Deal: Canon EOS 6D With Accessories – $1669

Top rated plus eBay seller getitdigital (>41000 ratings, 99.6% positive) has another concrete deal for you: get the amazing full-frame Canon EOS 6D (body only) with two 16GB memory cards, a card reader, a spare battery, a battery charger and a travel case for just . Free shipping, USA warranty, and limited supply as usual.

Canon EOS 6D core specs:

  • 20.2MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
    3.0″ Clear View High Resolution LCD
    DIGIC 5+ Image Processor
    Full HD 1080p with Manual Controls
    11-Point AF with Center Cross-Type Point
    63-Zone Dual Layer Metering Sensor
    Extended ISO Range of 50-102400
    Up to 4.5 Full Resolution FPS
    Built-In HDR and Multiple Exposure Modes

Simply Amazing: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Video Performance With Magic Lantern Hack

The latest hack for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III (B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA) by the skilled Magic Lantern team is going to change a few things. For those who still don’t know: the hack makes 14 bit RAW video output at 24fps feasible on the EOS 5D Mark III. The performance is amazing when compared to the 8-bit H.264 footage output (without the hack).

This ground-breaking Magic Lantern hack transforms the EOS 5D Mark III in a sophisticated, professional video equipment. For instance, check the low light performance with the Magic Lantern hack compared to H.265 (source: EOSHD)

Isn’t it impressing? But there is more to be happy about. Below you can see some videos made by Saad Rabia that show the difference. Have a look how the Magic Lantern hack increases the sharpness and details of the video. Sure, the Magic Lantern hack it is not yet fully mature, but this is just a matter of time. As nofilmschool puts it:

There are a few bugs to work out at the moment, especially since this is so early in the life of the hack. Right now there is no audio in-camera and clips are limited to 4GB (which is about a minute of footage), but the focus has been on actually getting it working and stable before moving on to the other issues. The 4GB limit is not actually even a hardware limitation, it’s just the way the code is at the moment, so we will definitely see longer clip lengths. For the best quality, 1000x speed cards are recommended […]


[via nofilmschool and EOSHD]

 

Canon Patent: 18-90mm f/3.5-5.6, 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6, 30mm f/2.8 Lenses

Canon Patent
Image courtesy: egami

Egami (translated) spotted a new Canon patent. Three lenses are covered by the patent: 18-90mm f/3.5-5.6, 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6, 30mm f/2.8. The patent appears to refer to lenses that are resistant to temperature variation, i.e. that have consistent performance regardless of temperature variations .

Canon Patent
Image courtesy: egami
  • Patent Publication No. 2013-88736
    • Publication date 2013.5.13
    • Filing date 2011.10.21
  • Example 1
    • Zoom ratio 7.02
    • Focal length f = 18.60 – 130.50mm
    • Fno 3.59 -. 5.88
    • Half angle ω = 36.29 – 5.98 °
    • Image height 13.66mm
    • 187.48mm – 138.01 overall length of the lens
    • BF 35.60 – 70.79mm
    • Effective diameter of 58.92mm front lens
    • 16 pieces of 12-group lens configuration
    • One piece of one aspherical surface
    • One UD glass
    • 6-group zoom positive and negative negative positive positive
    • Inner Focus (Group 4)
  • Example 2
    • Zoom ratio 4.73
    • Focal length f = 18.60 – 87.97mm
    • Fno 3.59 -. 5.88
    • Half angle ω = 36.29 – 8.83 °
    • Image height 13.66mm
    • 164.98mm – 125.04 overall length of the lens
    • BF 35.60 – 69.29mm
    • Effective diameter of 61.54mm front lens
    • 13 pieces of 9 lens configuration
    • One piece of one aspherical surface
    • 4-group zoom positive and negative positive positive
    • Inner Focus (the second group)
  • Example 3
    • Focal length f = 29.48mm
    • Fno. 2.92
    • Half angle ω = 24.86 °
    • Image height 13.66mm
    • The overall length of the lens 78.43mm
    • BF 35.40mm
    • Effective diameter of 22.43mm front lens
    • 10 pieces of 8 lens configuration
    • One piece of one aspherical surface
  • Resin lens
    • Vulnerable to temperature change
    • There are restrictions on the type of coating, ghost and flare cause of
  • Canon patent
    • The final lens group is arranged a resin lens having a concave surface facing the image side, and place the glass lens on the image side
    • Weaken the power of the resin lens, I reduce the performance variation due to temperature change
    • Incident light axial rays is arranged in a low position of the resin lens, to suppress the influence of the birefringence variation of the resin lens
    • Likely to occur in the concave surface of the resin lens ghost is avoided by optimization of the power of the air lens in the shape of the glass lens and resin lens, in the meantime

