In this chapter I’ll examine footage shot with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera compared to the footage of a camera costing thousands more, the Canon C100.1 In addition, I’ll take a look at what raw video looks like in the Canon 5D Mark III (using the Magic Lantern raw module) as compared to its native H.264 compression (8-bit vs. 14-bit raw). I’ll also include material from Marco Solorio as he walks us through some vivid comparisons between raw and compressed video in pointing out an increase in detail and sharpness to footage, as well as depicting how he recovers a blown-out shot through a window, and takes an outdoor day shot and turns it ...
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