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Now, however, the wizards over at Magic Lantern have figured out how to push the 5D Mark III way out of its own comfort zone.
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A recent firmware update gives it the ability the pass uncompressed video through its HDMI port, but many people believed that should’ve been baked in at release.


While the 5D Mark III shoots great footage, it didn’t quite change the world. When Canon unleashed the 5D Mark II on the world, it was a bit of a game changer, especially on the video shooting front.
