def happy to be reunited with my ridiculous rig, just so I can shoot again. Life happens and all that , and sometimes you fall off. But, I forgot how therapeutic it can be, as well as highly profitable...
But anyways, I have fucked around with Magic Lantern before when I was back living in the east coast and I had only gotten my redrockmicro studio-5Dmk3-zeiss ALL manual everything cinematic beauty. Now the 5dmk3 has been out for a little while.... and damn, I'm surprised how shockingly cheap as fuck the body is compared to when I bought it even just 2 years ago barely (?)
Now, don't get me wrong, its one of the most amazing feats in technology regarding capturing video that with careful skill and experience, and spent the investment on actual nice glass instead of being dumb and getting the shitty zoooooomer canon lens that will come with those kits - if you don't buy the body alone (which u should probably always do..)
Right almost forget why i made this post. Gotta go to work and I haven't posted on this site in sooo long, oh my godd. trying not to rant aimlessly. thats my word.
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ANYWAYS to my question/point:
Just curious to see WHO shoots RAW 4K w/ the same setup, or another full frame 35mm DSLR body rig?? If anyone??
I'm just really excited to switch to shooting entirely in RAW 4K now that I have all my shit together again, out here in CO. Always love checking out samples, since you still don't see much released from anyone - from this.
Understandable considering that if I could predict the future, I would of just waited and spent the difference to get a RED, 2 primes, the most basic.. Sadly, would not of been really THAT much cheaper , respectively.
I've done some tests before, just when the rumors first came out about M.L having that kind of magical-insane level of ability to override the Mk3's original firmware with everyones favorite Lantern.... but it was still beta, and it was just fucked up and super frustrating and not worth it at the time...
WHY have I never gotten around to shooting and working in 4K RAW ( which looks fucking mind-blowing incredible, absolutely comparable to RED shoots, and other 4K pro video camcorders from the few people who knew what they were doing when I got to check out test footy) IS because of storage.
And I know plenty of people will bitch and say its not worth it, just shoot 1080p , that it still looks incredible or can... and clients if you do any work, or w/e even just for yourself - everyone will still eat it up. Especially after proper manual color correction. eh its true.
But fuck that, if my camera rig can shoot at arguably essentially the same overall resolution and aesthetic quality , and in some rare cases actually better... than a pro studio 4K cam that is $20,000+ , I don't see why you would not....
I was gona say above the ONLY thing that I could see stopping most people from going 5Dmk3 practically dedicated 4K RAW is the fact that I'm guessing if you are like me, you are still going to be shooting on Compact Flash cards. Since that is the most feasible option...
However, 4K RAW on the 5DMk3 , shot at 23.967 frames a second (or 24fps exactly.. if u choose to use Lantern's override option thingy..) roughly comes out to taking up about 10GB PER SECOND..... with up to 12-14 per SECOND which I am confused about , but I will see shortly exactly how godamn fast it is indeed going to tear up my CF cards....
I am sure there is a dedicated SSD type of mountable drive setup u can rig to a full studio size rig like mine, so that I can not deal with this kind of disgustingly expensive price tag , just to be able to shoot still not enough to film even half way through your school play..
But for now, I had to take the hit, cashed some things in, and the only option was (TWO) 512GB Lexar professional 1066x UDMA 7 compact flash cards... which came out to $1800.00 ...
I know, fucking absurd.
To conclude, I'll post some test footage, not just a dumb 5 second shaky, skipping frames clip... but something that has a few shots at least.. either way, it's time now that 4K computer monitors and definitely 4K TVs are about to start replacing all the "old 1080p" LEDs faster than u think.
But yes, I really am curious to hear anyone else who knows (most likely) way more about RAW 4K video from their own hands on experience.
And as always, Magic Lantern is like having 2 Christmases in a row