jonpais

The photographers and filmmakers I respect most, photographers who have experience with hundreds of lenses by many manufacturers. are willing to accept a small degree (or even a bunch) of chromatic aberration in exchange for other qualities in a lens. Apparently, some of the most coveted lenses in the world suffer from chromatic aberration. Even the $11,000.00 USD Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH has some purple fringing. I've posted numerous tests of the Leica Nocticron already and not a single viewer mentioned seeing any chromatic aberration. Maybe the content was so great, nobody noticed. Anyhow, I'm currently of the opinion that using a SB and huge lenses with micro four thirds bodies, (particularly zooms which have a very minimal range like the Sigma 18-35, as great as it is), defeats the whole reason for micro four thirds. When Voigtlander started producing their marvelous Noktons, there were very few fast primes available for the u4/3 system. That situation is changing rapidly. So being able to mount a Leica 12mm f/1.4, an Olympus 25mm f/1.2, the Sigma 30mm f/1.4, a Leica 42.5mm f/1.2, or even the incredible Olympus 75mm f/1.8 on my G85 makes it increasingly unlikely I'll ever be using my MB SB again, which is why I'm thinking of selling off all my Canon mount glass. For any given shoot, I seldom use more than two lenses, but matching the colors of two primes by different manufacturers is not rocket science. In fact, I think anybody could do it, and I pretty much suck at color correction. I don't understand the concept of future proof. As far as I'm concerned, APS-C is the future. For you, full frame might be the future. For others, medium format might signal the future. I'm not even sure why someone would go from a full frame sensor to micro four thirds, only to be saddled down with a bunch of huge, genormous glass. It defeats the whole point of having a compact system. It really is great to go out with nothing but a G85 and the Olympus 75mm or Sigma 30mm DC DN, it's like I'm not carrying anything at all. Try walking around all day with a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 and MB SB, and your neck will be sore. And this is speaking as someone who is used to lugging around a 4 Kg tripod half the time. If nothing else, I hope that's food for thought. I understand your pain. Edit: I thought the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 was APS-C, but you say it comes out on top for full frame, so I'm confused!

Nice work here as well, beautiful scenery, too. Some comments over at YouTube saying how much nicer the color is than the GH4, but Panasonic's midrange cameras (GX85/G85) already have very pleasing skin tones. For people like myself, who only do a little color correction and maybe applying a LUT for Web delivery, it looks like 8 bit will be fine for 50/60 fps.

But remember, the XL is probably not going to play well with the GH5 anyway, so the Ultra will probably be the way to go.

+1 Very enjoyable video, nice colors, great location and all. But... this is hardly definitive. First of all, Panasonic's AF-C works best with contrasty subjects, and the woman wearing the white coat at the beginning of the video, and Kai's nutty hat are easy pickings for the camera's AF system. When I did my own tests of the GH4 with the Zhiyun Crane, when circling the subject, the three year-old camera had no problem maintaining focus, even with a longer focal length, if the subject had so much as a spot of sunshine in her hair. it also worked well if the subject was wearing a black and white blouse, jewelry or sunglasses. Then, we're talking about wide angle in these shots, so the focus won't be so critical. Lastly, this video has been edited (it's 2-1/2 minutes long), and I'm not accusing anyone of anything, but just like reviews we are always complaining about that bury the bad stuff in a couple sentences among heaps of praise, these results can hardly be called conclusive.

In the next few years, robots will replace photographers and cameras will record smells.

That's all too complicated for me?. Why not just get the Ultra and not worry about the XL covering the whole sensor? Seems to work fine...

I thought there was no more crop in 4K? ?

I'll be getting rid of my two Panny Vario zooms soon myself, but I would never sell them to buy an even slower zoom, but that's just me. Keep your lenses and pick up the Olympus Zuiko 75mm f/1.8, it's superb! And to anyone else considering the Panny 42.5mm f/1.7 because the Nocticron is crazy expensive, I'd strongly recommend having a look at the Zuiko instead.

