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Undoubtedly will happen in our life times. (if a truck doesn't run me over during my next training ride, sooo.... 50/50 chance I'll see an 8K smartphone)

Or just any slow motion beyond options beyond 60fps, even if just 96fps like in the old GH4 Internal 10bit and slow motion is probably the two biggest factors which could tempt me away from the G85. (which the G9 has both of! 4K 10bit 422 internal, or FHD 180fps 8bit)

Sadly the G85 isn't quite that cheap yet, seems to be hovering just under or around US$400 on ebay. I'd have to be lucky/fast to snap one up for anything cheaper than high three hundreds. Keep on debating if I should just go for buying the G85 at around that current pricing, or wait even longer for it to be even cheaper? Don't think there are any events on the near horizon which should lead to a significant price drop of the G85 on eBay. The G95 was a flop, so didn't drastically impact used G85 prices. A "G95mk2" won't happen any time soon. The G9 has been out for ages and ages, so any impact that made on G85 prices has long ago flowed through. Perhaps if the GH6 release is soon and revolutionary, and at a very low price such as US$1.2K RRP then that could force GH5 eBay prices down so low that applies pressure onto G85 prices to fall as well. But I doubt this. My gut guess is that the GH6 isn't until at least late 2020, and that the GH6 will be priced over $2K. Thus won't have any impact on G85 prices. Could a camera release from another brand apply that pricing pressure to the secondhand Panasonic G85, the Fujifilm X-T200, Nikon Z30, Sony a6200, etc??? I do not think so. What major events might impact pricing? Black Friday Sales are a long way away from happening. NAB is soon ish but a different market niche and won't impact the G85's value. Coronavirus might only have a (small?) impact on prices going up (not down!), if it leads to a general slow down / inflation of products in the camera industry. I could instead move up and get a Panasonic G9 for roughly twice as much, or a Panasonic GH5 for a couple of hundred dollars more, or a Nikon Z6 for only a couple of hundred dollars more than that, but now we're only five hundred bucks away from a secondhand Sony PXW-FS5? Might as well get a proper cinema camera instead of fluffing around with mirrorless! But hmmm..... a secondhand FS7 isn't really that much more than a FS5, and a FS7 is so much more powerful and valuable to own instead. Yup, here I am right back to considering an FS7 again. OOPS! Is a very slippery slope! Where does the madness stop?? Should just get that damn Panasonic G85 asap instead, as there simply isn't a better bang for buck hybrid camera on eBay. And that won't change in the foreseeable future.

I do believe that Sony is "protecting" their cinema camera range by crippling the features/specs in their a7 / a6x00 range. But also, the fact *ALL* (even their mk3 models, which was meant to "fix" that) of their mirrorless models overheat makes me think that they're not just protecting their cinema cameras, but that Sony has hit genuine technical issues with their mirrorless models which holds them back. I rarely work with an a7 series camera (think there was only one web series I did last year? They were shooting multi camera and couldn't afford more than one FS7 at a time. Oh, plus a second time I just remembered! A low budget corporate shoot, that was again multicam) as usually if they can afford a sound recordist then they're shooting with the likes of a FS7 or better. But I can see via social media there are heaps and heaps of young film grads / wedding videographers / etc who are choosing mirrorless. There definitely are sales being stolen away.

That's why I said GHx and SxH cameras. If you care about photography so much that a moderate hit in quality in extreme conditions bother you then buy a Panasonic G9 / S1R instead

Sometimes I feel photography sites should never review cinema cameras. As they always will screw it up. Guaranteed

If you're seeking DR above all else then you'll hit major other compromises. Why not just buy a Sony PMW-F3 instead? The Panasonic G85 gives you the best all over experience

Let's face it folks, the a7S mk3 is NEVER coming out!

I believe from 20mm-ish the Sigma 18-35mm "covers" full frame somewhat with a slight crop (but the corners won't be great), or from 25mm ish without any crop. But you might as well buy the full frame Sigma 24-35mm f2 lens instead!!

