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How's the Pilotfly with the NX? I am torn between that or the Crane, but I am not 100% sold on either of them.

@Jimbo No megapixel argument here, even though the best possible 1080p you can deliver is sufficient for 90% of the jobs (95% in my case), 360 is a completely different animal. 1080p with a 50mm lens, is just that; a 360 video, is unbelievably many 50mm lenses all around you! It has nothing to do with pixel peeping or GAS, 360 - and virtual reality stuff - will need as much as resolution possible, and soon, but I believe it is somehow early for optimal performance and cost/performance ratio. If you are getting the dough, then a used Omni rig is your best bet! Report back with your findings, this topic will keep us interesting for the near future I believe.

@IKSLIM This is an excellent microphone that I use for the stereo image for live performances, or small acoustic bands, or groups, also small choirs, for anything bigger you need a proper Stereo technique with pencil mics (as you very wisely suggest). I do not thing that this viable for an amateur, first of all it is very "expensive", big, heavy and NOT directional at all, it is a NO NO for what he described in his post. In my opinion, if you only have one mic, and on camera, you need something more directional, and the Rode Video Micro is the absolutely cheapest, with the absolutely lowest -acceptable- audio quality. @Teheimar As I said before, it is better to have a Rode with its own amplifier, even though NXs amplifiers are much better than Canons, still not exceptional (none is really). If one absolutely needs stereo on camera, there is a new Rode (check at Andrew Reid's blog post on this forum, shooting with the new Olympus a friend's band, it is a quite recent article/post) that seems like a great tool, but very expensive, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1082671-REG/rode_svmx_stereo_video_mic_x.html there is also the older design (but "recently" improved), that probably is your best bet at those money, the older version wasn't to my liking, this is quite better to be honest https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1273119-REG/rode_stereo_videomic_pro_r_stereo_videomic_pro_rycote.html and another from Sennheiser that I could respect some. my absolutely favorite audio brand ever, most of my pro sound equipment is Sennheiser https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1248110-REG/sennheiser_506258_mke_440_compact_stereo.html Check the videos in the B&H pages also.

http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.gr/2017/02/samsung-mobile-processor-supports-4k.html?spref=tw I want this on my NX1 s' il vous plait!

haha! I am sure they do! Nuh..they are not that sensitive, cameras do not broke that easily, you see in various forums that only a few complain about broken NXes, and usually the top dial somehow do not work properly. They seem very well implemented, plus there are quite a lot new ones from Korea. From various sources around the net (and your Fabebook as well) it seems like there are a lot more NX users than I though they were, just not enough obviously. As it seems, my NX1/NX500/NX3000+all the lenses I need (except the 50-150 I do not have) will keep me good company for a few more years. The things I mentioned above are the only concerns, but a breakthrough in any of these could keep the cameras relative for at least a couple more years (until 2020), do not even want to know what will happen if we can extract raw, somehow, out of these, people are buying 5DmarkII for their Magic Lantern capabilities! We will see, it is an interesting journey nevertheless, and thanks for all your effort, much obliged!

It has been 2 years and some months since the NX1. Depending your projects, your line of work, where you live, what cameras do you use and your editing solution. For me it didn't change a thing, as I have abandoned final cut a long long time ago, so one day, I just imported my files to Premiere, and worked, I literally "had" to wait a few months for that to happen, but I hadn't used mine for any project (usually not the cams I prefer for pro video work anyway). If I was a rich man ("Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum") I would shoot Alexas and Reds all day, so no worries about the little things, actually I would hire people shooting for me, and I would be travelling somewhere to eat local fruits and enjoy the scenery, but as I am now, and when I have to put 2 and 3 cameras of my own on various performances, having 3 X 3 X the most expensive media cards, plus all the space to edit (6-8 cameras in total in various occasions) then it is something to consider! For me it is an economy of size, I could have bought a much bigger car, but I decided that I wanted something sufficient for my needs, with low fuel consumption, more "eco" friendly in a way (no car is eco friendly, you have to cut a whole forest and use a lake's water for a bunch of them) and lower costs to run through the years. Exactly the opposite with a Humvee (what happened to those?!)! Why to use a less efficient codec?

