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a) I reckon people who use stills cameras for video mostly, are more common than you think. Pretty much every indie / low budget / student filmmaker is doing that. b) Sony now has allowed shoots to not use their lossy raw

I was curious about those Zomei too when I saw them, dunno maybe in a few months down the track when I next go on a filter spending splurge I'll find out

Having just got a recorder for the F3, I've written an entire blog post about my decision process to buy a recorder/monitor as I've been debating which to get for a long while (since even before I purchased the F3!!): http://ironfilm.co.nz/which-recorder-monitor-is-best-for-the-sony-pmw-f3/ Basically my logic process then went, if: a) you have a bit more cash, get the PIX-E5 Because aside from its price (which is pricey relative to a Samurai Blade or Video Assist, however PIX-E5 is cheap compared to any of its direct competitors!) it is practically almost flawless! Especially as I feel 5 inches is the “sweet spot” for an operator’s monitor while shooting, but if you disagree there is always the PIX-E7 instead with its 7 inch screen. b) don’t mind focus peaking / waveforms / vector scopes / etc are missing, get the BMD VA! Some people don’t mind living without these and don’t see what is the big deal, others would shudder at the thought of being without them…. c) otherwise…. am left with the last choice of the three :-P Get a Samurai Blade Or at least, that is how my thought process went. Thus personally I went for the Atomos Samurai Blade, which I’ll use with my PMW-F3. It arrives next week! (it just arrived today at my reshipper service in the USA) You can now rip into me for making the wrong choice :-P Or give me tips on using them together. For instance, I think the tagging (thumbs up/down) on set feature in the Atomos recorders only can be used with Final Cut?? (even though Atomos promised it would work with other NLEs) If there is any way to make it work with Premiere Pro or Sony Vegas (or even DaVinci Resolve's editing?! Just I can't use Final Cut, as using a PC, as does everybody else I work with) please let me know.

How it ended up is I got on eBay a Tiffen 4x4 ND1.2 (four stops) for a hundred bucks, which I expect will be the most often used filter by me initially. (for when the internal ND filters on the F3 simply are not enough while shooting outdoors in summer time) But also got three graduated ND filters of different strengths and one ND8 (three stops) filter, for the ridiculously low low price of only six bucks each!! I thought "why not?", it will at least allow me to much about and compare them. And maybe operate as a back up set in a pinch. Curious to see just how bad these $6 4x4 filters will be!

If colour/DR are top of the list then the choice seems clear: BMD URSA 4.6K!

JohnFelipo, I strongly suspect it won't be possible to come up with new mount which can work with 135 format lenses completely *AND* have enough space left to squeeze in the electronics to control m4/3 lenses as well in the adapter. As any new mount to use m4/3 on would need to be even *more shallow* than m4/3 is already!!

No 4K option on the YT video to view it....

Did a search for Haida on eBay and was astonished to discover they make a 12 stop ND filter! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Haida-ND3-6-4000x-12-Stop-Neutral-Density-Grey-Filter-Square-100mm-optical-glass-/151746219678?hash=item2354c78e9e:g:qJ4AAOSwDNdVpOE6 And yes, waaay more expensive than Fotga yet at the same time heaps cheaper than Tiffen/Leen/etc. More than I'd like to spend, but maybe this is a compromise I could live with.

What 4x4 ND filters are recommended? (especially any more affordable ones!) Also interested in graduated ND 4x4 filters, and polariser 4x4 filters.I know the cheaper ND filters often have issues, but I'm hopeful there are some options out there which can give at least "acceptable" results relevant to the no budget indie level. I'll be using this on a Fotga DP3000 M3 matte box with Rokinon DS lenses and a Sony F3.These are the possible ones I'm looking at for now (open of course to other suggestions):http://www.ebay.com/itm/100x100mm-Neutral-Density-ND2-ND4-ND8-Gradual-ND2-ND4-ND8-filter-Kit-matte-box-/191191576133http://www.ebay.com/itm/FOTGA-4-X4-Neutral-Density-Full-ND-ND2-ND4-ND8-filter-kit-for-Matte-box-Holder-/261153861690http://www.ebay.com/itm/XCsource-4-x4-100MM-Neutral-Density-ND-ND2-ND4-ND8-Filter-For-Matte-Box-LF350-/310953307707http://www.ebay.com/itm/FOTGA-4-X4-Neutral-Density-Gradual-ND-ND4-filter-for-Matte-box-Holder-FF-system-/261153856545http://www.personal-view.com/deals/filters/other-filters-holders

135 format lenses won't work on a m4/3 mount, roughly S35 (or a bit bigger) is the max size that the m4/3 mount can support.

I thought it was an open secret you are (were) on DVXuser, I knew it.

Nah, I'd describe my voting preference as anti-Trump. On the upside, if he wins it would lead to a huge uptick in popcorn sales!

No increase in Y resolution however. Still doing their bit to protect their higher end cameras.

