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Ah what a moron, I'd even seen myself that video already beforehand! In all this frantic craziness of the GH5S hype I am losing my mind! And my memory.

I have much respect for Matthew Scott! I follow him a little. But I thought he was still with the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera, hadn't seen anything saying he'd changed over to the GH5? Edit: ohhh... never mind! I look forward to his next blog post talking about the GH5 :-) I hope so? Or maybe the GH5S instead!

Cheap for the price! Although, if I was going to drop $2.5K on a camera it still would be a tough choice for me between this of a second FS700 + Shogun, their prices now are quite similar to a new GH5S! :-o However, I must resist buying any cameras! As focused on sound. But I am excited to work with this camera in the future! Which I am 100% sure I will. Because: FIRST EVER STILLS CAMERA WITH TC!!!!! OMG

High quality 10bit 422 codec. ProRes HQ. Meh. Six of one, half a dozen of the other. If people wish to think of this as "the 4K successor to the BMPCC", then they can, it is a worthy choice!

My immediate thoughts on the Panasonic GH5S is: *FINALLY* the first stills camera with TC I/O! The Megapixel Wars are finally over!

We thank you for your sacrifice!

Don't get your knickers in a twist just yet. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a reason as to why IBIS is missing (*IF* it is missing!). For instance perhaps the new sensor / processor lets off too much heat, thus it needs to be solidly connected to a great heatsink (which would rule out IBIS completely).

And also, darn! Is 3:30am here in NZ But with all this new info leaking out I might never be able to go to sleep!

Wonder who is supplying it, if it is not a high quality one (such as from Ambient) then it might be a bit pointless.

I've seen similar videos before, which are fakes. I don't know about that particular video however. But it would not at all surprise me if one or two of those Top Ten are faked.

A tip to "break out" of whatever tunnel vision you might be in: use the search bar! Do a few searches and you'll not only find other content directly, but it will start to be suggested to you too. I watch a very diverse range of content on YouTube, and is fun seeing how the recommendations change all over the place week by week, due to whatever had been taking my recent fancy lately.

Yes, I guess it will be like the GH2 was.

Apparently the distributors (who are likely getting stock as we speak, so they can sell it immediately) got briefed about this a couple of days ago. Consumer department.

Although one rumor said it had TC, I doubt it. Won't have built in NDs either. But the Panasonic DMW-XLR1 is a nifty addition, which I hope they improve upon.

Unless the screws for the replacement mount plate are shallow enough, you couldn't swap out for MFT. So I doubt it. Plus you wouldn't have electronic controls, which rules out 95% of MFT lenses.

Ah the classic "smoke blowing through the woods" music video! Worked on one music video like that a few months ago in the lighting department. We have the fire trucks show up! :-o Errr... oops

Would have gone massively viral if only he'd let him speak! Ah well

It is sunset even. Maybe by announcing this during our night of the 8th they are telling us the camera will have AMAZING LOWLIGHT? Better lowlight even helps "big" budget productions. They can shoot faster with less. I've seen this first hand with a Varicam LT shoot. Here, watch William Wages ASC talk about how it is a game changer with lighting for him:

Damn, imagine a Samsung NX3 being released at the same time this year as the Panasonic GH5S, but the Samsung NX3 has 4K 120fps 10bit HEVC!!!! WTF

One of those chances is if they release a "Nikon N300", their 4K cinema camera. Ah, if only! In a way, the entire company of Blackmagic Design is a "pet project" of their CEO/owner! But it shows that approach of throwing the kitchen sink it while cutting prices low, can make the business rich and successful. Maybe more should try it.

I went ahead and signed it (why hadn't I earlier??? ) Maybe that was when signed it... and forgot?! :-P I wouldn't mind if they didn't release any more lenses (just bring out a new camera ASAP!!), especially if the NX2 has IBIS. As I could just use the few NX system lenses I have now already, plus Nikon adapted lenses. The innovation and experience from making an NX2/NX3 would have also had positive flow on effects for their Smartphone camera development as well.

Again, this is a non-argument which gets repeated over and over again. You can just scale the sensor to match the lens on it, you don't have to shoot full sensor 100% of the time! (but it is about having that choice and flexibility to choose otherwise for some shoots) With electronic lenses you could even automatically detect when a native MFT lens is mounted and scale to match! (with a manual override option of course) Easy. Simple. Done.

I have a DoP friend who is also becoming an expert at color grading (even has gone out and purchased a DaVinc Resolve Grading Panel!), seems like a smart combination to have. To help see your vision through to the end. "The uploader has not made this video available in your country." Nooooo!

On the upside, at least the NX1 is meant to have really really good rolling shutter in 1080

Actually no, there are not plenty of other cameras to choose from! :-/ If a person wants a compact cinema camera with compact lenses, then they're sh*t out of luck! As what options are there? There is the famous BMPCC/BMMCC, but they're awkward/inappropriate if you want XLR inputs or any of a bunch of other common standards such as TC or built in NDs. There is the Digital Bolex, which is absolutely perfect for some people. But for others the base ISO of 200 due to the CCD sensor makes it impossible to use for their purposes (not to mention the lack of many other features such as TC or NDs). There is the Panasonic AF100, which is the EVA1 should have been the update for! But the AF100 is now woefully out of date, so that rules it out. Then you have a few more oddball choices (such as Sony F23, but too outdated for some, and it is a really really big camera! Just to use small lenses on it. Defeats the purpose), but none are appropriate. Imagine how good an EVA1 with the small Panasonic Leica 12-60mm would be, that is beautifully lightweight! And you could pop a 20mm f1.7 pancake in your pocket to pull out when the sun sets. One can hope, perhaps Panasonic will bring out a camera bigger than the GH5 (in price and size) but smaller than the EVA1 (in price and size) but with a MFT cut of its 5.7K sensor.