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Thank you again EspenB! I blogged it here: http://ironfilm.co.nz/confirmed-confidential-panasonic-gh5-prototype-exists-and-is-being-tested-by-users-outside-of-panasonic/

Is YT user "orange42" you? As I recognise that footage as being in New Zealand! :-D Local to where I am.

There is already a "GH4 for drones": https://yuneec.com/en_US/products/tornado/tornado-cgo4/overview.html But seems like now Panasonic is going to make their own.

Full size HDMI is not that big, it can certainly be done. And mini XLR is *tiny*, that could be added too, but I highly doubt it.

Maybe it was about the original Xiaomi Yi action camera ?

ahhhhh...

I'm doubtful about that as I'm 95% sure that commentator is referring to this thread . And there is no such info in this thread.

The circle is completed ;-)

Yeah, but switching between boom and lav can be a little tricky as they could sound different. But is better to have the option than not have the option. Indeed quite a few productions will have everyone lav'd up plus a couple of boom ops! But sadly sound is often treated badly, so while camera + G&E might have 3, 4, 6, 8+ people... the poor sound department has one person who is booming and recording it at once!

Yes as just simply an interchangeable lens camera with RX10mk2 slow motion specs would be incredible. But I bet it is a sensor limitation, which these larger sensors can't do affordably just yet.

The 4K action camera has been hacked too? AWESOME!!! What is new to it?

It shocks me a person would sell a GH4 and BMMCC to raise money for a Canon DSLR. As a GH4 together with a BMMCC already covers so much, is a great versatile pairing.

Wish the Video Devices PIX-E5 supported FS raw

Oh, forgot to include in my list of "things I want to get" the new Saramonic plug in XLR recorder (hopefully like the Tascam DR10 but cheaper?!). If the reviews are good! No real concrete info is out about it yet. Not sure exactly where I'd place it in terms of priorities, depends on price too, perhaps in the first half of the list.

ENG shooting with a Sony PXW-X320 would be for most of us a pain in the arse. Unless all you want is that boring news style coverage. However... ENG shooting with a Sony PXW-X70 or FS5 with an F4 zoom could be a thing of joy, if you're needing a fast run and gun machine that is all in one. That seems very odd to me, why?

Yup, of course the Oktava MK-012 is for indoors. When I first used it... WOW! But of course I'd only had experience with low grade equipment, and/or shotguns. Yes you do need to be careful with handling noise, but using the Rycote Lyre Shockmount in the new Rode Blimp helps heaps. Currently the Oktava MK-012 (and the Sennheiser G3 units, but they're only extras for when I need a *LOT* of wireless) is the only item in that gear list which I don't own myself. But it is from a very good mate who lives just around the corner, isn't a specialist soundie himself (so it probably would be available at short notice), and has been happy to lend it to me for a free/low rate Thus I included it in my own gear list! My short term gear upgrades are (in roughly this order): Saramonic UwMic10 (I'll start with one, test it out in use thoroughly, then likely order more if it passes with flying colors) Saramonic UwMic9 + TX-XLR9 Oscar SoundTech lavs (heaps! Want more than one per wireless unit) + lav accessories Aputure D3 Extra boom pole (my current pole is a carbon fibre one that is "only" 3m long, I want a 5m one for when I need the extra reach, plus as a backup pole) Audix SCX1-HC or Audio-Technica AT4053b as the upgrade from the Oktava (need to do more research on this to decide which one of the two, ideally get my hands on them personally to try out first) Zoom F4 or F8 (although the F4 is "underneath" the F8, it is also in some ways a subtle improvement upon the F8, plus it is cheaper! So tricky to say which of the F4 or F8 I'll pick) Sanken CS-3e or I dunno.. some similar-ish high end one to replace/supplement my NTG2/D3/ME66 (but I've been suitably impressed by what I've heard with tests done with the Sanken CS-3e). Rycote Cyclone Windshield. Am not counting the various little minor accessories (such as hush heels, or top stick), the many many batteries, and various assortment of extra cables, that I'll also be always picking up along the way and buying! By this point in time it will be late 2017 or even 2018 (or later! Depends on how my fledging sound career goes), and I'll be looking into getting a smart slate, Tentacle Sync, Lectrosonics (and then my Sony UWD-P etc will be downgraded to IFBs), sound cart, Sound Devices 633, etc etc

Like Trump? ;-) Ha But nah, I'm a big talk guy too with large hands. Don't mind my small GH1 at all Andrew Ried!

