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Content Published October 8, 2014

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On our last day in Tonga we gambled it all and experimentally hacked the Canon 5D Mark II with Magic Lantern to be able to shot RAW footage (1728 x 972) this are some of the frames after being edited on Adobe Lightroom and NIK software, this are the results of the coming clips.

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