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Well, "newbie at lighting" vs "newbie at being a Gaffer" are two different things. And depends on the standard being judged. Professional standards: LX Trainee = I'm a very strong "competent" at that, I'd hope LX Assist = I'm "competent", I think Best Boy = I'm not deserving of that title, but willing to fake it and give it a try Gaffer = I'm incompetent Low/no Budget short film standards: LX Trainee = shouldn't exist on short films of this level, unless it's someone's literal pre-teen kid LX Assist = am very strong at this Best Boy = above competent Gaffer = competent I mean, I own a Sony FS7 Wouldn't mean I'm an expert on it, although I guess compared to some people who claim to be one then I am. And "is it half as good as a C500II?" is an interesting question, I am not sure? As obviously the C500mk2 is a vastly better camera, but is it "twice as good"??? Also depends on how are you using it, some random sit down corporate interview on a low budget? The FS7 is probably "95% as good" as the C500mk2 for that purpose.

That's a pity you didn't put in a little extra effort to look further. There is one listed right now for only US$12K: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175568291816 You missed out on a bargain!

To be fair, people can be dabbling in videography and still ten years later be a newbie at it. I've been dabbling at being a Gaffer for ten years now, am still a total newbie at it. (well, maybe if I'm being generous, an "advanced skilled newbie", if such a thing exists) That's coming in the future GH17

But what about the Sony F65?? You didn't mention anywhere that you ruled that out, did you at least consider it? It gives you breathtakingly beautiful 8K raw films, and as it is an 8K image, you can pull still images from that too! Truly the ultimate hybrid camera, for filming with and stills. How could such a camera not be on everyone's shortlist??

"if" Those two letters are doing a lot of the work in that sentence.

Whoops, I too hastily googled that in just half a second, this time I spent five seconds googling it: https://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Omen-17-Laptop-Review-High-end-gaming-with-some-small-limitations.432964.0.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/398313/hp-omen-17-2019-review.html Ah ha, seems to be 2019 vintage? Still a great machine indeed!

Because this thread got hijacked to talk about sensor sizes, we're talking about GH cameras instead over on the thread for FF cameras:

Yup, the GH1 was hacked, it had some very high bit rate options with a hack.

While that analogy has some descriptive benefits, you also have got to be careful to not fall into the trap of thinking too deeply in that manner of thinking that there is a "lenses = microphones" equivalency. For instance using a Sennheiser MKH816 is nothing at all like filming with a 200mm lens. As a lens completely 100% cuts out everything that is not in the FoV of this 200mm lens. And draws in what is seen "closer" in a sense. But something that is say behind you for instance, or to your immediate left or immediate right? 100% eliminated! Of course this is nothing like how the Sennheiser MKH816 behaves! Not even close. Another factor to consider is that your mind plays very sophisticated tricks on you, with lots of fancy auditory processing of what's coming in through your ears. Your brain has an incredible ability to filter out sounds you don't wish to hear. But audio recordings are nothing whatsoever like that, you'll capture everything raw as it really is at the mic. (I think an important skill as a Sound Mixer, is to be able to not have any filters on your ears, but to instead to truly listen. It's incredible how often I might say "do you hear this... ?" and they initially have no idea what noise on set I'm talking about) You might think you want an omni microphone to emulate the feeling you get standing on a street watching a musician playing music on the corner, but in reality that MKH816 might come an awful lot closer to delivering the feeling of what you actually perceived yourself to be hearing. That's why I've said many times in this thread, "it depends". There are a lot of factors to consider, and what's the "right" answer can vary from one situation to another. Heh, I kinda guess a mid-side mic setup is kinda that. Well not "all-in-one", but it's certainly "multiple-in-one"! Something like a Sennheiser MKH8030 +MKH8050 would be quite nice to have in a blimp, but I'm afraid would be far outside your price bracket. https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/04/13/sennheiser-mkh-8030-figure-8-condenser-microphone/ https://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/how-to/understanding-mid-side https://jwsoundgroup.net/index.php?/topic/26494-sennheiser-mkh-3050-for-ms-vs-sennheiser-mkh-8040-stereo-pair-for-ambience-and-sfx-recording/ https://jwsoundgroup.net/index.php?/topic/46551-2-sides-1-midcenter-microphone-setup/ https://jwsoundgroup.net/index.php?/topic/29875-advice-on-mid-mic-in-ms-configuration/ https://jwsoundgroup.net/index.php?/topic/59671-sennheiser-previews-mkh-8030-figure-of-eight-rf-condenser-microphone/ https://jwsoundgroup.net/index.php?/topic/35954-mid-side-advice-shotgun-or-not/ https://jwsoundgroup.net/index.php?/topic/17857-which-ms-stereo-solution/

