Robbie, thanks for this post, should hopefully help a few people because there still seems to be a lot of confusion.
Anthony, thanks for the tip but I’m not entirely sure what he cineform codec has to do with this post… it’s a good codec but not really what I was asking about, or have I missed something?
Also, has anyone therefore found a way to prevent subsampling on any of the canon range? Im aware of the Magic Lantern firmware hacks, but they give you data rate control rather than anything else. Even the 5D MK2 is 4:2:0, which is a shame because I was going to get one with the intention of chroma keying work. I currently have a t2i (550d) which I love, but still not great for keying for this reason. (Yes I know about good lighting bla bla bla) 😀
Also people have mentioned someone called Syndicate? Where can I find them? I Googled it and found nothing…
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