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Just so you understand the l-rumors/m43rumors guy's shenanigans. He receives a proper photo and full specs of a camera, even getting a chance to play with it; so this what the next week's posts are: Day 1- "hey guys I've got word of new camera for l mount or M43". (speculation starts) Day 2- "It sounds like it might be a new l-mount camera, but I'll have confirmation tomorrow." (speculation continues) Day 3- "Here's a photo (it's blurry) of the new camera." (Of course, no one in the camera business knows how to make a proper photo, but "sells" the idea it was a paparazzi-style shot, fueling even more speculation) Day 4- "Here are some specs, but I don't have time to write everything after such a long day of "understanding" the specs. (notably leaving out important ones)" (more speculation on specs) Day 5- "Sorry, didn't have time to release more specs, but I had a chance to play with the camera". (more speculation on specs) Day 6- "I was able to get a few more photos" (more speculation on specs) Day 7- "Here are the specs. What do you guy think?" (specs are suitable or not) Of course, between each post, you've got several ads. I might even be forgetting a few days. I kid you not; this was the S9 launch. I'm not playing this stupid game anymore and I value my time more.

Who wouldn't want their boom to be even lighter? The new Deity S Mic3 and S Mic3S are out. All the goodness of the S Mic 2 but now even lighter. (by a lot! The S Mic3 is less than half the weight of a NTG3 or 416, the S Mic 3S is nearly half the weight of the S Mic3) I like also that you can buy the Deity Windshields separately as well (there are two versions: W01 & W02, shorter & longer). Should also be compatible with a lot of non-Deity mics as well. https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/05/31/deity-releases-the-new-updated-s-mic-3-and-s-mic-3s/

To be fair, basically anything freaks out the MFT users at this point.

Yep, can't stand that stupid channel, but at the same time, no problem with him earning a living.

Prores is a constant bitrate per pixel, so 4K is 4x the bitrate of 2K. This is a good reference: https://blog.frame.io/2017/02/13/compare-50-intermediate-codecs/

Hey, he has to maximize his ad revenue clicks! 😅😂

Kinda tempted to get a Deity SMic3 myself (or a secondhand Deity SMic2), as I'd rather not put a pricey Sanken CS1e on a camera as a scratch mic when I'm on someone's shoots.

Nice! Even outside of boom use, I have an s-mic 2s that I use with my C70. Guess I know what I'll get to use with the k-x as soon as I get an xlr adapter for it!

<selfish mode on> Or get the F on with a proper camera such as an S2H and S2R. <selfish mode off>

True, it's bad enough for Panasonic being spread thinly supporting two mounts, but to release a similar camera for both mounts at (almost) the same time would be kinda bonkers insane. Makes more sense for "a GX9 mk2" to come out a year or more after the S9 Instead they should release the opposite of a S9! Such as a GH7????? Or a LX100 / LX15 update, which is also "the opposite" to the S9, but in the other direction.

Yes you can. @eatstoomuchjam I have the Shogun Flame which would allow for 4k60 raw cinema dng or prores. 4k 120 on the FS700 would be bursts only but would not be possible with the Shogun. I have only used it once for prores 2k which had a good share of aliasing. Internal has less of that but nasty aliasing in the highlights. 4K prores is about 3 times more in size than HD irrc. Video assist does hd 8bit 422 only with the FS700 afaik. The setup with an external recorder is totally cumbersome for me to do cinema verité with it. Time to sell the Shogun... for peanuts now:(

I think it’s going to be the S35 Gerald1 tribute cam.

I've hit saturation after this one - well made video. Still boils down to: 1. The software improvements with LUTs are really inspiring and hopeful moving forward 2. The image is top notch and can't complain, absolutely beautiful 3. The body size is overshadowed by the large lenses - might as well just use an S5II 4. If they can figure out a good audio solution and a true pancake 2.8-4 lens i'd consider this as the ultimate EDC/travel combo (until then, i'll stick to my Ricoh and possible a pocket 3)

Initial reaction, Panasonic dropped a dud with this release. Quite a few folks were interested in an L Mount rangefinderesque PannaLeica along the lines of Nikon’s Zf and Leica’s Q3, a true ‘vintage inspired’ but ultra capable hybrid. This is not it. Without the grip, this thing for any extended use is going to get frustrating fast. Not that you would want to use it for any extended time because for video you are capped to prevent it from having a meltdown and for photo, it’s pretty limited. So that leaves the ‘Content Creators’ (but seriously who would pick this over say a Sony EV Z1?) and willful photographers or videographers who enjoy trying to wrestle with less than appropriate bits of kit when better options exist. An ‘updated’ Sigma FP for 2024 this is not. Disappointing, especially with no sign yet of a replacement S1 line…

I'm sure I'm not the target market - which is good as apart from it being a very good-looking camera, to me it is totally underwhelming.