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Yup, could buy a Sony FS5 *AND* a Sony A7s mk1 for the price of one Leica SL. Or a Sony FS7. Makes it madness to buy a Leica SL for 98% of people I reckon.

From reading your post, it certainly sounds like you're wanting the Sony FS5. Is lightweight, run and gun camera that you want which will still give you high quality for everything short of hiring F55 / RED Epic on the big jobs. So I'll just address your cons list: - Yes it is 8bit 420 but only for 4K, for your everyday 1080 shooting it is 10bit 422 :-D - ISO performance I expect to be excellent, on a similar level to the FS7 and at least better than your 5D. - Don't worry about the paid upgrade that is coming, look at if the camera makes sense as it is *NOW*. And I reckon for you it does. - Get a SmallHD 502 is my suggestion, or a BMD Video Assist if your budget it lacking. - You get a *LOT* for that price! Name anything on the market which is better. (nope, the URSA Mini 4.6K isn't better value. It merely is better in *some* areas, but also at the same time is *worse* in other areas) Perhaps pyscologically it is better you view the 4K of the FS5 as a "bonus" extra that the camera has. And view the FS5 instead as what it is: a really really great 1080 run and gun S35 camera, with a taste of 4K as a bonus cheery on the top (for when an unreasonable client *DEMANDS* 4K, even when it makes no sense and they've got no budget to hire a proper 4K camera. Well, at least you can satisfy them ). Because this FS5 is going up head to head against another 1080 camera: C100 mk2, and on absolutely every point the FS5 beats it.

And this is why I'm getting the Atomos Samurai Blade instead. Wish I had 60fps FHD and HDMI input/output as well, but the BMD VA is too incomplete with its firmware.

I'd skip the Atomos Ninja 2, and only consider the Ninja Blade. As vastly better screen, and gives you waveforms. As for the D5200, I got one as it was the best buy for its time. But today, I'd suggest taking a closer look at other affordable cameras such as the A6000 or G7.

This, I only own the two Panasonic pancake lenses and the SLR Magic 25mm T0.95 (which I got a crazy good sale price). Plus 3 kit lenses (one is the 14-140mm). Oh, and the Olympus bodycap lens, so tiny I almost forget that! So all in all, only a very small investment in m4/3 lenses. And all playing to the strengths of the m4/3 system (ultra fast lens, ultra small lenses, and a superzoom of 10x). The rest are mostly Nikon F mount mount (with a few other vintage mounts in there, and a few cheapie C mount lenses). Oh, and two Sony E mount lenses (again, a pancake and the 18-105mm zoom) plus a kit lens. Ditto Samsung NX, a Pancake + 3D lens + kit lens. You can spot a pattern here! ;-)

I am guessing Jimmy that it was too newly developed to go in the A7r mk2, and they didn't want to hold back the release of that product. I bet the A7r mk3 next year will have it... ;-)

Video is nothing of note, just shows some people making a nuisance of themselves protesting. Adds nothing to their case in informing us if they're right or wrong about their claims.

Not changing my mind here on B&H, still will be shopping there! As odds are this is just another media beat up anyway.

Get XQD cards instead and use in a SxS adapter, cheaper and you're future proofing yourself. And yup, much better deal than a C300 mk2!

manilo, you can get focal reducers for a mere hundred bucks or so. (if you're going for Nikon F mount, rather than pricey Canon EF) When it comes to stills performances, GH4 is more than capable for the typical non-pro. And for stills (as well as obviously video) it will be a step forward over your current 600D.

This deal: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?340888-NEW-Sony-F5-Bundle-Includes-a7SII-Body-Viewfinder-Shoulder-Pad-amp-More I guess the competition has forced its price down sharply, both the internal competition from Sony (FS7/FS5) and the external competition (Canon/RED/BMD).

Yup, I feel very similar about the URSA Mini 4.6K vs FS5/FS7/F5 debate (seen the newest deal on the F5? wow) Heart says BMD, brains says Sony. Anyway, I am no rush. I can wait until well into 2016 until my next major camera purchase

Internal ND filters

I thought a recent firmware update for the NX1 allowed it to automatically restart every 30 minutes?

I really like the RodeLinks I got, only notable downside is they're kinda bulky ish.

Nah! Recommending buying a T5i is a far far greater crime. And like the other guy said, not everybody is comfortable buying second hand. Unfortunate, but true. But for them, it can make sense paying new prices then for a G6 / A6000 / NX500 / whatever.

I've done a 27hr and 25hr day in the past week, though in each case it was because of two separate jobs being done in the same day back to back (a normal day work from pre dawn, plus afterwards an all night shoot! x2)

Sweet, you're in the same boat as me then! ;-) I think I might have told you this already in another forum somewhere.... but another tip is get SxS / SD adapters, as SxS cards are very very pricey! But the adapters are dirt cheap, and we all have a few SD cards lying about already :-D Presto, cheap recording in the F3! :-D All I need now is an Atomos Samurai Blade to complete it :-D (I think.... holding my breath to see these BMD Video Assist reviews first)

Wish I'm on that "low end".... !

I went to their in person workshop recently, and on the basis of that (it greatly impressed me) signed up to MUSE as well.

The OSEE monitor looks tempting for grading with: http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?131971-First-Look-OSEE-15-6-quot-10-bit-Production-Monitor

Underneath the PL mount there is the Sony FZ mount. Think of it kinda like the Sony E mount, giving you the freedom to adapt ANYTHING to it!! :-D Except, think of FZ as the grownup big brother professional version of the E mount which is for consumer stills cameras instead. Personally I'm using my Nikon lenses on my F3 with a cheap F mount adapter (it doesn't feel like adapting onto an E mount camera, but like a native mount F mount camera instead. Though without electronics). But sometime in the future, I'll probably get a positive locking F mount adapter (but they're pricey) and/or PL lenses as well so I can use my PL mount as well on the F3.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. BMD's ProRes 4K is coming down from entire 4.6K sensor (only raw 4K would be a cropped portion). That is very sad news that they tried but couldn't achieve a m4/3 mount! As that would've been so much better than Canon EF :-( Where did you read that they experimented with using m4/3 mount?

Ebrahim, DRAT....... !!! If all of that is true, and they're not going to commit to a new firmware fixing this to come within the next few weeks, I reckon that kills the Video Assist as a viable option for me in 2015 :-( (maybe in 2016/2017.... once they've sorted out the software) Atomos Samurai Blade it is for me!! Bonus of HDMI and 60fps FHD is all I'll be missing out on.

Yup Paul, that and the slightly higher resolution plus HDMI are the only advantages it has I reckon. Atomos would have better software, cheaper media, and full size SDI