Canon

Raw Video on Canon 5d Mark 3 using raw liveview framebuffer dumping

bannedindv — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:39:34 -0400

Some of the Devs at Magic Lantern are discussing the ability to write DNG directly from the LiveView Framebuffer, and it seems its in an alpha stage right now...not up to 24 fps, and not for a long duration...

Could be interesting if nothing else, just the fact that they can make it write DNGs is a pretty crazy start.

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=5240.0

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Canon 100D, SL1 topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:10:21 -0400

Small DSLR will be called EOS-b, accompanied by an 18-55m lens kit and will have $800 price tag.

Camera specs are identical to the T4i and EOS M. Digic 5 image processor, nine-point autofocus system, 3-inch 1.04K dot TFT-LCD touchscreen, four frames-per-second burst shooting, an ISO range from 100 to 12,800 and outdated HD video capture

Preliminary specifications:

18 million pixel sensor DIGIC5
1.04 million dot 3-inch LCD monitor
4 seconds of continuous shooting frames
Full HD video
Shutter speed - 30-1/4000
Flash synchro - 1/200
ISO range - 100-25600
AF sensor 9-point, only central is cross
Use SD / SDHC / SDXC
Battery - LP-E12
Weight (body only) - 370g, 407g with battery, memory card.
EF -S 18-55mm IS STM kit
$650 for body

Available at:

Canon EOS 700D, T5i topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:29:36 -0400

Specifications:

18.00 Megapixels CMOS sensor
Phase-detection AF for Live View and Video
Continuous autofocus in movie mode with subject tracking
3" LCD touch capacitive screen
new 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM kit lens
1920 x 1080 (30, 25, 24 fps), 1280 x 720 (60, 50 fps), 640 x 480 (30, 25 fps) video, nothing new
132 x 99 x 79 mm
580g
$750 for body

Previews:

Available at:

Are Canon DSLRs raw cameras?

apefos — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:41:40 -0400

BMCC = raw sensor > raw video file > post production > 8 bit codec video file > internet/bluray/dvd/tv broadcast

CANON = raw sensor > picture style > 8 bit codec video file > post production > internet/bluray/dvd/tv broadcast

what do you think?

Canon 5D Mark III topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:18:20 -0500

Camera was announced March 2, 2012.

Images of this modern prehistoric beast

Main video specs

[1920 x 1080]: 30 fps / 25 fps / 24 fps; ALL-I - 685 MB/min (91Mbit/s), IPB 235MB /min (32Mbit/s)
[1280 x 720]: 60 fps / 50 fps; ALL-I - 610 MB/min (81Mbit/s), IPB 205MB /min (27Mbit/s)
[640 x 480]: 30 fps / 25 fps; IPB - 78MB/min (10Mbit/s)

If the recording time reaches 29 min. 59 sec., the movie shooting stops automatically.
Movie shooting does not stop when the file size reaches 4GB. SMPTE timecode recording (Rec-Run and Free-Run) and a touch-sensitive rear dial
No clean HDMI output

There's a built-in headphone socket for audio monitoring, and the ability to adjust the recording volume by pressing the left or right side of the rear control dial.

Price - Body: $3499, €3299, £2999; Kit with 24-105mm: $4299

In stock

Body:

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Mark-Frame-Digital-Camera/dp/B007FGYZFI/

http://www.adorama.com/ICA5DM3.html?sub=Canon5DMk3SSM

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/847545-REG/Canon_5260A002_EOS_5D_Mark_III.html

Links to specs, etc

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/02/Canon-5D-Mark-III
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/professional/products/professional_cameras/digital_slr_cameras/eos_5d_mark_iii#Specifications
http://www.canon-europe.com/Images/EOS_5D_Mark_III_Specification_Sheet-v2_0_tcm13-910228.pdf
http://www.canon-europe.com/Images/EOS_5D_Mark_III_Technologies_Explained-v1_0_tcm13-907890.pdf

Previews and reviews:

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos5dmarkiii/
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-5d-mkiii/canon-5d-mkiiiA.HTM
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_III/
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/digital/canon_eos_5D_MkIII_preview.html
http://blog.jeffascough.com/photographers/2012/03/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-review.html
http://blog.planet5d.com/2012/03/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-hands-on-what-isnt-in-the-canon-press-release/
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2012/03/02/should-i-upgrade-to-the-5d-mk-iii-from-the-5d-mk-ii/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/02/canon-announces-eos-5d-mark-iii-22-3mp-full-frame-sensor-6-fps/
http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2012/03/01/canon-5d-mkiii-my-thoughts/
http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Publications/DxOMark-Reviews/Canon-5D-Mark-III-Review/Hands-on-Review
http://ninofilm.net/blog/2012/03/02/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-revealed-first-videos-my-thoughts/
http://bertstephani.com/2012/03/02/canon-eos-5d-mark-3-first-review/
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/canon-eos-5d-mk-ii-vs-mk-iii-18643

