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I love a 0.71 speedboosted Canon FD 28mm F2.8 lens on a full mft sensor. Maybe I should sell all my stuff and keep the 28, the 50mm F1.4 and the 100mm F2.8. Maybe the Vivitar 90 F2.5 as well.:) It really is about lens and sensor combinations. In theory equivalence is helpful and by that simple translation it yields same results. It yedlins same results, so to say.:) In practice the specific combinations still paint light differently. I remember listening to the DP of "Moonlight" at a beautiful festival in Poland when he expressed his exitement of using the then new Alexa LF with a 50mm instead of using a 35mm on the S35 sensor with an equivalent, larger Fstop. Both perspectives combined allow an understanding of my lens choices. And restrictions by money.😊

Aja Cion reference was a compliment to its thick raw colour in parts:) @kyeHopefully we get to see thick footage without screwed up highlights. I don't mind partially blown out highlights if that is within convincing artistic choices and due to the necessities of the recorded moment. Bmpcc is not a dynamic range beast but it handles overexposed areas pretty gracefully. @Simon YoungThe video is private now.:)

Panasonic S line has the option of a crop for pixel to pixel HD. It provides a width between 16mm format and S16, of about 11.4mm. Height is smaller than both, ca 6.4mm vs 7.46mm / 7.5mm. I would love more cropping options on cameras, like S16, 2/3", 16mm, S16 width with 4 to 3 ratio and so on.

Highlights look awful in this video imho @kye I really like some very subtle hues in the footage and the rendering of textures. Some shots look 100% like Aja Cion, in a good way and in a bad one as well, some look akwardly and unpurposefully dark, some look promising. Mixed bag with interesting things to come hopefully.

Dynamic range and colours seem to have been messed up due to choices of the artist in post pro and lighting. This is the worst launching video I can remember, even moreso from a filmmaking perspective. What a dull affair! This is a great launching video. It's for the GH6!

C400 is full frame 6k, so S16 should be a bit more than 2K. @IronFilm I'm interested to see the footage people will produce with the GH7. I liked Gh6 colours but wasn't so keen on the textures.

Oh boy, these Gerald studio colors, please make them undone! A pink ode to the purpleblind gear geeks. What was all that fuzz about! He holds a GH7 in his hands for complaining about missing out on dining with the gear gang in Osaka. I'm so grateful to myself I did not bother to watch his lamento. GH7 with Arri Log C, looking forward to its implementation. Would love Panasonic to send Andrew a camera to test, so I don't have to watch videos shot in a pink lit studio of a purple nightmare.

@EspenB They pleasured us by accompanying the S9 with 25mm F8 pancake glory. So I hope, they give us a Mft equivalence. A 12mm F8 lens would perfectly compliment the cutting edge GH7. It would satisfy our aching lust for M43 AF, for all eternity.😊

If I could have only one camera... After going out filming with the Bmpcc 6 days in a row I must say, Wow factor and big-to-small Fail factor have been provided generously by this little camera. I had mentioned the S1H as my cam of choice but here we go, Bmpcc won me over, S1H has not even been looked at for my week of golden hour roaming and filming. Still, "that one camera" has not been made for me yet. Bmpcc with reliable power monitoring, 1h recording time and focus zoom assist would make it such a much better camera. 2.5K 60p and full Hdmi, now that's "that one camera" category for me. A 4K M43 fairchild sensor with additional S16 mode and various aspect ratios would make it my "perfect camera". I'd sing that silly song like the camera conspiracies guy with all of the verses, but only once.:) I don't need super low light, nor Ibis nor what not. It's amazing how close manufacturers get but yet how long they keep resisting to deliver the essential pocketable camera. The og pocket and the bmmcc have the best image quality for the painterly look and for small pockets and for small pockets worth of money. All these cameras, so close yet so far.

Yes you can. @eatstoomuchjam I have the Shogun Flame which would allow for 4k60 raw cinema dng or prores. 4k 120 on the FS700 would be bursts only but would not be possible with the Shogun. I have only used it once for prores 2k which had a good share of aliasing. Internal has less of that but nasty aliasing in the highlights. 4K prores is about 3 times more in size than HD irrc. Video assist does hd 8bit 422 only with the FS700 afaik. The setup with an external recorder is totally cumbersome for me to do cinema verité with it. Time to sell the Shogun... for peanuts now:(

Insta drain, that's a good word!:) Thanks for the cool suggestions. @BTM_Pix The charging station looks really cool. NPF route looks spiffy and avoiding the insta drain is a great thing! Still got some NPF batteries laying around. FS700 is collecting dust. Hmm, maybe it is time for some 8bit 420 glory as well.:)

I will watch it later on the weekend. Thanks for sharing! @bjohn Have you also been using the 18-35 on the pocket for handheld work once in a while? I imagine it to help due to its weight. A smooth, damped focus ring does also wonders with a light camera, avoiding all these small shakes and jerks from operating and focusing. Did you use lens support for the Sigma with your Bmmcc when on a tripod?

And pros do it too. Ever listened to two sound guys talking about mics and rigging and tricks and magic until seconds before the take, then during lunch or coffee breaks, then only them two at the side of anyone else, in front of a beautiful sunset after wrapping? Ask David😊 @IronFilm Sound people are the heart not only of the film but also of the crew. So is nerd talk, full of joy and stories and life. What I find dull is the kind of bloated tech talk, specs race, tech ads marketing blah. Talking about shoes can be either, the later or he former. I imagine a shoe nerd can be fun to talk to. On the other hand, a shoe social media personality can leave me alone though, please.

