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Actually, the EMD-1 Mark ii seems to have quite impressive noise reduction (on par if not better than the A6500). If Panasonic can replicate that, it would be amazing, especially for video.

True. But there are members from all over the world, including many places wheer 4k 50MB/s downloads won't really be possible. For them Vimeo has lesser resolution options. That's my opinion.

Yes, Andrew, it is an authorized service centre (it is at Lajpat Nagar, and it even turns up in the Google searches. I mailed to them too (http://www.panasonic.com/in/support/contact-us.html), and a guy now claims it is an AC (Air Conditioner), when I Clearly shared by Purchased Receipts and the International Warranty for the Camera. He also claims, that, the Warranty is not valid in India, for the, ahem, AC (when the Warranty for Camera CLEARLY mentions India). It's like Panasonic India is a complete mess. I doubt whether Anyone has Any idea here about cameras. I wonder if anyone could share information on Panasonic Japan or Panasonic United States. I could tell them about the shocking state of affairs here. It's true. Which is a poor analysis on Panasonic's part. The number of DSLRs I see on the streets nowadays is insane. Even kids as old as 12 and 14 seem to be having one.

Get it checked by a sound professional you may know. Btw, the NTG2 has a 10 year warranty, if you register it online. I am sure you are well within that warranty period.

Would it be too much to ask, to be able to see it on Vimeo, instead of downloading it Nice work, though. PB had done a similar review of the Mavic a little while ago. I am curious to see your version on this too.

Its really sad to hear this. Especially when Panasonic now have Global Warranties on their products. And, even 3 year warranties in certain jurisdictions. I would buy locally, but the GX85 was NOT available locally in Mid of Last Year (August 2016), in India. Even now, it is solely available with Amazon, as an Import, and there appears to be no mention of the warranty anywhere. I am suspecting even the GH5 won't be introduced here. Or if it is, it will be priced around the professional Canon and Nikon camera price range, and thus be avoided by a lot of Indie Filmmakers. Panasonic in many countries in the world needs a serious makeover. Like they need to retrench entire departments, or completely shut shot and start again. Like someone mentioned in another thread, they are surviving purely on washing machines and ACs. They really don't have the professionalism or standard of service that they have in Japan or the United States. In many other countries they are like sweat shops. This applies to their after sales, as well as their marketing department. It is extremely unfortunate, because their products are extremely good for the price.

I have owned a few Panasonic ILCs until now (the GH2, the GH3 and the GH4 briefly). I really enjoyed using all of them. I bought all of them from my local dealer in Bombay, India, and never once had an issues with any of them. Never. I was supposed to head to Europe at the end of last year, but the plan was shelved, and, sometime mid last year, I was without a camera. My sister happened to be in Australia in August, and I asked her to pick up a Panasonic GX85 from Australia (from Diamonds Camera Adelaide). That was a HUGE mistake. While I have bought a plethora of stuff from B&H, I have never really bought anything from Australia before. I got the camera to India, and there were strange vertical likes (purple and pink), across the screen and viewfinder. I took it to the local service centre at New Delhi, and they didn’t even know Panasonic has a GX85 model. When I told the service centre guys, that I suspected an issue with the sensor, he claimed it was not due to the CCD sensor, but due to some circuity issues with the LCD (completely ignoring my pointing out that viewfinder also had the same issue). I got the hint that he didn’t know anything about cameras when he felt a DSLR would have a CCD sensor. Plus they didn’t spare parts, and said the whole process would take months to fix. I then, obviously had to send it back to Adelaide all the way from New Delhi, only because the Service Centre in India was ill-equipped to handle any issues with Panasonic ILCs here (most model aren’t introduced, and the ones which are … well, their owners pray to God that they never have an issues). I wanted Diamonds Camera to change the camera with a new one, but they got it serviced instead. I got it back to India, and now, while the curious sensor issue has gone (they apparently changed the sensor itself), the camera is unable to focus at anything beyond 2 metres. Basically its like a Dud Camera. And, the service centre most likely screwed up with the sensor installation. Or the focusing needs calibration. I have owned many pieces of equipment before, but, this must be the very first time I owned a camera for 6 months, where for the majority of the period of those 6 months it didn’t work. And, to think of it, I was planning to pick up 2 Panasonic GH5s for my future work. I don’t know how Panasonic can have such lousy Quality Control, and even worse after sales. Maybe that is why almost Nobody in India uses a Panasonic. Almost everyone uses a Canon, Nikon or more recently Sony. First, most of their models never get introduced here. And the ones that are, mysteriously, cannot be serviced. In all fairness to Diamonds Cameras, they have asked me to send it back to Australia, for replacement with a new camera, and they have also been gracious enough to say that they will cover the to and fro expenses of the international courier. The only issue is now that I have had such a terrible experience with Panasonic, that I almost certain I won’t be touching another Panasonic Camera with a 10 foot barge pole. Also, that the International Courier will keep the camera in transit for atleast 4 weeks, if not longer.

