4K resolution will be 4096×2304 and records... 6 seconds. thats useful.... not.

longer times at 2K, 90secs. 

Data rates of 175mbytes/sec but requires fastest Class 10 cards you can find.

Will if be for real ? wait a couple of days and find out. Will if be useful ? that depends. 

Initially to be free, then $50US. We'll see. Maybe this will get Canon to get its  you know what in gear to deliver the goods finally in terms of fixing moire / aliasing, limited data rates, ect. 

These are their claims :

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• will be released on January 1st 2011 11:11pm EST
• First two releases will be free. Later releases will cost around 50 USD.
• 4K resolution will be 4096x2304
• 60p in 1080p mode possible
• LiveView doesn't work while recording
• 1080p with 175Mb/s Bitrate looks gorgeous
• Color-Space 4:2:2
• Moire and aliasing "fixed"
• 5D Mark II support will be released on January 11, 2011
• Recording time in 4K is only 6 seconds. Maybe 10 seconds in future release
• Writing 6 Seconds of 4K footage to card takes about 30 seconds.
• No playback in-camera
• 25p is NOT going to happen. Probably never.
• Heating was a problem until 6 days ago. But not anymore.
• Has built in limiter so you won't brick your camera
• Battery will be sucked up pretty fast.
• Will NOT record in 16:9 (coming in future release)
• Will be first released for T2i (550D) and will later come to 7D, 5D Mark II. No Word on 60D yet.
• Monthly updated planned on each months 1st
• "Rolling Shutter isn't much of an issue"
• No drop frames
• Youtube User Dod3032 will get the firmare one day early and will put up videos on youtube on 2011-01-01
• Sourcecode will also be released
• HDMI Out will still work
• Works only with fast Class10 cards
• Working cards are: Sandisk Extreme III class 10 8gb and above. Transcend class 10 16gb and above and Lexar Pro class 10 32gb.
• 7D Security is a pain in butt because of firmware counter. So no support yet.
• Not T1i (they don't have one)
• Development took about 2 month in total
• Special Website will be up soon

Odd week for a hot product ship, but hey, its out the door. Here is panasonic's press release. Lets see what the street price will be in a couple weeks once the fanboys pay full price snapping up all the first production units. Me, I'll wait at least until they've been in production a few months... at least. _____________ PANASONIC DELIVERS AG-AF100, THE AFFORDABLE LARGE IMAGER CINEMA CAMERA Advanced, Custom-Designed 4/3 Sensor Delivers Depth of Field and Field of View Similar to...

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Have a safe happy holiday season, especially next weekend as we all celebrate new years ! 

In other news.... RED shipped ONE EPIC camera this week... thats nice. The fanboys are in  a frenzy as usual. I guess as with Red One, they'll have a ramp up of production over the next few months. I was gonna post on it the day it was made public, but was far more concerned about the FCC internet rulings. Those rulings stand to effect how many of us actually make a living, rather then a tool we might buy to get a job done. The FCC rulings I think have largely been misunderstood by most main stream media reporting because they are really failing to report about the loopholes and vague areas that leave things open for the ISP's to do what they want. There is also of course the legal challenge of if the FCC has the authority to act as they have. On that point, its a finer issue : the FCC has been granted the authority to regulate RF transmissions, so that should cover wireless data / internet service. However they haven't been granted authority over WIRED Internet service, at least not explicitly.

Well that's it for this week! have a great weekend, take some time off, because I'm not getting that luxury. I have to work sunday !

Ok, so great news ! Magic Lantern has put out an early alpha build of  firmware for the 60D. Very very very cool considering I just sold my 550D yesterday :)

Main Page for 60D Firmware

More Details and links to the download

and for the brave, here is the 60D FirmWare and another file you need

I haven't tried it yet. I've been too busy finishing up a project, and working on my ultra vintage lens project

FCP Retransfer Tutorial from Piers Goodhew on Vimeo.

