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Sigma is really doing an awesome job with the ART series line-up. Gotta love the optical quality and the fair price. I think the 18-35mm f/1.8 is some of the greatest value lenses out there for the buck. I'd love to go and pair it up with a lens turbo, get the E-M5II and give its IBIS a go... Keep doing what you're doing Sigma. I'm sure this 24mm f/1.4 is a winner. Oh, and can I just for a second also praise the actual look of the ART lenses themselves? They just look gorgeous.

Talking about LOMO anamorphic... came across this a while back, pretty cool write up: http://presynkt.com/tag/lomo-2x/ .

What Andrew said. Come on. Looking up which cameras are mostly being used by Flickr users to establish somekind of conclusion on the use and market share of cameras that have a clear video advantage??! Makes no sense. Anyways... @ Nindy : GH4 competitor? In order to be competitive they need to... bring the price. Roughly 1400 EUR is what the GH4 goes for these days. 4K internal recording. Haha, it already starts of right. Both of these I don't see happening just yet. Slow motion frame rates? GH4 can do 1080p 60fps and you could crank that up all the way to 96fps. And then there's the vari-angle touchscreen. EVF. Peaking. Etc. I mean... what I would love to have seen from Canon is the 760D being a mirrorless camera... having a bit better build quality than the actual 760D, feature an EVF, 4K, cinema profiles, timecode and all that good stuff. If it has any of these features, they're going to charge you big time... but I'll rather go with: 'they'll still charge you big time, but won't even give you all your desired features', which probably goes for the 5DmkIV. It will probably be kinda cool, but nothing as crazy as we'd like to see, except for the crazy price. Another reason to rather go for the GH4... its size (and M43 ecosystem)! Pistolgrip gimbals... octocopters... a car's dashboard... you can place it just about anywhere really. That's atleast what I like so much about cameras like the GH4 personally. A7S with a small lens is pretty rad too.

Andy knows tons. I'm sure he'll have a kit idea for you. Also checkout Alan Besedin (his YT channel can be found over here: https://www.youtube.com/user/alanbesedin ). He does appreciate character too. Maybe something like this? http://www.vintagelensesforvideo.com/illumina-lomo-super35-high-speed-cine-lenses/ (& check the rest of Alan's site) Not sure which mounttype you're looking at here. FS7, was it... or? The Veydra's look pretty cool, but it's M43. Also, they're pretty 'boring' according Adam Wilt (albeit in a good way).

I like the organic flow of an electronicless steadi-/glidecam. With this... sometimes I have seen some very motorized corrections going on. I get the thing with steadi-/glidecams is, that you need to hire someone, or put in tons or practice, because it takes time to master and with this kind of thing it's more about calibration than flying it, which is great (and terrifying), because it does enable everyone to set it up and they're pretty much done, but to me it's not quite there yet and wouldn't jump on the bandwagon quite yet unless you feel like you have to be an early adaptor and like to tinker around. Not sure about the pistol grip type stabilizer either. I think because of the small form factor, the degree of stabilization is rather limited. I have also seen quite a bit of up- and down bouncing. Someone should come up with 4-axis stabilizers (I've seen some projects, but they all seem to have been abandoned), having some kind of shock absorber that naturally dampens up and down motions caused by walking. We've all seen the MOVI getting a lot of competition that got really affordable, real quick. Now, it won't get much cheaper for very specialized gear like this, that already comes from a Chinese manufacturer, but there's still room for quite a few alternatives and a sub 500 USD solution. So, I'm gonna wait this out just a little longer... I might even prefer just to go for something like this though:

I'd approve that message.

Cinematocrapper sounds like it could be a thing.

​It might be APS-C versus 4/3" here... but it's also form factor and let's not underestimate the flexibility of the M43-mount. It's a shame Pentax seems to have a shifted focus as where their cameras should go though. Their latest camera looked like a friggin' spaceship, lol. I think they should just stick to the solid weatherproofed cameras with the great allround performance they're known for.

If you want to compare it to a Nikon, the D4s doesn't seem like the obvious one? It's 16.2MP. It's double the price or something. The more obvious thing to do would be comparing it against Nikon's D810? I think the new 5D-range is awesome for studio photography. Looks pretty awesome to me. But aren't we all wondering the same thing, being on EOSHD and all... how does it perform what video concerned? Olympus did a cool thing, there was reviews and samples everywhere yesterday. Curious about this new line in action. Although it does look like it's primarily meant for still photography in controlled light environments and capturing tons of detail. Still have to wait around a bit for the 5DmkIV, which could be the next best thing from Canon... or not of course.

Well, the samples speak for themselves. Seems ETTR gives you great results indeed. Interesting. Definitly need to test this for myself.