Just purchased my Atomos Samurai Blade and SSD from B&H this morning. (even worse... I'm an overseas buyer! Who is using a reshipping service! OMG) Usually I tend to use Amazon a bit more than I use B&H, but this time I intentionally went for B&H over Amazon specifically because of this recent Union/SJW/AlJazeera beat up. Felt like I might as well do a bit of good in going a small way to balancing out some of the many orders I'm sure they've unfortunately lost due to this.

You won't be able to use your main lens currently on a D750, unless it has a crop video mode I don't know about? I'd consider checking out the Sony FS5 if you want a very excellent 1080 camera with XLR inputs. Or if your budget is more limited, and you can handle the weight, get a Sony F3 for less than half the cost.

Full size HDMI and dual SD slots is so sweet, wish more cameras did this. Heck, if the GH5 did this I'd be stoked!

A7SII: it has a crop mode, but in S35 you give up 4K. F5: I think you mean FS5.... not F5! And it *DOES* have 10bit 422, but in FHD. Thus for its price, it completely trounces it competitors. You can wish it does 4K with 10bit 422 as well, but... there is absolutely no direct competitor in its price bracket which does this! (closest is FS7 itself, and BMD is a different kettle of fish). So no, I feel you're wrong to say "for that price it is obligatory". Wishful thinking however.. yes, I wish for it too! But that is why they have the FS7 at a little higher price. URSA: maybe maybe maybe an URSA-M4K MFT will come along a little later like they did with BMCC EF first and then later BMCC MFT. As I could see this happening with the 4K sensor. But possibly, the new 4.6K sensor won't fit within the m4/3 mount??? Unlikely, but it is just a little bit bigger than JVC's LS300 sensor in its m4/3 mount.

If you're wanting the smaller 5" size as you mentioned, and because this is mainly for monitoring not recording, I'd strongly consider the Atomos Ninja Blade as well. Especially as after the IBC price drop it is only US$495

oh boy I so want to call those 135 format fanatics "small picture".... it might just be worth learning swedish to do it!

That is kinda what I'm suggesting, don't bother about using a mount that they'll make lenses for (as they should keep the focus on m4/3, which they've built up large resource of lenses in). Treat this mount in a new camera like Sony treats their FZ mount! Then go and target a price point somewhere in the C100 to F5 price range. (I'd prefer the C100 end of that range.... but anywhere there would be at least something, better than their current NOTHING being offered)

Say hi when you're in NZ! I'm a kiwi local myself. NX500 isn't a great idea, it doesn't have the full sensor read out the NX1 does during 4K, instead cropping heavily. I agree and suggest you should check out the Panasonic G7 instead.

Does the Varicam have anything under its PL mount? Like Sony does with their FZ mount. But I strongly suspect the Varicam doesn't have this feature (instead it is just swapping between the PL and B4 heads, for S35 vs HS feature), which is a pity as least then a logical mount would exist for a future Panasonic camera to take up and use (as Sony would never let Panasonic use their FZ mount, which is my 1st preference. Though I dunno if FF would work with FZ mount?!?! It is a rather large opening however, suspect it might!). A Panasonic FF-GH5 with some kind of "Varicam-FZ" mount would be super awesome. Ah well.... invent one??? A mount which they'll then bring out almost no lenses for. Just like Sony did with their FZ mount! LOL But yeah... that could kinda make sense in a weird twisted way. However if they were to go down that path, maybe perhaps I'd rather they just stuck with m4/3 and S35 sensors?!

What changes do you make to the Slog2 preset?

The FS7 is a very popular and proven rock solid camera to work with. You can kinda view the FS5 as a FHD version (with 4K merely tacked on as an "extra bonus") of the FS7, but in an EVEN SMALLER (& cheaper) package. Otherwise, they're kinda similar aside from a few tweaks here and there (such as the FS5 has the new internal ND filter, which is quite appealing. And the FS5 does slow motion in the manner the FS700 does it, rather than the not as slow but continuous slow motion which the FS7 has. Which is a good thing for some people, or a negative from another perspective, depending on your needs). So the FS7 is already a "known quantity", thus if you like what you see there and would like a "FHD mini-FS7" then the FS5 is very very likely exactly what you're seeking. However, if you're also considering the URSA Mini 4.6K then I reckon you certainly do also have the budget to consider going for the actual FS7 itself rather than the FS5. (as the full kit price of a FS7 vs URSA Mini 4.6K are practically the same) It is certainly the most attractive 4K recorder on the market right now for its price. But if you don't need to rush to buy one, then I'd certainly wait and see what Sony does with FS raw from the FS5. As Convergent Design has been very good in supporting this so far with the FS700/FS7 (unlike their competitors, which have been slower or not doing it at all), but on the downside their recorders are much more pricey.

Could should only be one part of your back up solution. Ditto storing "back ups" in your closet isn't enough. You need a back up stored off site somewhere as well, for some people going for cloud storage could be a simple answer to this rather than driving 10hrs to your grandmother's to drop off a harddrive every time you do a fresh back up. (or whatever your current offsite solution is)