Atomos is promoting a set of logarithmic profiles designed to extend the dynamic range of Canon’s popular DSLRs. The company is calling it an “HDR upgrade for Canon DSLRs,” as the increased dynamic range in these cameras also expands the ability to use them in conjunction with its HDR-ready Inferno and Flame recorders. Cinematographer James […]
Today we have left you in our section “The best of 709“two clips recorded with the Canon 5D Mark II and Mark III cameras. Canon’s popular DSLRs do not originally record in RAW, but their native format is H264 (.MOV), so to achieve this, Magic Lantern firmware was used during the recording of these clips. […]
To finish the week I have left you a link in the section of Downloads which contains several clips recorded with a Canon 5D Mark II. The 5D Mark II is the predecessor model to the Mark III, both of which are recognized DSRLs from Canon. The main differences between them are that the Mark […]
The Canon EOS 5D Mark III is one of the most popular and widely used DSLRs in the audiovisual world. It has a 22.3 megapixel Full Frame CMOS sensor and 1080p video recording capability. The codec used in camera is H.264, which provides a good result although it is not the most recommended for post-production […]
Surely more than once you have encountered a little problem shooting with a Canon 5D and editing in Avid Media Composer, and that this inconvenience is due to the lack of metadata. In many cases we may not be interested in keeping certain information, such as timecode, throughout the editing […]
As promised a few months ago, Canon has released the long-awaited firmware update for its 5D Mark III camera that enables clean video output over HDMI. Firmware 1.2.1 provides uncompressed video output, while simultaneously displaying on the built-in screen and recording to CF or SD cards internally. This […]
Schneider Optics, a manufacturer of lenses and filters, showed during NAB its new family of fixed lenses called Xenon FF-Primes. Designed for full-frame 4K sensors (4096 x 2304), they are capable of fully covering the 45mm usable on the Canon 5D Mark III and Nikon D800 cameras, for which they are intended. […]
A few days ago Canon announced a firmware update for the EOS 5D Mark III that offers support for HDMI output and autofocus (AF) improvements. The company has worked on its DSLR in response to requests from professionals working on film and television productions, improving the camera’s performance and usability. HDMI […]
