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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

EOS 5DmkII users rejoice!

Woooooo hoooooooooo!!!!

About to DL and Install. I thought it wasn't ready until tomorrow. I guess we're going by Japanese time..
 
I just bought the AC power adapter and HDMI out cable. I think I'm going to shoot a real commercial job with two of these next week.
 
i just bought this baby.. it is awe-freggin-some.

i'm thinking of selling my red. and renting it whenever i've got a gig. and ive been busy with running the festival lately.
 
A. Bastaki said:
i just bought this baby.. it is awe-freggin-some.

i'm thinking of selling my red. and renting it whenever i've got a gig. and ive been busy with running the festival lately.
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I'm going to need some 1080 original clips from this camera and the new firmware to put up on my HD monitor and see what you guys are getting excited about. Everything that I have seen has been in web form (except one test that I was shown early on) and it has overall looked good except for a few the issues that have been talked about a lot. I have not seen anything that has sold me on wanting to sell my RED though. Maybe I'd get it as a run and gun cam, especially in low light but other than that it's still RED all the way.
 
Steve Sherrick said:
I'm going to need some 1080 original clips from this camera and the new firmware to put up on my HD monitor and see what you guys are getting excited about. Everything that I have seen has been in web form (except one test that I was shown early on) and it has overall looked good except for a few the issues that have been talked about a lot. I have not seen anything that has sold me on wanting to sell my RED though. Maybe I'd get it as a run and gun cam, especially in low light but other than that it's still RED all the way.
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I take it you haven't downloaded Tom's famous Timescapes clip? It's 1080p and mostly timelapse, but a few video clips as well, all from the 5dmk2. I put it up on my 42" 1080p LCD and my jaw hits the floor every time.
 
It's a price to performance ratio that made me want to buy. That and the fact that I needed a lightweight portable solution for this documentary I am undertaking.

Red has a better picture. But hell, for $3k, it's crazy to not get it as a good little portable B camera.. Now full manual control and rumors that we're getting 24p. This thing rocks the house.

I'll try to do a little comparison between the 5D and the Red this weekend since I have the Nikon mount on the Red right now.
 
Richard Darge said:
It's a price to performance ratio that made me want to buy. That and the fact that I needed a lightweight portable solution for this documentary I am undertaking.

Red has a better picture. But hell, for $3k, it's crazy to not get it as a good little portable B camera.. Now full manual control and rumors that we're getting 24p. This thing rocks the house.

I'll try to do a little comparison between the 5D and the Red this weekend since I have the Nikon mount on the Red right now.
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That's pretty much it.

I'm loving the Zeiss C/Y Combo as well.

Someone definitely give this guy some raw 1080 stuff to peep out. Something well lit. =D
 
Shawn Nelson said:
I take it you haven't downloaded Tom's famous Timescapes clip? It's 1080p and mostly timelapse, but a few video clips as well, all from the 5dmk2. I put it up on my 42" 1080p LCD and my jaw hits the floor every time.
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I have, and I love Tom's stuff.

What I'm asking for are the RAW files from the camera so I can throw them up on HD broadcast monitor and evaluate. That way I can separate what might be web encoding artifacts from the real stuff.

When I say I want to see what you guys are getting excited about, I mean this in a positive way. I want to see what the camera is generating, especially with this new firmware and people having manual control over their exposures. By evaluating the original files I can ascertain what projects I could potentially put this camera to use on. Worse case, I'll rent it for a day and shoot some stuff. If I can do corporate projects with this and get similar results to what I'm getting with RED, it would save me some setup time.

Thanks guys!
 
I'll see about getting you raw files Steve-o. My bandwidth is almost shot for this month though so i need an alternative to host.
 
Steve Sherrick said:
When I say I want to see what you guys are getting excited about, I mean this in a positive way. I want to see what the camera is generating, especially with this new firmware and people having manual control over their exposures. By evaluating the original files I can ascertain what projects I could potentially put this camera to use on. Worse case, I'll rent it for a day and shoot some stuff. If I can do corporate projects with this and get similar results to what I'm getting with RED, it would save me some setup time.

Thanks guys!
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Steve,
Not sure this is the best solution for corporate work. Its hard to focus, has no audio inputs, is not the best form factor and would look odd on a corporate video job. That being said its a great camera, and as a second unit camera, bts work or anytime you need to be covert its a great fit. What impresses me most is the low light capabilities of the camera. I use it mostly for still work and combined with a 50 f1.2 you can shoot in near darkness and get stunning results. I carry mine everywhere I go.
 
People keep talking about RAW files from this camera. Not to be an ass, but there are no RAW video files from this camera. I know that most reduser types know this, but a lot of people throw around the term RAW as if it is just the files straight from the camera regardless of the codec. As opposed to being RAW unprocessed data from the sensor. Just a pet peeve.
 
Paris Remillard said:
People keep talking about RAW files from this camera. Not to be an ass, but there are no RAW video files from this camera. I know that most reduser types know this, but a lot of people throw around the term RAW as if it is just the files straight from the camera regardless of the codec. As opposed to being RAW unprocessed data from the sensor. Just a pet peeve.
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Sorry that's my fault. I used the term to mean the files that came directly off the camera before editing/processing/web compression. So, let me rephrase. I am curious to see the original H264 files as captured by the camera before any processing or compression has been done to them. :)
 
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