Andrew Reid

Friendly advice - Please stop using YouTube and start using Vimeo for tests, as we cannot judge anything from compressed mush :)

50D version of the guide is in the works, but will be a couple of weeks off yet.

  This is why we write books :)   Enter magnified focus assist and record whilst it is activated. It is like switching sensor mode.

I have the Nikon > Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster now and have been testing it for a few days, so check back for a review next week. Lovely with the Samyang 85mm F1.4 on the GH3. The adapter also has a built in aperture control ring for Nikon G lenses which works very well, though would be nice to see a declicked version.

Modern video games bore me to tears, well 90% of them any way. Journey was good.

  I completely agree but those who are perfectly positioned to lobby Canon to do that won't do so. Canon listen daily to what their shooters are saying. If they are blogging things like raw is a massive pain in the ass and that it causes your camera to blow up, that's pretty dangerous in my view.

  Some pros are excited.   Actually it's a massive shame Philip Bloom and Vincent LaForet haven't done more to endorse Magic Lantern.   The point you are getting at - that their reasoning regarding which tool suits what work is not the point. I completely get that if you have access to a $12k 1D C, $15k C300 and $50k worth of cine lenses and need non-Alpha firmware with no workarounds, you're not going to be in a hurry to learn how to install Magic Lantern on a $500 camera, but this completely misses the point about the community they serve.   They have put their workhorse tool logic in front of the broader aspiring filmmaker community.   Also there's another tragedy here - both have the influence to give Canon positive feedback about the project, and neither have chosen to do so for fear of upsetting the reps.

I don't think Brosnan had it right either to be honest! Not enough imagination in the script or charm, they really are just bog standard action pictures. Casino Royale was the strongest of the current lot, as it at least had some glamour and a tightly woven Ian Fleming story. They should have had Tarantino directing it though. Martin Campbell was somewhat uninspired and safe.   I think it is the writing which separates classic Bond from new-age Bond. The modern era writing is soulless and the gender roles are becoming reversed. The Bond girls act more like heroes than Bond himself does. That is a complete 180 degree switch in the original Fleming formula.

Good idea on the GoPro. I think the creativity in coming up with workarounds is all part of the enjoyment of the hack.   There's definitely work that it doesn't suit (or 5D Mark III suits better), and live event filming is going to be challenging with raw, but to the complainers - nobody is forcing you to shoot with it.   Because of the anamorphic aspect ratios and sheer image quality, I have dropped both my FS100 and BMCC for the 5D3. I don't need XLR or HD-SDI. If I knock an audio cable out or bend the HDMI port, it's on my watch.

Not getting 80MB/s yet, about 10MB/s short. Does it matter how the card is formatted?

Seems quite a few forks of the 50D branch. Hope you guys can bring it all together soon as it may confuse people and you will get Newbie Question Hell :)

Thanks Andy. I had a different build (27th June) for the review. No 'Small Hacks' menu within Raw Video.   I will download it and give it a go.

Would you mind elaborating about 'small hacks'? The nofilmschool article is absolutely no help at all. I know about Alex's buffering strategy and don't need it cut and paste onto a page with ads for sliders! Andy600 your footage at 1080p is not continuous it is 6-10 seconds. Have yet to see anyone record continuous 1080p in crop mode on the 50D at 80MB/s but I would love to be proved wrong.

  The 70D doesn't have a fast enough card slot for decent raw video resolutions.

I'll tell ya exactly what was wrong with Skyfall. Supposably heroic Bond dies in the first 10 minutes and reveals constant human weaknesses throughout, whilst M and Q are truly awful characters.   M is boring and po-faced.   Q is irritating, geeky and smug.   I thought Skyfall was perfectly good as entertainment but not exceptional. The whole thing just lacked charm. I think they need to return to a less po faced era of Bond. Why so serious?   Let's see some more out-there characters and some wit in the set pieces.   In the past he'd drive a submarine car through the sea and arrive on a beach. Now it is all gritty reality. Zzz. Like Call of Duty.   Part of the joy of Bond is that he's not politically correct or gritty... He has a smooth sheen and charm. So a more edgy script wouldn't go a miss either. He's become like a bland corporate assassin rather than renegade.   One final rant - it is unfashionable to try to give a hero normal human weaknesses. Nolan has done that now. We're over it. It only worked in the original super hero comics because it allows the everyman to empathise with the hero, giving him the vulnerabilities of any young person. But it has gone too far with Bond / Batman and isn't escapism any more. What was exciting about Bond in Skyfall? He was kaput for most of it. Make him truly heroic. Having him 'die' within the first 10 minutes of Skyfall was ridiculous.

  Hmm. I have the latest build but my maximum is 65MB/s. I think you have to turn live view off for the 80MB/s or some other drastic compromise.

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Yeah like Andy says return it. Looked fine in the eBay pictures. I think it got shuck violently in transit and the dust is debris from dried up element glue. Either way, dust or debris such a shame as looks like an interesting lens.

  That's an interesting one. Very nice bokeh from the samples online. Yet to use a medium format lens with my anamorphics. What film did PTA use it on?

  There's a rare Pentax K mount 85mm F1.4 but it's pricey.   There's the older M42 Asahi Super-Takumar 85mm F1.9 but I have never tried it with anamorphic.   As it turns out I am looking for a compact 85mm prime for my anamorphic lenses too now I am using full frame so much. I can highly recommend the Jupiter 12 85mm F2.0 in M42 mount. I am considering also the Samyang 85mm F1.4 and the Super-Takumar.

I think it's the other way round with FD and Zeiss. I find FD warmer.

Pentax M looks similar to Vivitar 28mm F2.0   The Vivitar has character although obviously not the sheer performance of the PK 28 2.0   Try the Olympus 24mm F2.0 - that's a nice lens.

Like the Ikonoskop, I like the image from this camera. The sensor delivers superb colour. Global shutter and XLR for $2.5k aren't to be sniffed at either. Still some hurdles to go but it is an exciting camera.

If you have a problem with pricing I suggest to look how much it costs to buy the 1-stop faster, wider lenses. If they exist!   Good luck getting that 18mm F1.4 for your NEX.   (That's a 28mm F2.0 on Speed Booster)