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HDMI out is useless. If you have possibility to add all kind of accessories and screen then buy a proper camera. I buy this for the size and weight

I don't see 100mbps the weak link if H.265. People here do not seem to realize H.265 efficiency compared to H.264. 100mbps H.265 is perfect balance of quality/weight imo.

4K60p is so important in a Camera for me I am so bad only the GH5/1DX have it. In a drone however for me it's just a nice to have. Would have been great, but 1" 4K30p 10 bit in a Mavic size package is what I am asking since the Phantom 4 Pro release. Of course it could do 4K60P but the Phantom has to exist. They fucked up. IMO it should be: Mavic Air : small sensor small portable drone Mavic Pro : 1" sensor what it is with the 2 but with 4K60P Phantom 4 Pro : upgrade to M43 sensor Inspire: what it is, which means APSC sensor. I am pretty sure the P5 will be M43 sensor, and then the Mavic Pro 3 will have 4K60P.... It is how it is, marketing segmentation and so on.... Having 2.7K60p for when slowmo is needed (rarely on a drone) is better than nothing. Now with this Mavic Pro 2 I just need Sony or Canon (it's dead for Nikon with the Z6/7) to release a 4K60p FF mirrorless and I am good to go. Until next year

Ultra premium price. British pricing: body:£3399, lens kit:£3499, 24-70mm kit:£3999, 24-70mm + FTZ:£4099 Read more: https://nikonrumors.com/2018/08/22/nikon-z7-mirrorless-cameras-specifications-and-uk-pricing.aspx/#ixzz5Ovkqec9q

NikonRumors shared those specs this morning 100% reliable according to him. See above. We know all about it. The AF points you talk about on Canon have nothing to do with video AF. Dual Pixel AF you do not count the point because all pixels are points. The official AF points for Nikon is 200ish and 400ish for Z6/Z7, see exact number on Nikon Rumors. A shame that Nikon decided to cripple the Z6. What is more a shame is only 4K30P. Also IBIS is confirmed.

Disappointment for me. specs are out, 30fps only in video. The Z6 has a bad AF for video so you need the expensive Z7. Unlike Sony who gave everything to the A7III, Nikon is doing like the D750/850 where only the latter has the good stuff. Z6 will be useless. Z7 is going to be a A7RIII with better ergonomics which is great but what I am supposed to do now? Have a Z6/Z7 for stills and A7S3 for video, or A73/R3 for stills and A7S3 for video so i can share the lenses....

Comparison with the amazing D750 grip. Sony, please give us 4K60p on the lower mpx one (Z6), with IBIS and video AF as good as A7III and I will pay any price for this + a Z7 for stills. Those are basically A7III / A7R III with way better grip / ergonomics / menus / flat profile and colours (see D850...). Now because Nikon won't release a A7S competitor I hope they have put the best video features (4K60p) in the Z6 that compete with A7III. However I am afraid they just copied the A7III / RIII specs and did not look back.... Too bad because I will have to get an A7S III (and keep the A7III for stills to go with it) instead of those. Fingers crossed.

https://www.fujirumors.com/fujifilm-x-t3-video-4k-at-60p-10-bit-and-zebra/ I could not care less about this APSC camera but I like this. The more 4K60p 10 bit camera on the market, the more chance people like Sony put this (or better) in their cameras like A7S III. I would love to have the new Nikon Z camera having 4K60p... would be amazing and would replace my A7III (assuming AF is as good).