Video reviews, video samples, stills samples:

Samples:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/02/canoneos5dmarkiii-isoseries http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/samples/eos5dmk3/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/98609590@N00/sets/72157629133702510/with/6947467655/

Small trailer:

Manual:

http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0300007348/01/eos5dmkiii-im-c-en.pdf

Canon Cinema 1D, rocking 4K camera

PixCanFly — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:26:20 -0400

Internal 4K recording, 4:2:2
MJPEG compression (8 bit, of course)
ISO up to 25,600
HDMI connector (Full HD, 4:2:2)
Canon Log Gamma
4K only for 24p
24p, 25p, 30p, 50p and 60p in 1080p
Fullframe and two crop options - APS-H, Super 35mm

The battle of 4k and RAW begins. http://www.cinemaeos.usa.canon.com/products.php?type=Cameras

Canon 6D FF DSLR topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:48:44 -0400

Specifications:

20.2mp full frame sensor
4.5fps serial shooting
ISO Range 100-25600 (plus 50, 51200, 102400)
DIGIC5+ LSI
Weathersealed (Splash and dust resistant)
Build in Wi-fi
Build in GPS
11 AF Points, only one cross.
3.2″ LCD 1,02M dots
VF - pentaprism with 97 % coverage
Shutter spped - up to 1/8000 sec
Full HD video, 30p maximum
1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps fps), 1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps)
Intraframe or interframe (ala 5D MkII)
USB 2.0
Lithium-Ion LP-E6 rechargeable battery
770 g
145 x 111 x 71 mm
Will be in stores at december 2012
$2100 body price

Reviews and previews:

Available for preorder at:

RAW (14 bit) "Video" on Canon DSLRs with Magic Lantern via liveview

Doctor — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:24:13 -0400

This is very early stages and may never make it to a point of being usable, but let's hope it comes through.

See: https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/commits/f9f107a658eacf12efa3df7450b639fc9dd0d345

maximum voltage 5dmark3

jo447 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:02:36 -0400

Hi i have vmount battery that powered my gh2 and works quite well. the output is 9.2v I bought a 5dmark3 and would like to use this vmount on it. Is 9.2v too high for the 5d? a fully charged canon battery is around 8.4v, would it damage the camera if i try to plug it to 9.2v?

Thanks

Canon EOS M Mirroless topic

LongJohnSilver — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 04:44:48 -0400

Entry level Canon mirrorless camera.

Four versions. But single, proper one, color - pink, still absent.

New lens as well... the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM pancake lens!

Specifications:

APS-C Sensor
18Mp sensor with ISO 100-12800 range
Two kit options, with 22mm lens and with usual cheap 18-55mm zoom
DIGIC V+
3″ Touchscreen, about 1.04million pixels
Phase & Contrast AF (ala T4i, in other words, not very good)
1920×1080 Video 30p/25p/24p (ouch!) H.264
1280×720 Video 60p/50p H.264
SD Card, of course
Adaptor to attach (completely unsuitable) EF lenses
Size is 66.5mm (width) x 108.6mm (height) x 32.3mm (depth)
Body only weight - 262g, add battery and it'll be 298g, not very light

Previews and reviews:

Samples:

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/samples/eosm/

Available:

22mm kit for $799 - http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Compact-Systems-Camera-3-0-Inch/dp/B008NENG1A/
ebay - http://www.ebay.com/sch/Digital-Cameras-/31388/i.html?_nkw=canon+eos+m

Canon T4i / 650D official topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:13:11 -0400

Viewfinder - Eye-level pentaprism
Coverage Vertical / Horizontal approx 95% (approximately eyepoint 19mm)
Magnification approximately 0.85x (with 50mm lens at infinity -1 m-1)
Continuous shooting speed up to about 5 frames / sec.
3.0 ", 1.04 million dots, capacitive touch screen
Built-in stereo microphone, manual audio level adjustment
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video compression
1920×1080 (Full HD): 30p/25p/24p - approximately 330 MB / minute
1280×720 (HD): 60p/50p

