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I was excited. Because it's just the right size and interface it seemed. They were a little hazy about the features, so I wasn't sure what to expect from it as a monitor... but now it seems to lack decent monitoring functionality. And someone that had a hands-on experience the actual quality of the device, well, display, is below expectations. So... yes, as a recorder, if the specs checks of all the boxes for you... go get it. But now I'm hardly excited for it anymore. My idea was to use it in combination with the BMMCC (because it lacks viewfinder/display) like so: But not so sure now. Atomos devices might make a little more sense. Just wished they made the Ninja Assassin 5". But I guess there's the PIX-E5(H) for that.

Good to know. But what I was wondering if the card you used from SanDisk you said didn't work was a Extreme Pro 95MB/s-series card or the Ultra-series for example..?

Hum. That suprises me. Those are Extreme Pro 95s as well? Or just Ultra series?

From: http://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/8842-what-memory-card-should-i-buy-for-gh4/ And with the recent post that someone lost RAW shooting on the BMPCC because of the wrong card... to me confirms SanDisk remains the way to go.

Rent something for the project whilst waiting to see how the Nebula 4200 pans out? The MiniSturdyFlight you mentioned looks interesting. I like the fact you can flip out your camera's vari-angle screen, should it have one. Demo footage looks quite ok actually.

I really found this to be of great help:

I'm not saying it's not good or that they shouldn't be happy about it. I'm saying, the balance of focus is off, which I think is a bit unhealthy and misrepresentative. If I as a muslim would get my megaphone and walk through cities praising the word of Allah and the Islam: 'Allah is almighty! Allah is great!', 'Islam is the one true religion!', 'I'm so happy I found my religion!'. You could be sitting at home minding your own business with your scented candles and Budha statue doing some yoga and be fine with anything others are doing. In meanwhile... newspapers are headlining 'Guy screaming 'Islam is true religion' has a point!'. It's one thing that I'm making such a big deal out of it. But if everyone starts giving me attention it shifts the focus, even for outsiders, to one thing. I mean. As with any hype, it will gradually fade into normality until something new pops up. But I don't know. I think its not right to give something so much more value/interest than other stuff. I think it's to a point that it's just a gimmick now. I shoot a short film on an iPad? I suddenly get covered everywhere. I show up to Starbucks with a Windows Surface Pro and suddenly my name is 'Jawn' and I get an ice coffee instead of what I've ordered. I'd like to see everything treated equally you know, I kinda see an imbalance and a focus shift. But again. We'll differ. So it's of little use to keep being weirded out by my responses, as they'll most likely won't change its core.

Which in all fairness they did. So you can't come from a 5DmkIII having been oblivious to what's going on 4K-wise outside of the Canon prosumer DSLR stills focused bubble and praising it to be 'the messiah' (yeah, bringing back the good ol' 'messiah') that will revolutionize things. But I don't think it will come to any battle there. With the 1DC out... with the A7RII and so on... you must've been in hibernation and underneath a rock for quite a while in order to have missed that and ignoring its previous existence and importance. The 5DmkIV might be decent... pricing it somewhere around what the A7RII does, it might be a very interesting hybrid camera. If its 4K is any good, then it might be a cool purchase. But... still it's optical viewfinder system VS mirrorless EVF & functionality, so that's one thing that sets the competition apart. Then they don't want to hurt the cinema line, so I doubt other than being able to do 4K, it really being that fantastic. Or it might look the part, but nothing fancy like upped frame rates and nothing robust... until the folks over at Magic Lantern wave around their wand. So. Ehm. Yes, I doubt anyone would consider a 5DmkIV as such to be changing videography landscape anytime soon... or atleast acting as if it's the camera that put 4K on the map and pretending it to be the one true camera that has been unprecedented. It's not really about rooting for Android. There's just more choice and options there. Hardware... or exciting forks/takes on Android with a different shell. That's the thing, there's no one best thing, unless with the iPhone the latest is 'the game changer'. It's more about thinking outside of the bubble. Even Microsoft is exciting to me. Linux distros are. Hey, I even think Macintosh is right for a lot of people, just not me. Don't feel the need to bash it. Haven't said anything about the video out of the 6s sucking. It's good. Willing to change my mind about Apple/Macintosh stuff whenever they get to be a more attractive option. Which they just aren't to me for now. So I wouldn't call myself an Android fanboy. I perhaps just call some other individuals stuck in the Apple hive. Which is fine for them, but the narrow focus on Apple doing everything and being the one true god I'd consider a bit unhealthy and misrepresentative of what they playing field is in general. But yeah, clearly I spend my 2ct differently than the next. So, eh, yeah, there's that.

Hardly has to do with the iPhone itself. It was properly rigged for stationary shots. Properly rigged for movement. They used lens attachments. Quite a bit of slowmo. Music. Voice over. Cuts. Editing/grading. Story. It was all there. Yet, only <1% of iPhone 6s videos will look like that. And it could even have been shot on a Samsung, LG, Nokia or what have you. But if it was, probably nobody would make a fuzz about it. iPhone wins festival. iPhone does 4K. It's really a large cult with large following and the scattered variety of folks on the other side not clinging to one brand so much that defines what we're seeing here. I mean, I guess it works to create hype, but to me that doesn't mean there's more actual value to it than other smartphones/cameras, which I think is a shame. I guess that's just the way it is. Listen, I'm not hating or saying it sucks. It does a great job. But it's not the first and only one to do a great job... but people live in their Apple bubble and didn't see what else is out there. But it's nice for them to catch up. If you are digging the Apple philosophy, already got a Macbook, iPad, iPhone, I get how an Android or Windows device doesn't quite fit in and are happy that you've now got some better options to shoot video. But it's not a revolution iPhone started... it however seems people are kind of treating it like that. That's what I think is quite off about all this. This was upload two years ago people, just saying...

