates (yeah I know you may not be able to down sample resolution on Craw given how you get it from the pipeline), but the cost could be radically lower if it really works at below 45MB/s (lower cost cards)... in any event, the potential of having a sub $1K US camera or about $1K US camera (70D) that has an APC-C sensor, and super high quality 4:2:2 video with Canon color science is very exciting...in theory it might look as good or better than the C300...not 14bit, but still a darn nice image.
Not sure if this could work, but it could be almost as radical as raw considering what people have to pay to get that sort of image quality right now from other vendors (or even Canon). I mean the image internal H264 record quality of the C100 is way better than the regular video of even the 5D3 (much sharper esp.) - and the HDMI out from the C100 is 8 bit 4:2:2 and on a scope/screen identical to that from the C300...hence people jumping to it (C100) in droves for events and documentary work, and adding a recorder for higher end broadcast use. If you could get similar results from the 650/700/70D that would be about as massive as raw for many production tasks.
pps - Wow..I am slow...consider the implications of Craw on the 5D3 too...at the speeds it now has for 14bit raw, I bet it could do Craw and a audio with no sweat...making it at least as interesting as the C300 in image quality at 4:2:2 (not to mention 14bit raw)...this implies that a $3200US DSLR could surely record the same image quality as a $16000US camera (and we know that actually 14 bit raw is already better...but Craw could be a lower cost option if it takes less storage (or just allow longer takes with easier access to onboard audio...again adding to the disruptive and beautiful options ML is already providing.