Canon claims improvements in AF during video shooting

Preorders:

All variants - http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Digital-Camera-3-inch-Touchscreen/dp/B00894YYP6
Body only - http://www.adorama.com/ICAT4I.html
Body+ 18-55mm - http://www.adorama.com/ICAT4Ik.html
Body+18-135mm IS - http://www.adorama.com/ICAT4Ik2.html

In stock:

Press releases and specs:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/06/08/Canon-announces-EOS-650D-Rebel-T4i

Reviews and previews:

Samples:

http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/samples/eos650d/

T3i or 5Dmk2

QuinEtiam — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:44:29 -0500

Can't wait for new cameras anymore. Want Canon this time.

50/50 Photo/video.

T3i + Canon 100mm F2.8 L macro

5Dmk2 + Canon 50mm 1.4

About $2400 for either combo.

I really want the macro L lens, damn hard to choose over 5dmk2 tho.

Canon FF comparison

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:36:30 -0500

Prediction: 1DX I-frame mode stomps all over C300

bannedindv — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:04:48 -0500

I have a feeling I-frame mode will have higher image quality than C300.

Anyone else?

How do I choose a camera.

apefos — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:40:20 -0400

How do I chose a camera: Remember you do not need to agree with me. What is good for me can be bad for you. But if you want better DR for an affordable price think about this:

First I was hungry for a high resolution, moire/aliasing free, no compression artifacts camera. I could not accept defects in the image. So when the DSLR revolution begun I waited until the almost perfect image camera was released: the hacked GH2.

Looking further, There was another must have features:

I found I could not live without an articulated LCD. Carry, install and handle an external monitor is annoying. Weight on backpack and over the camera, size, batteries to charge and so on.

Good low light performance, at least iso 3200 was a must too. In some tests I found the human eye can see the same of 6400 iso at shutter 1/25 and f1.4, so if the camera can do this it is better.

Small, lightweight camera.

Affordable price, no more than 1K usd.

An EVF would be great, but without it I can use a dslr loupe.

Manual audio control, another must to avoid hiss using a preamp and also get constant audio level.

low noise at low light or, if there was noise, not so hard to be cleaned with denoise software.

I like big sensors. I come from a full frame 35mm still photo background and big sensors delight me. But the GH2 won the game due to the amazing image quality.

At that time I was not worried about dynamic range or about slow motion resolution. 720p slow motion in GH2 was good enough.

I even got used to the lack of headphoes connector and accepted work looking at the audio metering on screen or use phones connected to the wireless receiver.

But suddenly the highlight clipping in GH2 and the no option to get good shadows at same time of good light area start to annoy me. The i.dynamic feature does not work with legacy lenses, it just works with native/electronic m43 lenses, and it does not solve the problem at all.

So I started to look around on internet to try to find the "magical camera" a GH2 with better dynamic range. But the answer was simple: it did not exist. But new models and hacks starts to show up.

The BMCC: 13 sftops DR, but it is not for me. no articulated lcd, maximum iso just 1600, difficult to do handheld shooting, not expensive for many people, but expensive for me, small sensor, large file sizes and expensive storage.

All other affordable cameras do not improve the DR enough to worth buy.

I even started drol about the VG900 due to the camcorder form factor and FF sensor, but the DR is not that great to handle highlights.

I know magic lantern HDR video was laying around since december 2011 but there was some issues I did not like. To work in 1080p it needs optical flow and it gives some annoying artifacts to the image movement. And working with 720p in Canon cameras was considered by me the "never option" due to low resolution, softness, aliasing, moire and so on.

The Magic Lantern HDR uses different iso in alternate frames to get two streams to merge in post. If you work with 720p 50p you get two 25p streams and you just need to do optical flow in the highlight stream to do merge, so the movements are good.

I did a research in reduser forum and people says you just need to interpret footage to change 25p to 23,976p, no need anything else, audio pitch correction is an option, but people say tv stations in europe do not do it. The ML allows to work with 48fps, but without audio, so 50fps is the way to go.

I become so hungry for DR I start new researches about the Canon cameras in 720p quality. I downloaded lots of videos from vimeo and review websites And I found it is not that bad. It is bad if you put it side by side with GH2, but if you look at it alone, to be honest: it is good enough!

