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Nice! I remember watching the trailer, the first 5 minutes and reading about it here a year ago: http://www.eoshd.com/content/8549/watch-the-first-five-minutes-of-gh2-feature-film-musgo-warning-nsfw   I love the look of it, will try to watch it soon. Thanks for the heads up!

The G6 doesn't have any custom options for focus peaking so I don't think there is any way you can influence this.

I just posted screengrabs from the video, so yes it is definately working.   Always difficult with these kind of 'advanced' things to get the correct information out. Remember the Pocket shooting raw or not... etc. Especially if it comes to video in photography camera's, it's pretty hard to get actual answers from any representatives of any brand.

It's clear to see he doesn't know what he's talking about ;) 'Just for stills, jpg and raw' - that is uncorrect, a curve correction doesn't have any influence on the raw file (you can set a curve in the raw converter of your choice).   It does work in video on the GX7 I have here, and that makes sense since video is a baked format and not raw.   No time for proper tests, but here's a screengrab.   Upper image, neutral profile contrast -5 Lower image, neutral profile contrast -5 - extreme curve (shadows up, highlights down)     [url=http://www.eoshd.com/comments/gallery/image/652-gx7-curve-adjustment-in-video/][/URL]

Peaking works during recording. Zoomed PIP window is cancelled as soon as you press record.   Stabilisation is switched off as soon as you switch to movie mode. Lowest iso in movie mode is 200, max 3200. In Photo mode you can extend it to 125-25600.   Interesting thing is you can adjust the shadow/highlight curve (like the OM-D) and it works during video recording.

It's not so bad since you will only use the middle part of the image.

  This is how Panasonic presentered it. The sensor tech is derived from the GH2/G6 but improved. I'm not sure if they meant it performs better than the GH3 by placing it higher on the graph. I don't think it does. The Sony sensor in the GH3 is quite a bit better than the Panasonic one if you measure the raw image quality.   I'm getting a GX7 test sample tomorrow so I'll check things out and set it up next to the G6. I expect similair video performance, but this binning talk is interesting.

Panasonic G6 would be a perfect replacement for a 550D imho. Cheap, no moire. 1080p60, peaking, possibility to use cheap old lenses and / or a speed booster. 

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  It's probably (at least) as good as the Panasonic G6 for video. And that is pretty good. So I wouldn't write it off that fast.

  Not redundant. Say you would have to stop down your f/2.8 lens to f/5.6 to get sharp, on the speed booster you could stick with f/4 for the same results (in theory - it becomes f/2 so it's stopped down 2 stops at f/4).

Why do a few centimetres matter so much to you? Just curious!   What about the Olympus 45mm f/1.8?

Nice review Andrew. Like the GH2, the G6 will be one of the most underestimated camera's ever probably :) Outstanding camera for the money. Probably we wouldn't even complain about the price if we had this quality/features in a $1.5K aps-c-camera from the big brands...

  This is the case with many sensors. The sensor in most camera's - point and shoot, phone, etc. have higher specs than the final product, because the imaging processor is not fast enough (or the storage, or something else in the pipeline).   Take the Sony IMX144CQJ for example. The sensor is capable of 4K at 60 fps: http://www.sony.net/Products/SC-HP/cx_news/vol69/pdf/imx144cqj.pdf   This is a 1/1.7" bsi sensor used in high end compactcamera's by many brands - none of them do 4K.

For audio I like the idea of using a second camera (gopro for example) to record basic audio information. You could mount the gopro on your rig or onto the hotshoe to capture the same image. Then you just sync the two video streams in post, shouldn't be difficult. After that you can sync the audio stream of the gopro with your external HQ audio stream with pluraleyes for example.   I haven't tried this, don't remember who posted this idea, but it sounds fairly simple to me. And the extra GoPro footage can be a fun bonus I guess for behind the scenes kind of stuff :)

I think you are exaggerating quite a bit Le Pouyf. Yeah, the GH3 might be better but the G6 isn't bad at all. It is at least on par with the GH2... maybe you did do something weird/wrong with yours?   upload some samples to http://www.wetransfer.com (send to yourself and copy the link here).

Nice lens, but finding it for $60 seems a bit unlikely to me...

What limits are you running into? Have you tried raw on the 60D?   Sounds like you are looking for an excuse to buy one :) Just do it (if you can spare the money) and enjoy! If you don't have or can't miss the money, forget about it. A new camera isn't going to make your end results any better.

  Good question. Funny enough, this doesn't (seem to) exist. Although all the manufactures supply extensive spec sheets with their camera's, the advanced video features are usually kept out. Recently the companies (Canon/Nikon/Panasonic) started adding some info for the hdmi output, mostly in cases where they think it is a selling point that the hdmi out is clean. And than it usually just says that it's clean... and not much else.   So as of now, the only way of really knowing, is actually trying it out or searching and reading about certain cameras because probably someone has had the same question before. There isn't really a database for these advanced (unspecified) functions as far as I know...   The EA-50 might have the specifications you are looking for. Probably it doesn't give the image you want. Basically it's a NEX camera in another housing. I think the GH3 image is much better and has pretty much what you are looking for, although 13-14 stops DR is not very realistic. If you want that, you have to go raw.   5D3 raw is definitely the best image quality you can get for that money at the moment. 60P might work at lower resolutions (hacked). A raw workflow requires more time/money though.

The RX100 II uses the same EVF as the RX1(R). It's great, but a shame it's so expensive (relatively, to the camera). It's like €450 :(

  Don't they have different optical designs, optimised for the sensor format?   Anyway, the Nikon G > MFT speed booster has just been released: http://www.metabones.com/product/micro-43/nikon-g-mft-speed-booster-detail   No idea if it works on E-mount with said adapter. Try and let us know ;)

Sony 4K smartphone is coming :)   http://vr-zone.com/articles/press-images-of-sony-xperia-i1-honami-revealed-packs-4k-video-recording-announcement-on-july-4/42225.html   Rumors are talking about a pretty large 1/1.6" sensor.

  Apparently he shot it (partly) with a Hasselblad Lunar... Shooting with that ugly overpriced silly camera probably influences the creative process somehow... http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/i-finally-found-someone-shooting-with-the-hasselblad-lunar-its-david-lynch/

  Same without low pass filter