Posts Tagged ‘resolution’

Oct
30
2013

Blonde Ambition : Magic Lantern RAW vs h.264 video for Canon EOS 5D Mark III

QUESTION: Is the resolution, color space and dynamic range of Magic Lantern's RAW video that much better than h.264? Judge for yourself. Here's a side by side test we did - a blonde with extremely fine, almost white hair in a black silk robe. [adrotate…
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Nov
15
2012

Blackmagic Cinema Camera vs the DSLR video world

Ok, Blackmagic Cinema Cameras are being delivered (although slowly due to sensor issues) and videos are appearing in around the planet - so what are the conclusions so far? Well, it depends on whom you talk to - I've seen "DSLR killer" phrases as well…
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Jan
1
2011

planet5D exclusive update on the 4k Canon Rebel T2i/550D software We’ve all been RickRoll’d

We've been investigating the firmware we reported on Thursday and have been granted this exclusive additional information. We've been given nothing to prove that this software is real yet, so we're posting this just as it was given to us - and we've been told…
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Oct
12
2010

SmallHD: understanding Canon HDSLR monitoring and using the full screen

SmallHD makes monitors for HDSLRs and they've just released a great article and video called "The TRUTH about Canon DSLR Output Signals" which you must read if you ever wanted to know about how the current Canon HDSLRs put out HDMI to a monitor. planet5D…
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Mar
11
2010

Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Focus - My Images Aren’t Sharp

Update: March 2010 This article has gotten a lot of use since it was first published on Jun 16, 2009 and I thought that it would be a good time to re-issue this. Especially in light of @fcwestfall's posting of this excellent article "This lens…
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