Resolution is not everything, dynamic range start to become more important for me than resolution and there are some shoots impossible for any affordable camera to do, like a person inside a house against a opened window. The ML HDR can do it, and can do great! Vimeo have lots of videos showing this, just search magic lantern hdr. Also search for T3i 720p to download some videos to see the quality.

If you know how to work with the Canon 720p it can be good. tripod and shallow dof helps a lot, but do not feel tied to this. You can do handheld and architecture no problem. People who watch the videos will look at the main subject and will not be looking for image imperfections. The 50 inch LCD tv sets from 10 feet distance shows no significant difference between 1080p and 720p. We keep looking at our computer monitors so close and due to this we get hungry for resolution, but if you look at a 720p DLP or 3LCD projector in average distance the image will be amazing!

So after this conclusions I found the T3i 600D with HDR magic lantern is THE camera to go. Also Canon cameras have the Highlight Tone Priority function. It improves 1,3-1,7 fstops highlight over GH2 and there are some picture style profiles which allow even better DR in 1080p: Lightform, Cinema PS, Visioncolor / Visiontech, Marvel

The T3i 600D have all features: good codec and datarate, sdhc and sdxc cards, manual audio, articulated LCD, 6400 iso good enough to clean, aps size sensor, affordable price, image stabilization in kit lens, can use nikon lenses, good DR picture profiles to load into camera, highlight tone priority, 3,5mm mic jack, magic lantern is almost finishing the audio monitoring and agc disable for it, but canon original firmware allows manual audio control also. Also ML allows peaking, zebra, histogram, vectorscope, waveform, HDR video and lots of other features. It has manual exposure: iso, shutter and aperture, also there is a company developing a moire/aliasing filter to fit near the mirror which can clean the image imperfections. It is shipping for 7d and 5d and almost shipping for T3i.

So why will I keep myself a resolution slave? I like the Canon 720p quality to do better DR with ML HDR or with HTP and picture profiles. It is very cinematic in a projector. 115 inch screen from 10 to 12 feet is great for 720p.

Remember you do not need to agree with me. What is good for me can be bad for you. But if you want better DR for an affordable price think about it.

Official Canon G1 X topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:14:44 -0500

The PowerShot G1 X supports Full HD (1080p) movie capture instantly at 24fps, via a dedicated movie button. Taking advantage of the camera's large CMOS sensor, users can experience high quality movies, even in low light conditions, with the shallow depth of field associated with a larger sensor. Additionally, the 4x optical zoom can be used whilst filming, offering versatility, while stereo sound is also captured.

The bright, high-resolution, 920k dot LCD provides a sharp, detailed platform for image framing and review, while an optical viewfinder (OVF) with dioptre adjuster gives photographers the option to shoot according to their individual style. A newly-integrated manual pop-up flash provides the option to add additional light to a scene, and, using the hotshoe, external Canon Speedlite flashes can also be used.

HDR mode and ND filter

Sensor size - Four Thirds (18.7 x 14 mm) :-)
Effective pixels - 14.3 megapixels
Image ratio - 1:1, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9
Video - 1920 x 1080 (24 fps), 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
Weight (inc. batteries) - 390 g (0.86 lb / 13.76 oz)

Meterials and links:

Possible new 5d3/7d2/EOS C spotted

imdjay — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:01:27 -0500

Sebastian over at C5D found this link to someone who snapped some photos of two cameras that are possibly prototypes:

http://blog.apertureacademy.com/2012/01/canon-200-400mm-and-600mm-prototype.html

Magic Lantern on Canon 500d/ T1i

AlbertZ — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:06:17 -0400

Anyone has tested Magic Lantern on Canon 500d/ T1i? Many friends tell me that there's not a huge difference between 500d and 550d, except for high-iso performance (>6400, but for video, who cares?); while t2i was very popular , t1i (500d) was not used by videographers because of its lack of manual controls and only 20 fps mode; however, now using Magic Lantern you can get manual controls, 24/25 fsp, focus peaking, HDR.. I' ve noticed that these "old" cameras are very cheapy (you can get used t1i bodies for only 250 €, while canon t2i costs at least 450€ ;) anyone has tested Canon 500d video quality improvements with Magic Lantern?

Canon 5D Mark III vs. Panasonic GH2

Manu4Vendetta — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:39:39 -0400

The Lumix with Quantum X.

