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New video - A cold and wet Christmas

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Downtofilm
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Hey M&A,

I got bored around the house today and decided to install the new Magic Lantern firmware.
I made a little video out of it, check it out!

Feedback is always appreciated!



Thanks
-Downtofilm
Dec 24 2011 7:59PM
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cwillygood
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well it was kinda shaky, dont know what kinda look you were going for
Dec 24 2011 9:13PM
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[~_~]
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Gorgeous colors; tones were spot on.

Was this the new HDR firmware?
Dec 24 2011 9:51PM
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[evan]
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I've been wondering what format this is on vimeo? its so weird but looks nice for cinematic stuff
Dec 24 2011 9:59PM
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[~_~]
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Vimeo automatically scales to whatever dimensions your video file is. This is a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, a.k.a "Cinemascope." My personal favorite.
Dec 24 2011 10:05PM
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[evan]
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At what point in the production process do you put it into that ratio? In camera/post/ or render?
Dec 24 2011 10:07PM
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.Max.
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I shoot with magic lantern crop marks, then edit the 16:9 footage and in compressor crop to 2.35:1.
Dec 24 2011 10:14PM
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Downtofilm
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Thanks Landis.

I did not use the HDR firmware, I did not know how to access it but now I do!
Dec 24 2011 10:20PM
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bakedpow
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Hows the stability of the new firmware? Thinking about downloading it.
Dec 24 2011 10:23PM
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1337
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i hear its their best update to date, fuck them for holding out the 5d's release. IT BETTER COME OUT TOMORROW OR IMA BE PISSED
Dec 24 2011 10:43PM
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Moosen
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really....idk what to say haha. Good song, and edit, should have color graded with the cinemascope ratio and less shaky shots (I know you were trying to go for that a bit) but like a smoother shake would be nice.
Dec 24 2011 10:51PM
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bakedpow
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Ohhhh chirstmas present for me! DL now.
Dec 24 2011 11:00PM
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Moosen
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I want to do the ML hack too but i dont have a sdhc card reader :(
Dec 24 2011 11:02PM
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bakedpow
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You can get them for like 8 bucks on b and h.
Dec 24 2011 11:07PM
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Moosen
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i know dis. too lazy though aha at least for now
Dec 24 2011 11:39PM
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the.cheat
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loving the new update. i can actually record videos at full bitrate without it stopping constantly. everything else is nice too.
Dec 25 2011 12:16AM
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canterbury
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cool little edit you shot there, i like the composition and aspect ratio! i really should put magic lantern on my t2i already
Dec 25 2011 12:47AM
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TheGreen
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What's the max bitrate you can go while still keeping stability? And what camera?
Dec 25 2011 2:08AM
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TaySwift
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wondering that too

Dec 25 2011 2:39AM
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eheath
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Is it even worth bumping up the bitrate of a low end codec? h.264 is made to be very compressed.
Dec 25 2011 3:19AM
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Downtofilm
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I bumped it up a little bit at 1.5. But that's all.
Dec 25 2011 3:33AM
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.Asain-Skiier
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where can I download this??
Dec 25 2011 12:14PM
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TaySwift
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ML site
Dec 25 2011 12:20PM
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blatt
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Which lens is that shot with?
Dec 25 2011 11:56PM
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the.cheat
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i meant in the last version i had to halve my bitrate so it wouldn't randomly stop recording with sandisk extreme cards, or any others for that matter. i meant now i can properly shoot at 1.0
Dec 26 2011 12:03AM
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bakedpow
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What card you using?
Dec 26 2011 12:14AM
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Sklar
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Any way to do this w/o compressor?
Dec 27 2011 1:15AM
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blatt
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There's a filter in FCP called widescreen, then you crop in export by changing dimensions (1920x816 I think).
Dec 27 2011 1:20AM
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eheath
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I don't know what you guys mean by 1.5 and 1.0 could you explain? ive never used ML before.
Dec 27 2011 2:15AM
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blatt
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1.0 = typical bitrate
1.5 = 1.5x the typical bitrate
Dec 27 2011 2:18AM
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eheath
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of course. im still curious if bumping up h264 really does anything
Dec 27 2011 2:34AM
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blatt
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From what I've read on dvxuser, it's best to not tamper with it. Higher bitrate doesn't necessarily mean better quality, it just means larger files.
Dec 27 2011 3:16AM
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eheath
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That's exactly what I was thinking, the h264 codec is a highly compressed codec. DVCPROHD for example is not a compressed codec and runs a much higher bitrate because of that, making it a "higher quality" codec. Curious to hear more about the HDR.
Dec 27 2011 3:20AM
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[~_~]
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File formats that contain a lot of data (p2) need a higher bitrate in order to operate smoothly. People by nature like being able to quantify things in the form of one convenient number (bitrate) rather than the numerous factors that are really at play, and people sometimes associate high bitrate with high quality. Thus, you see people boasting how high the bitrate is on their 5d when all it does is make the files bigger. Why? Because the h.264 codec doesn't contain any information that justifies the high bit rate. All you're doing is taking a thin, fragile codec and making it bigger. You're watering it down instead of adding more ingredients.
Dec 27 2011 3:27PM
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[~_~]
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Yes. Raising the bit rate won't add something that isn't there. However, lowering it will take away from what little you have.
Dec 27 2011 4:28PM
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MLeone
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I enjoyed that alot colors looked great. It just seemed pretty shakey and just alot of shallow dof
Dec 27 2011 7:55PM
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