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GH4 would be perfect if could shoot ProRes on SD card just like Pocket...

I tried a little, at home, nothing serious, but using my GH4 next to my BlackMagic Pocket, the difference is huge. The GH4 with V-Log gave me far more noise with similar setting and lenses. I normally prefer the easy (and long battery life) GH4 for everyday shooting, reserving the BlackMagic for shorter work or for work with no rush, but this time the GH4 disappointed me a little. The long awaited V-Log looks awful next to the flat Pocket's ProRes HQ.

Wow! Just updated! Thank you very much!

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Superb grading! How to converti with Cinenon? Is it a LUT? Thank you very much!

The tutorial is 2':35" Classy!

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Do you know how to upgrade from Europe? B&H is ok? They send a serial after the payment?

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I had a big Manfrotto, now I use this little one with GH4 and 12-40 (or Canon FD primes) Of course this is not good for big slider etc... http://www.amazon.com/Cullmanncu-52602Nanomax-Tripod-Monopod-Integrated/dp/B0067YW8Q2/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1441023001&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=cullman+tripod

You're right! My "problem" is that I'm on a budget, so I try to invest "wisely" asking to people that knows more then me what to do I'd love to obtain shots like this, he uses a Glidecam 4000. https://vimeo.com/124098814 Of course If Ronin M is reliable (motors etc... that are fragile from what I understand) I will spend that money to have something that can make my work better

Huge thanks Axel! Now I'm more then uncertain about it! I'm still thinking to a simple Glidecam... Let's see... For video lenses I recently started using an Olympus 12-40 f/2.8 on my GH4, a very nice lens, even if I prefer my trusty FD primes kit, but when in rush this is a great solution. For monitor under sunlight I use an Aputure I bought from a forum user: he putted a matte protection on the screen and it works very well.

Ciao Kangaroo, "Standard" is way too videoish, try "Natural" with contrast -3, saturation all the way down, sharpness -2/-3 (but sometimes 0 or all the way down are perfect) and, of course, shutter at 1/50 with 24 or 25p. I'm sure you'll love this little camera

I think that, if they want to continue the little "revolution" they made in 2014 - offering all the features that Canon's user wanted (4K, 60p, peaking etc...) at a fraction of the price of a 5DmkIII - it could be a smart move to sell the new GH4 with the new firmware preloaded as "R" and to offer the update to existing user for a symbolic price, in the 50-100$ ballpark. In that way they could confirm their intentions to listen users while Canon still sleeps in 2009 and they could try to take aboard some BlackMagic user like me: I do love the ProRes HQ from my Pocket, but using it is really annoying, so I use GH4 95% of the time because it is so simple and fast to work with. I'm sure this could give them more exposure then spending a lot in advertising.

I'm thinking to buy a 3 axis gimbal: Ronin M, Came Mini2 and Came Single are the gimbals I was thinking about... Can you help me? Ronin is sturdy and simple as they say? Thank you!!! p.s.: I'm coming in Berlin soon, did you buy it in a shop or by internet?

After I bought my G6 (thanks to Andrew's article on this blog) I regret all the Canon I bought I sold that 70D and all the Canon digital lenses, so I had some money to buy the GH4. I'm totally in love with Panasonic G6, I use it as second unit with GH4 and they can match really well. Since I don't use 4k that much, the only drawback is the lack of live-HDMI: with an external monitor you can check only the shoots you made, but you can't monitor what you're doing. Anyway the EVF is GREAT (try to do that with a Canon!), the dynamic range and the final quality are stellar and in my opinion they smoke easily any non-hacked Canon DSLR. With G6 is also very simple to achieve a natural cinematic look in camera: just use "Natural" profile with contrast -3, saturation all the way down and sharpness -2/-3. With Canon FD lenses and Zeiss M42 lenses you can shoot really filmic things. I would never return to Canon DSLR, at least until they remain in 2009

Thank you!! Of course if the Came Mini2 or 7500 are reliable... it would be a best buy

Thank you very much for all your kind answers! Aaron, have you ever tried Ronin M? I ask because the price is not too far from Came Mini2... I'm really undecided... I need some sort of stabilization, but I'd like to buy some solid piece of gear that can lasts for some years

Thank you! What about Came 7500 or Came Mini 1 (or 2, I don't understand the differences) or the Came Single? Thanks a lot for your help

Aaron, I'm thinking to buy a 3 axis gimbal in order to add a stabilized movement to my footage, but sometimes it looks wonky also to me. Do you suggest an handheld gimbal such as a glide cam/flycam?

Dear Dave, you tried both H1+ and Came Single: which is you experience with camera's LCD monitor? I use a GH4 and a BlackMagic Pocket, do you think is it easy to watch their LCD to frame the image when mounted on the gimbal? I ask you because I'm near to buy one and I got stuck between "pistol" gimbal and "ronin style" gimbal. Thank you very much!

Thank you!

This is exactly the problem I had with both Panasonic mirrorless and Canon DSLR. This is the problem I had with both Panasonic mirrorless and Canon DSLR.

It's something I "discovered" after shooting a 2 camera shot with both GH4 and G6. It was some months I did not use the G6 (normally I use the GH4) and I tried to match them in order to have less problems during the color correction. And with "natural" with saturation all the way down and contrast -3 I had pretty consistent images between the two cameras and great skin tones - something I normally have to work with when I use Cinelike-D. Wow, amazing footage! Never seen something like that from a GH4! If you have any suggestion to share... I'm here

Thank you very much Rivij2047!!