Canon 1D-C 4K cinema camera

ahbleza — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:09:40 -0400

The first short film that I have seen made with the Canon 1D-C

http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2012/04/the-next-gen-in-digital-film-capture-canons-4k-1dc/

Nikon D4, Canon 5dmk2, 5dmk3, Gh2, light sensitivity, latitude perceptual test

olegkalyan — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:50:42 -0400

compared them a bit on Time Square,

The GH2 battery died after two shots.. It was clear that it's not a winner in high iso competition.

Dynamic range test between GH2 and 7D

danyyyel — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:01:55 -0500

This is a test I have been thinking of doing for a certain time. I have not seen one test of the gh2 video DR and it has always intrigued me. If you see some of my post, you will see that I give a lot of importance to DR, because in my mind the hacked gh2 is already very very good in terms of sharpness and detail, the low light is also quite good and the missing element was DR.

Now comes the Philip Bloom shootout and at first sight, it seemed that the gh2 was not as good as the cameras bar the AF-100. But looking closely at the 1080p embedded images seemed not as bad/far from at least the other DSLR. For copyright reason I did not want to show the example I toyed with and it was not good files (highly compressed jpeg) and had so many variables that I did not know, that the result would be inconclusive (it is not his fault he was doing a skin tone test).

So it revived my interest and as I had the time now I tried to conduct the test between a 7d that I bought for video (I a Nikon pro photographer) and the hacked gh2. At least the 7d has been tested and about 11 stop in the Zacuto shootout. So yesterday night I shot these test in a… controlled environment. Unfortunately I am no zacuto with backlit charts etc. But I think it is a good scene, with some highlight, middle tone and shadows. The light on directed at the wall is for the roll off and the dark part is for the detail into the shadows.

The 7d is in focus :-) I have check with a photo, just for everybody to be clear. I have used a Marvel cine profile and the Technicolor for the 7D. I have a Quantum 2 hacked gh2 and a mts file capture, a 5dtorgb 1.8 gama dxnhd 175 capture and a prores HQ from the beta 5dtorgb one. They were all shot at 1/50 sec shutter (I have done a set from 1/30 to 1/200 but have used this one for now) and ISO 160. The field of view is a little different (tried to match them) and use the same lens.

As a disclaimer, this test is for sharing it is in by no way to answer or compare to the Philip Bloom one. I do it because it is important for me to know what I am using; I like to know the good and the bad of the tools that I use, the same principle that I used for my photo camera Knowing the limit will help me cope in the different situation I will have to shoot. For sure anybody can like or dislike these tests but for me it is important, once you get the answers you can move to the next production level.

G1 X and video quality

Voldemort — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:44:56 -0500

DIGIC 5 is the image processor that will be in the 5D Mk III on on the first glimpse we have of it in the Canon G1X it is terrible Go to Voldemort hideout...

Barely any better at video or downscaling to 1080p than DIGIC 4.

What is going on here? Is DIGIC 5 a completely different chip in the G1X to what it will be like in the 650D, 5D Mk III? Unlikely I think. Could it be due to a slow sensor in the G1X and line skipping? Unlikely again.

It all seems to point to crippling.

G3 and Canon 550d

G3550D — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:35:06 -0500

Hi, I own a canon 550d and a lumix g3 and edit footage in Sony Vegas Studio 11 (HD Platinum). Does anyone have any suggestions or tips on how to use footage from both cameras in the same project - for example the lumix is interlaced and the canon isn't. Many thanks Stan

Canon 1D X with AVC Intra frame video mode

Voldemort — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:27:48 -0400

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1110/11101810canoneos1dx.asp
Go to Voldemort hideout...
http://www.canonrumors.com/2011/10/canon-eos-1d-x-possible-press-release/

http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/technical/eos_1d_x_explained.do

File spanning, timecode, March 2012 release date.

Sensor:

New photodiode construction has resulted in an improved photoelectric conversion rate that gives increased light sensitivity.
Improved transistors inside the pixels are said to make SNR higher

The first time that gapless microlenses have been employed on a Canon full-frame sensor.

14fps speed is achieved by a 16-channel analog output with two-vertical-pixel simultaneous readout. The 16 outputs are muxed in 4 ADCs siting on a separate image processor chip Digic 5+.
It is around 1.4 times faster than the previous generation EOS-1D Mark IV and said to be a first for a 35mm full-frame digital sensor. At ISO 32,000 or higher the frame rate is reduced to 10fps.

And finally, the Canon 5d fires back against the GH.

brianluce — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:09:45 -0400

Playing field might not be level, but this is a potential game changer.
Sorry if someone already linked...
http://www.mosaicengineering.com/