Zak Melms

I've had my 700 for about 2 weeks now and absolutely loving it. One question I'm trying to tackle is whether or not the 240 FPS recording is crippled in some way. I've had shots come back where it there is terrible fringing in highlight edges of high contrast scenes. I don't get the same effect on standard speed or even 60p footage. Any thoughts? Also anyone have a set of handles for handheld that they love? I haven't found that perfect set yet. I've played with Zacuto but think the connection to the rails is kinda funky and cost is rather prohibitive. I've been using Berkey Systems baseplates on my FS-100 for the last year and a prototype Berkey System baseplate on the FS-700 for the last 2 weeks and want to stick with that build quality and price point. Thanks!

Yep, it is very apparent that H.264 is a codec that was never meant to be post tweaked, at all. It is just a compact compression type that makes big beautiful images into tiny files for iPods/phones/digital tv/ and blu-ray discs.

I'm going to agree with Mike on this one, the codec sucks, I think the big difference that tests show will be in the latitude and noise in blacks. Those big fast primes were nice but it also brought up another issue - image stabilization - if you have canon IS lenses with the IS on it works while shooting video (a nice feature but I don't have any big canon IS lenses to test this on at the moment and see how much it actually helps. My 400mm russian glass (about 600mm with the crop) doesn't have this IS, so shots are only good on a tripod with hands off. I plan on a comparison test in the next week or so, both with Letus Ultimate & without.

Sorry about that. It has been re-compressed and uploaded, I turned the privacy off so it is public again. Thanks for the note.

I picked up a Canon T2i on Friday and shot with it over the weekend. I used the Marvels Cine picture profile with sharpening turned down a click. Impressions: This is an amazing little camera for the price, if you need something very robust and durable fork out the cash for the 7D or the 5D, if you need a backup for your 7D though here it is, same sensor (almost) and same video quality. "Crash cam"? - Yes. Live Focus - Not really, if its dark the iso boosts when you do a half shutter depress and it hunts in video mode. Stock Lens - only worth it if you don't have one HDMI Out - Not really. Until Magic Lantern or another computer guru does some more magic with firmware the hdmi out comes with all of the onscreen controls, the focus box, and still drops to sd when you hit record (the signal also drops out for a second then comes back at the beginning and end of recording) Color Temperature - Limited control here, you either dial it into a picture profile, or use the in camera presets, or white cards. Histogram - Kinda, shoot a clip, then review it with the display info on, it works but not pretty. So here is a link to what I shot Sunday, slightly cc'd for color and contrast. I'm re-compressing this tonight but it is a good example of how this handles a wide exposure range (snow to subject) and the camera jello - this was shot all hand held with the stock lens. http://vimeo.com/9847970