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Stumbled across there two articles which I felt are interesting enough to share, as Art Adams goes into amazing detail in his break down of the demo reels. Fascinating how much info he can draw out of a video! http://www.dvinfo.net/article/acquisition/a-critical-look-at-cions-new-demo-reel.html http://www.dvinfo.net/article/acquisition/panasonicp2hd/a-critical-look-at-varicams-latest-demo-reel.html

Nikon still managed to sell more full frame cameras in the USA than Canon! ;-) Or Sony.

Nice! How much of a discount did you get it at?

The new Mavic has a pro video which shows part of it at night: Of course it won't be as good as a better drone, but if it works with the budget and works with what you need then no harm trying.

LOL But hey... if he is offering to do it for free, take it! If shot at early dusk and graded with care, you might be able to pull it off.

$5K for the course, and then you still need to do it....

No way should do you indoor shots with a drone! Only if the place is MASSIVE like a barn, and there are no people in the shot. Then maaaaybe

You could post up a request in this really big group for a track to be made for you: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2244302700/

Did you go with a GH2 for now? Until something better?

Yuneec is their biggest competitor in the semi-pro category, give or take a budget move up/down And become like Canon? :-/ :-(

But still I reckon if you want to go cheaper and save your pennies. You can. Does your DoP have a drone? You might even get lucky and he'd throw it in for free. Or find a keen young P4P owner.

110% chance guaranteed to crash $650 is a very reasonable half day rate for a guy with an Inspire

P4 Pro is also 1"

I probably wouldn't bother looking at new cameras in Japan, I'd go hunting for secondhand deals instead! This guy runs an interesting blog: https://www.japancamerahunter.com

They could make the most epic internal filters system EVER!! But seriously, you don't even need a deep EF mount for that. You can have NDs in even mirrorless mounts. (such as AF100 or FS700)

Of course you can use all of them with the BMCC MFT (although I'd buy a BMMCC over a BMCC), so why not just keep all the lenses?!

Wow. Wow. Just wow. I'd buy them all day long at that price! Non stop. Never quit. Just keep on buying. Go Nikon! You can use it on everything. Including EF mount cameras. And adapters are much cheaper (& more reliable) for your BMPCC for Nikon than Canon.

If you're heart set on BMD then I think the choice is very very clear: URSA Mini Pro. Unless budget can't stretch to that, then find a good secondhand price on the URSA Mini 4.6K (or if super broke... go for BMPCC/Micro like I have!) With the low low low prices of the URSA Mini 4K, I think it would be a no brainer over the BMPC4K because of the extra functionality of the URSA Mini series. Unless one of: 1) you find the BMPC4K even crazier cheap itself 2) you value the smaller size of the BMPC4K very very highly But I wouldn't be too keen on either, vs the much better 4.6K sensor. (my view has nothing to do with the greater resolution however, it is to with the better DR and ISO performance) However I'd still rather have a URSA Mini 4.6K / BMPC4K pairing over a RED ONE kit. Oh I dunno, the URSA Mini Pro records to SD cards as well, and even SSDs just like the BMPC4K does: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1369457-REG/blackmagic_design_cineursashmssd_ursa_mini_ssd_recorder.html BMPC4K is the same size as the BMCC (if you have extensive experience with that?), thus it isn't exactly small itself, especially once you've added a monitor and battery *(whcih many people would feel you need to do).

You take a massive massive hit when it comes to both DR and base ISO (which you are stuck on, is very unwise to move off it).

Ah yes, I'm not saying it is the same as clear digital zoom. Just point out Nikon is closer to it than Canon ;-) Niiiiiiiiice! Didn't realise it was controlled by the zoom rocker. But that makes sense, is nifty.

Just light all of outside well and you'll be golden. (this is why it is best to shoot outside at golden hour, then pull down the exposure a little to simulate night best you can)

The hole of glory for Canon?

Good news: the new Panasonic GH5S will be the first stills camera ever to accept Line in.

They announced a while ago the Terra 5K is indefinitely on hold due to supplier issues. (likely running into the same issues BMD had when they tried to release simultaneous global/rolling shutter sensor?) I feel the Kinefinity Terra 4K is the most interesting of theirs (it is also the camera which is potentially most similar to DSLR/mirrorless size. With Panasonic EVA1 being the 2nd smallest). Also a new uber camera of these is meant to be announced in only a few more weeks or so. Well Kinefinity has a tonne of lens options: Sony E mount, MFT, EF, Nikon, & PL! (probably more I've forgotten) Thus even if Kinefinity folded the day after you started shooting with your new camera, that wouldn't be such a big deal as you wouldn't be stuck with a dead ecosystem to the same extent as what happened with Kinefinity. "Industry Standard" He doesn't. He just reviews low end audio gear (generally, not always. But the ratio is heavily skewed to low end over pro gear), thus I suppose it gives the "underground" feel??? I dunno, it has never ever felt like that to me. And the reason is mostly reviews low end audio gear, is because he is first a videographer. Thus naturally it is consistent with his channel that he reviews low end audio gear that is targeted to and appropriate for a videographer. He is however a very good videographer, thus takes sound more seriously than many other videographers out there.

I'll prepare now your back's eulogy. Have shot a fair amount with a RED ONE (which is kinda similar ish size), and OUCH You'll need a very very big gimbal indeed! Basically of the ones I listed, the only "small" cameras are: GH5S/EVA1/Terra. The rest of them you'll need to take a totally different approach to how you'd do it with a NX1. Note I said GH5S, not GH5 Really?! I reckon Varicam perhaps has the "best" image right now. (and EVA1/GH5S is somewhat inspired by that) Maybe you haven't watched enough camera tests of them? Here you go, watch this: Anywho..... a bit more seriously, I think their image gets a bit underrated. Look into the LC709A LUT, and hang out on dvxuser (because the F5, and even FS7, only very rarely gets discussed here as EOSHD is a different market niche) before making a final decision on Sony. http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/forumdisplay.php?219-PMW-Cameras-(-amp-temp-FS7-FS5) http://www.hingsberg.com/2014/06/f55-matches-arri-alexas-color/ https://www.sony.fi/pro/support/attachment/1237494271390/1237494271399/sony-look-profiles-summary.pdf https://www.provideocoalition.com/lutcalc-trials-and-errors-plus-a-free-lut/ https://cameramanben.github.io/LUTCalc/