Wow. Now I guess that explains why his posts have now been deleted....

By 2005 standards we already have Godlike all-seeing prosumer camera bodies for £200 You can pick up a Panasonic G6 for that, imagine owning a G6 in 2005!!! :-o :-o Samples are certain to not show up until next year. This is exactly why Panasonic made a pre-announcement, to prevent leakage. And some other people considering a big purchase such as an a7S mk2 / 5Dmk4 / X-T2 / etc... might now hold off and wait. If it is 12 that is even better!!

Step 1: Buy this book: https://www.amazon.com/Location-Sound-Bible-Record-Professional/dp/1615931201/ Step 2: Read that book. Step 3: Practice what you learned, over and over again, at any chance you can. Step 4: Go back to Step 2. (somewhere early on this process you'll also get sucked into a nasty GAS cycle as well... just like with cameras! As you can see with my own personal sound gear list: http://ironfilm.co.nz/sound/ )

Nah, in most cases a GoPro would be less obstrusive.

Oh. That is awful when people assume that People don't assume just because you're a plumber that when you pop over for a BBQ that you'll also fix their toilet!

Or even a 1" 24-120 f/2!! Happily give up a little reach in exchange for a stop more light.

I completely fail to see this. A GH4 is vastly preferable to use than a Canon DSLR. Strongly suspect that the massive majority of preferences for Canon's so called "ergonomics" is just to the *huge* number of ex (or current) Canon shooters, thus saying "ergonomics" is just a code word for "familiar". There is nothing truly great about Canon's DSLR ergonomics for filming with, it is just "what we are used to" (personally I'd rather take a Nikon for stills!).

If it is only 2.2x vs 2x crop, I don't see much point in being able to switch between the two. But if it has a 20MP sensor, then a pixel-to-pixel 4K crop would be a significantly higher than 2.2x final crop? Which could be worthwhile, as if it then makes your lenses a wider range of focal lengths. Handy for events for instance! If I want do shoot 4K from the back of the room and need a little bit of extra reach. 100% agree! Ideally it would have full size HDMI + full size SDI But even mini HDMI + mini SDI together would be nice. Doubt any sort of SDI would happen... but even so, double outputs would be very nice! Maybe full size HDMI + mini SDI? You could have full size HDMI going out to your external recorder, plus your EVF hooked up to the mini SDI with a LUT applied (ha, if the GH5 can have LUT support! :-D ). In such cases a GH4/G7 with a fast lens will still be sufficient. We're not talking about a national level brand here! But a garage band doing a live performance, a GH4/G7 is totally fine for that. If you can't do that then: 1) you're having unrealistic expectations for a zero budget (or a few hundred bucks, same same thing) production which doesn't have to be perfectly 100% clean 2) you're not using an appropriately fast lens / focal reducer 3) you're not picking the right shots / angles for the edit Yes I would like the GH4 a stop or two faster in lowlight, but would I trade that for the higher price and limitations of a Sony? Nope, but at least that option does exist if you want to go Sony instead! Should Panasonic focus on this aspect first next above everything else? Nope, small things like crop aspect ratio markers or 4K 10bit 422 @ 60fps, or 4K DCI 24fps raw onto CFast / XQD cards, or full size HDMI, or movable EVF, keeping a low price, built in ND filters, multi aspect ratio sensor, etc etc etc.... all matter more than pushing the lowlight performance even further.