Many of you reading this are involved in creating online video, we probably all view it. Please go out monday and call or email the FCC in supporting REAL net neutrality, not the very non-neutral plan they are currently considering. The current plans are anything but neutral. This is especially true in the world of emerging wireless internet to smart phones. In fact wireless providers are trying to argue that wireless net isn't the same as wired net, and they should have the right to charge for usage of some sites and services such as YouTube, Facebook, Ebay, PayPal, ect. The only winners in the current plan are the cable co's and wireless providers in being able to try to charge more for current services, and block services they don't like - ie that complete with what they offer. 

Wired on Wireless Carrier Plans

A great piece, just watch.

Get it HERE What is new in it ? ------------- Firmware version 1.0.8 incorporates the following fixes. Fixes a phenomenon in which captured images may become overexposed when using the camera's built-in flash or an external Speedlite in combination with the lenses listed below:* a) EF300/4 L IS USM b) EF28-135/3.5-5.6 IS USM c) EF75-300/4-5.6 IS USM d) EF100-400/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Firmware version 1.0.8 is for cameras with Firmware Version 1.0.5. If the camera's firmware is already...

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I am working on a huge large AE project right now that is very CPU intense. After some research, I decided on a i7iMac. The price was right, 16gb of ram was cheap, it was fast, and the 27 2556X1440 screen is amazing. I could render on one machine while working on the other. This machine is slightly faster then my 8 core tower, the extra large screen made AE faster and easier to use so I was happy. Two days after I got it, it started just shutting down. No warning, just shut off like the power...

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100 year old ultra vintage lens on 60D from Steve Oakley on Vimeo.

Well I said there was a lot going on this week, didn't I ? Matrox has released new drivers for the MXO2 series products including compress HD. Whats new ? Premiere Pro CS5 support, VeturaCapture app, the Matrox Mpeg2 I Frame codecs for mac ! __________________________ Matrox Vetura Capture lets users quickly and easily capture QuickTime files using popular codecs installed on their editing systems. Users of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 can capture to the Matrox MPEG2 I-frame full raster (1920...

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• Quadro 5000M (Windows only), which is for mobile (i.e., laptop) computers
• Quadro 4000 for Mac OS (The Windows version was enabled by the Premiere Pro CS5 (5.0.2) update.)

After not much having gone on in a long time, Magic Lantern has just put out a new firmware update for the 5DmkIII. Click on the link to check it out. That said, your going to need faster CF cards to make this work. However, unlike some camera with bit rates that were too low, this update might not buy you much if anything. Try it and see, I'm not responsible for you trashing your camera. I don't have a 5D to try this on, so anyone out there feel free to do it and let me know ! I told you there were things coming this week :)

I finally got the main page of this site updated. If you scroll to the bottom you can now navigate to older posts ! Thank you Matthew B for getting it done.

I'm working on another lens review or two as well. I think there should be some other things in the works this week as well. Stay tuned :)

No delivered product, years late. Today RED posted about a revamped Scarlet being called the EPIC mini. Read it here with pic.

Me ? I'm yawning. Who cares how great your specs are if you can't deliver a product, almost regardless of price. Now they did show off a pic of what is supposed to be a working prototype. Its supposed to have better specs then the original RED, thats great. It'll probably be much better then shooting on a current model dslr. When can I buy one ? who knows... in which case it doesn't matter. Of course the fanboys generated 42+ pages on the RED forum in their frenzy. Skip the hype, ship the product, if you can.

Canon also put out a 7D firmware update V1.2.3. Get the update here No new features, but bug fixes which include : Fixes a phenomenon in which the settings of the Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2 revert to the default settings when both the camera and the ST-E2 are set to auto power off. Fixes a phenomenon in which the Macro Ring Lite (MR-14EX, MT24-EX) and slave flashes do not sync while shooting wirelessly. Firmware version 1.2.3 is for cameras with firmware up to Version 1.2.2. If the camera's...

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Canon quietly put out a firmware update today for the 550D / t2i.  it address image jumps when using picture optimization. I've personally seen this when doing rack focus with some manual lenses, so its worth doing.  Get the firmware update here

as always, follow the directions carefully ! no new features added, but a good fix.