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I would have apprecied a comparison between Open Gate and 4K with everything higher than a 8mm lens (like he did in his previous video), because saying the stabilization is the same while testing the IBIS only at this focal lenght is not serious. In my tests, both the GH6 and G9II have worse stabilization in Open Gate with lenses > at 15mm, more jumps. I understand he likes Panasonic a lot but owning all the recent Panasonic cameras, I can say it's a very oriented comparison to makes people believe the camera has no flaws. In the same way, all these youtubers almost never compare the video IQ (details rendering) between 4K/6K/Open Gate or between the recent and the "old" gen Panasonic cameras, and yet there is a lot to be said. Each time we need to compare the cameras ourselves or wait the impression of people who bought the camera themselve.

If you want to shoot raw, yes. If there's a non-windowed ProRes or H.265 mode, though, they should be about like a 16mm FOV on ff.

To be clear, lenses don't have a crop factor. Lenses project an image circle of a certain size. When the image circle is smaller than is needed to cover a full camera sensor, you will get dark corners or in some extreme cases, the outline of a circle. As long as the sensor is smaller than the image circle, though, you will get an image that covers the entire sensor. If the sensor is 24x36mm (full frame), this would be referred to as a "1x" crop factor in modern terminology. If you put a smaller sensor with the same lens or only capture a portion of the above sensor, the crop factor will increase. We usually calculate this by calculating the diagonal lengths of the sensors and dividing them (or the areas of the sensors and dividing them). So a sensor of around 22.3 x 14.9mm ends up with a diagonal about 1.5x that of 24x36 and Micro 4/3 is about 2x. If you then choose to use only a portion of the Micro 4/3 sensor, the crop factor would increase again. So in raw, going to 4k from 6k is usually an additional 1.5x crop and going to 2k from 6k will be closer to a 2x crop.

Highlights look awful in this video imho @kye I really like some very subtle hues in the footage and the rendering of textures. Some shots look 100% like Aja Cion, in a good way and in a bad one as well, some look akwardly and unpurposefully dark, some look promising. Mixed bag with interesting things to come hopefully.

If Panasonic paid him $1 Million, he would. Also, I may be wrong, but its difficult to really judge the image unless one sees it on a much bigger screen, that had great HDR. On a smartphone screen it's pretty useless. On smaller monitors too, it's pretty difficult to judge.

No but I don't criticize it. I think it is impossible to judge cameras by videos. This is a bias that was born on social media and will never die. I have never heard about a film that it would have come out differently if they had used one camera or another and yet this BS on social never dies. The videos say more about the skill of the author than the camera. I would like to see Roger Deakins with a GH2.... 😉

Some stunning footage at the start of this one...

It's not a question of quality, but purpose. Is a car better than a truck? Is a TV better than a tablet? Are headphones better than loudspeakers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRRJ-Ilo1HM

You're watching a video with a single person in an otherwise-quiet room. Unless listening on high-quality speakers/headphones, the differences will be negligible. Here's a more useful YouTube search for you to be able to understand why a cardioid or supercardioid mic is different from an omnidirectional mic and when you might choose to use one vs the other. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=omnidirectional+microphone+vs+cardioid

news and events. I shoot for my YouTube channel. I waste too much. I think go pro 12 is enough for my needs. but I always say to me that if I have of a hobby of collecting luxury cars or sailing boats, I will be totally broke. then I am happy. lol.

I also use a strap on the camera and pull it taut, so the monopod in the tape measure pouch and the strap taut adds a fairly decent amount of stabilization... for static shots. They make belts specifically for this... I think it's called a MogoCrane... https://kamerar.com/products/mogocrane-weight-support-belt I don't know if it's any better than a monopod by itself, with a strap, but it's quicker to move around for run and gun.

hahaha. you have the humor.

Interesting idea! I hadn't thought of it, but I'll have to give it a try someday. I'll have to dig up one of my older/smaller monopods, I suspect. The one I use now is a Cobra and they're like 2 feet long at their shortest.

Use an external monitor/EVF, and shut the F3's monitor screen into its body. (but with the screen facing out! Not in)