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+1 for the 660. I still use one on my E3 Xeon 1230v2 system. It also has the RAM to do some things.

@Orangenz lost in translation I guess!

I disagree, for every "sad" story, there was another one more optimistic, and that is life by the way, it's just us, humans, that have unbalanced things. Even 1 cell organisms and amoebas eating other 1 cell organism and amoebas. I am sure most of us here had (as "ate") a cute, or less cute creature today. Some probably had some beautiful big eyed cow in the form of a juicy burger (that sounds really cruel, I have to cut down on burgers). I personally had a lovely and lively little tuna swimming around in northern Atlantic, before became part of my tuna salad. Some of the stories in number 2 felt incomplete. Great achievement all in all. I even downloaded some BBC radio playlists with some footage from the show. Just remember I bought a PS3 to watch Planet Earth on blue ray back then, and watched it numerous times. With #2, I just watched it, once.

I found the story telling of the #1 more complete, and a greater an achievement. P.S I thought I saw some Canon on the para glider backstage video, on the eagle episode. But it's been a while since watched it.

@gt3rs What Rog do you have? GL502VS ? I see crazy heat on those laptops (both 502 and 702). Can you comment about thermals? How important do you thing the GPU is on an editing notebook? Cheers.

The e-ND is a big deal for sure. Next year we all turn to Sony it seems! I would love to see a APS-C pro body as well (or at least a a7000, with better ergonomics, battery, less overheating issues).

Those prices are crazy, everything is almost double here (Europe). 1070 laptops start from 2000euros where I live, and that is for older (6700HQ) models. CPUs are more important, so I believe everything with a 4 core (not "U" chips, which are 2 core) will be sufficient, and of course a dedicated video card. I would try 1060 6GB (1050 is seriously under performing) but if you can find a 1070 for 1300, then what can I say? go for it! RAM also, try 16GB. Try to get one with an IPS monitors, they are achieving some OK sRGB values (some goes up to 99%) at least for simple tasks, and of course you can do colors later on, on a proper monitor. The real issue is heat. It is quite difficult to find a good performing gaming laptop that is both mobile and have no overheating issues. The cool ones (literally cool!) are the huge ones. Also 1070 GPU needs wider laptop chassis (except Q-max or whatever they called, the new ultra small laptops, GL501 is the new Asus. Expensive). recap: 1050 is useless. No way. Inspiron with I7-7700HQ and 1050ti could be your best (cheapest) bet, but entry models have an atrocious TN panel, but you can change the panel with a better one (60-100euros). Google it. Always the GTX series with 6 inside them, are the best value for money (660, 960, 1060 now). You don't brake the bank, and the performance is adequate for most things (even some 1440p gaming!). 1070 seems like the best deal right now, if you can afford it (there is a significant increase in performance vs the 1060, and the 1080 isn't that far away, but definitely 1070 laptops are a lot more expensive, at least where I live!). Check here if you can find information about GPU and Premiere in general https://www.pugetsystems.com/all_articles.php

Mix Pre!! Is the Schoeps better, or not!?!

That master Black number has been all over the place. I can't confidently say how exactly it works, but I have it on +5. Can someone explain more about it? What about the crushed blacks, are those 2 relevant? Does anyone believe that recording on Black magic video assist 4K can brought better results? @Andrew Reid and whoever can comment. I am been "bullied" by people I work with, to move to Sony for better compatibility between all our cameras and lenses (as I am the only one I know with NX!) for better workflow and post production. Honestly, what do you believe between these 2 cameras? Is Sony image so much better than NX? I am using the NX1 with the 16-50S (and others) but a6300/6500 with 18-105 is seriously better in high iso situations, and people using A7sII/a6xxx cameras have stopped using lights whatsoever. As it is, I will have to reconsider my options this winter.

yep, I remember those, me-regretting-it-too, for sure!

Very tempting, does anyone knows if those two work good with Samsung NX1 cameras? I guess the NX1 is 4K only clean output, so the smaller one doesn't make any sense as a recorder. 7" is too much, but 5" is 1080 only.. Is this price drop indicate a new product coming, though?

