He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like 'Secret Order of the Slice.' He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. The only other way to do it would be to go for Black Magic cameras or snag something from the Cinema EOS line–but that is out of reach for many cinematographers.Ĭhris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. But shortly after that, they pushed it to 15 stops. Shooting in RAW gives a cinema team a lot more versatility to create better video in the post-production phase on a budget. Then they found a way to record it, improved it, and then found a way to get it to 14 stops of dynamic range. Magic Lantern is incredibly important to videographers because the team discovered a RAW CineDNG video output on the camera around a year ago. The users state that this works, though there is also stipulation and mentioning that Canon may block downgrading. Planet5D states that this isn’t the first occurrence of Canon blocking Magic Lantern. The team had to make adjustments for firmware 1.2.3 when it hit.ĭeeper into the forum thread, users start to recommend that the person downgrade their firmware using EOS Utility. According to the Magic Lantern forums, the company blocks the initialization of Magic Lantern in firmware 1.3.3–which is very odd because according to the original poster, they can’t find any info on it. Magic Lantern: the hack that helped sell so many Canon 5D Mk III cameras to videographers, is supposedly being blocked in the company’s latest firmware.

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