Shooting videos in RAW

KatyAdelson said:
I've been wanting to try this! I always shoot photographs in RAW, and it makes such a huge difference! I'm planning to take an online class about editing picture colors and shading to help make my photos stand out more. I think those kinds of skills could transfer over to video editing, especially with raw video footage. My problem would definitely be the size of the files... I have a 32 GB SD card, but I usually have to go through several takes before I get my act together and properly make a video.. >.> Constantly stopping to delete a take would get frustrating, but I would run out of space so quickly if I was recording in raw! =/
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If you have done post processing of raw photos you will have a lot of skills to transfer to video. A great benefit of RAW video is white balance, if you mess it up just like with RAW photos you can change it.
 
Michael said:
I will check it out and see how it goes then :D
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I'll give you a virtual cookie if you take some screenshots or make a video showing the difference and make a thread about it.:)

KatyAdelson said:
I've been wanting to try this! I always shoot photographs in RAW, and it makes such a huge difference! I'm planning to take an online class about editing picture colors and shading to help make my photos stand out more. I think those kinds of skills could transfer over to video editing, especially with raw video footage. My problem would definitely be the size of the files... I have a 32 GB SD card, but I usually have to go through several takes before I get my act together and properly make a video.. >.> Constantly stopping to delete a take would get frustrating, but I would run out of space so quickly if I was recording in raw! =/
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The way i see it is if you were looking to improve the quality of your videos, you could spend £400-£1000 on a new lens or £100-£300 on more SD cards. I know there are other things to consider but shooting in RAW seems like a better idea if you're on a budget.
 
Adam.W said:
The way i see it is if you were looking to improve the quality of your videos, you could spend £400-£1000 on a new lens or £100-£300 on more SD cards. I know there are other things to consider but shooting in RAW seems like a better idea if you're on a budget.
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That's a good point. I really do want to get a better lens, like an L lens.... They an arm and a leg, but I should probably save up for one... >.< I wonder what it would be like to use both -- have a great lens, and be able to adjust the colors in the raw footage. I think that could be really powerful. We would be able to make the world look so much more vibrant than it actually is.. : P
 
KatyAdelson said:
That's a good point. I really do want to get a better lens, like an L lens.... They an arm and a leg, but I should probably save up for one... >.< I wonder what it would be like to use both -- have a great lens, and be able to adjust the colors in the raw footage. I think that could be really powerful. We would be able to make the world look so much more vibrant than it actually is.. : P
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I found a video that shows that. The guy is using a Canon 5D Mark III so I'm sure he has a good lens. If you want to see the video, search on YT for
"Canon 5d Mark III Magic Lantern (Raw vs H.264) test 2"
 
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