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There is storyboard specific software, but as mentioned pages or word works fine. You could create a custom template (or just modify an existing one) with photo and text boxes, so when you drag images they resize to fit the box automatically. Edit - a quick google search shows others have already done the work, find your favorite and bust a move.
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http://www.eoshd.com/2016/02/panasonic-gh5-to-come-at-photokina-2016-shoots-6k-video-and-4k-60p/ Actually 6k has been suggested. I don't think we'll see it either, but its come up. Enjoy your beverage.
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Looks like he was right on the money for the two cameras we now know about. Though the LX15 is the new FZ. http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-full-gx85-lx10-fz2500-press-text-leaked/
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Sony please take note of the touchscreen on this camera - high resolution, touch to move focus point - even when shooting through the EVF (so you don't have to push a button and then fiddle with a dial), touch to magnify and check focus (so you don't have to push a button and fiddle with a dial), touch to move around the magnified frame (so you don't have to push a button and fiddle with a dial), touch to pull focus while shooting video with a AF lens (so you don't have to push a button and hope the focus box stays on your subject - though it does that remarkably well) and so on. Please pull your heads out of your collective asses, steal this concept, and add it to all future E-mount cameras. The a7rII and a6300 are my last E-mount cameras without a fully functioning touchscreen. Video on the M5 obviously aimed at what the promo videos talk about - people looking to upgrade from a phone - so it no longer interests me. But that damn touchscreen, love it. Hopefully Canon putting touchscreens on its flagship cameras will finally prompt Sony to add them as well. If you want people to use a shitty focus by wire system to shoot video with E-mount lenses, moving the focus point needs to be easier. Its my favorite feature of the a5100, but I can't get it on a higher end body, grrrrr.... Edit: And its not just Sony. Panasonic, please stop trying to sell that crappy DFD system as a competent AF in 2016, the capabilities of a decent PADF array make your offerings look laughably bad in comparison. The GH5 needs to move into the PADF realm if you want to try and convince stills heavy hybrid shooters to buy a G/GX/GH camera over the competition.
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Check the results from the XC10, looks pretty good to me. And it's silent, unlike the constant hum you get from a suspended sensor.
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I have to admit, even though I've read Canon will never make a camera better than the NX1, this one has me intrigued. DPAF and a touchscreen combined with 5-axis is everything I wish was on my a6300, despite the lack of 4k. Very tempted to take this one for a test drive with the EF adapter and the 17-55/2.8 IS.
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Personally I prefer flip locks on my video tripod and monopod, I make lots of height adjustments and fiddling with three twist locks slows me down, YMMV. Been using the Manfrotto video monopod with the cartridge on the feet for years and it has no issues at all. I also have the Benro carbon tripod with the s8 head, locks are perfect after over a year of regular use. My photo only tripod has twist locks, which is fine as I'm not adjusting it as much.
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Where's the Flog footage? I expected to see a flood of new Flog clips now that the camera is in the wild.
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Not seeing anything all that great about xt2 4K so far. Given how Fuji refines it's cameras after release it may get better. As of now I'd take the a6300 over the xt2. But with Photokina announcements coming in a week, and flagships from Panasonic, Olympus and whatever Sony has up its sleeve, I wouldn't do anything right now.
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Makes sense, the A7rII in s35 mode completely outclasses the GH4.
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Why? It only does 1080p over HDMI. The A7rII looks like it was in FF mode, S35 is much cleaner, and would still have less of a crop than the other two.
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That's funny.
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$3500, brutal. That's quite an arsenal of Sony glass or a speed booster and a slew of (insert your favorite lens here) lenses. I liked the 28-135, but there were so many two zoom options that were better optically and could be had for less - for example the Nikon Bourne zooms and a speedbooster - that it just didn't make sense for me. Its great that Sony is producing top quality lenses, but their pricing is really out of whack.
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This has the touchscreen I so wish my a7rII and a6300 had.....
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Even though I was getting good results with my DS1, I sold it because I couldn't completely eliminate a slight drift. Very tempted to try the Crane. I have a shoot following people on the beach doing fun beach activities, the a7rII can eliminate the jitters but I still have to move slow. Id like to use the a6300 on a gimbal and use the a7rII for shallow DOF stuff. Hmm....
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900g? No, that must be a shipping weight, that's 2 pounds, which would be an anchor on your head. Just threw them on the scale, they weigh exactly 269g without the 1/4" adapter. They're noticeably lighter than the 7506's they replaced.
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My over ear phones are the Panasonic RP-HTF600, bought them as a cheap knock around set of phones. I like them so much I've sold my 7506's. They're lighter, have a straight cord and sound great. But I mostly use phones while shooting, I get ear fatigue while editing with headphones, so I prefer studio monitors when working on a computer. For monitoring with earbuds I use the MEE audio M6 Pro. I personally like shooting with earbuds, keeps my kit more compact. As always, YMMV.
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That's a great lens. 90% of Cartel Land was shot with it, so it's field tested to say the least. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4126304/
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Hitting the AEL button also locks WB, doesn't it?
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Sigma re-housed their stills lenses into cine bodies
The Chris replied to JurijTurnsek's topic in Cameras
Samyang is doing it, and the new 50/1.4 is very good. The 14/2.8 looks promising. It's only a matter of time before Canon gets serious about mirrorless, then yes, Sigma will get in the game. -
Sigma re-housed their stills lenses into cine bodies
The Chris replied to JurijTurnsek's topic in Cameras
Not the E-mount lenses many Sony shooters would like to see. Just bring the current lineup out in E-mount instead of the adapter. Hopefully they sell a bunch to make more E-mount options happen. -
Personally it would interest me if it were 16mm on the wide end. A 16-55/2.8 would have been much more useful with clear image zoom extending the long end. Given its still lame-o focus by wire, the current 18-105 sells for $500 used. Can't see much of a reason to buy the Cine lens over the PZ, a speedbooster and a zoom or even something like the Canon 17-55/2.8. Glad aps-c isn't completely dead in Sony land, but Meh.
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I picked top end m43/aps-c (Sony, Nikon) and just for shits I threw in the RX100. Guess which one the m43 is closest to? Unless your vision sucks too, it's the 1" sensor, not aps-c. If you use the d810 or the a7r/II the difference is wider. Picking an old Canon is a waste of time. But my point is easily made, the difference is easy to see, not "almost indistinguishable" as the poster spewing bullshit hyperbole said. But to use your example, which camera is better at high ISO? Hint, it's not the GH4. So your point is bunk as well.
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You're blind if m43/aps-c are almost equal. It's improving over previous generations, but so are larger sensors. There will always be a DR gap. Same with FF vs aps-c. https://***URL removed***/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen?attr144_0=panasonic_dmcgx85&attr144_1=sony_a6300&attr144_2=nikon_d7200&attr144_3=sony_dscrx100m4&attr146_0=200_4&attr146_1=100_4&attr146_2=100_4&attr146_3=125_5&attr177_0=off&attr177_1=off&attr177_2=off&attr177_3=off&normalization=compare&widget=351&x=0.13161460498548422&y=0.9816256977809582