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If the budget is only $5000 i'd recommend this kit. Canon C100 MK1 - $2499 Sigma 70 - 200mm f/2.8 - $1299 Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 - $799 Rode Videomic Pro - $229 SanDisk 128 GB Extreme Pro - $66 Total: $4892

Was this posted before? A good example of how 10 bit is more cc friendly

People don't shoot movies full frame, well very few its not the norm , super 35 /apsc is standard all those loveley cinema lenses won't work full frame , plus I really don't like the full frame look on movies , I'm used to guaging all my focal lengths relative to super 35 . So this new camera in apsc is a bonus !

I love my two NX1 (and NX500) and it works perfect. NX1 is two years old, but it has best hardware under 2000$ until now. If there's NX2 or high sensitivity version of NX1, it would be best filming camera. President of Samsung Kun-hee Lee thinks camera business is very important. Even though it did not make money. But he is unconscious. And he's son vice-chairman Jae-yong Lee thinks camera is just a toy. He sells everything for inherit.

Do you mean the BMCC and Pocket, or is this the case even with the URSA cameras? That would be short-sighted of the rental companies, but also a sign of how Canon and Sony have that market really tightly sown up between them. Even Panasonic have trouble with the Varicam at rental vs those two. I think it's a market which is too slow to change... a creature of habit. "C300 works so why change" This is why I wanted Blackmagic to stick to the BMCC and Pocket concept - affordable cinema cameras for the masses to buy in a shop. Instead they seem to think the pro and rental market is for them. Perhaps the consumer market for the Pocket was just too fickle, at the other extreme of the spectrum and the margins weren't high enough? Personally I think there is a HUGE pent up demand for RAW video and ProRes in a mirrorless camera. If Blackmagic put out a GH5 rival shooting RAW (DJI have proved it's possible already), they'd sell a boat load of $2000 cameras to almost everyone from beginners to pros. That would play well into the ecosystem they are building around Resolve too. Instead, I am just not that hot for the $6k URSA, however nice it may be.

Very tempted by the Sony FS700 myself! Those are impressively low prices it is dropping down to. I think for the low budget feature (features?) I'm shooting this year I'll advocate getting the FS700 for A cam, my F3 for B cam, & a6500 for small action / gimbal shots.

The two cinema zooms are on their roadmap in X mount for later in the year and it would be a bit of a stretch to think they see them being mounted to XT-2s so a cinema camera would make sense. If it is a more pro version of the XT-2 primarily for still shooters then they've still got some way to go to break Nikon and Canon's hold certainly in my area of shooting sport. I've been doing field testing of the XT-2 this week at the World Snowboard And Freestyle Skiing Championships and at a La Liga football match shooting for live agency distribution alongside my Nikon kit and its just not there yet. The image quality is good enough (at 6400 in the football stadium it surprised me with how clean it was) but the handling just isn't up to it. I got used to the EVF blanking but it never gave me much confidence that my timing was right. And it generally wasn't so the ratio of Nikon to Fuji shots that made it from the memory card to the newswire was about 20:1. For the football match it was even less as it inspired such little confidence that it was swapped out for another Nikon at half time. Battery life (especially covering the winter sports) was poor and all of this is also turning a blind eye to the lack of long primes. Which all adds up to me being the only one out of 60 odd photographers at both events mad enough to be trying mirrorless out! It has its place though because not everything is shot on a 400mm 2.8 so I'll be persevering with it again for the closing weekend of the championships. The roadmap shows that longer primes are coming late next year so, again, that would give more credence to this new one being cinema oriented. http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/xf_lens/roadmap/

For me super 35 sensor/apsc at about f2 looks cinematic , the dof is usable yet still shallow enough to have a filmic look , beyond f2 the dof is insanely narrow , at 1.4 pulling focus on a moving person is insane , now go to full frame at say 1.4 its totally unreal look wise micro thin dof and unusable for me . thats just my opinion , there have been movies shot on fullframe canon 5ds like Act of Valor and they were down at 5.6 to try get a usable dof approximating super 35 ....and at 5.6 you are not in the sweet spot of the lens at all for me , I like to shoot fully wide open or one stop down , in that range you can make lenses do magical things ....at 5.6 you can't they loose all the character!!

