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Here's the F55 video. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0EYWE6A_p0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0EYWE6A_p0[/url]

I don't care so much about pricing since higher end cams are premiumed for rental companies.  from a world wide perspective quality name brands have a better resale value since underdog industries and their countries favor known brands.  I know this for a fact.  it will be harder to sell a BMC and its workflow protocol to used buyers wanted to jump into the game even two years later.  this is how you justify the investment.  the C100 might not be that great compared to higher end standards but for 3rd world countries stil rocking 4:3 televisions believe me there are indie investors that would buy a C100 even 2 years later which to your currency wouldn't hit hard.  this is the reality.  this is why codecs are so important.  not everybody can rock and roll with RAW or even DNG.  that's just a fact.  but when post NLE's license easy codecs for machines that don't need muscle, the cams in which you think don't cut will actually benefit you.  there are broadcast companies that do buy used high end cams down the road.  all this high end shit right now will still be valuable 3 years down the road.  the final output is what matters which should be toward TV.  all you indie kats thinking hight end for cinema output get real.

The sharp lens debate really becomes void once you project your footage on a larger screen - you need it to be as sharp as you can get once you project it at a decent size. I've had to go the other way with my 54, just too scared a small lens without support is going to break apart. If you're after smaller lenses then Takumars are the smallest i've found & sharp from wide open with my 54 - some say they give a modern look, but i don't think so.   If you're after Jupiter lenses, i've got a few you could try out before you take the plunge - i'm in Bristol so we could always meet up.   stu

SlashCam doing damage at EOSHD!  "all hells nawh!"

I guess we all assumed stuff. The OP was talking about a non-IS lens being usable even on a tripod. We respond supporting ourselves in personal experience, I believe. Then the thread starts drifting and we end up discussing whatever it is drove our attention away. For the last 20 posts I was thinking the OP wanted to shoot handheld with the 200mm! haha But to summarize, I'll add my list of 2 cents. 1. It's hard to discuss stuff when we don't share the same language, and I'm talking about mere technical terms (or not so technical). I assumed "handheld" was about literally holding a camera with your bare hands, no support whatsoever. IS does help, using a non-IS lens is jittery as hell. And that's talking about a 200mm on a full frame camera. 'Cause it becomes around 300 on a super35 sensor or an APS-C sensor. Then 400mm on a MFT sensor! So unless we agree on the camera, it's hard to say how bad or good it will look. There's definitely a "handheld look" as opposed to using a camera "handheld" or shooting with a "handycam". If I shoot with a shoulder support I wouldn't say I'm shooting handheld, but I'm definitely getting a handheld shot. So there's that, if it means anything to you. 2. I shot a documentary last monday with just my 28mm, 50mm and 135mm (and sadly, my 14-42mm kit) on my GH2. 50mm is as far as I'd go when shooting handheld (that is, using my bare hands). I like to think I've pretty steady hands. But 135mm (270mm on 35mm equivalent) is crappy footage altoghether, of course. But when I put on my shoulder rig, things start to look sweeter (although I really really miss IS). In other instances, some kind of support like a monopod or a tripod acting as one (of course, the ultimate weapon is a proper tripod, with which I've managed to get awesome pictures using EX Tele on the 135mm). I could put together a private popurri if you want to see those shots. 3. About IS not working handheld on a 200mm lens, markm... I used the HV series (HV20, 30 and 40) for a couple of years almost daily. I loved it, and still do. They all have image stabilization AND rolling shutter and shooting at their maximum 10x zoom was the equivalent to 430mm in 35mm terms. I'm not gonna say it was the best footage out there, but it was certainly useable. So I can say tele shots with IS do work. And of course, on the other hand, I would've never achieved them without it. Here's a promo video I made to sell my cam with many shots I made through the years, and there you can see many long tele shots (like the little Beagle's ass, the two Jehova Witnesses on the building, the road/plane shot which reads "CON MUCHO ZOOM...", the crowd shot of Fito Paez's scenario...) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmgWXuQLQgM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmgWXuQLQgM[/url]

            This is 1 of the best lights I've seen. For the price, the size, the output, and the fact, that it can be both camera mounted (ring light, around the lens), as well as used otherwise. Also, its extremely bright. And, for $199, its a Steal.    [url="http://www.fvlighting.com/store/lighting/led/r300.html?acc=c81e728d9d4c2f636f067f89cc14862c"]http://www.fvlighting.com/store/lighting/led/r300.html?acc=c81e728d9d4c2f636f067f89cc14862c[/url]     And, yes, its Very Dimmable (almost down to glow-worm/ firefly brightness)   :P

I used this position shake trick for most of my promos, just came to the conclusion on my lonesome, but it's good to share :) Subtler int he first one:   [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNGquFXmLOU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNGquFXmLOU[/url]   More extreme here:   [url="https://vimeo.com/48174944"]https://vimeo.com/48174944[/url]   I did it in After Effects using a wiggle expression on position. Set a frequency either at frame rate or below, and use no more than a pixel or so. It works great!

I use alot of Canon FD mount lenses by Canon and Sigma they are very sharp and good Pentax too some of the Takumar lanses are very good , The Asahi Pentax 50mm f1.7 is a very very sharp lens ! 

yes you can use many old 35mm camera lenses on the GH3 with an adaptor I use   Contax N Mount Milnolta M mount Canon FD mount Pentax K mount Contax Yashica mount Fujinon x mount ENG B4 Mount M42 mount Praktica B Mount Canon EF Mount   etc etc   all work on the GH3 in fully manual mode you set the f stop and focus yourself

She didn't deserve a harsh response and I take it back as I may have misunderstood her point. Just becoming extremely fed up with some of the comments on here. They are really misinformed. Have some of you guys been reading Planet5D or something!??