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The main problem with overheating is not the max time for recording. Its inconsistency and unpredictability.

Professional means you earn the money through you skill, you can use whatever gear you want, that how I interpret. Like you don't judge the chef by their cooking gear would you? Most people would be hobbyist chef, cause they don't cook to earn money. How chef cook using their equipment is their choice, all we want is delicous food that come out. Anyway there are bts wedding video people using just iPhone..I guess they are "professional" if they earn their income that way?

This is pretty much how us event shooters work to a T. With weddings especially, many folks like to think theirs is different and in some ways they are…but basically they are the same… Couple get ready separately followed by ceremony followed by congrats, drink and nibbles followed by meal and talking and dancing. When you have been to 800 of the things over 23 years in 15+ countries in every month and in every weather with many cultures and size ranging from 2 to 400… People are indeed creatures of habit with little variety in reality!

Was the answer to all of these, “Let’s get undone”?

I had a tip off by a man who should know, that a certain Leica SL3 is coming in March next year, which will be a huge updated based on Panasonic's latest tech, which means we should see an S2H or S1H II whatever it will be called before then, perhaps even this year. The S1 and S1R will get an update too, so not long to wait for some excitement in Panasonic land. By the way I just noticed that WEX in the UK have an S1H for £1399, which is simply ridiculous. This was a 4 grand camera when it came out and is Netflix standard!! It is amazing how the market punishes Panasonic for such a high quality piece of kit. In fact I felt sorry for it and bought it. Autofocus be damned. The S2H is sure to have PDAF but will it be an 8K overkill monster and lose some of the low light creaminess that the S1H is well known for? That is the question.

I tried that phone, it's really good... Redmagic 8S Pro? These things are doing ProRes and 6K RAW video now and of course no overheating. However they have much smaller sensors vs a mirrorless cam. Which makes me think it is the sensor that gets too hot in something like the A6700, or that they are using an inefficient old LSI to cut costs... Or it is both. Either way, it ain't cricket is it?

Well then there’s no purpose in distinguishing pro and hobbyist as it seems we’ve deducted professional into a postmodern whatever we say it is. Not in a bad way just that good points were raised. the reality is what we have so we have to decide what we’re willing to accept and what makes sense for us. the fx30/a6700 makes a ton of sense for me when i dip back in. Small bodies for travel and compact lenses are hugely important for me as a non-paid user. Throwing it in a bag for a flight and filming is great and the aesthetics of the Sony image is desirable. The Fuji like burned me on AF for both video and photo. Canon lens game is too pricey for a hobbyist like me. Panasonic is looking good but body and lens size are a bit big. all good points here

There are obviously lots of definitions of 'professional' but one of the most important things I'd associate with someone being a professional would be the ability to get solid results out of even very modest equipment through applying their knowledge and skill built over years of experience. Before I transitioned from stills to video I used to love watching those "Pro Photographer Cheap Camera Challenge" videos on Digitalrev with Kai and Lok. Seeing how the pro photog would take the barbie camera (or whatever other completely ridiculous camera they were given) and take a test shot which looked average, then make 2 or 3 small adjustments and get a shot that really had something to it, it really was something to watch and enjoy, and try to learn something from.

As long the fan can fit on the back of the camera it should work regardless of make or model.

You're preaching to the choir: I've been using EF-L glass for over a decade (been on Canon since the 5D mk1) and have been adapting EF to RF since first EOS-R which I bought on day one with the adapter. So far my only RF investment has been the 35mm f1.8 IS which is cheap, versatile and compact but not optically on par with L glass and super noisy when it comes to AF motors for video use. Actually most RF lenses I've tried including RF-L are noisy. That being said, the RF 24-70mm f2.8 L paired with the R5 was a total game changer for me. Optically it is next level, especially for a zoom lens (I'm mainly a prime shooter). In fact it flat out beat my trusty EF-L 35mm f1.4 in many departments. Besides the RF lens IS + IBIS gave an awesome 8-stops of stabilisation resulting in tack sharp 45MP pics at low shutter speeds and super stable handheld video footage. That combo is something else. And that's the beauty of mirrorless, you can use optically perfect modern lenses or go the vintage route depending on budget but also personal preference. If I ended up going the Nikon route, I'd for sure use my vintage Nikkor AI-S glass but would also invest in some native Z-mount lenses for that great silent modern performance and optical quality when needed.

