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You bought a 6300 (and whatever crop Sony you had before) without IBIS and no decent APS-C lens selection anyways, and no DIS for whenever reason, except no moding/hacking scene at all, that we enjoy amazing evolution to an already very good system; One of the most important aspects (even the Sony representatives make this a huge deal) is the touch screen, that you had to buy 3 cameras (6000-6300-6500) to make it happen (a business partner here bought the a6000 with full price, the a6300 for 1500euros a month ago, and now he has to find a way to buy the a6500, on the same time, I have the same camera, that is a huge financial advancement), while it was always there on the NX1, so yes, we did enjoy our cameras more, for more continuous time and no overheating, ever, just saying (-a logic statement here).. It is also irrelevant and somehow futile to try to impose views on other people (another general statement, doesn't go to anyone specific). Everyone just has to enjoy whatever equipment has, and 25 years after my first (film) cameras, I have to say that we are living in exciting times and we are becoming a bit spoiled and soft!

If it finishes being like this with a decent tracking and without the distracting hunt I'm sold. I mean, I'm there already throwing money to the screen, but I must be doing something wrong; still no camera. I can't imagine how the people waiting for the GH5 feel!

Did a quick and dirty lens test for illustrational purposes. An interesting thing a fellow Bolex-Ana owner discovered is the slight green-cast. Something that is also visible in this test.

Is that ever going to work with a C100? Going from a Ronin-M to a Beholder DS1 is quite the stretch there... Although, I did see a Pilotfly H2 being set-up with a Sony FS5, so who knows. Not sure if you'd want to be walking around like that, though. Do you even lift bro? Dunno, for gimbal work, I'd probably stick to A7/GH-series or something. OR... if you must have that Canon swag, go get a Canon XC10/15.

Anecdotal, but when I picked up the RX10MK2 after about 8 years of shooting Canon & Blackmagic, the first thing my colleague said was "Sony, eh? Have fun with the menus". It's not just a Canon shooter thing, Sony's menus and ergonomics in general simply leave a lot to be desired.

Price, 5-Axis IS, and broadcast quality 4K codec. If none of those matter to you, then probably not. The C100ii has interchangeable lens options, DPAF, S35mm sensor, better audio interface, more built in ND support... I'm sure there's more, but that's all I got as I don't have a C100ii.

1. Yes - and they are useful. I use them basically as a sanity check that I'm not blowing out what I don't want to blow out when using the LCD. 2. Yes - although this is the opposite of how I shoot stills with the camera so I do need to constantly remind myself to do it. 3. Yes. 4. Err... not sure? There is a punch in magnification in LV and green dot (electronic rangefinder) when you are shooting stills. One thing that is worth saying here is that the lack of focus peaking on both cameras is a real bummer. I'd LOVE this. I use focus peaking on the BM Video Assist to mitigate. 5. What is continuous LiveView - you mean does it automatically shut off? The D7200 is a nice camera, not as nice as the D750 but still very good. I wouldn't buy it especially as a video camera but if like me you are a professional photographer who does a bit of video it is a really strong choice. If I get some of the projects I'm up for this Autumn I'll probably buy one. D750s is fairly soft.

No.

Agree. IMO, ELMOSCOPE-II has more value than KOWA B&H lens.

Well you shouldn't be changing shutter speed on the fly and personally I don't often want to change aperture while shooting as generally I leave it either wide open or at constant f5.6 depending on light and subject. A combination of ND filters and riding the ISO wheel in Manual mode is all you really need then. Of course the other option is to put it in shutter priority mode, set it to 180 degrees and leave it there. That puts ISO and aperture onto full auto which works well and exposure changes are smooth. You can use NDs to tweak how the AE behaves in bright light. It's a camera that's built to be used in auto mode, which is a bit scary to us geeks, but it works well as it's auto functions are prioritised for video not stills.

Too shady. I gave up...$900 is about what I'd get for my GH4 that I'd like to sell.

On the d750. 1. Yes, very. Zebra is pretty much all I ever use for exposure. 2. Yes. 3. ? Never used a d7200 4. ? 5. ?

That's a super cheap price on the Elmo, it's worth more than those other two imo.

Or just go with a couple friends.

That certainly sounds too good to be true... Tell him you'll meet him at his local police station's parking lot.

NO. if you can read french they said in the article light was so poor they were at 3200 ISO. Did not you read my post? So yes it is upscale but WAYYY better than the RX100IV.

Great work, I thought I'd have a quick look but watched it all. I like the Nan best the look/grade etc was really good. What lenses did you use and any other details !! (I actually just registered on the site to ask)

A C100 mk2 for US$1.5K?!? Damn that is a deal.