Seems odd, but I guess the full frame market is seen as quite conservative, and getting pro Canon and Nikon shooters to shift to mirror-less is a big challenge, especially now that Sony has such a developed mirrorless full frame operation. A whole new lens system, just to catch up with Sony?

Blackmagic for the win. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1275888-REG/360rize_360helios_678_6_7_8_camera_360_video_rig.html

" there been words that Samsung is once again putting focus on their mirrorless cameras." Thanks for your answer SMGJohn. I understand that it is not a fact, but I would like to know if you could give your source for the "words". If its a rumor I am still interested in the source of the rumor is all. "I am just repeating what I have heard" - so I am just asking : where have you heard ? Thanks !

Who says it's a business? It's about highlighting the truth and putting good info out there. If a consensus builds and wrong information is accepted as true, like with the regularly bad tests Cinema5D put out ("A7S 14.1 stops dynamic range" - in 8bit codec!!) then it's worth correcting. No you can't be the internet police as there's too much crap out there... But you can at least do something about the murder on your doorstep. Himm bit cynical that. I bought the GH1 in a heartbeat after seeing Bloom's early Hawaii footage I'm not an idiot and back then I wasn't rich If you read multiple sources you will end up with the sum average of a big PR effort to sell you the camera. That's the way it is. Well done camera press. It's not quite as life or death as that. Ever heard of Amazon? If you don't like it you just send it back.

Nope. Samsung removes camera department. The department was integrated into the cell phone division. Camera business needs patience for years or decades to come. But Samsung think it is a worthless business if they do not make profit right away. samsung can only wait just a few months.

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The only difference is the pass through hdmi for the F7.

I understand they are surpassed by other cameras with 4k etc but the Af is still better than most in terms of tracking during video mode, m43 certainly can't keep up. I know the difference between a dslr and a csc I've used both types for many years alongside for stills and some video, I asked if the canon DP system can keep up with the Sony during video tracking from those that have used both. I don't really need to do homework with regards other cameras as I've narrowed the choice down already and what should I clear out?

I was wrong. I was a fool. I bought a Ursa Mini 4.6k EF mount. A week before the Ursa Mini Pro came out. Opps. But, still, this camera is incredible. I was an idiot for criticizing them. And now with the pro, they have delivered an ideal camera - capable of Raw or log for only $6000. That looks like an alexa. That is built well. That is small. That seems to not overheat. A really amazing camera. Blackmagic has done what Red had dreamed of.

I have seen a perfect condition FS700 + O7Q with SSDs for £3000 which is a pretty solid price in the UK. Didn't take long till someone took that, but no tears, it can only go cheaper now.. *evil laugh*..

Yeah I have seen the 4k ones going for 2500 bucks, maybe a bit less. Other than the BM Usra Mini, really the only 4k options in town in that price range. The FS700 has slo mo out the butt and low light ability to boot. It is a awkward turd to use, but for tripod work that is not a big deal. That is where the BM Ursa Mini would be a lot better for run n gun stuff. It is pretty amazing how few 4k pro type cameras there are to pick from used under 5k. And that is way out of most peoples range on here. Canon C500, Sony FS5 is 5k price wise but damn, that is big money unless you are making big money with it. I guess there is the JVC LS300 camera, seems not too bad, but not pro built that is for sure. But they are 2600 bucks new now on B&H. That is getting pretty cheap.

GH5 Manual is online:https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/dscoi/DC-GH5/EG_EC_EF_EB/DC-GH5_DVQP1121ZA_eng.pdf

PAS SiNGLE based on 35 NAP-2-4 + canon 5dm2 + samyang 85mm on T1.5 aperture. For comparison, the sharpness test on the T4 aperture + Backstage)

Also have an Omni and Gear 360 here. Is your client looking to deliver the video on headset, or on YouTube/Facebook? With online, you can definitely get away with a cheaper buy. With headset, even an Omni will look pixely. The 360 will look like mush. We haven't yet figured out a solution to be able to easily monitor 6 GoPros on set. We have them hooked up to an HDMI switcher to a wireless output which works OK but the feed is killed when recording which makes professional work a real guess. The 360 has a big benefit of being able to monitor in real time on the phone with no ridiculous rig and even stitch relatively quickly and pop in a Gear VR to see how it looks. They do http://shop.gopro.com/virtualreality/power-adapter-for-omni/MAEPA-001.html

This would sell like hot cakes. Look at all the hype around the GH5 and all the people who hype it... most are video shooters, not many still shooters and most are touting 10bit and better colour space as the main reasons to buy. If they were given a good BM $2000 option that shot raw/prores and blew the GH5 away I have no doubt at least half would buy it instead. Thus I think there's a bigger market there than people give credit to. I mean Pana wouldn't put so much time and effort into GH5 if there was no market.