Simon says... Decent enough of a strategy, I'd say. Do you know what your friend asks for himself? I would ask to get nearly the same rate (else it's like: wait, that much cheaper: he must suck, or the other way: wait, that much cheaper, forget about your expensive friend then, you do the whole thing!).

Sounds you're looking to join a workshop then. There are also video workshops that are a bit more practical than theoretical (e)books and such, perhaps worth checking out CreativeLive.com and Lynda.com for example. There's tons of free content on YouTube as well of course. In addition to Andrew's EOSHD GH4 Guide of course.

They'll need more than God's help. They'll need a course. Lesson 1 starts out something like this:

They're already working on a driverless car. I think they should call it the iDontcar. There's a silent 'e' at the end. Next up though is probably a wirelessly controlled energy saving lightbulb and that they'll give the name iPear.

Well, you've been using your smartphone for photos and videos a little longer than today, no? And with you... haven't we all? So why act as if suddenly the wheel is reinvented now that Apple introduces 4K to the iPhone? It's not a revolution, it's just an evolution. And one that was already taking place. Yes... in the right direction and please, manufacturers, never stop improving the tech, but you say 'will you go out with your DSLR in your pocket? I don't think so!!', well, let me put it like this: 'will you go on a shoot and show up with your smartphone on a rig? I don't think so!!'. So, I'm not angry or hating, again: hey, new tech is always a good thing, keep being amazed by it! Just not sure why anyone would imply that the video from an iPhone would be better than that out of a purposely designed camera that to me has much more going for it.

1. Blegh. Apple people. 4K on smartphones are a thing for a while now. 'But wooohhh, it's Apple doing it now, look at this, it's amazeballs'. I mean... really? 2. Can't agree with the topic title. It's still a tiny sensor... it's still a very deep depth of field, it's still oversharpened... I thought that was a thing we're trying to avoid by shooting with cameras like the D750, to be more filmlike. The iPhone's footage is way too screamy and harsh for my taste. It lacks nuance. Besides. DYNAMIC RANGE. Man. 3. Of course 4K -> 1080p is going to look sharper/crisper than regular 1080p from a Canon/Nikon fullframe DSLR. To me though, the amount of detail in a deep depth of field shot makes things flat, I need some layering

Yeah, getting one for 350 USD, to quote myself earlier: 'that would be insane'. Jup. -350 USD from regular price makes a whole lot more sense! And although 350 USD would've been even better, around 600 USD is indeed not a that bad price. I'm pretty invested in the M43 system. That's pretty risky as someone mentioned, but I'm not the type for big clunky fullframe configurations and expenses. Pretty curious what the GH5 will do and when we'll get to see the A6000's successor. There are actually M43 to E-mount adapters. Not sure how/if that would work, but the M43 system lenses might not be totally lost on APS-C. Need to read up on that and perhaps how the JVC handles that.

Wait. lol. Now I get it. Darn diggety dang it. I read it like 'offa' instead of 'off from'. Scusa. - btw. No kangaroos.

That's how just about anyone would interpret 'that lens buying it off of ebay. Looks like you can get it new for $350 off from asian sellers' though. Guess you can't .

Yeah, I already found that one. But of course, you had us searching for $350 listings, you know. And EMS sucks balls. Worst 'Express' service there is. And always troubles me with importing.

I've seen live reporters walking around here like this before: ~ http://www.fastcast.at

Dude... I'm 'Powered by Google search skills' but I can't find 'that lens buying it off of ebay. Looks like you can get it new for $350 off from asian sellers'. So go ahead and please enlighten us rather than just saying 'Ebay.' to enforce your claim.

Whut now. They serious?

Yeah, that would be insane. I mean, the 12-40mm f/2.8 from Olympus is pretty fantastic. But when not locked down, handheld... some OIS would come in handy. I just didn't feel the value was there for the recommended retail price. Getting back to suggestions... I guess 'wider coverage' could be interpreted as looking for more different focal lengths covering a more fexible range (probably not though). The 42.5mm f/1.7 is actually a pretty fine lens. So it might not be as ridiculous of a suggestion at all. The Sigma ART 18-35mm f/1.8 and Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 are two go-to lenses for adaptation with focal reducers. They even get rehoused as cinema lenses... that should tell you something. But yeah, without that stabilization. Really the only one that hits all the spots is that 12-35mm f/2.8 OIS, albeit f/2.8 isn't that crazy sensitive (I hate it when people call a lens fast... hell, I don't want to shoot faster, I just don't want to shoot slower either, so I need more light to get in, in scenes that got less... or I want a shallower depth of field and throw on ND's -> '0' use for shooting faster. I know it derives from the stills world, but still). Anyways. Unless you find a way to be okay with unstabilized lenses... the 12-35mm f/2.8 OIS indeed seems the way to go. There's a reason it's sold as a kit and tons of people have one. But indeed. You kinda need to be able to justify the price, as at full price I'm not sure the value is there, but then again, it's the only once ticking the boxes without much direct alternatives.

I mean... it's a prototype. If I was a manufacturer I wouldn't want a people to give up on me because of a prototype test video showing 'a weird wobble at 1:41. Meh'. I get that. You want to tweak it close to perfection and then give them something to get excited about and will be close enough to the final product that people can expect. It looked ok, but yeah, that's not really seeing it 'in action' the way you'd actually use it. It's just some silly shaking around. I do hope they don't just make these things and then hope people like it... I hope they work closely with filmmakers. It's like racers in the Formula 1 or MotoGP. A team can build the greatest car or bike... like: on paper and in all actuality will be shitty to drive. But if you change bits then ask your race driver how he likes the change... he will give you the feedback you need! He knows where it lacks and where it's good. That's the key to a winning end result.

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