I got them to take a photo of the BIOS, as I wanted to check that the BIOS is unlocked: And from this info I managed to do a bit more sleuthing, and identified the exact model (there are over two thousand models of the Lenovo P73!! Not counting the various Custom-to-Order P73 laptops): https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-p-series-laptops/thinkpad-p73-type-20qr-20qs/20qs/20qss2p300/pf2bylge/parts/display/buy-now And having looked up the parts in it, I can see that it uses the Nvidia P620: Sadly because it is a P73 the GPU is soldered to the motherboard 😞 So I couldn't upgrade this lowly P620, as I was planning to do with the P71 (as I was thinking to put a Nvidia P3000 into it). Although I guess the gap in performance between a P620 and a P3000 isn't the end of the world: https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-Quadro-P620-vs-Nvidia-Quadro-P3000/m471282vsm264483 https://www.notebookcheck.net/Quadro-P3000-vs-Quadro-P620_7665_9864.247598.0.html What the heck??? You got a one year old beasty gaming machine like that for only 250 euro????? 😮 Even if you are forced to spend the money on entirely replacing the whole display, that's still an extremely good deal that you got!

That depends on where you purchased it, in my country the GH3 was unlimited recording length. This is what I felt made the GH3 the ultimate stills camera (for filmmaking) of the 1080 era, and a refinement of the GH2. All the great benefits of the GH2 hack (such as unlimited recordings and better image quality) you could get in the GH3 without needing to hack it. But you also got other benefits from the GH3 as well that the GH2 didn't have: better weatherproofing, better battery life, slow motion FHD, much better OLED, better low light, better DR, headphone jack, clean HDMI, WiFi, and more. I think the GH5 was more than just a refinement of the GH4, as internal 10bit and IBIS are both two big things And yeah, mentioned the GH5 already Yeah it is a question of if with time (say in 2030, or even 2040) will the GH2 be most famous for its hack and early impact in the beginning days of the HDSLR Revolution? Or will it be the GH4 for being the first with 4K?

I dunno, but it wouldn't surprise me. Wasn't the SRW900PL the F35 in a broadcast from factor? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/737286-REG/Sony_SRW_9000PL_SRW_9000PL_HDCAM_SR_Camcorder.html So the SRW900 itself with a 2/3" might be based directly upon the F23 and share the same sensor. I know the older F900R is the broadcast style body that's older than all of them, and is what the F23 itself was directly based upon but aimed more at cinema shooting. In a way the SRW900 is the full loop back from first the F900R (broadcast body) then to F23 (film body) then back to the SRW900 (broadcast body) Yup, the upgraded S35 F23 and the F35 is one and the same identical model. Does make them very easy to remember! haha! They're offering me now a Thinkpad P73 instead! (because the P71 went missing) For the same price I have already paid. Wow, that's amazing! Incredible deal. Which laptop model is this specifically? It's crazy how much stuff gets discounted for a minor issue. Sometimes it's a non-issue you don't care about and you can work around, other times it might be an easy fix if you have the knowhow. (for instance this P71 I originally purchased had a bad battery and charging issues, but a battery is super ultra easy to replace, and probably should be anyway for a laptop of this age. And the charging issue I think should be a very easy fix. Especially as for the P70 the charging port isn't even soldered on! So I wouldn't even need to use the soldering iron to fix that)

I think for narrative filmmakers they really appreciated the GH5S at the time, and didn't mind so much about the loss of IBIS vs the GH5 itself (or the poor AF vs the Sony/Canon competition). But for the average videographer, they prefer the standard GH5 model over the GH5S. But the problem is that most narrative filmmakers were either shooting with something a lot better, like an ARRI, or if they were on an ultra tight budget generally went with Blackmagic instead of a GH5S. So I feel the GH5S never got the proper recognition it deserved, was a bit of a sleeper.

Perhaps explain more precisely what type of recordings you're doing and videos you're making? Is sync sound even the optimal right choice for you? Maybe a little Tascam DR-40X is a better idea for you, and you'd record the specific audio you want, to later on sync up in post. It all "depends".

It's an identical body to the F35! But with a 2/3" sensor. The F23 came out first. And most F23 bodies got upgraded to a F35. Is one of the reasons why so few F23 bodies still exist. A bullet dodged! I do find it very hard sometimes to resist the temptation of incredibly cheap bargain deals on old technology that was for its time the very best. Last night on eBay I got a working Lenovo Thinkpad X270 from Lithuania for only a hundred bucks NZD!! (including shipping!! Incredible) The X270 was for its time the very best ultraportable business laptop, capable of up to 24hrs of battery life! (yes, you read that right! And if 24hrs of nonstop computing time wasn't enough for you... you could do battery hot swaps! Because the X270 used dual batteries, so could run on one while the other one was unplugged) Also last night I scored a Thinkpad P71 for only US$185! (plus shipping & taxes) The Thinkpad P71 is a 17 inch beast, a desktop replacement workstation with a tonne of power under the hood and heaps of upgradeability potential! (unlike most laptops) Although very worryingly... they messaged me now saying they accidentally shipped it to the wrong addressed???? wtf! They're trying to reroute it now back to themselves or to the correct address? I don't think they're trying to scam me... they've got thousands of feedback ratings with a 99.6% rating! And they said if they can't sort it out they will offer me a different laptop (but they don't have any I want...) or a refund (but I want my P71!). Or a couple of weeks ago I got a miracle deal on a Lectrosonics UHD200D for just US$100! (my other one I paid about less than US$300 for secondhand in 2022, and I thought that was an amazing deal for it! Yes it's technology from the early 2000's, but still works well and sounds great in 2024!) I think that UH200D I got this month will remain my most amazing #1 bargain of 2024.

