@CamDoz Thank you very much for your response. In 2 month I have birthday and will finally get a new camera. I geared up on lenses to cover more focal distance. This will definitely improve the quality of each individual shots.
Anyway, yeah I do some sharpening in post already, but I think finding the best balance is something I still need to learn, or colorgrading.
I always wondered what Magic Lantern does to your camera, how it can improve your workflow or image quality. But I heared it can trash your camera software? meaning a camera becomes unusable anymore? So I was kinda scared even trying this on my 1200D.
What benefits would bring that to a high end camera? (The one I want to get is actually the 5D Mark IV
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PS: Sry for late response, Im usually quite fast responding, but did crazy overtime last couple of days, because of the Squadron42 (Star Citizen) Trailer airing tonight.
HAHA, Squadron 42 eh? I'm a competitive dogfighter in Star Citizen and participate in tournaments lol! I'm in the org HHN.
Anyway, Magic Lantern will give a 5D Mark 3 the ability to record RAW video in 14 bit color (yes, 14 bit...a that's a ton, but that's what it does last I read). It looks amazing....the best stuff I have shot with my DSLR was Magic Lantern stuff, for certain. However, yes, it could potentially cause you problems. I have NEVER had an issue with my personal 5D mk3 that I put Magic Lantern on. However, I put it on a work camera for a test one day, and even after removing it, it seems to be freezing 1 out of 10 times that I turn it on. Whoops...oh well. Still works. Another thing to think of is that you need VERY fast cards, at least 1000x, to record that RAW video. Post processing is a bit of a bitch with that format too....and the files are enormous....It's a solution for creating cinema quality images, for very specific goals with a cheaper camera...not a solution for corporate field productions or a lot of practice....or even for paid work if you want things to be quick and reliable.
At the time, I didn't care at all about my 5D bricking....I used this build years ago for a ton of projects, and I was so at the end of my rope with my career that all I wanted to do was make some videos I was hired to make look as good as I possibly could, so that I could leverage it for more work. I didn't get more work from those lol, almost positively because I was stabbing in the dark for clients for over a year, BUT the work looked awesome lol, and many of those pieces are still on my site.
Magic Lantern doesn't make a firmware for the 5D Mark IV as far as I know. Maybe they will, but I wouldn't count on it. I also don't know a ton about the Mark IV, but I know it does 4k.
Here is how I would feel personally about the 5D Mark IV, and keep in mind, as far as any personal projects go I am only interested in creating work that is of the utmost cinematic quality....I'm not saying I do that a lot, or that I've accomplished anything amazing, it's a new philosophy of mine because I'm unsatisfied with what my work has gotten me.
But honestly I am no longer interested in needing to take nice pictures, I don't need a super fast workflow, I don't need to worry about drive space, and I don't need to favor convenience. I want shadows that don't clip, no noise, no goulash, and I want large format with variable frame rates. If you can afford to kit this camera out, I would get the Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6k camera, or the Pro version of that if you have another $1,000:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...inecamursam46k_ef_ursa_mini_4_6k_digital.html
You will have to get batteries, rails, cards, cables...probably will spend $7,000 total when you are done. But it's an awesome cinema camera. It's not a low light camera....you will see noise in your blacks if you don't have some light in there....but if you use your lighting the right way, the blacks and highlights are great, was very impressed by it for my last short film. When the lighting gets low, you will see a bit of grid pattern in your image....that's the price point though....we can't all afford Red Epics. It's specifically a cinema camera, IMO.
But, if that is all a bit too much, go for the 5D Mark IV brutha. Those would be my only two choices in their respective price points.