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It's not about whose right or wrong. Sure, you could nitpick and fight over who is the 'most right', but really? You're both saying the same thing about something else and it's all good. People like the 1D C's 4K because it looks filmic. That's it. Quite capable of shallow depth of field, massive datarates, thick material to work with in post, excellent color. It just looks organic. Still 4K. Now you've got that D750... also capable of shallow depth of field, decent material to work with and excellent color here as well. Maybe not 4K, but also an organic look. It's not about not embracing 4K or getting along with the times. It's about the look... the quality, not the quantity. Take a look at MFT and we have Blackmagic and Olympus quite capable of nice organic rendering as well. Blackmagic even in 2.5 and 4K. But 4K on Panasonic and Samsung crop sensors, it looks modern and digital, contrasty (not amazing dynamic range) and sharp. The Panasonic GH4 in 4K has a 2.3x crop, sure you can speedboost it. And a lot can be done still to make it look more filmic, perhaps just by using the right filters.. Samsung has no focal reducers availlable/possible, so you're stuck with S35. Not that S35 is a bad thing, I mean, c'mon, but a lot of people will contribute a filmic look partly to a shallowish depth of field. Colors on the Samsung are definitely nice. On Panasonic it takes a little bit of work using the right settings, profile and post-production. And Sony, to get back on topic, well, Sony has always had awesome features... on paper, then the ergonomics/design, battery life, menu fiddling and most of all: color, left wishing for more (F35 though!). E-mount does have focal reducers, so you can actually narrow the gap between APS-C and fullframe. Never really looked that filmic or too modern, just looks like... Sony, for lack of better terms. Their fullframe systems are nice, but I ain't looking to spend that kind of money on a camera body. And I will mostly want to shoot with S35 glass, fullframe lenses are too bulky for most applications when travelling a lot, but with versatile E-mount, you could still adapt some to an APS-C camera though when on close-by location and feel like rigging up. The A6300 inherits a lot of cool stuff we've come to seen on the likes of the RX10M2, RX100M4, A7RII and A7SII. Which kinda makes it an excellent choice, as now we have APS-C 4K in a mirrorless body with the option to use focal reducers (else I could've included the NX1). It packs most of the important features mirrorless cameras nowadays have and just seems like an excellent tool with good value. Sure I could see where they've could've upped their game even more... vari-angle touchscreen, headphone-jack, better ergonomics, better battery life, in-body stabilization. They could've included that easily and still come in at around half price of an A7SII/A7RII. Wouldn't have been a problem here. Now it's still exciting, but not as exciting as it could've been. Yet, for the money... being the only current 4K APS-C mirrorless on the market it should prove an interesting option for people who want to step-up from Micro Four Thirds and try the little up in performance on APS-C. I'm sure the sensor's new infrastructure will prevent overheating and should have nice usable lowlight performance up to and including ISO3200; ISO6400 perhaps? Then there's possibility to get closer to fullframe and get shallower depth of field more easily. As well as more choice of wide (adapted) lenses. We will have to see how it will pan out. Seen quite nice things with both A7RII and A7SII, if the A6300 is anything like the A7RII S35 crop mode, we're in for a treat, I'd say?

I've found this very useful when I stumbled upon it one time... He's got his info from Alexis van Hurkman, author of the Color Correction Handbook and the Color Correction Look Book: http://www.amazon.com/Alexis-Van-Hurkman/e/B001IODHRA/ .

Yeah, my goal in life is to become the next Steve Huff too...

Yeah, this is the Buzzfeed kinda guy that makes lists videos. 'The Top 5...', '10 reasons...', 'A.. VS Z..'. Everything based on specs, because of course, that will give you a clear winner... I doubt he has much actual insight.

Yeah, I figured, still better than the GH4 in 4K though.

Cats! Purrrrfect subjects. :P I remember having one as a subject with the GH2 trying out the Fujian. That toy lens always had some crazy milky flaring going on... I kinda liked it though. Cheers!

Throwing an A6300 on a gimbal... with autofocus enabled might be a thing though (13:51)!

I have a 35mm f/1.7 C-mount as well. Unfortunately it's a 'Fujian' toy lens and not a 'Fujinon'. Are they supposed to be remotely similar? Like the Chinese doing what the Russians did back in the day with Zeiss?

Is the 45mm f/2.8 up there with all the others? It seems such a cute little lens. And it would be one of the more affordable ones to find in a super solid state. Was wondering if I should try that one first after failing to put in the highest bid on a 35mm f/2.8 from eBay...