Yep, that's what it is.

Yeah, the name plate wont come on anymore. I use a big heavy duty aluminum clamp that fits around the "nose" of the isco, custom made.

Took me a year, but there it is:

I see what you mean regarding a GH5-type camera and that would be awesome. Maybe this is still in the cards for them in the near future, but I can also see why they are doing what they are. Problems as a new camera company aside, the image out of the Ursa Mini is amazing for that price. I can see why anyone would be excited by this cam and the possibilities with their tech that only they know at this point. I'm hoping they have the predicted success with their pro model and maybe we'll see these other cams like a new pocket sooner.

Hey Jon, For non-looping tracks, what I'd suggest you do is choose 2 tracks and cross fade from one to the other. For looping tracks, simply put them end to end, but make sure there is no gap between them. I hope that helps. Feel free to email me anytime if you need more help. :-) In the meantime... I just opened a new sound effects page: http://soundimage.org/sfx-household/ Also, if anyone is into game development (or knows someone who is) I've also opened a chiptunes page and uploaded a bunch of tracks to get it started. http://soundimage.org/chiptunes/ Have a great week!

Some people will maintain certain views no matter what and no amount of logic, reasoning, or real-world evidence will change their minds. Perhaps it's marketing, politics, drama, negative attention, ego, who knows? The best you can do is put information out there that everyone can use to find the truth for themselves and move on to the next puzzle. In the thread below folks argued with the inventor of the Speedbooster, one of the top lens designers in the world. As a cognitive scientist I wonder how these folks would argue in person with everyone physically present vs. the isolation and extreme dissociation created by the internet: When the GH5 is released you'll have your opportunity to refute Cinema5D with your own tests and evidence, and if you provide instructions for doing a proper test, your readers can replicate your tests and decide for themselves.

It was a shame. They were on the way to a very nice market share They just didn't see it. And they probably saw the camera market shrinking due to their own cell phones and thought - WHY are we in a shrinking market AND why are we cannibalising our own camera-phones at the same time? Just doesn't make any sense. But there were so many creative solutions to this problem - 1. Having high performing and well respected cameras would have boosted the Galaxy brand in their marketing fight vs Apple for best camera 2. The high end mirrorless camera technology would have filtered down to their smartphones as well 3. It hurt the Samsung brand to suddenly end a large product line altogether, virtually over night, with their customer services even claiming the specs were crap 4. By all means get rid of the low end models but keep at least the NX1 team going and produce an NX2 5. Their huge investment in CMOS sensors now has one less sales channel it can access and other big camera manufacturers aren't buying Samsung sensors. Not good! 6. They completely wasted the technology developed for the NX1, it hit a dead end. Nikon buying that tech would have made total sense for both of them but for whatever reason they couldn't see the light. 7. What about the staff? Not a nice way to treat them. Not just the engineers but thousands of sales and marketing people representing Samsung NX range 8. I could go on.

The rumor mill keeps turning. I call BS as well.

We have an FS7 at work and the only time I use it is for slow mo and when that time comes I hate it every time. Doesn't hold a candle to BM IMO.

I doubt professional thieves can tell the difference between one set of ultra primes on one hand and other brand cinema lenses on the other. They probably took advantage of a security lapse or something and will get a surprise then they find that the lenses aren't 50,000 dollars a-piece. Anyway this is all speculation from us... I hope they get to the bottom of exactly what happened.

The more people know about the Ursa's image quality - which blows the c300 mark ii and fs7 out of the water - and the compactness and usermenu system that is 400x easier than either - the more people will rent them. I'm blown away by the ursa mini 4.6k. Blown away.

