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How does 5D Mark 3 compare with Mark 4?
For the last five years, I’ve use my personal Mark 3 for video and have been happy with it. I work as a video producer at a nonprofit, and my employer offered to purchase an equivalent camera. But B&H said they don’t carry the Mark 3 anymore, and offered the Mark 4. I’d be grateful for any quick feedback on whether people are happy with the Mark 4 for video? How does it compare to the Mark 3? I’d also be interested in knowing if there is any significant learning curve with it? I assume it’s pretty similar but would be grateful for any feedback here.
Much appreciated, Neil
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Well the Mark III is a 1080p camera, unless you install MagicLantern then you can shoot actual RAW CinemaDNG. Also there is a version that shoots 4K cropped.
The Mark 4 is an excellent camera that shoots 4K cropped. So your lenses will have an increased apparent FOV. It’s a good camera. Also take a look at the BlackMagic Ursa Mini Pro 4.6K
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Much appreciated, Warren. It’s great that it shoots 4K. Do you happen to know roughly how much that increases the file sizes for the video? Twice as much?
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It shoots Motion JPEGs which is a bigger format than H.264, plus the frame size is 4096×2160 so probably 4x bigger.
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the biggest difference is:
mk3 can use “magic lantern”, mk4 cannot.
so no 2.5K RAW 14bit for the mk4, which is in my eyes not worth the upgrade.magic lantern makes the old mk3 such a valuable tool again.
the 4K from the mk4 is not that great, better tools for it.
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