IronFilm

What is it?

Nothing to write home about. At least not for the 100 series (which is what people usually mean when they say "G3", or now "G4"). Some improvements with the 500 series, but at their higher price point I think a person should just seriously think about Lectrosonics/Wisycom/Zaxcom/AudioLtd/etc instead. Often people seem to not have a clue at the true value of items (leading to prices waaaaaaay too high, but also prices waaaaaaay too low!). I've paid prices kinda similar to that myself in the past for wireless. Sometimes you get lucky! ;-) But do double read the auction, and inspect the pictures carefully.

A-Band is 516 - 558 MHz, and I thought that is still legal in Toronto and going to stay so (at least for now)?? But what do I know.... I'm not a local. It is a weird thing indeed! I wonder what causes it. Likely the algorithm to determine hyperlinks is screwed up. (".it" would make more sense.... but this dot is at the end of it. Not the start of it.) Edit: well... that quirk seems gone, we can no longer see it.

$100K? What are you referring, houses that are $100K? I assume not.... $100K per job? Ha, we wish! A $100K of gear? Nope, you don't need that much:

Assuming that it is a legal frequency (and will remain so for the foreseeable future, and isn't congested in your city), I wouldn't even think about it.... just do it. That is a low price! Assuming also you have a need for it, that you would use it as a plant mic or a reporter's mic or whatever.

Disappointed, thought you might be an octopus!

Absolutely agreed! Which is why I said:

Not in early 2000's!! Heck, not even today in 2018 do many big blockbuster hollywood films use 8K at all Great lighting / art direction / framing / camera movement / etc Doesn't surprise me, as a top end cinema camera package (with lenses etc) could reach a similar kind of figure.

Wait, whaaaat... there is even more recent controversy around Logan Paul?

Entry level "Feeder models" are essential to the future of the MFT system. Without new blood coming in, there will be fewer people to buy the GHx releases of the future.

For a second there I was confused why you were referring to Hillary as President..... :-o #TimeTraveler #AlternativeUniverses

Would be surprised if there is another stills camera with full size HDMI released this year (other than the GH series, which has already happened). But one can keep on hoping! :-)

Have a friend who shoots a lot (and I mean *A LOT*) of real estate videos, like yourself. And he is absolutely 110% obsessed with workflow from start to finish to maximize efficiencies every day. Initially starting out with a Canon 60D, then for the last year or so shooting with a Sony a7Smk2, but I'm fairly sure he doesn't even use s-log. He is in and out super fast, and pumps out the videos edited that same evening very fast too. Probably even the mere idea of ML raw he'd laugh at! And I'd agree, I reckon if you're getting less than a grand per video you shouldn't even be thinking about it. Focus on effeciencies and speed of turn around instead. Maybe once every fifty houses you might come across a house which makes you go "wow, this would look really good showcased on my website!" Then sure, slow down a little, think about it more, take a bit more time to really give it the royal treatment. But no need to buy completely different gear for that. (as tempting as it might be to get sucked down the G.A.S. hole....)

Yes, but if you've done the development around a new sensor, it makes sense to leverage that and reuse it in another product. So I'd give decent odds that could be happening? Fool us once.... fool us twice?

I'm wildly guessing this is linked to the new RED smartphone. Probably using the same sensor?

Have you used it?

This is the problem with *ALL* cameras. Are the videos from a Panasonic G7 / Nikon D5500 / BMD Micro Cinema Camera / Sony RX100mk4 / etc "bad" because it is a bad camera or because the people are newbies with a very limited budget? Are the videos from a Sony F35 / Panasonic Varicam LT / Canon C300 mk2 / RED Weapon / etc "amazing" because the shooter (and everyone else on his team) are talented and experienced people with a large production budget? In the end the answer is: a little from colum A, a little from column B. Only solution is trying it out yourself, or having very controlled shout outs. Or just simply reading as much as you can about everything, while taking it all in with a big grain of salt.

Ah the day was pretty easy for me, as I spent the whole time at just one location!

Are you flying two drones at once?? :-o Or is the Mavic there as your back up should anything go wrong with the P4P

As you own a D750, and if you're shooting non-professionally (as if you're doing it professionally then the maths is different), then I'd stick with the D750 for at least another year or two? You've got a good camera there! But seems perhaps you do shoot professionally it seems? What kind of interiors / architecture, high end stuff? Or high volume real estate? As if it is the latter, then I'd avoid any form of ML raw like the plague!

Decide yourself? Shot with a Sony CineAlta HDW-F900, which has 3x CCD chips of 1920x1080 (one for each of RGB). https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/633399-REG/Sony_HDWF900RPAC1D_HDW_F900R_CineAlta_24P_HDCAM.html Very weirdly enough, you can still buy it??? (well, the "R" version, which is very similar) For a sweet $80K Or you could just buy it secondhand, right now for around $1K or $2K for the body: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=sony f900r&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=4&_trksid=p2045573.m1684 The non-R original version you might even find for sub $1K Lots and lots of films have been shot on it (for instance "Quantum of Solace" had part of it shot on a Sony HDW-F900R, and that film came out in 2008. Or "Four Lions" which came out in 2010): https://shotonwhat.com/cameras/sony-hdw-f900-camera Some other discussions on it: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?330231-Sony-hdw-f900-Today http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?7478-How-does-RED-One-compare-with-Sony-HDW-F900 https://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/2990-how-george-lucas-pioneered-the-use-of-digital-video-in-feature-films-with-the-sony-hdw-f900

My general feeling is we long ago got to the "good enough point" for stills but still have work to do to get film quality in DSLRs/mirrorless to that similar point.

That was cool. Spotted a GH5 with a 100-300mm!

Nah, it hasn't been. Probably because no one here has any interesting in the 1" 4K sensor from their Studio cameras.

A person could just as easily say the GH5 is way ahead in specs and features for video, and close enough for stills ;-)