The in-body stabilization will work great with Canon glass and a Metabones adapter. I would highly recommend investing in some fast micro four thirds primes - they will allow you to work discretely, AF will be faster than adapted lenses, they're much easier to tote around than monstrous glass on a SB, and many are small and light enough to be flown on a single handed gimbal. A few I would suggest are the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN, the Leica 42.5mm f/1.2, and the Olympus 75mm f/1.8. I personally would avoid lenses slower than f/2 with u4/3. The one exception would be the Olympus 300mm f/4, but I don't shoot nature or sports, so it's not on my radar. So that also rules out all the native zoom lenses. From what I've seen, the Veydras look like an excellent option for filmmaking, but since I'm a street shooter, cinema lenses won't work for me. What kind of shooting do you do?

Those were my thoughts exactly when I first bought into the u4/3 system - I felt like I was almost being coerced into purchasing Panasonic lenses for their OIS, and I have to say I felt a little resentful, especially since Olympus had come out with IBIS. OIS also meant costlier optics.

Not liking the video does not make anyone a hater, nor does it mean we don't enjoy when someone expresses unbounded enthusiasm for a new product. And whether or not he was paid for making the video is completely irrelevant. Furthermore, for someone to say we just create works to get likes on YouTube or Vimeo is also asinine. Whether it was spontaneous or not is also irrelevant - he shot the clip, edited it and presented it, and viewers are intelligent enough to arrive at their own conclusions. I dislike Casey Neistat and Casey Neistat wannabe vloggers with a passion, so maybe that's why it left me cold. Not only that, but since the uploader boasts of being the first vlogger to use the GH5, my own impression from watching this video is that it performs rather poorly in that regard. In fact, if an aspiring vlogger on a limited budget asked me whether they should buy the GH5, I'd reply that their money would be better spent getting a G80 and spending the remainder on an Aputure 120t and Light Dome. Like most people, I've watched thousands of videos on YouTube, and inevitably I compare to other works I've seen. But I don't have to defend not liking the video - you're free to enjoy it, I'm free to think it was a complete and utter waste of my time. Edit: Like most people watching any video about the GH5, I hope to learn something about the camera - that is nothing unusual or strange - as well expecting to see the pre-production models being put to use by talented filmmakers: and unlike you, I felt I didn't learn anything new about it at all. And anyone who posts a video about the GH5 should be aware that they will be getting lots of hits and coming in for some scrutiny (if not, they are naive), so I think it only fair if their videos are judged accordingly. After all, he's not just some excitable kid with a van and a camera: he's studied filmmaking, has over 13,000 subscribers, has a bunch of gear and supposedly knows how to use it.

I'll be picking up the Olympus 75mm f/1.8 this evening, hopefully post a video sometime next week if I don't run out of inspiration. It's supposed to be one of the better tele lenses in the u4/3 system. I've finally put a project shooting Fuji's Acros film simulation to rest, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to edit it, since all I know of transitions is making cuts, and since watching Brandon Li's work, I feel like it's going to be boring as all hell. Edit: I just picked up the lens, it's super tiny, so, unlike the Nocticron, should be great on a gimbal. Edit Ii: Pretty stingy of Olympus not to include a hood for a lens costing upwards of $900.00 USD. Went shooting with it this morning, it's all that and a bag of chips. Right up there with the very best. Now that I've got my Sigma 30mm f/1.4, the Leica 42.5mm and a 75mm, I just need to decide which 12mm to get before I sell off my two Panasonic G X Vario f/2.8 zooms. I still haven't seen any videos of people shot with the Leica 12mm, there's very little on YouTube shot with this lens at all. Rumor has it Olympus may be releasing another f/1.2 lens, but I doubt it will be a 12mm. I've decided I don't want a manual prime, I need autofocus for fast changing stuff, especially when shooting wide open.

