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Yeah that the thing, we are shooters with different purpose and mindset, I for one shoot for economical gain so having cost control/time management is important as well. If I do stuff for hobby/interest where time is unlimited then shooting raw seems to be fine, but not if you have deadline due for the client which is a different story.

Says Kodak or Nokia... But not releasing new camera often means the camera doesn't depreciate fast, so good for us camera buyer in a way

One problem for me is good AF lens suck at MF, it is not reliable since its fly by wire (look at those Canon STM lens..)

By the way I just noticed "13 Reasons Why" is shot on Varicam 35. the night scenes in the tv look pretty clean! I really wish they use the same sensor on this cam! http://www.digitalcinemareport.com/article/two-looks-13-reasons-why#.WRE1R-WGOHs The DP also considered Arri 65 and Sony F55 but decide to go for Varicam 35 at end after testing them out

I prefer 18-105 over 16-70, PZ is handy and bokeh from 18-105 is more pronounced at 105mm vs 70mm of 16-70

I dont care about RAW, that why I never bothered getting the $500 upgrade for unlimited RAW on my FS5, it doesn't fit to my business and doesn't make economical sense as well, I rather spend on that 120fps unlimited upgrade which is more useful.

FS5's weakness is sensor is old and codec not solid, I know cause I own one, I also have A7RII which I can get better colour from a7rii than fs5 anyday, a7rII colour just feel more solid, though non compares to C100MKII which with a few tweak will have good colour even if straight from camera footage looks crap. I know many people waiting for AF100 successor, me included, price is still within reach so thats ok lol (gonna trade my FS5 for it), I got GX85 and loads of M43 lens, also got Sigma 1.8 zoom lens on EF mount (for FS5). So what if new camera doesn't use mft, I can use it on GH5/GX85, but I know my sigma 1.8 zoom will be on new Pana camera so that works ok fine. And I hate native Sony lens because their MF is really terrible, that why I use Canon mount lens on FS5 for solid MF support, still dont know what the big fuss about af, I know AF lens suck ball when you try to use MF, they are totally unusable! Vice versa for Canon lens too, only STM lens have really nice AF (but suck MF) on C100MKII, L lens is only ok but I wouldn't rate it stellar and they make noise, but MF is reliable.

As frequent (daily) user of C100II and owner of FS5 and having played Varicam on set I can definitely agree on this!

jitter and screen blocking is why I use Osmo X5, perfect balance every time! I am waiting for their x5s on osmo 2 to be released for my ultimate gimbal cam (4k60p raw in a tiny package!)

That actually a good point! seems like you can move camera back further than before, maybe mounting anamorphic lens on it is possible with this design

Good timing, thinking of ditching osmo x5 and get a gimbal for proper camera instead, this solves my no 1 annoyance with gimbal, cant see @$#%$# screen! With osmo you get big monitor aka phone but with slight lag.

Codec on FS5 is weak, that is my biggest beef, and sensor is from fs700 so performance not as good compare to newer modern sensor on Sony mirrorless cameras, I feel I get more solid colour from A7RII than 10bit 4:2:2 limited 50mbps xavs-l codec, but super slow mo wise nothing beat it for the price range (except 2nd hand fs700) at work we use couple c100mkii and occasional c300mkii.. real work horse camera without exciting spec, and since I use it almost everyday to me they are just tools, dont get the big deal people keep praising them almost like worshiping lol. And I hardly use AF with those, manual is still the way to go, unless camera connected to my brain lol

Lucky I dont listen to forum "suggestions" and hold off purchase, consider gh5 is taking a bit of queue on orders atm. The only thing excite me is the Panasonic cinema camera, time to sell that FS5..

Comes with Electronic Image Stabilizer?

Wonder why they shown with Sigma 24-35mm F2 Full Frame lens and not 18-35mm F1.8 APSC lens..

wow! super 35mm, native ef mount (no adapter on that sigma art lens)

Still waiting for FS5ii and F65 successor to be announced

Good thing I dont hold off purchase for this crap, too expensive consider I can get 2nd hand 1DXII for lower than this.

I have Sony 16-50mm PZ lens and 25mm 1.8 semi-pancake lens which I will try on too as all my other lens is too big for it. Probably have to step down (f5.6?) as quality is awful on full open judging from youtube videos.

Looks like Panasonic 14mm 2.5 and Panasonic 14-42mm PZ lens is the best fit for Moondog, 14mm 2.5 slight vignetting but usable, 14-42mm PZ usable from 18mm and up, unlike Panasonic 14-42 II which only 35mm and up is usable. Another guy tested 20mm 1.7 but seems unusable, the 45mm 1.8 looks pretty bad at 1.8 aperture.. probably need to step down. I am waiting for my one to arrive, which I will try on 12mm 2.0, 15mm 1.7, 25mm 1.7, 42.5 mm 1.7, Leica 45mm 2.8, Sigma 60mm 2.8 and Olympus 14-42EZ and see how they fair.

Its time for me to dump my Sony gears when they are still have value.....ohhh wait, the A7RII and A7S is selling for much less now brand new :/

Well looks fine on his video

No need for expensive external monitors for de squeeze option if it is true!

Working full time at company instead of freelancing? I still have my own gear for the occasional interesting projects, but sold most of them since I just use company's gear most of the time after I started working full time.

Sony Xperia XZs, 960fps slowmo in 720p, unlike rx100's 960fps 384p mode