Leaderboard

The GH6 is now $1497 at Adorama after the additional $200 instant rebate. That is $700 off the initial list price. https://www.adorama.com/ipcdcgh6.html

Yes, I would very much like to know 'if' closely followed by 'when?'. Surely they could not realistically release another camera without some form of 'on par' AF? I think they'd bomb 100% if they did not. And other than perhaps a size & weight concern for some, it's not just their weakness, but their Achilles Heel. For some dedicated hardcore filmmaking purists, maybe not, but to the other 99% of the market, decent AF is a must. I've wrestled with it for the last 2 years now. OK, it's ONLY been an issue for less than 5% of my work where I need decent forward or backward tracking and there IS a workaround (it's called f8), but it's not ideal and I came sooooooo close to flipping to another brand to counter this. That 5% need may be small, but it's a very important 5%. But ultimately I decided against switching at this point in time and will go at least all of 2023 before making any changes for the simple reason that the cost to change is not worth it for the workaround. Basically, it's a ballpark figure of 10k to make the move and it would be Sony because despite having zero desire to go with them, currently the package I'd be looking at with them works better than the package with anyone else. But as above, I am sticking with L Mount for at least 2023. In the process of having 2 bodies repaired from '22 battle damage, dumped a whole load of lenses (still have an EF Meike 50mm T2.1 cine if anyone is interested?!) and purchasing a few faster f1.4 primes and one new zoom. All Pannyboy need to do to NOT cock it up for me with their next FF camera is: A. Reliable AF at least close to if not better than current Canon/Sony. B. Ideally, S5 size, but with the S1H style screen. C. Ideally no crop 6k 50p / 4k 100p, 10 bit, internal. Job done. I'll buy 3.

Adorama also has instant rebates on a few of the Sirui anamorphics. I ordered the 50mm for Fuji at $500 off

I've got the 16-55 f2.8 on the xh2s and the autofocus is excellent

Wow with the low NR and zero-sharpening the GH5 II is shaping up to be an organic beast! The thing is cheap on the used market too!