fuzzynormal

So you increase the shutter speed. I do this on my Canon, Sony, and Lumix cameras by rotating a dedicated knob put there for exactly such purposes. It's possible and common. I think you might be misunderstanding exposure concepts?

The 180 degree shutter/frame rate thing is a rule of thumb, not a requirement. You can shoot a high speed shutter on motion picture footage and remove motion blur. I seem to recall a little film that E.T. director guy made about the Normandy Invasion... kinda popular, used high speed shutter.

"We need to respond to calls for DSLR video quality increase" To be pedantic, nowhere in that statement do I hear an affirmation that they WILL increase IQ.

I'm serious about this. In addition, I'd pay my way.

Blah. Dubstep. Listening past that nonsense: Decent stuff, would have liked to see some slow-mo and some sort of narrative rather than just an image montage. I don't feel like it has any rewarding cohesion...but then that's partly my critique of the soundtrack as well. Technically accomplished visuals.

Shooting 24-60 frames of 4-6K raw a second would be ideal for sports shooters as well as wildlife photographers. And, yes, utilizing that capability as a hybrid film making tool would be a nice bonus, regardless of data storage issues. Development is going to go there for a good reason. And soon. It's a useful tool.

You guys so crazay.

Fair enough. I'm mostly a old prime guy. If the newer lenses help out and it's something you find worthwhile, exploit it.

I just did a shoot today with a Nikon 24mm f2.8. No extra stuff, just went and got the shots. Grabbing focus isn't hard once you're used to doing it. Do it awhile and you'll be better and faster than any sensor algorithm. Not to mention: When you're manual focusing, you can do stuff creatively that a computer would never do. Don't be fearful, just do it. You HAVE to get good at it to be a successful motion picture shooter, so might as well start ASAP. Good luck!

Try manually focusing you camera. It's a skill that people who use cameras, especially for motion pictures, should have. You want cinematic images? Think about how you use the camera. Tell it what to do.

On the Panasonic Lumix cameras there is no stabilization in video mode. Good luck with the camera though. Regardless of a few issues, I like it. However, I'd disagree with the assertion that less mass allows for steadier video shooting. That's contrary to my experience. That said, the 20mm on the camera makes for a great video image. I do like the 40mm full-frame equivalent focal length.

eBay. The gm1 kit zoom lens works fine with lots of cameras, so it sold easily. Anyway, I'm using the camera for video, and there isn't any stabilization in that mode, so that photo-stabilization feature wasn't valuable enough to make me want to keep the lens. Besides, I'm a prime lens type of guy --and bought the camera for a specific purpose which includes lots of night shooting. Having fast primes mattered more to me.

It's a truly crappy EVF, but I can still find focus with it with a little hunting. Shame I need to do so, but it does help. On the other hand, when shooting with the GM1, you'll never ever be mistaken for a "pro" ...for better or worse. You probably wouldn't with a GX7 either, but the GM1 is so small and consumer-ish, you pretty much get ignored when shooting with it.

I've used all my various lenses on it, including a Canon redband 24-70, just to be ridiculous. And my next short film will be shot with the only the GM1 and an Industar 28mm. It's a deliberately odd choice for aesthetic and technical reasons. However, for what I'm mainly using the cam for, a documentary that takes place in nightclubs and bars, the most common lens on there is a 12mm Olympus. Fujinon makes some cool/cheap industrial glass that apparently works quite well on M43. I like the flaws of vintage lenses too. Old primes and weird Russian glass always finds itself mounted on the cam. Anything goes, really.

Same here. Roberta Muldoon confused me.

I like the stealth factor of the GM1 myself. I bought it just for that purpose. You may not care. In that case, yes, GX7 all the way. Having an EVF is great for shooting video. That said, I bought my GM1 and then sold the kit lens for $300U.S., so ultimately I got the GM1 pretty cheap. Might want to consider that if you're trying to save some cash and you already have a collection of lenses. In my case, I have a bunch of old Nikons and a few m43 primes.

I'm not. The reason I bought one is to go "stealth" in public areas. I want to shoot video while not really looking like a guy shooting video.

Nope. I desperately wanted to buy one of their products, but they never made it. Too bad. ShotgunMic/SD-Recorder/PreAmp-Aux-Input/LineLevelOutput/HeadPhoneJack. Ideal for DSLR'ing. In the development pipe, but no follow through. Weird, seems like the perfect product. Maybe too perfect?

Remember back in the 1970's when guests on the American TV program "The Tonight Show" would sit at the panel with Johnny Carson while wearing those goofy stripped suits and ties and then end up looking like some kind of visual hypnotizing device? No? Just me? Hey!O!

Don't own any Rode product. Wanted to buy the shotgun mic/digital recorder --with headphone, line out, and aux preamp input. It was demo'd at NAB, what, three years ago? Still waiting. Apparently just vapor ware.

I do often. Because it fits the type of corporate gigs I'm doing these days. It's a short slide 24." For my jobs that works. I don't do a lot of it though for my personal work though. However, I recently tested emulating dolly shots hand held with an Oly E-M5 and was very satisfied with the results. It requires some tai chi body control, but it's very do-able. I was trying to figure out if I could use the camera on an upcoming documentary that'll put me in the field hiking 15 miles every day for two months. Obviously in that situation I want my kit extremely minimized. I'm just taking the camera and two lenses... I might have limited gear on that assignment, but with that 5-axis stabilization I don't feel like my shot abilities will be.

Better just walk around in public with your hands held high in the air, to be safe. Better yet, just don't go outside. Too dangerous.

www.google.com (I'm not being snarky, that's the better place to go to get your specific answers.)

Ha! Have you ever seen "Big Business"? It's about as unpretentious of a broad simple comedy as you can get, and it's awesome. That shit ain't highfalutin', it's just damn funny and one of the most popular films of its era. And, seriously, MWAMC is nutso-crazy innovative. They pulled off that stuff over 80 years ago. But I get the point. So it is: late 20th century to present day.