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Might also be that they dropped the 4k Cinema price so they can sell them off. A OG Pocket siced 4K o 6K cam would be fun.

Isn't that the R8?

I haven't seen any good skin tones / high key stuff from the XH2s - it has a special and fantastic Fuji look, but somehow that one is also very distinct.

What would Kendy Ty do?

also strange that not one of the youtube testers is combinig it with the 28mm pancake lens...

Here it is, the camera i have wanted 5 years ago! https://www.canon.co.uk/cameras/eos-r50v/ A strange time: so many options: a cheap red komodo for that indie movie, a supersmall canon camera with 10 bit codec - things everyone would have dreamt of 5-8 years ago.

Specwisee this looks like the camera i have been waiting for ( .. apart from the 5.6). The material from the camera in the promotion video looks pretty horrible though, especially in comparison to the beautifully shot and great looking rest of the commercial ( what did they shoot it on?)

One additional point would be that parents don't want their children to use the smartphone on holidays all the time, don't want to be seen using the smartphone on holidays, etc.

Check out this film they shot on Leica SL-2 with Zeiss Supreme Primes: Some of the bts shots can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C1MNI8_s4kL/?igsh=Zmk4dG9kaTZ2Mnp3 Some of you might still know Steffen Hacker of Hackermovies Fame ( a german independent film forum that was pretty popular between 2002 and 2012).

Wow, thank you!

… just bringing this back up because today is the day…

Interesting! Maybe they also want just want to check if they can sell more if they lower the price - or a combination of the two...

I recieved the camera approx. 3 weeks ago, i did not have much time to test it and decided to send it back. - The body is made of plastic but the size and the weight are fantastic. Funny how different it feels to take pictures and videos of the family with such a small camera (compared to the a74). - On the video side it feels great, feelings of the original blackmagic pocket come up. It's really fun to use for such a small camera body. Of course it is winter and i was only able to take pictures inside: for that use case the camera is worse to the a74 by far. Not sure wether it is fair to compare those two though... So overall i believe that this is a really fun camera - i will just not be able to invest the time to learn a new system right now, also @Andrew Reids praise of the S9 did not help as well. But it's defenetly a great camera for every day carry, holidays and traveling. Not sure wether it's the right thing for my use case of music videos, short films and family pictures though...

Yes, sadly the batteries are more expensive than the lights itself.

The Leica then had Problems with lenses from other manufacturers, doesn't it?

Here you are comparing the Nikon ZF and the Z6III, are you?

Okay, i read @Andrew Reid extra thread on the Nikon ZF compared to the Z6II and the Leica... Thanks!

Still wondering about the Nikon ZF. How is the video mode? Colourscience looks good, but how can i judge from YouTube…

Thanks for the reply! yes the ballon lights are great - feels strange to throw them away after the batteries are finished - as i want to move into stop motion usb powered lights would be much better… It‘s super fun though to light with those little lights. Am thinking about building miniature deformers etc. I am 100% with you regarding the blues- i am still having problems colorcorrecting the sony blues which tend to look very „video“ like… Shot the 2022 Version on blackmagic and found the colours much more pleasing - but i did not know about the ballon lights back then…

Another year another christmas short: I am looking for additional cheap ways to light the set: So far i am using a blue light for the background and little ballon lights (leds to be oput into a ballon (warm white) and small fairy lights (also warm white). Maybe you have an idea? Lego lights are beautiful but expensive. Maybe someone has experience shooting minitures? Would be happy if you could show it to all the children you know...

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True for features though a lot of commercials work with Sony Venice.

Mine will arrive in the next days. I will do the initial tests with the kitlens and take it from there. Thanks for the overview! I will get back to it!

P.S. regarding the size of the R8 - i tried it in a foto shop and it is really small while having a usable button layout and a nice grip. It's smaller than the APSC R7 for example.

I am having similar needs regarding the camera i am currently looking for. I am trying the X-M5 route but one other camera that i would love to test is the Canon R8. It seems to check all the boxes you need. Combined with the 28mm pancake it is really small while still usable. You can use all the lenses you have. Basically a R6II without ibis. I guess for video work you put it on an small gimbal anyway... I haven't fully watched the following video, but you can see how the combination of R8 and 28mm looks. (It's around 2:40 - the rest of the video he is holding an R6 or R5)