Hello
I'm new to the forum, however I reviewed periodically since 2 years ago, this is my first post. (sorry for my bad English)
I think the best launch of the Canon 5d4 camera is the Canon 5D3 camera, I mean, apparently there is a lot of expectation regarding the characteristics of 5d4, but as already seen, this should not compete on features with existing 1DC or 1DXii, therefore we 4k, but that new 420 and other characteristic.
Because I say that the best of this release is the 5D3, obviously we should expect a price drop and see how abounded in the used market, as people will want to quickly migrate to the latest model, as is the trend.
Currently the guys Magig Lantern, are working (as they always do) to try to reduce the weight of the video files on Raw, as this is their main limiting due to the ability of writing on compact flash cards. Projects to reduce the size of these files are:
MLV Lite http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=16650
12-bit (and 10-bit) RAW video http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=5601.0
While both papers are under development, there are already some progress and knowing how to work in this community, I am sure that in a short time, we will have these new features available to the community, thus decreasing the file sizes, we can work in higher resolutions, example: Raw Raw 12 bit or 10 bit 2.5k 4k (I'm just speculating), but I think we went over there. So I think that when this is done, we comparisons on RAw 5D3 5D4 vs 12 bit, and we can anticipate what will be the winner.
Another interesting project is the ML community MLVProducer, which allows direct editing of the raw files magic lantern: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=15271.0
Just I wanted to share these ramblings with this community.
Finally I think ESOHD and Magic Lantern, are very similar because they are focused on sharing knowledge about the equipment to serve cinematography and new uses we can give them, so do not get discouraged Andrew, because it effectively, Facebook, is eating content sites like this, but do not contribute anything to the creation of new knowledge, as this is achieved through the exchange and discussion, as is the case here and ML, I also believe that people like Mattias Burling, They contribute in this direction, making analysis such as the JVC LS300.
Long life to EOSHD
Greetings from Chile
Katrikura
