Magic Lantern for the Canon 5D MIII, the Black Magic Cinema Camera and more!

Here is a blurb about the upcoming Magic Lantern hack for the 5D MIII.   That didn't take long and we now have some very cool things to look forward to.  We were also thrilled to learn from our friends at Abel Cine that there is already a Magic Lantern hack for our Canon 60D - we are looking into it and at first glance it looks pretty incredible.  The 60D left us with so little lacking we never even thought to see if there was a Magic Lantern Hack. 

Of course there are more options to consider since NAB with the announcement of some cool new cameras - and perhaps most intriguing is the Black Magic Cinema Camera.  Can shoot uncompressed, AVID DNX,  Pro Res or 12 bit raw(!), takes Canon Lenses, has SDI out(!), has a built in SSD recorder(!) and comes with $2,000.00 worth of software - Davinci Resolve 9.0 and the incredible Ultrascope - which works with any thunderbolt connected computer - all for 3000.00!  This video-only camera will shake things up on many levels.  We can hardly wait to get one.  How cool is this thing gonna look on our Steadicam?  And you know we are gonna say YEAH BABY!!!

We took a break from our NAB rundown and working at the plant to grab a little time lapse - it was such a beautiful day.  There were actually tons more clouds when we first went to set up and, in hindsight, we might try to frame the shot without trees next time but here is an HD clip down rezzed to 50 percent width and a little more squished vertically to make 1920 x 1080 - the GoPro2 shooting in 10 second increments at full res. Playback is at 12 fps.   The new youtube asked if we wanted them to make it "less shaky", we declined.  Yikes.

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