100% agree. AS LONG AS having 24mp allows for better video features. It seems difficult in today's tech to have 24MP + 4K60P ... ... If Canikon releases an A7III copy (same video feature and quality, AF on par, stills on par, IBIS) I will buy it. In fact the Canon will have better AF for sure and probably worst video feature and still quality. Nikon will have better still quality (Dynamic Range as always) but AF is a question. THEN I will buy it to replace my A7III. Why? Because in the past for DSLRs Sony was always behind and always the brand releasing good specs on paper but worst in real use. Honestly they did not change much when you see all the ergonomic cons of the A7. BUT NOW Sony will release an A7SIII with 4K60p, which for sure the Canikon won't do. So I will need this one for video and will be stuck with either having an A7SIII and the Nikon FF or stay completely with Sony. Ideally for me, as Andrew said I would love a 24mp camera with best video features 4K60p and so on from Nikon and one 46mp D850 like mirrorless. Best in class codec and profile, best in class ergonomics... Would be perfect. But A7S sales are very low in comparison to A7r and A7 so for sure Canikon will not do an A7s competitor. Frustrating to see that 1DX II is old today, yet it is the only FF with 4K60p and best FHD120p...

great. If only it had 4K60p...

BTW, I was thinking, if Nikon is copying the A7III with their soon to come mirorless well it should be great because I am sure the ergonomics, menus and so on will be better. And it will have a timelapse intervalometer. Again, what were Sony thinking in removing this feature ?!

Been using the A7 III with the new Tamron 28-75 for a couple of day. Great camera overall. Lots of improvement compared with my older A7RII. Much better than the GH5 for the same price. In fact a totally different league for stills. For video the AF is so unusable on the GH5 and so good on the A7 that it's also a kill for me. The cons are still the shitty menus even though I could set up my own ones. There are still some frustrating shits from Sony. For exemple I set up the dial "1" for 4K and the dial "2" for 120p with specific settings. Great. Now I can only set once and forever what shooting mode (aperture priority, manual...) for those otherwise I have to completely start over. What it means is in "1" and "2" mode that you use with the dial, you cannot choose even in the menus your shooting mode. This is ridiculous. Many frustrating and ridiculous ergonomic stuff like this. Also the camera is way too short. The grip is fine for a kid or small woman hand but not a man, what were they thinking? But much overall better than before. And IQ is great, 120p is great, AF is great, IBIS is fine, S35 mode is fantastic ... Definitely the best camera on the market for 2K and that Tamron 28-75mm is fantastic. 800 bucks and 550g for a 28-75mm f/2.8 is killing it. Combo works well on my Crane Plus. Until the A7SIII is out there is nothing better at that price. EDIT: this might fix the grip too short problem https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1334069-REG/really_right_stuff_ba9_base_plate_base_plate_for_sony.html?ap=y&gclid=CjwKCAjwyrvaBRACEiwAcyuzRCIVpadM8fw7qzuDhV_PDMbeD_m0_IQY1m06fG9E_t2KTAqy-MEt-xoCn-wQAvD_BwE&smp=y

This is a recurrent and common issue in most PC even twice as thick as the macbook pro with the new I9. Intel really sucks, and Apple failed in realizing this i9 does not do well or to properly cool it.

No hesitation for me the FS5 choice. Great slowmo. Prores Raw is sick. Best B and C cam with the incoming a7siii with great AF for gimbal shots.

LOL. @jonpais I think that @webrunner5 has never used a gimbal. Or a camera, I am not sure. Asking why one would even need a gimbal using an A7 because it has IBIS is beyond me . Now I am not saying that you need a gimbal, depends on your work and style, but that's a different question. The thing is IBIS does not replace a gimbal and if it does for you that simply means you do not need stabilized footage while walking/running which is fine.

Just bought a Crane Plus. Holds an A7III easily and weight HALF of the DJI. 2 pounds less ! this is enormous. I would never get the DJI even for free just for the weight. Let me precise that 80% of my camera use is away from home or in the mountain where weight counts a lot. If I were to fly a 1DX for work project then yes the DJI makes sense.

Loved my adventures in Bali. Too many tourists though.

Also worth mentioning, the new MBP are really fast. The high end model as better single core CPU performance than the best IMAC PRO. The overall performance jump both in CPU and GPU vs 2017 models is enormous. The new DDR4 memory is very fast. And the faster SSD are out of this world. In fact PC manufacturer should feel ashamed, as seen in the attached picture.