Those are some of the reasons I am not owning any Canon cameras at the moment, but in work we are using C series cameras all the time, I just can't rationalize the cost for a personal camera, and C100mkII start showing its age. I was expecting the newer C camera to be the perfect buy for me, but I was expecting a C100mkIII, not a completely new camera, and C200 is more than 10.000euros (do the math with AUS$!) here, than the US price, so it is not going to happen (at least for me). I am keeping my NX cameras (color can be quite similar to Canon with a few tweaks), and I will probably invest on a JVC LS300 this September (we already have one), if nothing new comes in the territory of 6000euros (I repeat, euro pricing is completely different than US pricing, in most products), and probably wait to see if there is going to be a price drop (or stabilize on a more logical price) on C200, or a new C100 - but that is going to happen deep 2018 I guess, and I am already waiting for a year or so!

I am trying to resist Luca's creation for some time (or waiting to see if he could succeed on making an active one), but I am really tempted now. I also could use my legacy lenses in their right focal length (very difficult to go wide with legacy lenses). Great job. I believe NX is the only system that had a hack/mod scene both for software and hardware. That shows something..

I would guess DV6 wasn't available at the DEVELOPMENT stage of C700. High end cameras aren't made in one long weekend!

JVC is 2650$ in US and C200 is triple that money, then you have BlackMagic, then A7S, then 6D, then 5D, then an Ursa Mini, then an iPhone I guess.. I can't follow your logic, sorry. When A7Sii was out for the very first time cost 150% more than the 6Dii, not at the same price bracket at all. It is not JVC that "lacks auto-focus like the C200", all the cine cameras "lack auto-focus like the C200", except a few Canon C cameras. I said the "6DmarkII you have described ("1.6x crop with the 24mp sensor, c-log update, Mjpeg 4k"), not the one it really is. Almost certainly, no one would buy a 5D for video anymore, and a lot of photographers were waiting for the 6DmkII to change their good, ol' and trustworthy 6D. I know a lot of pro photographers that will buy 2 6DmkII immediately after release. Maybe 2/3 were an exaggeration (something I never DO!), but 6D is one of the most successful Canon series in recent times. I do not understand what you want to do, and why, you have plenty of cameras, maybe you should concentrate on keeping a couple. A C200 would be perfect for most things (I can see Ursa going down in sales), 6D is definitely not for you (or me!). I guess we are probably waiting for that new amazing Canon M camera with 4K video, but that is not happening this year, or the next..

You just don't "patch" 4K video, are you nuts?! It needs different hardware, thermal solutions, and a lot of different things. 4K isn't just a name, is a very demanding procedure with much more information and needs top of the line processors, chips, cooling solutions, input/output, etc. Also, I don't understand how you go from the 6D to C200, and back and forth! You have to know what you really want, access the market, and then go buy whatever works for you. An entry level full frame camera, and a middling S35 cinema camera are very far apart. Check the XC series, great little cameras there, or the JVC LS300, if you do not want to pay much. the 6D you are describing for 2000$ would have cut 2/3 of 5D sales instantly. The problem was the 5DmkIV. It is a "lesser" (to a degree) video camera, so everything below that have to have much worst specs than a 3500$ - middle tier, to be honest - photo camera. In my opinion these cameras aren't true hybrids (so, I don't care), are 80-90% photo cameras, and that is fine with me, and I look elsewhere. The only big hope for Canon is the M series, and they are very far behind completion there too (and with new cameras such the 6DmkII, I do not see a real great M camera any time soon.) P.S I just bought another NX1, 28megapxls and 1.5X crop factor. It also has 4K, 120frames slow mo etc.

@Arikhan I don't disagree, I just said something else. Anyways, click farms are still going large. this is made by one of the production companies I work most, half a day shooting, couldn't even afford me for the day, a lot of gardens and flowers almost 27.000.000 views (which is amazing for Greece), so what?