That's wild! Didn't think Nikon and Leica would be collaborating. Wouldn't it make more sense to do a S5 like this than a Z6?? At least Panasonic and Lecia have a long history of working together Awww.... that's cute

I'm sure on the 15th time @BTM_Pixyou'll finally get it done right.

10 or 20 years plus from now (once all of this is now "ancient history", rather than simply voting for whatever is the latest hottest camera), when people look back and discuss filmmaking with MFT, will the GH7 be the first one they talk about??? I think it will probably be the GH4 or GH2. Why would you choose the GH5S as the greatest of the GH series cameras? Personally, if I was to buy one tomorrow, I think I'd go for the GH5S myself. As someone who lives more in the narrative filmmaking world these days, I don't mind giving up IBIS, but I kinda do want that low light monster ability and I do want that timecode feature. And I feel that as of now in 2025 the prices for the GH6 (and obviously not the GH7) have not yet fallen enough for me to regard it as a true bargain. However the GH5S definitely wasn't the most impactful of the GH series! There might even be a case to argue it was the least impactful?? (ok, the second least impactful, after the GH5mk2! If we should even count that as a different camera???)

In my eyes, the ultimate ever 2/3" camera is still the epic Sony F23! But very hard to find these days. That's why the prices for vintage cine lens sets have gone insane. And many modern manufactures are attempted to recreate "the vintage look". For example, just recently in the past month these have been in the news: https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/06/06/ancient-optics-old-fast-glass-statera-1-5x-anamorphic-primes/ https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/06/06/module-8-variable-l2-pro-tuner/ https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/06/11/iron-glass-lenses-at-cine-gear-2024/ https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/06/01/v35-project-retunes-modern-lenses-to-emulate-vintage-lens-aesthetics/ https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/05/14/masterbuilt-ultra65-lens-series/ https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/05/02/fuji-ebc-primes/ https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/05/02/iron-glass-phenix-28-70mm-t2-7/ All of this going for the old "vintage look", that's just only in one month in the news, and only what was reported just on one website. Just scratching the surface here.

It is because European Customs Officers are so incredibly efficient and fast, that is why you never ever see a queue forming.

Even if I'm spending $1K to $1.5K (so staying very comfortably under the $2K max), I think I'd still struggle to go for any modern day mirrorless camera if I was starting again from scratch with only an interest photography. (as that's where mirrorless is strongest: videography) A person could jump on eBay right now and buy a Nikon D850 for just US$1.2K, what more does a hobbyist photographer really need if starting out? I agree that the current brand new prices of FF mirrorless today feel kinda overpriced for photographers, once you compare them against the glut of cheap secondhand DSLRs we're spoiled with. So getting a new FF mirrorless is very much so a luxury purchase for photos. Unless... I'm wanting compact small size. (as I'll admit all DSLRs are rather poor at that) But then am I really going with a FF mirrorless? Or am I going for an APS-C or even MFT mirrorless? That's another factor to also explain some of the pricing difference between brands. They might be each taking different currency hedging approaches, or not doing any hedging at all.

Which was the greatest ever GH series camera? The GH1 that started it all? The GH2 that was the most famous of them all with the hack? The GH3 that was the ultimate refinement of the 1080 era? The GH4 that was revolutionary in being the first to deliver us 4K video and epic 96fps slow motion? (first ever with timecode too... but only with the YAGH!) The GH5 that gave us 4K 10bit internal, waveforms, and IBIS? The GH5S that was the low light monster? (and gave us timecode too! Without the need of that quirky YAGH) The GH6 which pushed beyond 4K resolution, and in 4K gave as an astonishing 240fps? The GH5mk2, the quiet refinement of the GH5? (I'd be surprised if anybody votes for this model as being "the greatest ever") The GH7 which finally brought us top notch autofocus performance on par with the competition, internal raw, 32bit audio, and ARRI LogC3?

Do you? Do you really? Go ahead and buy, but perhaps you might find it picking up too much? (you really might not know for sure, for your own personal circumstances, until you go ahead and try it out)

Ah yes, all of that makes a lot of sense! Cheers for sharing