Julian

Yep. You'll have to go with Panasonic and they all have pretty small manual focus rings. Maybe use it with a follow focus?

The >Press Release states that you can either use the 4K S35mm head or a 2/3-inch recording unit for 2K/1080p at up to 240 fps. I think that's a pretty nice feature. That makes it both a broadcast and production camera.

http://www.newsshooter.com/2014/02/27/welcome-back-to-the-game-panasonic/ I'm sure Andrew will do a proper write-up... but here is the Press release:

I haven't followed the topic, but I was curious if I could simulate the theory. On Fred Miranda I found this topic that explains how Photoshop saves jpgs in 4:2:0 or 4:4:4 I used a full resolution JPG from the GH2 and took the following steps: Cropped the image to 3840x2160 and saved as JPG quality 6. The result is a 4K 4:2:0 still. Then I resized this image to 1920x1080 and saved it as quality 10 to make a 4:4:4 image. I also resized the 4K 4:2:0 still to 1920x1080 and saved it at quality 6 to make a 1080p 4:2:0 image. 200% crops of the above images in same order: 4K 4:2:0 1080p 4:4:4 1080p 4:2:0 Not sure if this test is correct, but to me it looks like you can gain color resolution from downsampling the 4K 4:2:0 file to 1080p. Correct me if I'm wrong!

I'm just gonna go with a pick of my highest rated movies on my IMDB list: Blade Runner No Country for Old Men (surprised no one mentioned this, I love this movie) Old Boy (Oldeuboi) - original version of course Infernal Affairs (Mou Gaan dou) Exit Through the Gift Shop City of God (Cidade de Deus) The Matrix Carandiru Watchmen The Raid (Serbuan maut)

I did, and the EOS 1D C too. I can imagine why the GoPro and 1DC are used because of the form factor, that's why I just mentioned the C500 and Alexa, both big cinema camera's. BurnetRhoades answer makes sense though, the C500 for lowlight and the Alexa during the day. I didn't think of that.

Probably full res jpg (it has an electronical shutter anyway since it does 1/16000 of a second) but for how long, that is the question. Probably a second or so...

Sent you a message for the FlareFactory58!

http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/first-pictures-of-the-samsung-nx-mini Might have the Sony RX100(2) sensor http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/samsung-to-launch-the-nx-mini-the-world-smallest-interchangeable-system-camera I want one! In pink. If it's cheap and has somewhat decent video (24p/25p selectable) I'd be fun to use with C-mount lenses!

You promise only amazing video's... :-) Who's gonna decide what is 'pro' or 'amazing'?

More info/pics here: http://www.superheadz.com/bellami/bellami.php Anyone who can translate it? /edit: used image to ocr and 'translated' it...

Cool! Probably no competition for the Digital Bolex. I'm guessing it will have a standaard compact camera sensor, something like 1/2.3 inch, maybe 1/1.7 inch. Still looks like a fun camera if it's cheap.

Are you gonna watch all of the videos first?

It's not, the sensor in the D4/D4S isn't from Sony. Just stop expecting every new dslr is going to be the next holy grail for video. This camera competes only with the Canon 1D X. And for video between the two, it does pretty ok I think. Yes, I'd love Nikon to make a great video camera, especially since they have no Cinema division to 'protect', but it won't just happen out of the blue. At least not right now.

Funny, although it's hard to see anything at all... Just makes me wonder, why would a DoP mix Canon C500 with Alexa, why not choose one system?

From the article: Nothing unusual about this. The D4S was expected. Nikon has done this 'S' refresh after a few years since a long time. D2H < D2HS, D2X > D2XS, D3 > D3S... all pretty small updates. The D4 has been on the market for +2 years, so the S version was due...

The D4S has 1.5x and 2.7x crop modes for video. I guess the latter is a 1:1 pixel crop at 1080p? Probably it's pretty good in low light. But well, this is definitely not for the average video shooter.

Any cheap 135mm f/2.8 from the analogue era...

Anyone with a DSO Oval Aperture Helios and SLR Anamorphot here? I'd love to see some samples...

I thought the SLR Magic was ok with fast apertures...

3x zoom gives you the reach but it also changes the depth of field. The 24-70mm f/2.8 will virtually turn into a ~75-210 f/8.4. So you won't get the small DOF that is possible with the 70-200mm 2.8. If that's no problem, just go for the 24-70mm and decide from there if the crop mode works for you I'd say.

Nope. Bokeh!

Wide open samples please :) If you're shooting at f/4 the focal reducer doesn't really make sense imo. You could just use a 35mm...

Nice test. Looking like a good solution to get an easy anamorphic-like look. Sure as hell is easier to focus and handle than a dual focus setup.. Just don't like the corner performance, is that caused by the 0.7x adapter? I don't think many people are using anamorphic for the resolution. It's all about the character of the lens.