TheRenaissanceMan

It never pretended to be anything else. It compares spec sheets, prices, and DXO scores. And for what it is, the site can be useful.

Panasonic G7, Canon T6i, Nikon D3300, or Sony A5100. All are great entry level cameras that take great stills and competent video for the price.

The 24-120 isn't too bad. Good range, IS, nice performance. Sort of the Nikon counterpart to the Canon 24-105mm. EDIT: Just saw that you specified crop Nikon. Can't help much there. :/

I think you made the right call. Both are great cameras, but the G7 is an amazing value and it'll take your minoltas and Canon fds.

That's actually how color correction is supposed to work. You apply a correction LUT to transform your footage from the captured color space to your delivery color space (usually Rec709 or P3), then apply your tweaks within that color space. Then, once your footage is corrected, you apply your grade.

Yes. Hahaha

All you need is a $150 Chinese monitor off eBay and you're set. Besides, that's still a better screen than the BMPCC comes with.

The exposure's about a stop too dark, and your blues are all steely cyan for some reason. Nice DR, but the grade needs work. The DR looks good, but I'm not big on milky blacks and everything is blue and orange. Not a fan of those LUTs. Good to hear how much highlight DR you're getting from it, though. It's one of the first things I noticed when I first worked with its footage, and one of the reasons I love the look. Short of the GH4 with V-LOG, it's one of the best highlight rolloffs in this market.

If you're talking ultrawide in terms of 24mm and wider, the SLR Magic 10mm and Olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 are your best options. If those aren't to your liking or you prefer to go adapted, the Tokina 11-16mm with a speedbooster is your best bet.

D750 and BMMCC are my top picks. The GH4/G7/GX8 have excellent 1080/60p as well. But besides the Blackmagic, none of them will be terribly easy to match IMO.

I believe the D750 and D810 output clean 8- bit 4:2:2 24p.

It's also limited to UHD (no DCI 4K), doesn't output an HDMI signal while recording (so no 10-bit 4:2:2 out), no weather sealing, no V-LOG, and no headphone jack. On the plus side, the crop factor is a little less and it's better in low light.

Still not jacket pocketable. Despite the bitrate, the quality in video mode is neck and neck--the GH3's bitrate advantage is offset by the GX7's better sensor. At least in my experience. Are you looking for the most compact lenses, or the best? IMO, SLR Magic makes the best Mu43 lenses, but they're manual focus only. If you want AF, it's between the Olympuses and the Panasonic Leicas, depending which look you prefer. Here's some food for thought. You needn't take Shane's words as gospel (the Olympuses look great wide open to me, if a bit sterile--more of a corporate/broadcast documentary look), but it's a good place to start finding what look you like. https://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2015/01/cinematography-online-micro-four-thirds-lenses/ https://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2015/02/cinematography-micro-43-lenses/ https://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2015/04/film-school-online-micro-43-lenses-3/

I'd definitely look up some work with the SLR Magic 10mm before you despair over the distortion. It looks bad on brick walls, but natural subjects look totally fine. https://vimeo.com/110024810 https://vimeo.com/105817747 https://vimeo.com/105531318

In some situations--events, documentary, and natural light location shooting, for example--it helps to have a camera you can push to higher ISOs. I always prefer to set up lights, but sometimes that's not possible. In that case, your camera's ability to achieve good image quality in marginal illumination can help you get the results you want. It's nothing to do with style. Money either, since lots of cheap cameras are great in low light these days. It's about finding the right tool for the job. And the simple fact is that newer cameras are better low-light tools than older ones. Insisting that older, crappier cameras somehow help you work better in low light is....asinine. (And if you have a counter argument, keep it brief and focused, would you?)

Agreed. I actually love the 5DII RAW image--even over the Mark III's--but low light is not its strong suit.

There's also the SLR Magic 10mm if you're cool with manual focus. Beautiful lens.

http://www.photozone.de/olympus--four-thirds-lens-tests/530-pana_714_4?start=1 Looks like there's a fair bit of distortion without software correction. I haven't used it, so I don't know if it's objectionable in actual use. Look up some clips and see if it bothers you.

I'd still rather have a D5300/D5500, but if you need the stills functionality/build quality, this is a solid deal.

I honestly don't know. If so, you must have something similar over there for local people. Just remembered, people have started using buy, sell, and trade groups on Facebook to get rid of their old stuff. I've sold three cameras that way so far and I'm working on a fourth. Very little fuss and easy to use.

Searching the appropriate camera forums helps too, as do periodic strolls through Craigslist. People tend to list Ebay prices a little high to make more money and account for what they lose in Ebay fees. The lowest price I saw on Ebay for a good used D700 is $700. Strolled on over to Craigslist and saw one right there on the first page for $500 OBO, and I could probably get that down to $400 easy. These deals are around; they just take diligence and patience.

You can easily get a used A7R for that. Not an amazing video camera, but you'll have full frame and the stills quality is nice.

But it offers waveform, peaking, false color, zebras, histogam, punch in, and record triggering. None of which the Video Assist offers. I'd take that over 60p any day.

Then the Ninja Blade offers way more functionality for the same price.