Gimbal worldchampions. Do they also engage in cinematography?:) I liked Brandons og A7S pieces and his A7SIII launch video, the former for artistic and visual appeal, the latter for showing off the camera, setting and his trademark shooting style. But his gimbal prowess in this video only fits one purpose, to showcase the cosmetic features of his video model and to emphasize the parallax of fore- middle- and background. My two cents.

Awesome! Are you allowed to share one or the other? @mercer pointed out Pete Ohs. The cool thing is that one of his movies is available on youtube. A big channel has it up for watching. It's even free of charge. I still havent gotten my Canons ready for ML but I imagine them to be great fun. Is battery life much better on the 5D2/3 ML than on an og Bmpcc? Yesterday I lost some beautiful shots when reached the end of each of my batteries. That definately bugs me, being on 30% and camera stopping the recording. Sometimes it recorded flawessly when being much lower like 10%. The battery status was jumping back and forth as well, even from around ten to 70% when I put it back into the camera.

From my experience, ease of use in reaching that best potential image quality goes to the Bmpcc and Bmmcc, among DSLMs and sub 5000 USD class of cameras. @ita149 The og S1, S5 and the S1H provide fantastic potential in post with a modern flawless image, up there with a FX6, dethrowning a r5 in regards of dynamic range and latitude f.i. S1 would be my steal of the current moment, regarding bang for the buck for a cinema dslm. The og Bmpcc and Bmmcc are my image magic recording devices though.:)

The 14mm needed post stab even more than the 25 due to the kind of framing and nature of the mise èn scene going along with the fov, framing and most of all nature and design of the shot. A slightly shaky 14 looked more stupid than a more shaky 25 due to that, from my still little experience with my og pocket. I have shot with my og pocket about seven or eight times over the course of one year so far, each worth about 4 batteries per session and 30 to 40min of footage. So take it with a bit of grain of salt.:) @kye

Well, it definately is a raw look one can achieve doing that, filming handheld with a portrait lens on a tiny shaky camera.😊 Panning with a moving object yields great results though. Shooting with 180 shutter angle allows great stab in post. It stabilizes better than any of my other cameras in post. On my first day I shot my 25mm on 360 degree shutter and beyond diffraction limit. It was fun. Watching the footage was not.😂

What field are you turning towards to, Dave? I've always been enjoying your contributions a big deal. I still remember your awesome 1DC stuff and great in depth point of view on that camera!

@bjohn Awesome! Cannot wait to see some of that footage if you come around to post some. I also have two micros and one pocket. On one of the micros I got a Rawlite filter, unfortunately not on the other two cameras. Diffraction limit kicks in mercilessly, of course. I enjoy the look of F2.8 on my Lumix LX15 which in 4K mode is a 2/3" camera. It is an honest deep focus look without any nasties. On S16 it translates to a F4, S35 to a F8 and FF to F11. Yesterday the 12-32 went up to F19.😂 Stabilization in post would be rather needed for barebones handheld og pocket footage and it works pretty well. A bmmcc with a pistol grip can do without post stabilization imho, going for the raw classic handheld look. The Ois of the 12 32 on the pocket comes really handy in that regard. AF only on this lens. Quirky has been my middle name the last four days. Fun was my first name.😊

I find the p2k and m2k to give me a more satisfying image in natural light than my S1H. From what I've seen I expect the 5D3 to do the same. I cannot recall any S1H video at the moment which impressed me more than the BM HD and 2.5K cameras under natural light. Using them is a lot of fun, not despite the challenges and quirks, but to a certain degree because of them. Brighter monitor and improved battery would still make it so much better.😊

Have been using mine the fourth day in the row now. Having a blast. It's a very pure experience, having to be set with four puny batteries, which last for about 30 to 35min of footage. Today I was using the 12-32 zoom, on the first three days a 25mm C-mount lens, the latter with a 360 shutter unfortunately! Not using Nds at all is a pretty big confession to choosing a desired depth of field. It provides me with some challenges I have to master and which make me reflect a good deal about my framing and sujet. Handheld panning and tilting with the 25mm is quiete an exercise as well.

None of the youtube personalities made me buy anything. I assume!:) Their thumbnails are hard on my eyes and the violet led tristesse of a youtube studio is hard on my soul. I don't watch them anymore at all. I bought most of my stuff based on footage and comments and of course this forum! Still a bad choice to watch or read anything to find an exuse to buy stuff you don't NEED.:) Gerald has developed his successful formula and he has a great voice. I assume he could comment on anything like cars, computers. A good part of his income is generated from purchases. His reviews are balanced and he supports people in making an informed purchase and to keep them up to date with the pro(sumer) tech. He is not a filmmaker nor is he a nerd of filmmaking. His target audience seems to be mostly youtubers, tech fans, event filmers. Gerald enables them to buy the item of their choice, not to hinder them to buy anything. I would watch his reviews if I was to buy a new camera and to choose between a Z9, an upcoming S1HII or a S9II with hotshoe, mechanical shutter and EVF:)

All good, though I personally would love to see some 5D3 prowess and some Komodo in the wild:) Now, how we gonna start it anyway?:)

I remember you doing visually very sophisticated and engaging work such as music videos, f.i. with the 1DC. @Dave Maze Despite not doing shorts and films anymore, do you still do personal pieces besides videos of your loved ones, such as cinema verité of daily life vignettes, essayistic work or visual poems? I 've seen quiet a few talented people who even have turned away completely from the moving image, unfortunately. About the S9, do you know if the downsampled open gate 4K mode will come to the other S line models as well, maybe even the older ones? Will there be another flavour of it with a higher bit rate than 50 Mbps? How is battery life? No mechanical shutter nor hot shoe is a shame. That was not a question, I know. Sorry:) Last but not least, great to see you, Dave.😊 best and cheers