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Lightroom .. is a fantastic tool To deal with the 5D Mark 3 raw images ..  and  This is my results   http://vimeo.com/74459498

Looks like no ND = high shutter speed.

  How big is the percentage of people that actually realise a Canon 550D is basically the same as a 700D? I think it's very small.   That doesn't necessarily mean the economy is to blame, although it does make sense. People have less trust in the economy and that stops them from buying stuff, that's a fact.   Also market saturation could play a big role. Average Joe who buys a dslr isn't going to upgrade anytime soon. You could blame this on lack of innovation, maybe if things really got better people would be tempted to buy, but then again.. the economy really doesn't help. It's not just the camera manufacturers that notice this, even the shops around the corner do.   Thinking a 5D3 Mark III hack makes a big impact on sales is also naive... sorry. Yes, some people will buy it now because of it. The world isn't full of enthusiasts / indie filmmakers. On the grand scheme that really isn't going to make a big difference.   Not defending the manufacturers here, but we're talking mass market here. 8 million camera's. The percentage of nerds like us is just a small part of that.

I find that the aspect ratio fits narrative action better and gives the characters more room to move. I was reminded of this a little while ago, before I was even shooting with anamorphic lenses, when a client came in asking for interviews shot at 4:3 rather than the usual 16:9. I used to shoot 4:3 all the time, but it was weird going back and it was difficult to frame the subjects in a way that I felt good about. Now I feel the same way shooting in 16:9 during my day job rather than 2.35:1 or 2.55:1.   I think that for most people like myself who go through the trouble of shooting with anamorphic lenses, it's less about aspect ratio and more about aesthetic. There's simply nothing else that looks quite like it (well, Rich's FlareFactory lenses do come pretty darn close but I don't think of them as anamorphic; they are something else entirely). Not everyone will be able to tell the difference between spherical footage and anamorphic footage. But for me, once I was able to spot it, I was hooked.   Also, I certainly don't mind the ability to shoot at higher resolutions while taking up less card/disk space. 

One man's meat is another man's poison eh? ;) There's something for every taste in camera land!