Hi Michael,
Others have asked about what cameras are being used and you mentioned the Canon 5D. These cameras record H.264 files which, as others have mentioned, should be transcoded to something else as soon as possible.
However for best results in grading, you want ProRes or DNxHD straight out of the camera, and the easiest way to do this is use an external drive such as the Atomos Ninja2 or Ninja Blade drives. http://www.atomos.com/discovery-what-cameras/ These have the advantage of taking uncompressed HDMI video and audio from the camera and converting it directly to DNxHD or ProRes and recording it as edit-ready files on a built-in SSD.
I will be grading and finishing a series being shot on Canon C-300s with Samurai Blade recorders, and that's another excellent combination to consider. (Samurai series have HD-SDI inputs, Ninja series have HDMI inputs).
Atomos are an Australian company and are based in the same suburb of Melbourne where Blackmagic Design started. Go Aussies!
Alan Ryan
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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