Ok, I get what you are saying. I'm not the greatest colourist in the world either so I like to nail WB when shooting rather than tweak in post. It's not that it is hard or anything but I find that especially with 8-bit footage when you are correcting WB in post the colour shifts subsequently limit the options you have later. Stuff breaks down or starts to look weird much faster. I find it much easier to dial in the correct WB at the time than sort it out later - this is especially true in low light / high ISOs. It gives you much more room to manuver / fix other errors. You average technique sounds ideal if you are running around journalistic style but anything where you are setting up the shot I'd try and select it then and there. Not sure if you can manually dial in WB with a D5500 (I've never used one) but you can probably create presets with a grey card. Maybe try that? Also, yes I meant that I find the standard and even neutral profiles to be honest a bit oversaturated and use flat to fix this. Very much a personal taste thing though. This conversation has made me want to got out and shoot today - excellent. Glad you like the Nikon camera - have fun!

The Gopro and Phantom 4 look better to my eyes too.

On the D750 I always shoot on flat setting with the sharpness set to 2. In Resolve it's surprisingly easy to grade for a 8bit file and even more when recorded in 8bit 4:2:2 with an external recorder. I shot this whole short except for the scenes at comic con with the D750 in Flat with a external recorder and film convert with resolve.

13:20 he uses a $20 shoulder mount that works.

around 1:18 in this video show the transition of AF.

Luca: Don't tease us man, are you declaring victory, progress, or extremely early prototyping code that's been tested with only a handful of lenses? In my own case I managed to get electronic control of the aperture on a Canon lens today, the 40mm. IS.... seems to want to run all the time the camera is receiving commands on my lenses (e.g. 28-135) that have it, even when the switch is off on the lens. Probably the lens passes the switch state to the camera but the camera makes the ultimate decision, is my guess so far. Progress has been slower than I hoped in part because i was too cheap to buy the logic analyzer.. hard to debug early stages here. My colleague is working on getting the nano to act as a logic analyzer, probably going to be faster than waiting for one to ship from China. Anyway, give us the gritty details! On a side note, this video is super cool:

You know what. I actually liked the Phantom when you'd just hook up a GoPro. * note how relatively ancient these video are... already an awesome job back then. I guess we just have the prizes, compact size and level of automization now, but for me the Mavic's image is a step back Not much wrong with the Phantom 4 either though, like in all previous non-Mavic Casey vlogs, or e.g.:

I like it very much. It’s sharper than the 20-35 f2.8 and has the same old fashion build of the 35-70 f3.5 The focus throw is around 90 degrees. Wish it had the 120+ degrees focus throw of the 35-70, alas. It weights 600 grams. It’s close to if not parfocal and doesn’t breath. For $ 200,- it’s a steal in my opinion. There is one for $ 109.- on ebay at the moment, the glass looks fine. The only disadvantage I can think of is that filters attach to the focus ring. But since I don’t use variable ND’s hardly a problem. As it wasn’t for this site I probably wouldn’t have bought it. http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/zoomsMF/2550mm.htm Reason I like those old lenses is that you can do simple maintenance yourself …and if you fuck up you buy a new one and keep the other for spar parts. btw. A nice trick to check if your zooms are near focal is to use a marble and make sure the sun creates a nice hotspot on it. Zoom in and focus on the hotspot and the zoom out. If the shape or intensity of the highlight changes it’s not parfocal. The 25-50 is spot on, the 20-35 not too much, and the 35-70 not at all. Before I discovered this phenomenon I thought all three were close to parfocal.

I'm still waiting for the NX1 IBIS hack, or a fast prime wider than 85mm, or a parfocal cine zoom with stepless iris and no focus shift... Your trolling is still sad.

Some frame grabs from a recent shoot with the Rectilux CoreDNA, Schneider ES Cinelux, Contax Zeiss, & Ursa Mini 4.6K. More frame grabs here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/seekingheartwood/albums/72157673728625850/with/29553327104/

Well the internet says the a6300 overheats after just a few minutes, WTF is up here? Sarcasm. I have 1.10 and my a6300 hasn't overheated yet. I live in Florida, its hot as hell here, I even shot a wedding in Tucson AZ, where its even hotter. Zero overheating. But I didn't have any issues with the a7rII either, I shut my camera off between just about every take to preserve batteries. That's always worked for me, even with the a5100 and the Nex7 which overheated more than any E-mount body I've owned. Why do you find amusement with someone potentially having problems with their gear? That's the sad trolling part. So sad.

I just picked up a pocket, am selling my micro and you ain't kidding, the menus are so simple and straightforward. I just don't know why it's such a big deal that somebody wants a C100ii instead of an FS5? It really just comes down to personal taste. I have no interest in rigging cameras, so I bought a pocket to replace my micro. To a lot of others, the micro is the obvious choice of the two. I like the easily accessible Canon colors and menus more so than the Sony variety, it doesn't mean Sony is bad, just different tastes.

To be expected, really. It's just an a6300 with extra heat inducing features.

Amazed how many times I see the words "x camera beats this".... When no proper footage is out. Is it just me that puts image quality at the top of my wish list?