Magic Lantern Dual ISO vs RAW Test Video (EOS 5D Mark III)

Yesterday I reported about the latest achievement of the Magic Lantern team: a hack that allows to obtain 14 stops of dynamic range (3 more than usual), using a a sampling method dubbed “Dual ISO”. Dual ISO means that half of the sensor lines are sampled at ISO 100, the other half at ISO 1600.

Michael Anthony (source: planet5d) produced a test video that compares RAW output and Magic Lantern Dual ISO output on a Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Description and setup after the break.

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Canon Direct Store Now Gives You a Year Long Warranty on Refurbished Gear (and 20% discount too)

Canon Direct Store

These are good news! The Canon Direct Store now gives a whole year warranty on refurbished Canon DSLRs and refurbished Canon lenses and SpeedLites. Before it was just 90 days. The duration of the warranty is clearly stated usually in the last line of the product description. Moreover, the refurbished DSLRs have a 20% discount on accessory gear.

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Canon Deal of the Day: EOS 5D Mark III Body Only $2,546 – Plus two EOS 6D Deals

Top Rated Plus eBay seller bigvalueinc (98.2% positive ratings) has Canon EOS 5D Mark III bodies on sale for just . Free shipping, limited stock at this price.

There are more deals, both for a Canon EOS 6D. Bigvalueinc has also an EOS 6D on sale for . Same conditions as above.

The EOS 6D is on sale for less and with some bonus accessories by eBay seller 6ave (99.5% positive ratings) for . The bonus items are: 2 replacement batteries, a compact charger, a case, and a no-name 32GB memory card (see picture after the break). Don’t know why they always include these pretty useless memory cards.

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Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS 1.4x Lens Sample Shots (lots of them, and the lens is available for rent)

Image above: screenshot from lenstip

Lenstip has 36 sample pictures shot with a Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS 1.4x (Amazon | Adorama | B&H) lens and a Canon EOS-1D X. Thanks Mark.

As much as this is a highly regarded lens, it is not inexpensive ($11,799).  Hence, someone might be interested to rent the EF 200-400mm f/4L IS 1.4x at Borrow Lenses (click here).

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