I'm shooting a documentary right now with 2 GX80 (mostly school-type events), and other than the EVF being difficult to focus with and no punch-in magnification during recording, they are great, small, unobtrusive tools and I like the image quality. The clients and teachers have commented on how they forget that I'm there most of the time and I can fit an entire mobile recording studio including two tripods, a monopod and audio stuff in a backpack with lots of room to spare. The Olympus does have better IBIS, but the GX80 is pretty good too unless you are using a wide lens (distortion wobble) or move jerkily. I switch between the Voigtlander 17.5/42.5 combo, the PL15/1.7 + Olympus 75.1.8, or the Panasonic 2.8 zooms depending on how much space I have, light, or how fast things are moving. I've been really considering replacing the Voigtlanders with the PL12/1.4 and PL42.5/1.2 as it is so much easier to ensure focus with the back button... but then I look at the images.

The only thing I am missing from the NX1 is the focus magnification while recording video. Just that, but it is a quite serious omission. The ergonomics and menus of this camera is out of this world, in my whole life (and career) I haven't ever used anything so consumer friendly, ever. People haven't used one, do not know what I mean. Yes, it is starting to show its age, but the 28megapixels BSI sensor, the H265 codec, the unicorn 16-50 2-2.8f workhorse, and the hack/modding happening in this forum, is keeping it near the top almost 2 and a half years after its first release, truly the first prototypical hybrid camera of the 21st century, equal photos and video.

It's a location scout, test video... it isn't supposed to be good, but it can still be cool, and it is. Loved the shot of the lone metal chair in the middle of the room... really cool image... creepy. I really like the 1080p out of that camera... they're cheap as shit now too... a shame that 3-axis IBIS doesn't work for video... it would be a great little run and gun cam. It's so annoying Panasonic went so full force with 4K and only gave the high bitrate 1080p to their GH line of cameras.

Thats what i heard, but from what ive read the gx7 seems a little better in low light (usable at 1600 rather than 800) and the colours may have been better too (gh4 users seem to have often reported a dead, yellowish tint to skin). I had the G6 too and felt the gx7 sensor was significantly better @mercer i mean.. the video isnt well done at all but the places were pretty cool Here

Looks interesting indeed, thanks for the heads up!

I just got the VS2 Fine HD from Apature and its pretty good, havent tried it extensivelly yet, but it def helps focusing and so on on the a7sII. It supports 4k as well, and I payed 240€ +- for it.

I heard the HD is so good they shot the Revenant with a G7 hidden in an Alexa 65 body

That's because the sensor in the G7 is very very good , its not the same sensor that's in the gh4 , its a totally new design sensor and its also amazing in low light very very little visable noise, the g7 is a superb camera I shot a feature film with 6 of them last year.

it seems Cinema5d have now taken the article offline.... https://***URL not allowed***/panasonic-gh5-lab-test-temporarily-offline/

I saw a Sony F65 for sale on DVXUSER today $22k complete kit minus lens, batteries, and tripod, seems like a good deal! I wonder if Ed David still has his F65? Ed did love his old F35 and produced some great images with that. Tools, we do love our tools. F65 kit INCLUDED: -Sony F65 brain, with SRR4 recorder & control panel -Sony OLED EVF -1x 1TB SRMemory card (blue) -1x 256GB SRMemory card (black) -Gold Mount battery plate -Extended length power cable for use with DC power block -SRPC4 high-speed card reader -Set of 19mm carbon fiber rods (12" & 8") -Travel case $22K

The short answer is, unfortunately, no.

http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.gr/2017/02/samsung-mobile-processor-supports-4k.html?spref=tw I want this on my NX1 s' il vous plait!

Commander Reid, following your dispatches all these years has been like visiting the front lines of the DSLR community where shooting truly magical cinematic images is within our grasp. You were the first one to show it was possible to mount vintage LOMO anamorphic lenses on a GH2 and how to hack the camera. That changed my world. I quit my day job, bought a GH2 from Andrew via Japan, and went out and made a feature film with LOMOs that is now coming out worldwide on March 20. Yep, that's a plug for the film, but it's also a testament to what Andrew has started and achieved here. You'll find him thanked in the credits. Can't wait to get my GH5 and get on with the next film.

It's like you invite someone over to a prescreening of a movie that hasn't been audio mastered, and instead of telling you that there were issues with audio and hearing what you have to say about it, they publish an article to the world saying the movie is unwatchable. Then they make assumptions and state that the audio issues probably can't be fixed. Should anyone ever let this guy prescreen movies ever?

I thought this was very well done (they've sent me a free Google Cardboard): http://www.mini.com/360/en/index.html Some behind the scenes stuff there as well...