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From someone who has used both, I'd say the S1 sensor is equal or better. What you get with the EVA is the i/o and ergonomics which does make it worth it if you need them but I would probably go for saving for fx6 or c70 instead in that case.

I guess he wouldn't probably call the Pocket series a serious cinema tool! LOL :- )

Thank you for the input and for sharing your experience. I will admit one thing: Part of the reason I was interested in the EVA1 is because I saw someone on youtube (and yes, it is always "someone on youtube" who says these things), that said something like, "Sometimes you really need a cinema camera so the client has confidence in you." Of course, the person on youtube who was saying that using a cinema camera builds confidence in clients happened to look like he was 15-years-old and had a stupid haircut. I guess that is what i get by watching videos made by content creators...

It uses a 3M type of peel off strong sticker. The beauty of the magnetic one is that it (intentionally obviously !) breaks away from the camera if it takes a knock so whatever is attached to the filter part will suffer rather than the camera. In hindsight though, I think the alternative one that just provides the screw thread might have been a better idea (I have a similar one on the RX100) as the ND will more or less be a permanent fixture. This video gives a good overview comparison of fitting and using both I've noticed that a lot of the non-photo/video channel stuff I watch on YouTube are using these now and in the main their output looks a lot better. Of course when you finally relent and get your Sigma FP, the Fotodiox EF-L AF adapter with internal variable ND will be waiting for you to roll your own full frame RAW shooting version of the FZ2500 😉 With it supporting IS lenses, it also mitigates the lack of IBIS in the camera and the EF mount is obviously a gateway to putting your F mount or CY mount or R mount etc lenses on it and still having the benefit of the variable ND for all of them.

Based on my experience with moving from a G3 -> G5 -> G6 -> G80 -> G9 (with GF5, GX80 and GX800 as extras), I think Panasonic's 1080p quality went a bit downhill with the G80 - it has more aliasing in 1080p than the G6, and in the GX80 it's on the soft side. The LX100 suffers badly from aliasing in 1080p as well. Of the above list, the G6 is my favourite 1080p-max camera - but the G9 blows all of the above out of the water on 1080p quality (it's GH5 quality level). If you want a really discreet, cheap, micro 4/3 cam with 4k and decent 1080p, try a GX800/850/GX880 with a stabilised pancake lens like the 12-32mm. 4k is limited to 5 minutes, 1080p to 20 minutes, no 'creative movie' mode (except by using 4k photo mode, which is 30p only), IBIS or viewfinder, but it's a really small, light, camera and doesn't suffer from the on-board audio IBIS noise problem which the GX80 and G80 have.