I wouldn't have a BMCC with anything less than a 240GB SSD mag. The 120 was just too small (I had one of each). I can't imagine using this in production just on the 64GB card alone...would want 128GB at the very least, which is about $750 a piece (compared to $200 for the Sandisk Extreme 240GB SSD).
Magic Lantern enables 14-bit RAW CinemaDNG on 5D
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Samuel H
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^ $350 if you don't insist on Sandisk and can live with a Transcend card, $80 if you're willing to go no-brand (not me!)
Regarding the 4GB file limit, this one is different from the H.264 one. This time there's no need to write a header and footer to each file, and ML can control what it writes, and when. I think a continuous file spawn without lost frames is possible. We'll see.
Regarding the 4GB file limit, this one is different from the H.264 one. This time there's no need to write a header and footer to each file, and ML can control what it writes, and when. I think a continuous file spawn without lost frames is possible. We'll see.
Ryan Lightbourn
Well-known member
Are Transcends being used successfully with 1080p? I'm considering them...but hesitant until we know more!
squig
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pulpfiction007
Veteran
Yep, which is why it seems to be running COOLER!
Yeah, 1 minute at a time will make it run cooler...lol
squig
Veteran
The transcends are dropping some frames @ 1080p, the Lexars are rock solid.
6x 64Gb cards works for me for a whole day shooting narrative. I can think of a few productions that had to change media after 6 minutes recording.
Of course, just because one cannot feel circuits being overworked certainly does not mean that they are not. Even the tiniest component burning out could mean death for the entire machine.
Solder wear can be a pretty common problem, as in when the solder of a smaller component constantly overheats then cools, it becomes weaker.
It's never an issue until it's an issue. xD
Solder wear can be a pretty common problem, as in when the solder of a smaller component constantly overheats then cools, it becomes weaker.
It's never an issue until it's an issue. xD
Ryan Lightbourn
Well-known member
Thanks for all of the updates squig...you rock dude
bitcrusher
Well-known member
Never heard of that, there are cold joints but that is more of a manufacturing issue. Ever since we went to a ROHS standrad with modern electronics the melt point for solder is 211-215 °C, the CPU would stop working way before that. I am having a hard time believing that this would be an issue.
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Happens in XBoxes and PS3s all the time. But I'm not saying that it IS going to happen, my point is that there are several small components that can be affected within the chain, and until something fails (or does not after extensive use) you will not know.
squig
Veteran
Yep, which is why it seems to be running COOLER!
At EOSHD someone posted that a Canon engineer warned the camera cooling system was designed to cool H.264 spec not constant RAW. This is up to debate if it is true, or if the guy is real, or if Canon is trying to cover its tracks..but hey..nobody knows yet.
bitcrusher
Well-known member
There is no way that the PCB will get anywhere near that temp to harm the passive components and most active components can take the heat. The solder joints will be fine. The DIGIC would be the only thing that could possibly get fried and the camera would stop working way before you had a "Solder wear" issue.
A 5d is nothing like a gaming console and the "Solder wear" (its really called a cold joint) affects the CPU only in the senario that you outlined.
Thats not to say that there will not be any overheating issues with RAW recording on a canon and there is a chance of permanently damaging your DIGIC processor, Its just you are not going to wear out your components "within the chain"
I do electronic repair so I do have quite a bit of experience with this. The only thing that comes close to the issues that you are talking about are power amplifiers.
pulpfiction007
Veteran
At EOSHD someone posted that a Canon engineer warned the camera cooling system was designed to cool H.264 spec not constant RAW. This is up to debate if it is true, or if the guy is real, or if Canon is trying to cover its tracks..but hey..nobody knows yet.
Well, it is true...the camera was not designed as a raw camera. Whether or not it poses a problem is a separate thing altogether. But the 1DC has a reworked heat sink and it's not producing that much data. 100% right nobody knows, it's all just a matter of wait and see.
And if it does, the response will probably be, "Damn Canon! They sabotaged the 5DM3 to save their higher end EOS Cinema cameras!!!"
squig
Veteran
That post is bs (devs agree). The constant raw has always been running on the Canon firmware, it's a liveview feed, ML just tapped the feed and without H.264 encoding it should actually run cooler!
Seriously you guys sound like a bunch of old women.
Well, except for the exceptionally high date rates going out through the CF card slot.
Samir Patel
Active member
squig,
newbie question here. If I'm running the 12th of May build and I want to use the newest nightly build do I just copy only autoexec.bin or do I need to copy all files or erase original files and copy all files?
newbie question here. If I'm running the 12th of May build and I want to use the newest nightly build do I just copy only autoexec.bin or do I need to copy all files or erase original files and copy all files?
Ted Ramasola
Veteran
Just copy over what is in the nightly build folder over to your CF card. Copy/replace. Are you using mkII or mkIII ?