No need to worry: 5D Mark III RAW hack takes what’s already there

Since the RAW hack for the 5D Mark III came out, there’s been a lot of speculation as to how Magic Lantern did manage to do it. Understandably, many people are hesitant to hack their 5D Mark III’s and use it with an alternative firmware that is not thoroughly tested yet. And Magic Lantern also recommends to be hesitant:

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KineRAW MINI – portable 2K RAW for $3000

After Kineraw recently started shipping their first 4K cinema camera they just presented their new Kineraw MINI here at NAB: A portable camera that delivers a very brilliant 2K RAW image from a 4K sensor. It costs $3000 and it will start shipping in a month.

Just when we thought NAB had not much more to offer than a lot of hype around 4K, we found ourselves spending over an hour at the booth of Chinese cinema camera maker KINERAW. Read on to understand why.

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Canon develops ultra-lowlight 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor

Canon just published a press release with a video showing off their latest development in sensor technology: An ultra lowlight sensitive HD sensor.

Check out the video above to see the sensor in a prototype housing. Too bad it’s only published in 640×360 and not HD as these images look very promising.

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First RED Dragon stills – jaw dropping @ 6K, 86fps

In a topic named “Double Dragon” Jarred Land from RED posted these two still grabs from a prototype RED Dragon sensor shooting camera.

Jarred Land wrote:
Dragon shot on Prototype Dragon 6K 2:1 @ 86FPS 180 Shutter.
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2000 ASA for the FPS. No dead pixel calibration yet. Shot on Canon 100mm Macro @ F11.

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