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This. Smart move by Nikon to leave the movie mode out. The amount of photographers crying with happiness over the lack of movie mode is astounding. The Canon photographers on the other side are crying a 1000 tears over the fact that Nikon does pay attention to the photographer, instead of Canon who only cares for the movie makers (yes... that's what they think, it's more like Canon doesn't really care about anyone or anything). This camera is bullshit anyway, yes, it has appeal.... ohhh the looks, ahhh the buttons! But what is wrong with the ergonomics of a D800? What is the point of selecting your shutter speed (limited to full stops) with a huge wheel, that you first have to unlock... Form over fuction.

This is a quick test I did at the locations where we're shooting a feature in 2 weeks. The Iscorama was a little off center, but it's ok for a first test. Natural lighting only. Quick grade.  https://vimeo.com/78537686  

wanted to share a short narrative scene i made with iscorama 36, tokina diopter, blackmagic pocket camera, and voigtlander 25mm f0.95.    https://vimeo.com/78510126   it's the rebadged 36, not the 1968, so i noticed the flares off the taxi's brake light was pretty subdued.  the voigtlander probably subdued it more.  and it was a weak brake light anyway.  and on top of that probably doesn't work to have flares in this particular scene anyway.   for some reason the bokeh i was getting on the CU's with the diopter honestly looked a little spherical to me.  any thoughts on that?   any other critique that could probably help me shoot better anamorphic? thanks erik  

I have been waiting for several years to buy the right camera. No one is making it yet. In the meantime, I rent. I have talked to manufacturers. They have tunnel vision. If one of them gets brave enough to do it, they could make the camera most of us have been waiting for, and find a "whole new market" (one we have been telling them about for some now): and sell a lot of cameras. I do not think Canon, Nikon, Fuji, will be the brave one to do it, nor do I think they care at all about articles like Andrew's. I appreciate the effort, Andrew. Write one to the companies who might actually care!

I don't understand this post. DSLRs are for photographers. They are made for stills and not video. It's just so happens that we have adopted it as a filmmaking tool. If you are a serious filmmaker, Canon want you to buy the Cinema EOS Line. Nikon aren't interested. Fuji, erm... No need to bother. Panasonic...they have plans and want you to buy into their M43 system. They get punters in with the GH line, to then offer video based models later. ;) So what if Nikon haven't bothered with a video feature in this camera, who cares? Technically, hobbyists don't need professional features. Professionals need professional features and therefore buy professional cameras. Blackmagic cameras are for pros and lack many pro features. Canon etc, I expect, don't care. It's very niche. I'm not sure why ML RAW comes into this in any way at all. The effect this has on the market is literally nothing. It's a hack. It's not a feature of the camera. ML RAW is a discovery, it's not a market leading feature. The annoying fact for most is that if you want a camera with better features, you need to get shooting and earn some money. If it's just a hobby, then why would the camera manufacturers screw their business models by giving top features to people who just want to point and shoot? It doesn't make any sense. There is a feeling that manufacturers (Canon especially) are not putting in the juice they could even into their pro cameras. This is true, and it happens because they are a business who want to make a profit. I don't think the camera companies are out of touch. This forum is out of touch. The camera companies believe they are catering for you, and as we are all buying their cameras, they are. ;)

While I personally love this camera, I like all the analog dials etc......at $3000 I won't be buying one....just too pricey for me. I don't mind them omitting video but I think more would "consider" it if it had! Nikon has (had) the perfect opportunity to include killer video in their DSLR's as they don't make video camcorders or pro video equipment and could have taken Panasonic's approach to killer video specs in their DSLR's, they've chosen not to......sad really as their name would have drawn many to them. Nikon has no "pro" market segment in their lineup to canabalize or jeopardize it's higher-end offerings, perfect opportunity to offer the best they could have and create a new user base of video enthusiasts. I'm surprised they don't see it like this.....I thought the bottom line was profits and I just don't see why they've chosen not to offer their best video specs on their DSLR cameras......lens sales would have spiked etc. The D5200 has really good video, they are capable of producing awesome video DSLR's.

Still shooters have been screaming for a still only cam for years — now they can pony up for one. : )

If the Alexa doesnt need 4k, nothing does.  Anything with a K after it is a Marketing gimmic.

2.5K is a kind of random resolution I think. It's not really a standard and is there any camera except for the BMCC that shoots 2.5K?The difference with 1080p is small... 4K has been around for a long time. A step in between wouldn't make much sense imo.

One is available now, the other could be months/years away   Unless you 100% feel the need for 4K and global shutter (at the expense of DR),  go buy the 2.5k and get shooting... Get the MFT mount and invest in a couple of nice primes.   I faced the same dilemma as you and opted for a 5DIII. Great camera, beautiful raw image and will keep it's value better for when I trade up to the next generation product

I import each clip, save a grade as a preset and apply it in the Adobe Camera Raw window.   In After Effects I drag the clips to the render queue. That's your batch process.   Then I have a preset for ProRes 4444 which is applied by default in the project to all the clips in the render queue.   Then I go and have a cup of tea :)

Lightroom .. is a fantastic tool To deal with the 5D Mark 3 raw images ..  and  This is my results   http://vimeo.com/74459498