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Take this with a pinch of salt but the GH6 won Best Photo/Video Camera at the 40th anniversary EISA-who-I've-never-heard-of-awards https://eisa.eu/awards/panasonic-lumix-dc-gh6/ I've used it on a few jobs now and I do like the camera. I still miss the 1080 2x crop but find the battery life OK. I have a power bank on the way and plan to charge batteries in my bag as they die. I do love the red box when recording, punch in while recording and generally tidier onscreen graphics. It's a good video camera.

This and why I have replaced it in my kit with an OM-1. It’s also replacing my ZV1 which overheated on the last 3 jobs. Plus, other than flipping to 8 bit, the S5 has a 30 min recording limit which caused me issues in several scenarios and the ZV1 couldn’t shoot 4K 50p. The S5 was borderline weight-wise on my Crane M3 gimbal but a new gimbal for next year will fix that as the OM-1 with the lens I have (12-40) is the same as the S5 with the 20-60. The R7 was a strong contender for the role, but for my needs, the OM-1 ticked more boxes and that R7 crop (4K 50p) put me off! ALL great bits of kit in isolation, it’s just what meets your needs best at the end of the day.

On the topic of old Sony CineAlta cameras, the Sony PMW-F55 just turned 10 years old:

@Brian Williams I did a quick google search using their price search tool and the lowest price I saw when I did it for the S5 was around $1400USD, but it could have been used or an international version, I didn't look that closely at the results. What made you take back the R7? I really don't think the R7 is that bad at all, it has many great features especially as a true hybrid photo/video camera. The top two selling points for me is the AF and the lens mount. Everything else is middle of the road for me. If I had to choose all over again after shooting with and owning both the R7 and the S5 I would still pick the R7 again. No matter how many features the S5 has, if your footage is not in focus nothing else matters. Also, with the S5 if you want any continuous AF even DFD you are stuck buying into a dead "alliance" which is the L mount alliance. Towards the end of owning the S5 I was literally making compromises every shot due to the focus limitations. I had to ensure people weren't approaching the camera, I had to frame differently, on a gimbal was the worst; I had to use wider lenses, increase the DOF, ensure the subject stayed the same distance from the camera, etc. Despite all of its shortcomings, the R7 is a real joy to shoot with. In fact, I like shooting video with the R7 even more than with the R5. No record limit, no overheating at all (so far), XLR adapter option, even the availability of a speedbooster that lets me gain a stop of light with all of my EF lenses....the R7 is exactly what I was looking for when I got it. Lets not forget photography, IMO its a better hybrid photo/video camera than even the R5 for a fraction of the price. Without a doubt, the rolling shutter is bad. If you shoot sports and action then that's a real let down. Fortunately for me, I don't shoot that type of content so I wasn't too worried about it. I think the price is fair as well, and if its not, they even released the R10 and they show you exactly what they will strip out to get the price even lower.

Haha... "I heard from someone that hyalinejin said that herein2020 said... that your camera sucks!" I don't know how I ended up with a quote within a quote.

I've pulled out the switch section in each comparison to show that the focus point is slightly different within each test. In some it favours the A7 and in others the A7iv in terms of appearing sharper but at the actual focus point for each camera within each comparison image they are both much of a muchness. If you take the MD one for example, the switch is sharper on the A7 because the focus point is on that whereas with the A7iv it looks softer but if you then compare the rim of the jug in each you'll see that it is reversed as that is the focus point for the A7iv.