30Mar Canon 5d mark III just showed, first test 64gb SDXC ALL-I recording
The UPS guy was kind enough to make me his first stop this morning and dropped off the Canon 5d mark III. I’ve only had about an hour to fiddle around with it, but man does it feel nice. Almost the same ergonomics as my Canon 7d body with only a few buttons moved around.
The question I’ve had since the announcement is, will my 64gb SDXC cards keep up with Canon’s new ALL-I 90Mbit codec? Well I just finished shooting 15 minutes of footage on the card above. No dropouts, no buffer warnings, in fact everything worked great. When two Lexar 32GB Professional 400x CF cards will set you back almost $200, the $75 price of Pretec 64GB SDXC cards start to look pretty good. Sure CF cards are more durable then SD cards, but if you’re willing to handle them with a little bit of care it’s nice to know that they can keep up with the new codec. Plus that gives you double the recording space and still saves you about $50.
I’ll be playing around with the 5d mark III all weekend and should have some video up by the beginning of next week. I’ll keep you posted on the testing along the way.
March 30th, 2012 at 10:53 am
Congratulations … I wish I had one, but will live vicariously thru u.
One thing that I havent seen is a good analysis of the audio quality…have the pres been upgraded? Do u still think we need a JL to provide boost, as we have relied on before.
To me, the headphone jack and on screen adjustable audio levels while recording is almost worth the entry price.
March 30th, 2012 at 11:16 am
Recording a youtube video for the DR-40 with it right now. Seem pretty clean, about to see if there is any problems with editing the new ALL-I codec. I’ll let you know how it sounds.