100% true but I cannot stress enough to you just how many R5C users in the forums I'm on are going the EF-L + adapter route and are really loving it (myself included!). If you really need the penultimate IQ, etc, by all means invest in RF-L lenses (and with no judgement either!) but the EF-RF drop-in filter adapter and the .71x speedbooster - coupled with the tumbling price of used EF-L lenses makes that much less of an issue if you already have EF and EF-L glass. There's also a lot of people revisiting lenses like the OG Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 and the EF-S 17-55mm. And while the RF-L lenses definitely give you better AF performance and features - the performance of EF-L glass on the R5C is no slouch at all. It's more a case of EF lenses being really good and the RF lenses being better. Anyways, if you're on FB there are some great R5C/C70 groups worth joining.

Will do that for sure, what I'm doing now is my research so I know exactly what to look for and how to set up the cams when I do get them in-hand. Its also not just about the bodies but of course the lens systems. Nikon Z has great glass but not a lot of them have OIS compared to Canon. Not the same specs/price points either. The Nikon S 35mm f1.8 for example has no IS and costs 1000€ whereas the Canon 35mm f1.8 has IS, macro and costs 500€. That said the Nikon has better optics, and the AF motors are totally silent compared to the noisy Canon. The RF24-70mm f2.8 has IS whereas the Nikon S24-70mm f2.8 doesn't have VR (neither does Sony equivalent). All these things are to be considered when choosing a system so yeah its kind of a long research process.. I shoot mostly 180 degree, except when I don't lol. Canon gyro data is directly processed inside IS lenses and in tandem with IBIS equipped bodies. You can't apply it in post like on Sony's catalyser or latest BMD cams. Actually I started out photography on Nikon film DSLRs and had a D750 for a while. I've shot with a Z6. So I'm familiar with Nikon. That being said I never was a fan of their menus, UI, AF system and ergonomics. I much much prefer Canon for the above, namely the thumbwheel for aperture control and I love the AF customisation (especially the way you can toggle AF servo on/off in stills and completely pause the video AF via custom button). Also the R5C has the ever so great cinema menu with all the video assist, LUT support, video AF modes with Face Only, button customisation etc. I totally recognise this may be complete personal bias but it has nothing to do with brand affiliation. I've shot on Nikon, Fuji and am currently on Canon, Sony & Leica systems. I'm pretty flexible and each system has its pros&cons. What I can tell you is that out of all the bodies I've tried across multiple systems, the R3 is by far my favourite one. The specs are almost perfect too. I was all set on getting it but the R5 shoot I did the other day spoiled me and now I absolutely want a +45MP cam for stills. The R5C gives you that plus an 8K RAW mini C70 in one body, if not for the lack of IBIS it kinda ticks all the boxes. Then you got Z8/Z9 with 45MP/8K stacked sensors, IBIS, RAW plus that also records in ProRes 422 HQ which is a blessing in post. I know I'd be happy and set for years to come with any of these cams but it's a big investment with the lenses so one has to choose very wisely!