Probably something like... http://www.ambarella.com/news/91/74/Ambarella-Introduces-Low-Power-4K-Ultra-HD-SoCs-for-Sports-and-Flying-Cameras

I have two GoPro Hero3 BLK editions. After that, I don't believe the models improved significantly enough... they should've pushed the limits more and priced it more attractively, especially with the rise of alternatives from Sony, but also cheaper ass stuff where 'watch and learn' from GoPro, for GoPro now means watch and learn from the likes of the great Xiaomi ( http://www.xiaoyi.com/en/xiaoyi_en.html ) or SJCAM ( https://sjcamhd.com ) who have taken the concept and ran away with it (SJCAM having made displays a standard on the cams!). GoPros aren't exactly aimed at cinematographers, for your average Joe a Xiaomi or SJCAM will suffice. Sure, then they figured that had to bring out a budget Hero, but too little too late. I feel like they've should have jumped onboard when 3D/VR started to gain traction... plant as many seeds as you can! They should already have been on that since Ricoh brought their Theta to the market. Sure, they can bring out rigs to rig up multiple GoPro units... I bet that appeals to the masses. NOT. Now we have Kodak... Nikon... following Ricoh's example. Where you now, GoPro?

Just a quick heads-up, should anyone care... Cinematographer Roundtable is up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8mZFSlGEJ0 / https://www.youtube.com/user/thrnetwork/search?query=roundtable .

I almost feel like buying a BMCC 2.5K MFT... 'cause I think it's a pretty dope camera... but as well as it will effectively be the price of a new BMPCC once you consider the BMCC2.5K price drop and Resolve Studio is included.

So you could... record uncompressed externally and have a normal video being recorded in-camera as a backup? Alright.

The JVC GY-LS300 kind of way doesn't seem so bad. About battery life... I gotta say, I really like the following! I usually have a Xiaomi powerbank with me anyways. Does anybody understand what the following means? What image? The uncompressed movie?? I suppose not, right? Just kinda sounds that way, though.

Yeah, I kinda expected something like this, although I wished for a tad bit more (was hoping they'd up the ergonomics a bit, more like a E-M5II, with as well the double dials and vari-angle touchscreen). I figured IBIS was a stretch, although that would've been a awesome feature. Still though, they did do it... they've brought features from the likes of the RX10M2, RX100M4, A7RII and A7SII to it! Something I thought they wouldn't do... want serious video? Pay serious money. But no, we do get the 4K and 1080p high frame rate as well as S-Log 2 & 3 and efficient XAVC-S codec, as well as uncrompressed HDMI output! I like the D5300, but I love mirrorless. I feel like APS-C is where it's at if you want performance value. The Micro Four Thirds system just falls a little short. And with APS-C and a focal reducer you can still make the magic happen. And the Veydras have a user swappable mount from M43 to E-mount, as well as all the other adapting possibilties. I dunno. It's not everything I wished for, but it's enough to get me excited! Will have to digg through all the (p)reviews before I'll pull the trigger, but so far... count me in!

Not sure what to call... I guess my doctor after seeing that. But seriously, it's hard to judge when you're swinging it around like that. how am I supposed to dissect any of that? But taking it in... I don't really see it. Lock it down. Light a scene. Because I'm going to be honest with ya, I don't think I'm seeing the amazeballs footage you're seeing from that just quite yet.

Of course it's not real. Is that the same guy that claimed to have hacked E-M1 firmware?

Sure the 1DX II has? Because I've read...

Wowzahs. Those are the better kind of deals. Good tip! Thanks. They only allow a very select few items to be shipped outside of Germany (or to Austria) it seems though... but I've been interested in the 77mm Smoque 1 and for EUR 29,98 incl. shipping, I'm going to find out of that really does add atmosphere. I'm not one to go ahead and take fog machines with me everywhere, you know.

Anyone heard from Cellar Door since posting this? ~ http://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/9451-is-samsung-shutting-down-their-camera-business/?page=28#comment-123345

Well, since: I am expecting that 1:1 readout crop.

Because thoughts are literally all over the place. Good job on not getting funny looks from people with a camera like that!

Getting your hands clean getting 'em dirty, ey. Shows that you care, not that you don't. Could be giving them spongebobs, but wrong age group for that, I bet.

Haha, that sounds along the lines of this brilliant comic: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell . Funny, but unfortunately sooo true. Best to avoid those kind of jobs.