I wish Iamoui could do an entire series like that of different cities. As far as white balance goes, I never use AWB. First, I adjust the Kelvin temperature, 5300 degrees or whatever it happens to be. This might freak you out a bit, but I do this by pointing the camera at the pavement or the road if I'm outdoors and raising or lowering the temperature on the Kelvin scale. Often, it will still have a color cast, so then I go into the WB graph and make small adjustments. Then, I poke the camera around and make sure people's faces and everything else looks good. I told you this was going to be weird! This was shot on the X-T2, but I adjust color the same way on all my cameras. (screen shot from video clip)

Thanks for the link - great post.

Nobody could seriously judge image quality based on this video, so yes, it's bizarre to say the least. Yet not a single person commented on the high ISO test shot in anamorphic mode posted earlier.

The OP's already sold his GH3 and Panny glass and now he's ready to buy all over again, ? so yeah, like you said (or did you?) it's not a marriage (or perhaps it is!). I don't have much experience with wedding photography, but isn't the GH5 a bit overkill? Just asking, I genuinely don't know. I do know that I'd never arrive at a once-in-a-lifetime event armed with just one camera though, and if it were me, I'd pick up two G85 bodies instead. But again, I don't know what common practice is when it comes to weddings.

Half of those views were mine. ?

@Axel I do agree, however, that if you've already got a bunch of legacy glass and are just starting out in the micro four thirds system, it would be cheaper in the long run to pick up a focal reducer. Also, I see your point about bokeh, but since I'm a street shooter, I've got little choice but to blur out the background in order to make my subjects stand out. But I've also grown tired of watching endless videos with razor-thin DoF.

For most users here, from the comments I've seen posted, buying a Speed Booster is an expensive proposition, and often it's less expensive and more practical to just purchase native glass. To take just one of the most popular lenses as an example, lugging around the Sigma 18-35mm all day isn't my idea of a picnic. It wasn't just the depth of field they were looking at - the viewers, myself included, already knew there was going to be more bokeh and a softer background with the Nocticron. Anyhow, my argument is not that everyone should throw their MB SB in the garbage, it's that you can still get a pleasing look with some native u4/3 mount lenses.

I like it.

I would be dumbfounded if the GH5 is able to maintain focus for all of two minutes in a talking head shot in AF.

I didn't even stop to consider the image quality, the content was so off-putting. Like a child salivating over a new toy.

If photography is still important to the OP, there is no way I'd advise him to buy a GH5, since it's primarily a video camera now. I'd strongly suggest sticking with either full frame or APS-C.

I like your taste in music.

From what I've seen perusing the G80/85 and GX80/85 threads, the Canon 1Dc or whatever threads (I'm not at all familiar with Canon products), and the NX1 threads, there might be a couple of individuals who purchase the GH5 who won't be able to exploit what it's capable of anyway and who will be sorely disappointed. If you thought the GH4 had lots of customizability, the GH5 is going to have 10X more, yet many still don't even know the basics, like how to white balance their shots correctly. I'm still seeing lots of videos here that have craploads of sharpening added in post, which absolutely destroys any cinematic look. Shooting in harsh lighting conditions that is not only beyond the scope of the dynamic range of these cameras, but is completely alien to a film-like look. Ruben Latre was able to get more out of the mushy 720p Canon 5D than most of us will ever get out of one of these 4K cameras. Then there are those who are going to settle for a slow universal zoom kit lens, which again is like putting a set of $400 tires on a Lamborghini. In practically every forum I've ever participated in, it seems to be the mantra that a Speed Booster is the secret to getting that elusive quality we associate with film, but in a recent non-scientific test I did comparing the Nocticron to the Sigma 50mm f/1.4, most preferred the native u4/3 lens. Log is the other most requested feature, yet most of the grading of V-log I've seen in the GH5 downloads thread also leaves a lot to be desired (and I suck at grading myself). So what am I doing? I'm watching as many videos as I can, by people like Ruben Latre, Brandon Li, Kendy Ty and others; following as many online grading tutorials as possible; and going out and shooting every day to try to improve my skills: if for no other reason than to convince myself that I really need to spend $2,000 for another camera.