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I have a 128GB Lexar 1000x which is super fast but also over $650 per card.  The speed of the card allowed my 5D3/1Dx to maintain 3fps when the buffer was full.  Then I read about the Komputerbay cards on Amazon, which were $180 each.  Now I always think that you get what you pay for and at almost 1/3 the price of competing brands, there had to be a catch.

 

Reading the comments, there were some issues with DOA and corruption, but the price point was right so I ordered 2.  Testing the cards in my USB3 reader, it could read @ 150+MB/s and write around 85MB/s, which suited my needs.  Now with the 5D3 been made a RAW video camera, it turns out to be the bargain CF card for 1000x memory.  It can handle sustained 85MB/s writing for at least 1 minute of RAW video.  Which makes it an ideal budget card for the 5D3.  

I've only had them for about a month and the cards haven't failed or corrupted any files yet.  I do think that the reliability and/or QC won't be up to the league of Sandisk or Lexar, but for bang for buck, nothing can beat the Komputerbay CF cards right now.

Well, Canon held on to the last day of April to release the firmware to give it equal footing to the Nikon D800 camera, the ability to record clean HDMI 8 bit 422 uncompressed video. Here it is:
 
5D Mark III firmware

Oh and it works quite well!

<p>At NAB 2013, Convergent Design announced the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/dxp2mq7">Odyssey 7 and 7Q OLED monitor</a> with recording capability via SSD. &amp;amp. The 7Q is designed to work with Sony's Cinealta lines like the F55/F5 and the FS700 cameras, allowing recording of 4k RAW up to 60p with the F55. It can recordi 240fps 2k RAW for 45 minutes with the FS700, as well as 4k (not RAW). The specs were probably limited so that it doesn't compete with the much more expensive&nbsp;<a href="http://tinyurl.com/dxp2mq7">AXS-R5 recorder,</a> which can do 16bit RAW.<br />
The Odyssey 7Q really does free up a camera like the FS700, which is limited on its own to AVCHD and an 8 second buffer on the high speed function. Add to that the ability to rent a codec when needed, instead of buying it outright.<br />
It also works with other brands like the Canon C500 (4k up to 60fps in Canon RAW), and many other cameras that outputs via 3G-SDI. It is also a fully function monitor, so it has all the features like histograms, false color, peaking etc. So write into the manufacturers if you want a housing for this monitor/recorder, because if they don't think there's a market then they won't make a housing for it. It is due to ship in May.</p>

Fin Free Thailand has compiled a list (with compliance checks) called the Blue List, where Thai hotels/resorts have signed up to not serve shark fin in any of their restaurants.  For those who travel to Thailand, please support these hotels and tell them why:
 

Here is the present list:

 

Here are some pics for the new housing by Amphibico:

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Battery mount for Anton Bauer batteries

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Camera tray

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Right view

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Front view without port

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Rear view

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Right Amphibi-Grip

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Left Amphibi-Grip

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Right internal view

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Left internal view