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Agree with the sentiment. But 5 cameras ... whenever I have a new camera it takes months to discern all of the intricacies of the menus dynamics and gotcha's. Truth be told ... any of these five will be profoundly better than most cameras a generation ago. Camera generation wise. Hopefully someone in the Youtub... sphere will have the humility and gravitas to suggest that reviewing anything today is not a quick process but one that evolves over the life of the product. And honestly any of these cameras will exceed the modest needs of most of us. You buy a horse after you have checked its flanks and its dentation. Ride it like you stole it. If we ... corporately spent more time shooting video than parsing the most recent expert review ... there would be some amazing mind numbing videos ...

I have been waiting for the Novoflex LEM to Z adapter ... shown on their website but no shipping to the US. So hopefully BH will have them one day. Focus by wire with the 24 - 70 is marginal at best. Nice pictures in the article.

You are correct ... seems like the Ronin S has priority. Not enough margin in the high end to make up for the mass sale of commodities.

Of course no magic involved ... you blow the highlights and even RAW will not recover them. All of my metering is to protect the highlights, close to but not over the top. Been disappointed enough times ETTR that my mantra is protect the right and find a decent balance. Truth be known I prefer blacks to be black ... And the Z 7 has clean enough capture that you can usually have a nice result.

Short story ... long description .... With the X7 processing is done in the drone ... so until DJI releases a gimbal with the internal processing of the Inspire 2 ... it is useless. Seems similar to Canon's protection of their cinema line ... unlikely to occur. Shame is it would be a killer implementation of a gimbal, RAW and a decent sensor.

Questions on N Log recovery of highlights have been answered for me ... https://vimeo.com/296302172 Password : daysend Up for a short time.

I prefer this version .... https://vimeo.com/296214409 Password : daysend Same proviso ....

How about some 4K ... external recorder 10Bit ProRes HQ .... Went to a favorite place to capture some migratory birds ... turns out a weekend for a waterski tournament. So I captured some birds of a different sort. This is a short clip from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas. https://vimeo.com/296206092 Password : daysend It will be taken down in a day.

Two qualities for internal recording 1080 30/25/24P @ 28 or 14 Mbps 1080 60P @ 56 or 28 Mbps 1080 100/120P @ 144 Mbps HQ only available DX area only. Slow-mo (30Px4/25Px4/24Px5) ... drops to 36 or 29 Mbps 3 min limit. HDMI no 1080 120/100P nor slow-mo ... if 10Bit no internal card recording and no photo capture during video recording. EVF is off LCD on.

I assume that most elevate themselves by diminishing something else ... So ... here is a bit 10-bit Nlog ... not high contrast because we are in the midst of a major deluge ... rain rain rain. https://vimeo.com/294861986 Password : daysend Which means it will be gone in a day. The Z 6 may have better video ... but this works for me. Bob

This reflects the potential of the lens ... this on the D810.

Couple of shorts with the Nikon 50 1.2 AIS ... an acquired taste ... and it does not work for every situation. https://vimeo.com/294668175 https://vimeo.com/294668239 Both have Password : daysend Because they will be pulled within a day or two. Just wanted to share Z 7 and the 50 1.2 ... all manual focus and exposure. Lens has a fair amount of chromatic aberration and really is sharp from 2.8 on. But occasionally it is stunning :

was closed ... open now for a day. Same password. Thanks, Bob

A look at the OOF rendering of the 50 1.2 AIS ... internal 8 bit 4:2:2 Flat Profile on Z 7 https://vimeo.com/294442312 Password : daysend Bob Here is a focus pull on the 50 1.2 https://vimeo.com/294444889 Password : daysend Bob

Here is a short silent clip looking at blown highlight recovery in N Log. https://vimeo.com/294437709 Password : daysend Bob

Short silent clip looking at skin tones with the Z 7 and 50 1.2 AIS at F2 ... looks a bit washed out here and a little less red than out of Resolve ... thanks again Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/294423609 Password : daysend Bob

Texas is guaranteed to give us some sun ... and I will post what I find. Not really into tests per se ... rather looking for a workflow that is reproducible and realistic. Never been into jumping through hoops of fire to exaggerate the evanescent beauty of the moment. But yes ... when I get this dialed in I will look at how it responds to extremes of dynamic range. However, I tend to protect highlights and raise shadows ... so may not apply to others workflow. Thanks, Bob

I looked at a FS5 M ii ... old sensor pretty noisy at higher ISOs ... add an external Raw recorder and might work until the new M III shows up. Have had the Z 7 for a couple of days ... was able to get a bit of time with it this afternoon. Nothing special ... just looking at color from the N Log. The following is shot at 3200 ISO ... very dark rainy day ... no noise reduction ... I will take the haptics, size, color and weather sealing over the Sny any day. Not as robust as my Leica SL but I look forward to adapting my R and L lenses to this camera. https://vimeo.com/294245506 Password : daysend Yes I love blacks to be black ... and colors to match what I see in nature ... so not cinematic ... no teal and brown. So it may not be awesome ... but I have seen much worse.

I briefly owned the newest 0.95 Noctilux ... found that it worked for me about 30% of the time ... and I could not pre-visualize when it was going to work. Rest of the time the OOF was very distracting and when viewed on my 5K monitor ... made me dizzy ... near nauseous. Much prefer the Summilux ... great fall off and effect ... or the Apo Sumicron. Were I to win the lottery ... a couple of Summicron C Leicas ... 35 and 100. http://www.madeinwetzlar.com/filming-with-the-leica-sl-summicron-c-lenses

The Ace is wonderful for the price ... as long as weight and fulcrum point are not excessive. I moved to a Sachtler 8 but found the Ace very good for smooth pans and movements. Plenty of adjustments to prevent backlash.

The two cameras you mention should really be compared to the Z6 .... comparable cost to the A7iii and the X-T3. After comparing all three (Z 7) and about to buy a GH5s I ended up with the Z 7 ... as a second camera to my Leica SL. Sold a bunch of rangefinder stuff to afford it ... now making the transition to new HDMI cable XQD reader Smallrig cage and picked up a 50 1.2 AIS ... historically my third. Looks like Novoflex will have 10 adapters coming shortly. Need one for my M and R lenses. Hoping for a couple of days to get some 10bit log to look at color. Really only had time to play with AF in stills which seems good enough for my needs ... as I normally shoot MF and will use it for interviews and potential gimbal shoots. I have the Function 1 button set for WB and can set a custom balance with an Expodisc on the fly without taking my eye from the VF. Higher iso and dynamic range seem very good ... if the output approaches that of the SL at lower iso I will be pleased. Custom WB solves that ... and even then setting a bit warmer K value is helpful.

Raw is phenomenal ... but not worth dealing with beta firmware and buggy implementation. Cancelling my preorder ... going to add the GH5s to my Leica SL.

120P takes a lot of light for proper exposure as the shutter speed is correspondingly much shorter than 24P. Probably ISO or gain ramped to give you decent levels but in doing so ramped the noise. So add light or use something like Cine2 to mask the noise. Otherwise noise reduction will soften details.

Not sure that is possible ... I always look for Vimeo and download original file if available ... then watch on computer without the compression. If it is a compressed file I do not bother to download.