However a GHxS or SxH series from Panasonic totally should do away with the mechanical shutter and have a multi stage ND filter instead

ah my bad, I was probably thinking of the older a6x00 series which lacked a mic input I think? And the mic input is handy for using a lav into the camera, did that for today's vlog with a Nikon D5200 / Aputure A.Lav , fingers crossed as to how that turned out.

Resolution has nothing to do with the image circle of a lens. You could theoretically have 1" sensor which is 6K, or it could be a medium format sensor doing 6K

Good job Mark in covering some of the many negatives of the a6500! However there are so many negatives with the a6500, no wonder you missed some of them: 1) a6500 is risky it will overheat, the G85 never will 2) a6500 lacks a flip out screen for if you wish to film yourself 3) a6500 lacks a mic input In my opinion the Panasonic G85 still reigns supreme as best bang for buck at its price point, like all Panasonic cameras it is a well rounded camera with few if any hidden "gotchas".

No, Zoom's next release is something more similar to an F8n but even better. If you want a cheap bodypack recorder then the Tascam DR10L is still the best option for now (unless you can afford the Sound Devices PDR, SPRD, or Zaxcom ZFR300 etc, although probably outside your price range if not using this for paid work), better than the Zoom F1 for sure! However, if you can wait a little while longer then I 110% recommend seeing what happens with the Tentacle Sync Track E. As my gut feeling is it should be a similar ish price (not more than a couple of hundreds higher priced) yet many leaps and bounds better. (even smaller and many more features!)

I'm very much looking forward to the Sync Track E as well! https://youtu.be/sBW5MBbi-uc However, I don't know if this next F series has 32bit or not. I strongly suspect it does, although I don't care if it does. As honestly at the professional level there is almost no daily need whatever for 32bits. Going from 16bits to 24bit was a legitimate leap forward, as it was tricky to keep your mix between the noise floor and peaking with only 16bits. (and arguably has lead to bad habits people still have even now in 2020, when they try to mix too hot) But if you can't do it with 24bits then you ought to be looking for a different job than as a sound mixer!! As that is heaps of room. So as a professional grade recorder, Zoom might not bother with including 32bits. However, 32bits seems to have captured the minds of many average joes as some kind of magic wand recipe for great audio, thus from a marketing aspect (especially as Zoom is also trying to target the prosumer/hobbyist/videographer/etc as well) then I feel it is likely that it will have 32bits.

Cutting edge technology will always be easier/cheaper/sooner with smaller sensors. Plus like @Lars Steenhoff said, physics means the lenses will always be more compact with smaller sensors.

It's not public knowledge yet 😉

It is easily the most popular camera on shoots with a moderate budget or more. The FS7 and Alexa Mini are easily by far the two most common cameras I work with.

Outdoors that is fine, but if indoors with lights on you need to be thinking about if you're in 50KHz or 60KHz land

I marked it for you:

The pool of people wasting their life playing computer games is waaaaaay larger than the available jobs. (plus being a programmer in the 1990's vs 2020's is quite different! Much more commoditized now) And we often hear complaints about how rough the film industry is, with how very bad the supply vs demand imbalance is. It is just as bad in the computer gaming industry, if not even worse.

He deserves the success he gets! Keep up the hard work Potato

Personally I'm hoping for an URSA Micro. Would be like the FS5 is to the FS7, but even better. The URSA Micro would: 1) have the BMPCC4K sensor in it 2) be cheaper / smaller / lighter than the UMP G2 3) have a locking MFT mount 4) have all the good stuff of the UMP (lots of buttons / toggles, flip out screen, SDI outputs, full size HDMI, TC I/O, built in 4 stage ND, etc) But yes, an URSA LF would be ok too, would push down prices of the UMP

x1000 this! Lighting is very very important. Only thing more important than lighting is audio 😉 Errr.... no, set your shutter speed to 50 or 60 (depending on where you live)

Linus has seemed genuinely frustrated about RED at times. Excellent point! Why are they not doing this? Maybe the big makeup channels are secretly doing this.