Actually when I read this across various sites, I realized, that there may be many reasons for this: 1. Nikon isn't really stellar at video, and the 1" camera market does have an interesting emphasis on video. 2. Sony is literally monopolizing the newer 1" sensors, and using them for its newer RX100 models. Everyone else gets a generation or 2 older version, of the 1" sensor. 3. Panasonic's FZ2500 and the LX15 seem to have captured the Market of two of the Nikon DL models. This apart from Sony's own RX10 iii. Nikon announced the 3 cameras exactly 1 year ago, and then their R&D Department sat over them all this while, with almost no noticeable movement on that front (no product reviews, or cameras given to photographers, like the way Sony and Panasonic do for models before launch). In the meantime Panasonic and Sony were in a race to bring out new 1" sensor models, making the Nikons effectively obsolete. The Nikons would have had a price advantage, but, they spent way to long in the R&D, and that probably jacked up the final costs, thereby completely ruining a very interesting series of camera.

Multi-pin B-Format Output. hmmm ... yes, I guess, it will allow it to record into the DSLR (or whatever else it is mounted on), as well as into a recorder that records the B-Format for post work. Very interesting.

Not sure both would be recorded simultaneously, unless it had dual output plugs or an internal flash recording capability (I am guessing it has neither). Maybe to an external recorder.

I am just curious. Does it matter to anyone, that while Panasonic cannot compete with the Sony A line for dynamic range and low light, the Panasonic Cameras can record for hours (especially in the case of the GH Series), and thus one can not only use them for filmmaking (with a few seconds or a few mins of video), but also for live events, interviews and documentaries. They can, in many ways, therefore, also be used for ENG and other work. The A7 series do not overheat after their last firmware update of last year, but the battery life isn't really too great, either ways. I read somewhere, that theoretically, the fastest a lens can go, is f.50 (Barry Lyndon was close, at f.70). If that be the case, then I hope someone tries making an f.5 lens. That would gather like 5 times as much light as an f2.8. That like ISO3200 vs ISO 51200.

Thanks for posting that link. I remember Rode speaking about, and never getting it to the market. But, I didn't know that they actually showed a working prototype or drawing of it.. Maybe mic manufacturers are not making a mic that records too, so that field recorder manufacturers do not boycott mic makers that try and get into their markets. I am guessing, it may have little to do with a technology and expertise limitation.

The SoundField mic interested me a lot too. This may actually be pretty good for wildlife NatGeao kindda ambient sound work. And, its pickup patter is so highly adjustable, it could be used as a mini-shotgun mic too, if one doesn't have a separate shotgun mic. Its like a Mic Version of what the Zoom H2n and other recorders can do. Very interesting.

I too saw this yesterday. The circuitry from the VideoMic X should substantially improve the quality of the mic. Overall, with all the bells and whistles, it's a great improvement over the earlier version. I am wondering, though, whether Rode would ever create a mic with dual recording (one fed into the camera, and one into an SD or MicroSD Card?).

Actually Canon, Nikon and (now) Sony have pretty good supply chain and after sales. Panasonic is mostly a damn squid in India. I even met one of the directors from Panasonic (Japan) here (I think he was their product head), and I figured that the India operations needs a major overhaul. There is no reason why they aren't bringing most of their ILC models and why they shouldn't prioritise the GH5 with regard to India and China. Terrible planning, more than anything else. And supply chain. And after sales.

Hahaha. Could you say where he says it (in mins). One of the few noticeable limitations in the Panasonic cameras (compared to Canon and Sony) is the disappointedin auto-focus. I was hoping they address some of that with the GH5.

While the GH5 obviously lacks dual pixel and A6300 type PDAF, it's auto focus speed is apparently going to pleasantly surprise users, in terms of how good it is (Matt says 'much better'). I am guessing it will be genuinely good, maybe due to the focussing algorithms as well as the focussing motor. Watch from 20:00.

This is the very edifice of your argument. Ironic, therefore, that, you should attempt to state this about someone's argument. There is DEFINITELY a price reduction. Your ignorance stems from the fact that you do not have any idea of its launch price and its current price, as well as the present standard accessories including in the box (and what was included during launch). Again, your Ignorance has no equal. The Sony X3000 is NOT an 8.2 MP sensor. It is a 12 MP sensor, that does a Crop for Both Video and Photo. Therefore, it DOES have a Full Sensor readout, but Only for Extra Wide photos, in 12 MP size. Video is restricted to 8.2 MP. Also, the Yi 4k and 4k+ have the Sony IMX377 sensor, which is a 12MP 1/2.3" sensor, whereas the X3000 has a 1/2.5" sensor, which does a Further Crop for the 8.2 MP, that it uses for all video formats and most photo formats. Both the cameras have an f2.8 lens, so Sony arguing the X3000 is brighter is curious, especially considering the much smaller size of a smaller sensor, that they use for video. Again, you state facts out of pure ignorance, followed by over-confidence. Read what I wrote above. The X3000 already does a crop to reach the 8.2 MP size, so there is no argument of whether it can do EIS. It cannot. Sony has been doing excellent OIS in their handycam range (and many other cameras) for the longest, so they obciously are great at doing it. About 'nobody doing EIS instead of BOSS ..." is another piece of your ignorant rant. It makes no sense, as is as ignorant as all your other ants above. Sony themselves have been continuously been attempting to improve EIS, because of the possibility of faster and more accurate readout for correction (though not employing or engaging all axis for stabilization), the case in point being the IMX318. Again a show of your unparalleled stupidity. If you read above, it should help you answer your own stupid questions. Again, your stupidity on full display. It's almost like you open you mouth first, and then start processing your thoughts. Again your stupidity rears it ugly head. The Yi 4k+ has the Ambarella H2 processor (SoC) that is equipped to handle 10-bit HDR and 4k @ 120. Maybe you should reduce your public rants and read more instead of attempting to post some random gibberish. You are living proof that the dodo isn't extinct, and that almost all species at some point of time could mate with almost any other species. You are a obviously a dodo and jellyfish hybrid.

