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No. E-stabilization never needs to be activated. Not sure why they've included that... just confuses people and reduces image quality.

Nice images @gethin

To each their own really. But there are some technical benefits to adding grain, like how it can sometimes help prevent blockiness and banding from youtube/vimeo compression

There has yet to be a Canon DSLR with a detailed 1080p image. Even Nikon is ahead of them now in this regard with the D500 and D5. https://***URL removed***/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen?attr29_0=canon_eos1dxii&attr29_1=panasonic_dmcgh4&attr29_2=nikon_d500&attr29_3=canon_eos80d&attr72_0=1080&attr72_1=1080&attr72_2=1080&attr72_3=1080&normalization=full&widget=378&x=-0.2454251883745963&y=0.16045765603694293

Like I said, you can try using a circular polariser to fade out the LED screens. Attached image - left is an LED screen, right is an LCD screen. I don't know if it will eliminate moire but fading them out will make them less distracting.

You can try using a polariser which sometimes fades screens out.

How long does the Blackmagic Video Assist last for when doing just monitoring, no recording? On the two standard canon batteries I mean.

Hahaha. This is so true. I have been around this forum for a few years now and noticed each year theres a new obsession on one particular aspect of cameras that many people here jump on and spend a lot of time looking for good and bad examples of that one thing. The problem is they have no idea of the settings or circumstances of the examples. And without a side by side shot with another camera you can not really make a fair judgement.

@gethin I had both cameras. In video the DR is about the same. I did a series of side by side tests which I still need to edit together, but here's two clips from it anyway. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByDASBWUzaNVNWdxLVlwdXFBS1U/view?usp=sharing That one is more of a colour and tonality test than a DR test.

There's nothing else like this on the market though. If a company like Manfrotto released this I bet it would be far more expensive

@deezid what lenses were used on that? Looks ace.

Five star thread here guys

I see. Only just read what YMMV meant

The a6300 doesn't overheat in 1080, has similar readouts to the 5d3 at 1080, has axis display, has built in EVF, has focus magnification and peaking without custom firmware, has very usable autofocus, has slow motion up to 120fps, has a log profile and does have a nice colour rendition. The a6300 is objectively good for run & gun, and really has a lot of advantages over the 5D3 for other stuff too.

Don't know why you'd expect them to put 4k in their most bottom end DSLR :/ will be lucky to see it in the d5500 successor

No.2 is correct. You want to set your shutter speed, aperture and iso and use the VND to control the exposure. Only thing is when it gets dark you'll have to either bump up the iso or take the filter off.

BTW it's not clear but where the dropdown gives you options for 4k, 4k aps-c, 1080p, 1080p aps-c, the "4k APS-C" means 4k 30p and "1080p APS-C" means 120p. Not sure why they've named them such. @wobba I also bought a GX80 and then a a6300 shortly after (my wallet is pretty battered now). I agree with all those points you made. I would also add that skintones are far more accurate (with the Standard profiles or with SLOG2 and SGamut3.Cine colour). Also a big issue I have with Panasonic cameras is that flares from bright lights cause purple streaks; an issue that Sony and other manufacturers don't have. I still have my GX80 because I cant decide which to keep. I have particularly shaky hands so the 5-axis is a godsend for me. And the 1080 is just so much more detailed as well..

No idea where you read conflicting reports. The a6300's 1080p doesn't touch the detail of the GH4 (or other panasonic cameras) unfortuantely It's similar to Canon and Nikon DSLR's. Oh here's a useful chart from dpreview. https://***URL removed***/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen?attr29_0=sony_a6300&attr29_1=nikon_d5500&attr72_0=1080&attr72_1=1080&normalization=full&widget=383&x=-0.1870641825970696&y=0.25664931499999993

The 5 axis gives more of a weighty shoulder camera feel than a general optical stabilised lens seems to How is he getting such shallow DOF with that 12mm f2??

New update is out (12.5.1). Apparently improvements to h264 playback, which I think is much needed, as well as a dish of other changes and new features. Article describing the changes in more detail: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/thewire/blackmagic-design-announces-davinci-resolve-1251-update-now-available/158770 I've been trying to download and install the software but so far just keep getting a corrupted download. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve

@Cinegain bravo. One of the most sensible posts ive read in a while. @sanveer don't you think vlog is already flat enough for an 8 bit codec?

I have noticed this too. Quite bizarre. One interesting thing to note is that Fujifilm's cameras have a dynamic range setting, which when raised to maximum requires an ISO 800 exposure setting. When I had a Fuji I used to always use this maximum setting and I think I very rarely saw blown out highlights. The a6300's SLOG2 and 3 also require an ISO 800 and also handle highlights very well (at least in JPG/movies), not sure how exactly this affects raw.

Here's everything you need to know http://helpguide.sony.net/di/pp/v1/en/cover/level1_01.html

Sounds like the new firmware just changes the temperature at which warning/shut down occurs. Users have been reporting it runs until it's almost too hot to touch now. I wouldn't feel comfortable letting my camera get that hot

I went to IMDB right after seeing the movie because there seemed to be such a mish mash of cameras there. I saw some extremely clean low-light fly-overs and some very grainy normal light shots, as well as some fast pans that clearly showed rolling shutter. The site lists the following as being used: ARRIRAW (2.8K) (source format) (some scenes) Canon Cinema RAW (4K) (source format) (some shots) CineForm RAW (2K) (source format) (some shots) Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format) Redcode RAW (6K) (source format) (some shots) Super 16 (source format) (some scenes) Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)