Magic Lantern Raw Enabled Canon EOS 5D Mark IIIs Can Now Be Rented

Magic Lantern

If you still were skeptical about the Magic Lantern RAW hack, or were thinking it was not delivering cool and professional features, then think again. Lens Rentals is renting magic-lanternized Canon EOS 5D Mark III bodies. They write:

This camera’s firmware has been altered to shoot RAW video. It will still function normally otherwise, but we’re renting it as a RAW-hacked camera.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark III Magic Lantern RAW Hack Kit includes everything you’ll need to get started shooting RAW video with the Canon 5D III. Key features include:

  • RAW Hack Firmware (08/06/13)
  • Expanded Video Features: Magic Lantern gets you the most out of your camera by unlocking professional features like peaking / zebra filters, superb audio controls, and even a built-in intervalometer for making time lapses.

  • Requirements: Recording RAW video requires incredibly fast CompactFlash cards. Lexar 128GB 1000x cards are currently the only cards we carry fast enough for RAW recording. This kit includes one of the Lexar cards, but more can be rented here.

Magic Lantern Raw vs H264 on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Dave Dugdale of LearningDSLRVideo made the video above that shows where the differences between H264 output and Magic Lantern’s RAW are. A Canon EOS 5D Mark III (price & specs) was used. Dave says:

The real noticeable difference is when you really push and stretch the image, for instance here a shot with both somewhat similar settings and they both looks pretty good, but once you start to add saturation or really push the levels all over the place check out the banding above the mountains and look how the clouds are starting to fall apart image wise.

So you can push the image to make it look like the camera has more perceived dynamic range by stretching it, but even with raw you can only push it so far, but you can push more than the h.264. For me the new Black Magic Pocket Camera is very interesting because it appears with will have a nice wide dynamic range and it shoots raw or to a editing friendly codec like ProRes so can perhaps push the image even farther because of it’s actually larger dynamic range.

[via fstoppers]

Canon Deals of the Day: Refurbished EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, EOS 5D Mark III, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS, EOS 6D

Canon EF 24-105mm
Adorama on eBay (99.8% positive ratings) has refurbished Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lenses on sale for . Refurbished by Canon, 90 days warranty, free shipping. Compare at $699.

Top rated plus eBay seller getitdigital (>43000 ratings, 99.4% positive) has the Canon EOS 5D Mark III on sale for . USA model & warranty, free shipping. Compare at $3499. Same seller getitdigital has the Canon EO 6D for . Free shipping, USA model & warranty.

Great Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS deal: get the lens on Amazon for just $719.99 (click here), compare at $1149.

eBay seller Bigvalueinc (98.2% positive ratings) has the Canon EOS 6D on sale for . Free shipping.

eBay seller 6ave (99.5% positive ratings) has the EOS 6D for . The bonus items are: 2 replacement batteries, a compact charger, a case, and a pretty useless no-name 32GB memory card

Canon EOS 5D Mark III in Iceland (Video)

Beautiful video by Eric Hines shot in Iceland using a Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Eric writes:

Expedition Iceland is a collection of some of my favorite shots I did around Iceland during my 17 day, 4000 mile adventure around the country during the midnight sun in June 2013. This personal piece was shot entirely using the Canon 5D Mark III and only a few different Canon lenses.

I’ve always wanted to visit Iceland, and I had to take the opportunity when it came up. Sleeping in the passenger seat of a small SUV and living off mostly gas station food, it was all worth it. The country was absolutely stunning and I certainly hope to spend more time there again.

[via photographyblog]