I've shot long enough with small sensor, 8-bit rec709 camera's that I got used to "just try to get the recording as close as possible to what you want the final image to look like". So don't drop saturation and contrast to the bottom during recording, only to pull them up in post. This would only make sense if there is a lot of reserve DR in the highlights, and when you are working on a camera where you have to try these tricks, there never is. Never use auto WB (or auto exposure) as this may make the colours and exposure shift during the shot which is very hard to correct afterwards. It's easier if they are off with a constant error, that's quite easy to fix as long as you are not too far off. When using these cameras with limited DR I was quite fanatical with setting the whitebalance manually as these cameras tend to exaggerate differences in colour (and contrast). With mixed lighting, artificial light may seem fiercely red while daylight is fiercely blue at the same time. Now that I've got a camera with good DR (Lumix S5) I just set the WB to cloudy when outdoors and incandescent when indoors. Only when encountering weird artificial light (LED, fluorescent or sodium) I might set a custom white balance. Minor corrections might be required in post but nine out of ten times it looks perfectly natural to me. In daylight, shadows are slightly blue, sides exposed to direct sunlight are slightly yellow, just as it is in real life. Only when all image content is exposed to either shadow or sunlight and the shots are of considerable length I might adjust the WB to the specific light just like how my eyes (or brain actually) would adjust to the colour of the ambient light. It is not so much direct advice that I got but when doing a course on making videos the most important thing I took from it is that people are more predictable then you might think which is especially useful when doing event videography. People are animals of habit and a lot of things we do are ritualized. This means you can always try to think ahead of what might happen next in the coming 10 seconds/minutes/hours and ask yourself what is the most interesting part about that, and how to best visualize that. The result of this is that you will find yourself more often in the right spot at the right time which is I think the most important quality of an event videographer. I remember once recording a wedding video for a friend (I'm not a professional videographer in any way) who also hired a photographer who was just starting out as a wedding photographer. Well, the photographer was actually just a colleague from work for whom this was a nice opportunity to build a portfolio to get started in the business. But I noticed that it happened several times that the photographer had to sprint to the spot where I was already waiting as he realized he was in the wrong spot for what was about to happen next. Always keep anticipating for what might happen, decide what the interesting aspect of that is, and how to best visualize that. You will not always get it right, but the number of times you get "lucky" will increase.

Good to hear that there are still people willing to go very in-depth in such nerdy topics. Yesterday, I tried asking ChatGPT about the notion of equivalencies, a hot topic on forums. It failed miserably. I asked for a MFT equivalent of shooting my grandmother's 1936 Rolliecord. I know the "rough" answer, but ChatGPT kept making mathematical mistakes. I have to say I'm super impressed with it though. As an English teacher, it's a tremendous tool. For filmmakers, it's great too. My point with my post was to say that Forums could get eaten up by such services if the forum is mainly used for "help in learning". AI seems to be better, faster, and have fewer barriers to getting decent responses. Also, I've only been using the free version. The paid version is better, I'm sure.

I'd be happy to talk about these things. In terms of ChatGPT, it is predictive-text on steroids with no understanding of reality or logic or anything else other than parroting the internet back to us, therefore it is probably a better bet than most online replies!

1 - Yep, they are. As I said sometimes here, I'm in a Telegram group that have a lot of younger "content creators", mostly talking about gear shopping, but sometimes giving filmmaking hints to each other. NEVER in this almost 8 months there I saw a link to some forum or webpage. Ever. All links are to Youtube or Instagram. 2 - Which leads from the previous point. People want videos, nobody reads anymore. Even some blog guys like Gordon Laing or Robin Wong are putting more efforts on Youtube. I like Youtube to see some tests like AF, recording the camera screen to show how the detection is ocurring, but few people do that. Or to show some ergonomics. The rest, I prefer text, but is a dying preference. 3 - Fanboyism is a long staple in camera community. For me is a human necessity to prove themselves right - I bought this camera / lens, and I will defend that I made THE BEST decision. And as @MrSMWsaid, there is a ‘you don’t need anything new’ mantra - which, specially for stills, is very true. Video is still being improved, but for stills the only tangible upgrade was in the AF section. 4 - For experienced people to comunicate with newer genrations is hard - because these people tend to lend long explanations telling just not HOW to solve a problem, but also WHY that was the solution. Which is a good thing - it increases the knowledge of the reader. But nowadays people wants FAST solutions, don't want to even search for themselves. Last week in the already mentioned Telegram group, one guy made a very basic question, and I gave him the solution. THE NEXT message in the channel was another guy...making THE SAME question. Yeah, he not only did not made a previous search, but did not even to bother read THE PREVIOUS MESSAGE. And this is the norm.

Hi all. I have serviced and modified three of these lenses (not the 210mm version) and they are indeed very sharp and contrasty but only after servicing and realigning all anamorphic elements. Great lenses and quite rare. Fantastic build quality. Im pretty sure they cover FF.