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These RAW Video Clips Will Make You Want a Canon 5D Mark III (Unless You Already Own One)

05.14.13 @ 12:45PM Tags : 5dmarkii, 5dmarkiii, anamorphic, cameras, canon, canon5dmarkii, canon5dmarkiii, dslr, firmware, lukeneumann, magiclantern, magiclanternrawvideo

The Canon 5D Mark III has become a true cinema camera. That’s a bold statement, but some of the footage that is currently being shot with the new 14-bit RAW Magic Lantern hack is absolutely night and day when compared to 8-bit H.264 footage recorded in-camera, and there is no doubt it rivals much more expensive cameras just in sheer image quality. We’ve got some impressive samples from cinema5D, Luke Neumann, as well as a few others below. Click through for the head-exploding videos. More »

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Is the Canon C100 Currently the Best Fully-Featured Budget Filmmaking Camera?

12.24.12 @ 8:57AM Tags : c100, cameras, canon, canonc100, lukeneumann, stillmotion

The Canon C100 is an interesting addition to the Cinema EOS line. Available for about a month now, the camera spec-wise falls right in line with the Sony FS100, except it has ND filters and isn’t capable of anything higher than 30fps. It’s designed to be a budget camera from Canon — as it’s basically a shrunken C300 with a different internal codec — but it’s more than twice as expensive as the nearest somewhat-affordable and high-quality DSLRs, the Canon 5D Mark III and the Nikon D800. Many have now gotten their hands on one, so let’s take a look at some of the results, and check out some more real-world footage examples. More »