My prediction: dji mavic 2 and Mavic Pro 2 the one in the image is a Mavic 2 With its silver bands. It has the bigger sensor Mavic Pro 2 caméra attached to it. On the gimbal on the side there is the smaller Mavic 2 camera. They will be interchangeable. Mavic 2 same price a pro 1 and Mavic Pro 2 1300

Wait, who said no 4K60fps in this thread ? Lol. As for CDAF no way. Are you serious!? It’s got to be the A7III kind of AF. It’s actually gonna be the main advantage over the GH5.

Hello, I am getting the 7III soon. Shot with A7RII 2 years ago, cant remember what I used. I plan to set the Custom 1 dial to 4K30p with specific PP and settings, Custom 2 for HD120p with specific settings again, and using the regular priority aperture mode for photos. Therefore I would never be using the proper video mode. Few questions: - Is there an inconvenient with that? - I assume the Custom 1 and 2 on the dials are considered photo mode. Any disadvantage shooting videos in photo mode? (like different AF performance, ...) Am I loosing anything not using the regular video mode? If above is not good what do you recommend? For PP, AF settings and so on I am all set. Thanks

Just saw your comment. Good advice actually. 28mm F2, 45mm F2 when crop mode used, 85mm 1.8 and 125mm 1.8 when crop mode used. 28-125mm F1.8-2 in 2 lenses. And the weight almost equal the Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 You almost make me change my mind. I guess I would have to try in real word trekking how it goes. From what I remember in Cuba with the 28 + 55, I did not like changing between the 2 lenses all the time but I was still happy to have both. Cuba is traveling though. In the Dolomites I am gonna be on Via Ferratas and climbs. So changing lens will be a pain sometimes... I guess the zoom versatility wins. I am gonna use Peak Designs capture clips to clip both my cameras to my right and left backpack shoulder straps. Have used that in the past and works amazing for hiking. I Noticed if you hike and keep your camera in the backpack, you never take it out as you are already in a big effort and removing the 30lbs backpack and so on is a pain. This makes me think in an ideal word I would have an A7RIII (or A7III) for timelapses with a Sony 16-35mm, clipped to my right shoulder, and a A7S III for video on the left with the 28mm F2. And in the bag a 85mm 1.8 for those occasional portraits or far mountains/waterfalls/wildlife. A7RIII could be used for super wide video shots or b-shots unlike the D5500. Crop mode is fantastic. This is why I hope A7SIII will have 18mpx to allow crop mode. 12mpx sensor does not allow crop mode in 4k... Never used clear zoom with the A7RII, will give it a try with the A7III. Does it allow to zoom more than 1.5x? For those interested in the Tamron. Great test that shows it works on Crane 2, it is sharper than the GM especially at 75mm! and the AF in video seems actually good:

2 generation and no improvement in bitrates, fps and quality ...

So I pulled the trigger on the Tamron 28-75mm F2.8. That way I have the aperture I wanted, I do not have to change all the time between 28mm F2 and the 28-70mm Kit lens. With the 1.5 crop I have an effective 28-105mm 2.8 lens for less weight than the 24-105 Sony so that's great. I am just afraid of it being too much on the gimbal to be perfectly stable but I will see. If anything I will just return it and get the 28mm F2 as planned + the 28-70mm kit lens since you guys are saying it's not that bad. Also I am gonna take a lot of pictures during the day (aside from timelapse) so having a 70mm 2.8 for occasional portraits in the mountain and so on will be nice. And with the Nikon 10-20mm on the APSC body + the 28-75 I can cover a range of (35mm equivalent) 15-105mm, yet still have a dedicated timelapse camera and a dedicated FF video camera. So as of today I do not see a better combo matching my criteria. Still thinking about it as first trek is Yosemite in 1 week (won't have received the A7 anyway...) so first trek with A7 will be Grand Teton end of July. Still time to change my mind for the lens. Thanks for the advices. I am 3K$ lighter and both the A7 and Tamron are backordered. Let's see..

I have never ever filmed 5min my whole life. I agree with you though... Many situations would require so.