"Also, a built-in HDR movie mode will record alternating exposures at 60 fps and combine them to generate a 30 fps movie." So... it can actually shoot at 60fps, but they just refuse to give it to you straight? Say whut. I mean... this would've been a great answer to the D5300/D5500, right? Even without 4K. They're probably even using the same 24MP sensor? So it could be pretty good 1080p. But again... Canon chooses to cripple its cameras. What's up with that, Canon? - edit: HDR Movie (29.97fps, 25fps, 1280 x 720) Ah. Well, that explains that. -_-"

​Thanks for sharing your experience with this camera, really appreciated. I do love to rig things up, but more so I like to be able to still use a camera very bare essentials as well. So portability definitly is a marker that needs to be checked in my book, which is also the reason I haven't gone for anything fullframe yet (and with the glass that goes with that choice). That might render me with suboptimal DR and so on, but it helps me to keep things moving and that's worth something too. I really like to have different tools to choose from and the E-M5II seems like a great one to have. It can help you out in situations where something else would leave you hanging. Does sound pretty great.

How do you shave? Do you do it oldschool? With a brush and a bit of soap? An actual fancy bladed razor like back in the day or at a barber? Do you do multiple passes? Listen to a bit of jazz music in the background, taking your time? Dry up with a nice warm towel and finish with a splash of after shave with a slight alcohol burn? Does the routine comfort you? Does it clear your head? Does it keep you focussed? Did your years of shaving like that give you skills, making you hit that perfect clean shave everytime, without any skin irritation or cuts? It might take a bit longer, but there's something familiar, something comforting, something true and perhaps even romantic, about shaving like that. You could argue that it's quicker to take an electric shaver and go at it. Facing that blinking LED telling you the battery is out of juice... hairs clogging the apparatus, the aggravating noise. There's hardly any comfort in that, nor is it romantic. But it gets the job done, probably quicker and just as effective... What I mean is... maybe people just feel more comfortable shooting film, not even so much for the result, but because of the process. Because it feels right for them to do it that way and because of that they're able to give it their best. And who's to say which is better? I think it's a cool thing film is still around. Not that I would use it myself, but it's craftmanship... it's skill... and I'm just glad that there's people willing to keep that alive.

Curiosity looks great, John. Well done. Takes a bit of the slight scare away from some of the first footage I saw earlier. Was secretly hoping they'd give the OM-D E-M1 with same processor and everything the video upgrades as well (but then again, we've been hoping for framerates to come to the E-M1 for just about a year now, to no avail). I really like the E-M1, but if the E-M5II matches or surpasses its image quality and adds more flexibility with the vari-angle display and the other features (and accessories, the grip looks nice too, and headphone jack!)... there seems to be enough additional reasons to swap out the E-M1 for the E-M5II. Being able to stabilize all my native full manual lenses (e.g. SLR Magic HyperPrime CINE 25mm T0.95), either something vintage M42 (e.g. MIR-1B 37mm f/2.8) or speedboosted third party lenses (e.g. Sigma ART 18-35mm f/1.8) is pretty valuable to me. But it's supposed to free you... and that's not what the videomode on the E-M1 was about. Which is a shame, because it then more or less became my dedicated stills camera, leaving video over to the GH4 and BMPCC, which don't have the luxury of featuring IBIS, but do have the greater flexibility what video concerned. But I'm glad if Olympus could meet me in the middle here. If not with the E-M1, then atleast with the E-M5II. Probably gonna give it a play around when it hits the stores. Might just have to go and get me one.

Yeah, the features are impressive... on paper, but what actually comes out of it, seems, well... even less than the E-M1 from what I've seen so far. Maybe not go for the swap after all. Sounded so promising. Perhaps we just need to see it in some more capable hands... keep them test videos coming. I hope someone managed to pull the maximum out of this little camera and show us what's really possible here.

Could be much more like the D5300 than the 700D or 70D. Which to me is a good thing.

Judging from the TCSTV video it looked pretty soft though. Of course, it doesn't help that they were shooting the rest with the awesome FS7 and that Chris was on the controls, lol. But yeah, this does look like a winner in terms of video. Take your 3-axis gimbal system and leave it at home, because it has industry leading 5-axis IBIS. That means you can take your old vintage, cinema, or third party system lenses and get it stabilized time after time! (Not to say there isn't a place and time for a 3-axis gimbal system) Since the E-M1 FW update only seems to mention an upgrade in burst shooting (was hoping for the new E-M5II's video functions on it as well)... I will go through some more video tests posted online and then probably will ditch the E-M1 in favor of the new E-M5II. Pretty sure they aren't rushed with pushing out an E-M1II. If anything, I think this was a statement that they are interested in giving a camera some more videofriendly functions, because their IBIS actually gives them an angle to start snooping away at that section of the market, which hadn't been acknowledged in the E-M1. The vari angle display finishes it off. Not sure if they will go bananas on the E-M1II though. They might just keep it for the mainly serious photographer audience... my feeling is they don't want their flagship known to be great for video. I think they don't mind making that change for the E-M5 line, making the E-M5II the hybrid flagship. They're even stating it... "OM-D Movie that provides cinema-quality movies in hand-held shooting" "To compensate for image instability, the OM-D E-M5 Mark II in-body 5-axis image stabilization system uses a VCM driver, which floats the image sensor with magnetic force. This construction makes it possible to shoot smooth, hand-held movies without a movie tripod, mini-jib, rails, or other specialized equipment." "Advanced movie features for professional level movie making" "Equipped with Multi Frame Rate, High Bit Rate, ALL-Intra shooting, and able to set time codes, professional level movie editing is possible." "Focus Peaking is now available in 4 colors (black, white, red and yellow), and the intensity can be selected from low, normal and high, making focusing easier when shooting." "Audio can also be recorded using an Olympus IC recorder equipped with linear PCM recording connected to the microphone jack for optimal audio levels and high quality audio recording. Because power supply settings to the external microphone can be turned on and off, users can use a high-end condenser microphone or dynamic microphone with a power supply." "Camera grip HLD-8G (sold separately) with a headphone jack can be used to listen to recorded audio while shooting." "Functions that go beyond flagship models" ~ http://www.olympus-global.com/en/news/2015a/nr150205em5mk2e.jsp Interesting.