The Sony was over-priced by $150-200, and thus the price correction. Also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with EIS, if it is done right. Also, the Yi 4k+ has the new Amarella processor, which is arguably better than what is inside the X3000. Also, the Sony does OIS, because it CANNOT do EIS (it is a 8.2 MP sensor, and it is already short of real estate for EIS, especially for 4k). The Sony's is a curiously rectangular sensor, far wider than necessary, and thus crops a huge part from the sides for 4k video and 4k phooes, taken @ 8.2MP. The Moto X does superb EIS, and in many cases it appears more effective than the OIS on a lot of smartphones. Also, if the the Sony was so impressive, how come people aren't replacing that for all other cams (especially the prices have fallen drastically since their intro pricing)? https://www.amazon.com/review/R1PDXFX0QYPPX2/ref=cm_cr_dp_title/156-8996512-9177357?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B01HAVKTF2&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=172282&store=electronics Also, like ALL Sony Cameras, there is a Chance that it Overheats. As mentioned by one user on Amazon. "4.0 out of 5 starsGreat Camera but Overheats too easy!!!! By Joshua N. on October 18, 2016 Overheating seems to be giant issue. The camera is awesome, the video is sharp. But it overheats way to easy. Sitting on a counter at 70 degrees it will overhead in roughly 40 minutes of continues recording at 4k with the battery door open (Seems like most of the heat is in this area). About 30 minutes with door closed, and about 20 minutes with it inside the waterproof case. This makes it a huge issue if I am trying to record something that is several hours long. (You have to swap memory 64GB cards out at hour twenty, but haven't been able to record that long yet.) The next problem I am going to experience is how am I supposed to use the camera. Except in middle of winter in the mountains the average temps are above 70 degrees. Does this mean I can't use the camera?" I would like to a Face-Off between the Yi 4k+ and the Sony X3000. A real world test. P.S.: The Sony must have some serious issues, since it does a seriously impressive housing as part of the free camera package. It also has very good sound and stabilization. I wonder what is stopping users from picking this over everything else.

Curiously the Ambarella H2 chipset (SOC) seems to be adding dynamic range to the footage. The footage appears to have more (perceptive) dynamic range than the regular Yi 4k Action Cam. I really like the footage. I just saw the mountain snowboarding video, and the colours and dynamic range looked very good. Also the micro blocking seemed much less than that in the GoPro videos.

Yi is what GoPro should have been. Not an over priced action cam. Though the karma and the LCD are great efforts, they were quite late. Also the ProTune acquisition was great, but GoPro should have separated Professionals' requirements and those of enthusiasts. Also, if they could have somehow pushed a 4k Action Cam that did 100 mbps, as a sports cam with the present specifications, and better pricing, they could have maintained their success trajectory. Right now, Yi is the Master of Action Cams. I hope they increase the bitrate, get a great HDR mode, and improve feature via future firmwares. P.S.: Wow !!! The Yi 4k+ does upto 120 mbps. That's insane for a cam this size and at this price point. Saw the Full specs. This thing is seriously amazing.

It will make it much wider than you need. 1.34x and 1.20x. That's wider than you need.

It's great The GH2 has a 1.86 crop factor (in HD), if I am not wrong. So, Panasonic has managed to do a great job, without a MSR Sensor. Kudos.

The multi aspects sensor is not required, especially if it is larger than than he mount. There is a multi aspect layout with no crop in video and, since it's predominantly a video camera, it solves the MAR demand. I think it is reasonable considering than he hay IBIS and Sensor Costs have been dealt with by this.

Take Cinema5D's reviews of Panasonic with a pinch of salt. They have been salting in praises of the Sony Cameras and have a disdain for Panasonic's Cameras. They didn't even review the G7, the GX85 and so many other ILCs, whereas they used the Sony 5100 and so many others. Also they calling the DJI Inspire 2 Arri Alexa rivalling is also ludicrous. Probably it was an easy way to get a few free DJI Inspire 2 Drones.