Samjack wrote:Not sure I would agree. If you are talking about the ML hack then no its not superior.
In some way yes because of the limitation of current CF card when paired with 5DMkIII and yes when you have 13 stop of DR but pure RAW video power concern with ML hack the 5DMkIII is moire free, FF or 135 is you may, better low light. I won't rule out ML perfecting DR in the near future to 14 stops.
Pretty sure someone will come up with a CF card interface with SSD in a not too distant future.
Like I said, in every way but one, and that's even when considering Magic Lantern. The one way I was referring to is the sensor size which is a pretty big advantage to have, but it is far from everything. The fact that it can record footage in a format which is better than h.264(with better bit depth no less) out of the box and can play it back is almost enough to make it a better video camera(I do not consider what ML allows, playback). Now, I'm not farmiliar with the limitations with regard to the CF card on the 5D with ML, but if it is along the same lines as the DSLRs that use SD cards, then the limitation is beyond the scope of what A1ex and 1% can accomplish with Magic Lantern as it is something that cannot be changed through a firmware update.
I will stand corrected in that the raw format that comes out of magic lantern hacked canon's is 14 bit while the raw footage that the PCC will evetually(and better) put out will only be 12 bit, so I guess that makes it two things. Though I'm not prepared to concede on any issue regarding features that we have no idea if it will ever be available as theoretical future releases of Magic Lantern are all just speculation.
That being said, with all of the different features considered, IMVHO for 90% of all practical uses, the BMPCC is a better video camera than the 5DIII for a third of the price.
Granted, this is all academic talk, as we will not know for sure just how well all of the BMPCC's features work in the field until enough of them get out into common usage.