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That's my opinion of synco g1

I agree, I rate myself as one of the stronger people psychologically yet even I was beginning to go stir crazy during parts of 2020 and being on the verge of catching cabin fever. Was fortunate that thanks to my contacts in the logistics industry I had an "essential worker" job I could get an official pass to get out of the house for. Even if it was only one day a week, and was only minimum wage, and was merely back breaking work shifting boxes of food around in a frozen warehouse. At least it helped keep cabin fever at bay. That I didn't go ("more") mad.

No

In my eyes, it is not even a contest, you get better range and more features with the Sonys. Meanwhile, the entry level G4 is a fairly non-existent "upgrade" from the previous older G3 (which itself was only a modest upgrade from the G2, adding in a fake form of "diversity"). Deity Connect Wireless is another worth considering in the sub $1K price category, but has its own set of pros/cons. If you want to roll the dice and go secondhand, then Lectro 200 series are a great sub $1K choice as well. No way in hell would I want my talent wireless to be in those frequencies! Far far too close to the mega wattage (I jest... they're not quite that) RTs that hundreds of people are using all around me on sets.

The middle half of last year was very rough, just being in lockdowns with no work whatsoever. Was dark, very depressing. But life is looking up, 2020 eventually (later on in the year) ended up being quite the career breakthrough for me with some key realizations too. Currently I'm solidly booked out for months and months into the future. Turning down work left and right, for instance just for this upcoming weekend I've had SIX shoots I could've gone on instead if only I could clone myself instead of having to say no. Am honestly quite glad that tomorrow's doco shoot got cancelled! Gives me a little breathing room, and a chance to catch up on some errands tomorrow after a sleep in. The situation is still very precarious though, you never know when we might get slammed back into a long term lockdown. Thus got to make hay while the sun shines! Just last week we had another three day lockdown in Auckland, I lost a couple of thousand dollars worth of work because of that.

And the crop factor is a KILLER if you're stuck with EF mount. But perfectible doable if you've got the MFT version.

No, the 5" doesn't even do 4K in any form whatsoever. None of them can handle fs-raw

In my dreams!! The OG BMCC EF and BMCC MFT were announced at two different times.

HA! ZERO chance.

We've already got a certain degree of that problem.... and Apple doesn't even call their own iPhone a "cinema" camera! Simply because people will point at feature films that got shot on an iPhone.

Get any external HD recorder that you like with an SDI input. BMD Video Assist and Atomos Samurai Blade are two popular lower priced examples. (I've got the Atomos Samurai Blade)

That's a good price for it! I've seen them listed for higher prices. But even $400, is still four times higher than the dumb mount adapters for FZ.

Manual lenses only (only you want to pay a LOT more for your adapter)

touché

Yeah, I'm not deny an F3 will be a "prettier looking" camera than an OG a7S But from a practical aspect, I'd prefer to pair an a7S as a B Cam with a FS700R, as when you need to travel your kit will be more compact, and opens up more doors for when needing to do gimbal etc shots.

US$500? Yeah that's roughly what I'd gut guess an a7S mk1 would be. Shoot in 4K to deliver in high quality HD.

Since the Varicam S35 / LT has came out, all of Canon / Sony / ARRI / BMD / RED have released (multiple! Each) cinema cameras. So yes, their refresh cycle is slower at the high end, but still, Panasonic is slipping behind.

Damn, that's a GREAT PRICE! Even prior to Caleb's video putting the price spike on FS700 bodies. Is it the 4K raw version? With the price spike of the F3 (again, thanks to Caleb....) I'd pass on the F3 for now. Maybe get an OG a7S mk1 as a dirt cheap B Cam to your FS700? At least you can easily put that on a gimbal if you need to (or whatever else you want a small camera for, like a lightweight slider, or jib, or car rig), unlike the FS700/F3. Plus the same 4K recorder you use with the FS700, you can use to get 4K out of the a7S mk1 as well. Mine was removed from my F3 before I even bought it. As it just got in the way of the user, and there was no use for it.

Have exactly ZERO problems with the GH5S losing the mechanical shutter, and gaining an eND. How many people are buying the GH5S anyway for serious hard core photography usage? Ouch! I used to shoot with an a5100 (over heating SUUUUUUUUCKED! But otherwise I liked that camera), sad to hear AF hasn't got better than that standard set by the a5100 years ago.

It's killed the C70, only reasons to get a C70 now are: 1) autofocus 2) desire for a shall mirrorless mount (damn you BMD, give us a MFT Mount! Or even E Mount) 3) belief in the magical "Canon color science" 4) irrational hatred of BMD (we know many of those people exist!) (as for DR, am always ultra skeptical about manufacturer claims, have we seen a head to head shoot out in a controlled manner between a C70 and P6K? As for battery life, once you slap a V Mount on it, this hardly matters) Do I detect sarcasm? It would be sarcasm if I wrote it! ha Yes, but the C200 is known for having a bad old sensor in it. No surprises there that it out performs the C200.

Nah, BMD should forget about anything above 6K resolution. They already have their "HEY LOOK AT US" cameras with the UMP 12K (and the cheap cheap Pocket 6K camera). I'd like a URSA Micro Pro, put the existing UMP G2 body into something close to FX6/FS5 sizing/weight. Remember how the URSA line up originally was meant to have the option for a swappable sensor? I think the URSA cooling was overengineered so it could handle a sensor swap out for an 8K one, so perhaps a small URSA body with a smaller heat sink and whatever other advances they've figured out since then to miniaturize could result in an URSA Micro Pro 4.6K (wouldn't be very "Micro", just like the Pocket isn't "pocket sized", but would be FS5/FSX6-ish sized). Yes, all of that. More Micro Four Thirds cameras from BMD please! They're Mini XLR connections.

What exactly are you shooting such that you're using 5x FS700R? Pity about Caleb making them popular again, if not for him, your average price could've been HALF that!

Remember the Panasonic Varicam S35 is even older than the EVA1, and it still has seen no new release to replace it. But then again, they're still seeing usage! I'm about to start this week on a popular tv series shooting this season with 3x Panasonic Varicam S35 cameras.

Yes The G9 won't overheat on you.

Bang for buck with a tight tight budget, you still can't beat a Panasonic G85. You might even want to go cheaper, and check out a G7, leaves more spare dollars in the budget (which will disappear faster than you think). Just spend zero dollars on audio, and get someone else to do it instead.