jgharding

FFPGA is very interesting technology. Antelope Audio use it to deliver real-time emulation of microphones and more https://en.antelopeaudio.com/hardware-based-fpga-effects/

It will all go RF and they'll want everyone to re-buy all their lenses again, would be my guess, so they'll put some kind of benefit in RF that you cannot have with an EF adaptor. They're so obsessed with selling IS as a lens feature that they're miles behind in terms of things like sensor stabilisation though

I hope that in the next couple of years raw output will be standard on these cameras. Internal raw is probably a bit much to hope for but someone will do that eventually I'm sure. I still don't quite understand the whole "paid upgrade" model. What is it designed to achieve? A genuine question, I'm not being edgy.

Call me cynical, but i'd put it down to just refusing to catch up with everyone else in terms of spec vs price. Canon still have good skin-tone, but the last camera we bought was GH5. No point getting another C200 really. Shoots amazing Vlog footage, tiny and light, easy to travel with... They were leaning on your average Joe knowing the brand, but now that market is being eaten by Sony and Panasonic. Sad times, cos they have all the know-how to rule the sector, but instead they committed seppuku

Ah , looks like it's a model, I wonder when it will be out and the other stats?

It's probably cos they're sold on specs, and spec arguments attract that kinda crowd. Same with Red. Most high-end is still shot on Arri no matter how many pixels Red chuck in, but that doesn't stop the red fanboys going postal on threads all over the shop. I actually owned a Red for a while and it was good, but a bit heavy-duty for the kind of stuff we use in-house cameras for. I always sold Sonys after finding them hard to use in post, but hopefully the next batch will have nicer colour. Tools are always part of a working process, but for some people they'll always be the real obsession.

For the price it just isn't much of an upgrade as far as I can see, though if colour is stunningly better that would be good, but I think there are better options from competitors, personally It's good in theory, but you better nail your focus and have a damn sharp lens!

They should really focus on colour, it's the main thing that stops people using their equipment, at least for me and others i know. Whenever I've had a little Sony on a shoot with a Canon, or an Arri or a Red it's been torture to match it afterwards or just comparing its BTS shots with main shots it doesn't look good. They have poor skin-tone in general and a sort of cool, soul-less look, and it takes a lot of work to make them look nice compared to other cameras. That's not to say that there is NOTHING nice made with them, but that it's hard work and the colour doesn't allow much varsatility from my experience, regardless of stats. Sony have amazing stats on paper but most of the time you can spot the footage cos it has that "look". Even the F65 has a "look" that's not nice compared to an Alexa. It's sharp and cold and clinical. And if they can't get their colour up to scratch at least give people more chance of making it palatable by offering 444 or 422 12-bit or something. But I'm guessing this is all part of a "we are selling 8K TVs let's have 8K capture in phones and cameras" thing. We will more likely get 16k than 444 1080p ??

I have done a combination recently, and had a GH5 with IBIS on top of a heavy tripod with the legs pulled up, and holding it by the “neck” section or you can build a shoulder rig and hang a weight off the back in short nothing replaces weight but you can get some reasonably similar looks by other methods

Weight is part of it, an Alexa weight a ton as do the lenses usually, most often it'll be on easy rig or steadicam vest or both. If not it's on a big tripod. The example looks great, but it does look like a small camera still, it's the quick jitter at the start I've tried using GH5 with Dual-IS2 and a Ronin S recently and it gets closer but it doesn't look like a heavy camera. So perhaps just add a load of lead ? Maybe a Ronin S in briefcase mode?

Ah sorry, it's a GH5 in 16:9 mode with a Speedbooster Ultra 0.71, So it's about 1.4 crop i think That's a good idea, I'll have a look at getting the isco closer to the lens.

sure, it's more for my viewing pleasure TBH, i'd like Chorme not to make video look like a bag of boiled dicks

haha this is definitely a meme format now Yes this was the solution, thank you

Hi all, I wonder if anyone else has seen this. On the right is my film in Firefox on YouTube, it looks as it did in Resolve On the left. it's in Chrome, very de-saturated. My hardware acceleration for video in Chrome is active.

God I hate all this "TACTICAL ASSAULT ARMOUR" bro marketing stuff, I'm sure it's a great product, but Red style MONSTER ENERGY WOOOOOOO HIGH FIVE TRIBAL TATTOS marketing puts me of

Gotta love the Pre 36 Iscorama... Gorgeous as it is, I've found the oft-recommended Mir-1B has quite some vignetting when i clamp the isco on with a Redstan clamp. Does as anyone have any recommendations for wide (at 1.5 stretch, so 35mm and wider) lenses that won't vignette very noticably? I wonder if i need to move the isco closer or further away?

cool i'll give it a shot!

apparently "shoot without lens" doesn't exist in the GH5, and they changed it to an automatic thing... What's odd is i can shoot with just the speedbooster, but even just clicking the dumb adaptor into place on its own brings up the "lens attachment failed" message a few seconds later weirdness...

Is it just me who has the lenses (helios, jupiter etc) failing to work even with chip-free M42 adapter? I'm guessing the adapter may be shorting the contacts... but then it's odd since it works right up until the "click" into place...

A quick update: The dumb adaptor for Exakta to EF mount works perfectly, but the M42 to EF dumb adaptor one has the same error as before, despite having no chip. I can shoot as long as I want if i turn the lens to just BEFORE clicking into place, but as soon as it clicks in, i get "Lens attachment failed" Any more ideas?

He means put the lens on a dumb adapter, then that onto the speedbooster, which sorts the issue out. I don't understand what you're saying here...

It's great to have another RedCode style codec coming out. They need to be open with it. Get it in some other cameras... dominate that sector with licensing

Cheers, glad to see it is just the chip ive already ordered some dumb adapters BTW how does one programme such a chip? I never worked that out...

In addition to what I asked about adapters, yes this is also a question. if such an option exists I can’t find it...

Hi all, I've come quite late to the GH5 party so sorry if this is common knowledge: I have M42 to EF adapters I use on Canon bodies that have AF confirm chips. When I attach these to the Speedbooster Ultra on the GH5 get a "lens attachment failed" message. It doesn't appear to have a manual "shoot without lens" option either, I just get a black screen. But if i don't fully connect the lens I can shoot fine, I'm guessing chip-free dumb adaptors will sort this?