Actually the movie mode on both models sits on the powerswitch by the looks of it. 760D looks quite sensible. The top LCD is a nice entry-level add-on. But if it's just a downsized 70D and not much more, with similar specs... not sure why one should bother. I do hope it has a new sensor, processing and consumer 4K. That's the only way I can see how they can reboot their 550D's success without having to be afraid of hurting their high-end lines. Because beside being APS-C crop, for photography I'm not expecting killer performance, it's probably not that built-to-withstand and for video it will probably have some shortcomings. I wouldn't really care that much for stills performance (fps, ISO12800 performance), etc and never killed a camera, not going out in the rain that much, so consumer level finish is fine enough for me as long as the image and especially video looks great. Perhaps with the Magic Lantern touch... who knows. And maybe one is directed at photographers and the other at hybrid shooting, having their own strengths. I'm not leaning towards any particular brand... so they should feel free to convince me! Although I'm pretty true to small form factor and the M43 system, so they'll need to really bring it. Knowing Canon... it's probably nothing groundbreaking though. But I'll keep an open mind about it.

​Well, I think it's different, because basicly it's stitching multiple photos, but doing it in camera with a microshift only. To me that sounds like it should work, no? Not that I care too much for this feature, because it's for shots where nothing in the frame or the camera itself should be moving obviously... but it could be cool the one or two times you'll play with that.

​Actually this is the Canon we've all been waiting for... ... oh wait. It's the mirrorless EOS M3. And it looks like something from back in 2005?

Tokina VDSLR lenses (equipped with an interlocking follow focus gear)? Whut? ~ http://photorumors.com/2015/02/03/tokina-also-introduced-a-at-x-116-pro-dx-v-lens-with-an-interlocking-follow-focus/#more-66740

​One of these! http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/36925-USA/Nikon_1420_Wide_Angle_28mm_f_2_8.html ( http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/28f28ais.htm ). "this lens has EIGHT elements in EIGHT groups. This allows it a level of correction seen in no other Nikon wide angle [..] This is the sharpest manual-focus wide angle made by Nikon [..] If you want great sharpness and perfectly straight straight lines, go get one of these lenses new or second hand. You'll love it."

​If the sensor was 63.7MP and light had to be delivered to that, yes. But this is a whole different thing though. It's like HDR with pixels. But you're not taking multiple exposures, you shift the sensor to take multiple readouts making it more accurate. It's like a survey where you either ask 10 or 1000 people. You get a clearer picture of what is going on when you ask more. Pretty sure their idea of implementing this is solid.

Each camera has a certain things it does well. The GH2 was great and I just can't get myself to part with it. The GH4 takes it to a whole different level, love it. The BMPCC is really exciting once you get passed the issue of powering it. They're all great, but having a bunch of full manual lenses and the Veydra set coming up... IBIS is quite a valuable feature to have as well. Now, the E-M1 was the only one really nailing that, but as a hybrid shooter, living in a PAL region, wanting to use the camera for filming stuff as well, being stuck with 30p only... it's something you'd happily see getting changed. And I've been praying to several gods to make it happen. So when a E-M5II comes out that gives me that more video friendly vari-angle display and a more usable video mode with various framerates... that for me does it, it is what I had aspired the E-M1 to be for my personal use. Of course... it's still wait-and-see how this plays out. But I wouldn't mind getting rid of the E-M1 in favor of the E-M5II the way things are looking out right now.

You know it's Olympus here, right? I'm not going to wait for the day they will do everything perfect and include 4K... If you think they'll be coming out with the E-M1 successor any day soon and will make it the ultimate camera... well I personally think they won't. For video and hybrid shooters this is already the change they've been looking for in the E-M1. I'm with Andrew on this one. Of course, I will hold my horsies for the time, at the same time the E-M1 FW Update will be announced and processing, components, etc are fairly similar, so they could in fact give the E-M1 a bunch of the features the E-M5II will sport, most importantly the various framerates and higher bitrate video... to keep it in the running a little longer. And who knows, joke's on the naysayers (me included), perhaps the 'MOV 3840x2160 Fine' was legit and they were testing for a later release after all...