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To keep it simple:

RAW is an unbaked cake – each pixel only has color information of one color – R, G or B.

A RAW converter reads RAW files and uses a debayering algorithm to create 3 colors per pixel.

Right now, NLEs need a baked cake to work with, so you have two routes:

1. RAW convert DNGs to another format like Cineform, TIFFs, etc.
2. Create proxies (JPEG image sequences will work great) and edit in CS6, then relink to original DNG files – and export to Speedgrade. Speedgrade will read CinemaDNG.

Either way, you could try a RAW converter like Lightroom or Raw Therapee to create TIFF image sequences of your data, e.g., but that’ll require a lot of hard disk space.

If you are going to work in DNxHD, then why shoot RAW? The BMCC can record directly to DNxHD 220.

The actual DR of the camera is yet to be tested by third parties. RAW will definitely hold more DR than a baked file, usually half a stop to one stop more. If you have total control over your lighting, then shooting RAW is more hassle than it is worth.

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All parts are now live. Thanks for reading!

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This post was written with the BMCC in mind but can be applied to the T3i as well: https://wolfcrow.com/blog/master-guide-to-rigging-a-blackmagic-design-cinema-camera-part-2/

For an all round lens, if you can afford it, I’ll highly recommend Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS

Otherwise, the Tamron mentioned in the article is good enough.

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Yes, you can use an SSD card reader – mac formatted, of course.

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Your hard drive system isn’t going to be the bottleneck, nor is your processor.

DNG files are easier to work with than AVCHD or H.264, and you shouldn’t face a major hit performance-wise.

I would upgrade the RAM to 8 GB though, since RAW processing requires as much RAM as you can throw at it.

Take a good look at Da Vinci’s hardware configuration guide. That should answer a lot of your questions.

If you need help rigging it, I’ve written a guide here.

Hope this helps.

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The data rate on the Canon 5D is about 44Mbps.

Anyway, you can convert 1000Mbps to proxies of lower bit rate – via Prores or whatever, and continue to work. Later, once the edit is locked, you can relink to original footage for final render.

Not everyone works with uncompressed footage in real time.

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You could resize in AE, or you could even try to do it in Photoshop.

Ideally one should try to keep the ‘best’ standard until the very last moment. In your case you’ll grade the footage in Resolve after the edit, and then render to a 2K master. From this master you make the ‘resized’ BD.

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Not all grey cards are the same. Most of them are 18% grey, a few are 13% grey, and modern DSLR cameras do not have an exposure range corresponding to either (something like 12% according to my calculations).

This might help: https://wolfcrow.com/blog/notes-by-dr-optoglass-color-bit-depth-middle-grey-and-white-balance-of-the-human-eye/

It’s no longer a fixed value.

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“It was the best work environment imaginable when I started several years ago, and continued to be until the last 6-12 months”

I have worked in many countries with people from all around the world, and the one thing I’ve learnt is that there isn’t such a thing as a perfect workplace, unless you make it so.

So your company has hit a rough patch. So what? You are perfectly entitled to look for better opportunities, but –

What if you can create the opportunities for yourself?

What if you could –
Find out why your organization is going south
Put together a plan to reverse this trend, no matter how bad the situation
Inspire some trustworthy and supportive friends to help you
Walk into your boss’s office – whoever is most likely to care – and present this plan
Is your boss the devil himself? Present your ideas in such a way that’ll make him/her look good
They’ll probably refuse or try to avoid you. Keep doing it until they say yes
Take charge, deal with the responsibility, and make the plan a reality

I’ve done the exact same thing more than once, and I have heard many ‘nays’, but they always ended in an ‘aye’. I’ve got a few bosses to agree to some crazy ideas. Isn’t this what sales people do every day – handle negativity, apathy and rejection?

Only if you’ve talked to everyone there is to talk to, and tried everything there is to be tried, are you allowed to throw in the towel.

Or you could find another job and hope the next organization will make you set for life. Nothing wrong with it at all. You just need to decide what suits you best.

Hope this helps.

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Take it easy, Alex – a PCie eSATA adapter card costs $10-$30. Anyway, the OP hasn’t responded yet.

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