5D Mark III Top and Bottom black bars disappear when recording MLV
Created originally on Bitbucket by zonapg3 (Geoff Fong)
I'm experiencing an issue where the top and bottom black bars disappear when I begin recording. If its not recording it appears there with all the camera information. Only goes away when recording begins for MLV. When I switch to h.264, it does not experience this problem.
I'm on the 5D123 04-27-15 build. I'm using lexar 1066 128gb cf cards.
The big issue here is that without those black bars at the top, I can't exactly tell where the top of the picture ends. I did not realize this after a few takes and now some of my shots where I framed the talent for the full lcd picture - the top of their heads are cut off. Is there any way possible to salvage this?
I've attached a photo of the live view before and after it records mlv.
I don't know if this is related to this issue, but during my shoot I started major issues with dropped frames. This generally began happening at around the 2 minute mark. So, I attached my read/write speed numbers.
Is there a setting that is affecting this? Please let me know any other information I can provide.
Thanks,
Geoff