Everything You Want To Know About The EOS 5D Mark III Firmware Update And Atomos Ninja 2

This video from Stefan Czech tells you everything you want to know about the new Canon EOS 5D Mark III (price & specs) firmware update (1.2.1), HDMI, and the Atomos Ninja 2. More information can be found in the planet5d forum.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III price check: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

Timeline:

00:01:15 Feedback on Canon 5D Mark III

00:01:48 Introduction to Clean HDMI Out

00:02:05 Firmware (3 Focus)

00:02:16 Definition of Clean HDMI Out (Guidelines)

00:03:28 Introducing Atomos Ninja 2

00:03:59 Transmitting HDMI Signal and Timecode

00:04:30 Delivering Sound from HDMI Signal to External Recorder

00:06:05 What is Atomos Ninja 2? (How it records)

00:06:50 Two codecs of Ninja 2 and what works best for you

00:09:24 Storage explained

00:10:35 ProRes codec explained

00:11:46 Internal recording signal vs External recording signal

00:12:56 Ninja 2 as field monitor (Peaking)

00:13:50 Aperture Adjustment explained (Zebra)

00:14:38 False Color

00:15:00 Watch, edit and export recordings using Ninja 2

00:15:36 Difference between footage recorded on 4:2:0 and 4:2:2

00:16:40 Sample color enhancement

00:18:13 Menu selection and adjustments in 5D Mark III before attaching to HDMI device

00:20:15 Attaching Hard Drive to Ninja

00:21:02 Setting up Ninja 2 for the first time

00:25:32 How to record externally only on Ninja 2 (Magnification tricks)

00:27:49 Tips when recording longer footage using Ninja 2

00:28:49 Ports, Power source and Battery options of the Ninja 2

00:30:03 Using a wireless transmitter for the audio system (Audio recording explained)

00:31:20 Using Zacuto Pincher to secure camera

00:32:08 Using a Steadicam with the Ninja 2

00:34:22 Canon and Atomos working together to create Ninja

00:35:20 Product Price and content included with Ninja 2

00:36:56 Availability of Ninja 2 and special deal from Atomos

00:37:23 Hard Drive and HDMI Cable not included in the package

00:37:33 What HDMI cable to use

[via planet5d]

 

Deal: Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical Fisheye Lens – $229 ($40 off)

Adorama has a 48h deal Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical Fisheye Lens, in sale for $229 (click here) using coupon code S0511113. The deal expires May 16.

  • Ultra wide-angle 8mm fisheye lens with exaggerated perspective and approximately 180deg. angle of view, for dramatic effects
  • Ultra-wide 180deg. diagonal field-of-view for APS-C size image formats–will produce a rounded image that doesn’t cover the entire frame when used with compatible full frame digital cameras
  • Lens is constructed with hybrid aspherical lenses for outstanding, sharply defined images
  • Lens features super multi-layer coating to reduce flare and ghost images
  • Lens has a minimum focusing distance of 12″ (30.48 cm) for enhanced close-up shots
  • Lens includes a built-in petal-type lens hood

Deal: Canon EOS 6D with EF 24-105mm and Accessories – $2,385

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Another cool deal by eBay seller 6ave (99.5% positive ratings): The Canon EOS 6D with the EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS lens is on sale for [shoplink 12242 ebay]$2,384.99 (click here)[/shoplink]. Free shipping. There are bonus items too:

  • 32GB SDHC High Speed Memory Card
  • 2x – LP-E6 Replacement Lithium-Ion Battery
  • Compact AC/DC Charger for LP-E6 Battery
  • 77mm UV Filter
  • Deluxe Soft Large Camera and Video Case Bag