You obviously didn't read the 5 lightly written sentences of my post. I clearly stated the Planet Earth I as a great example of a mix of sight/sound and a plot. Everything has been timelapsed in this planet, and beyond. Even you, would be able to bring some great timelapses if you left for a couple of weeks in the 8 best spots in Patagonia, even with your NX1! Have you seen some of the Planet Earth's "seasonal" or "growth" timelapses? I do not know what you mean by "flowers", "fences" and other garden related words, but those ain't my cup of tea either, and certainly not my words. On a more philosophical (and practical note), Views, likes, and the such doesn't mean a lot to me, check the links (from 2013 and 2014) about people in India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan and elsewhere, earning 1$ for each 1000likes/follows/vote/click, whatever you want to buy with your hard earned $ !! https://www.technologyreview.com/s/530961/the-hidden-world-of-facebook-like-farms/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/02/click-farms-appearance-online-popularity

I am not impressed at all from such videos. Most of us we would be able to do something similar if we had the time and money to be in the right spots in Patagonia for a couple of weeks. The epic music, without anything happen at all is lame too. Planet Earth I in blue ray is a great achievement in my opinion with the story being King (as it should) and sight and sound follow (as it must) - Planet Earth number II, not so great, even better technically, newer cameras and the such, not that great story wise.

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@Dan Wake is right in both his posts. AVX is an excellent system for such scenarios (its "auto gain" system is excellent) but I would never trust a lavalier microphone that way (or, in anyway), especially with people doing whatever. The aforementioned Tascam is great too (and cheaper), but again, I wouldn't bet even 1.6$ for adequate sound, you just can't be sure. Maybe the simpler solution is the Sennheiser MKE-440, directional, but with a wider range (sort of a wide lens), with a couple of those you can have most things. In projects like these, the quality of sound (or even image) is not that important, and you can't control the uncontrollable, and sound is everything about control.

@HockeyFan12 "Nothing against pros, but being one sucks. You're answering to your client, to your budget, to your crew's limitations, to the clock, to the director, to the brand, to the malfunctioning and expensive and heavy gear. Yeesh. Why aspire to that life when you can, you know, have fun and tell the stories you want to tell? If you're a pro, I get why you do why you do. You're paid to. If you're not one, stop living in the worst of both worlds. Go hack a 5D or grab a go pro. Shoot something cool. No one is stopping you but your own insecurities about your gear." I know what you mean, but every little, silly, ordinary job can be something creative, something not a lot of people working in banks, insurance or in offices can claim. I have travelled extensively to my home country, and elsewhere, gathering condensed "wisdom" of the people and the places around (staying in a small village for 3-4 days and after 15-20 interviews you know everything about the people there and their history). In every job you have to give similar answers. If you are a car mechanic, you have clients, you have a budget for your shop/rent/insurance/tools/how much you charge/assistant(s)/etc, and if you do a mistake you can kill someone on the road, at least our mistakes aren't that dangerous. What you suggest is go back to our caves, palm painting and eat roots, because it is too much to be a pilot, or a doctor. Better pray to the Spirits of the forests for good health and not eaten by a bear! It is a job with a huge array of specialization, you can be a grip, a director, a writer, a sound man (my favorite!), and you can work in advertisement, movies, weddings, documentaries (my favorite!), you have to have, artistic, technical, communication skills and mix and match different people, equipment, techniques. It is a stressful industry, but I am ok I never followed the Engineering career I started in University; I would be richer, for sure, but I wouldn't be me. @ntblowz It is the most reliable AF system on video right now. It is a tool, you don't use it 24/7, but in some specific situations it can save you some time. AF systems aren't 100% reliable yet, but I would say Canon's is around 79%, in a few years that will go above 90%, but I do not see 99% to be possible any time soon, there are just too many variables. C100mk II is my favorite camera.

Now I dislike flies more, and love my NXes more!

What @Mattias Burling said. You can also use only your voice, and not be in camera (that would be weird though, but it can work creatively, let's say, develop a talking something!) or use someone else as the spoke person of your company. An actress, or someone else.

The other solution for a C100 type camera is a 18-80CN-E with the additional zoom rocker, for the sum of nearly 7000euros. I would say that the 18-135 with the small PZ box is a bargain for the price. Of course I haven't used it yet, but the 18-135 offers the greatest value lens to pair with a C100 for most low budget jobs, and works great with Canon's DP AF. If you can do a few things with this PZ, then it is a win win situation.