That's what I thought, for people don't make any money from it, or ain't rich, the tech is not mature right now. Maybe I'll be waiting for the next Samsung, it will have HEVC as well (that is a guided comment for another thread!), in general I am in stand by mode, in everything, only sound is a certainty in this business!

I am interested in this matter as well, but it seems there is a long way to go, definitely we need 8K workflows to see this thing shine. I have an enthusiast friend, and after using all the cheap 360 on the market kept the Samsung one as the most convenient. He saw me footage of a few of them and everything was disappointing from my point of view (S35 and APS-C supporter here!), and I find ALL the action cams footage disappointing too. Maybe for the extreme sports generation they are enough. @rdouthit I am eyeing the Omni for some time now, but I haven't explore the market over here to see if there is a need for such a substantial investment (for a small market). Can you tell us some things about it?

What are the "hurdles" of using H265? I am finishing a project right now (color correcting, warp stabilizer, and a few other things) with 3 H265, 1 pocket, 3 gopro and 2 video cameras, with additional sound, and I am editing natively in Adobe Premiere on my, almost, 5 years old "middling" machine with no problem at all. And on an external hard drive. They delay their adaptation because they do not want to pay anything for the format, when companies like Apple, Facebook, Sony, YouTube, that have a gazillion net profit do that, they do not care about the end users "profit", but their own, and that is something I can, and DO criticize. A bravo to Samsung that didn't care at all about the additional costs and delivered the most future proof cameras of 2014. Less data, slower (and much cheaper) SD cards for stable 4K recording, are all benefits of this codec. For people like me, "small" video professional on one of the smallest possible markets of Europe, buying 5 simple Sandisks Pro 64BG (the 95Mb ones), and using less GB per project (and for backup purposes), the additional money I can save are substantial. I already have a couple of dozens of hard drives, definitely I need less! In the end, all these companies are free to produce a better, more competitive/aggressive and free/cheaper codec, I am all in! But I haven't seen them succeeding yet, and I enjoy my HEVC everything.

It is a very good cage. I got it when it went around 200$ and consider a great offer back then, with this price it is actually given for free. Although the postal costs must be around 50$ for Europe, it is the best NX offer ever.

Very original presentation, very good job! Do you use any kind of lighting in the interviews? What settings are you using? I like the quality very much, it is a very clean look. I was also considering this USB device (10:02) for video editing use! Seems nice.

1) there is a whole set of Cine lenses by Samyang/Rokinon/Bower, you can buy the same ones in photo costume, for cheap (you don't have to buy NX, buy a different brand and adapt). M42 that goes with Russian and Pentax lenses, and Canon FD are very cheap. I have both, I am very pleased with those, they have some interesting lenses in the 35mm focal length. Wider is more expensive and rare. 50-55-58mm have some exceptional ones, in all these 3 brands. 58mm 2f Zenith, 55 1.8f Asahi Pentax (one of the Takumars, I have 2 radio active ones!), 50mm 1.4 Canon FD are my favorites from each. If I was starting from the beginning (I had Zenith, Pentax spotmatic, Canon AE-1), I would definitely go with Nikon glass, a lot of excellent and cheap ones. 2) Rode micro for dirt cheap (if you just want some sound), or if you want something better, there are better versions of Rode mics that you can find out according to the price (the more expensive ones, are better!). Try one with in built amplifier, it is usually better than the ones inside the camera. I have the micro, only for reference sound, and usually recording externally, or on a camera with XLR inputs.

wow! do you have a link for that? I am sure this little cam has some untapped hw and sw potential in it. Of, course it is a liable candidate, and brand new with warranty!

@mercer Try to try one first, even though it is a great camera, for me it is more a Canon C100 replacement (with some very original and amazing ideas though, like the prime zoom function, which really works!), the slow motion crops heavily (=unusable, anything above 50/60), the monitor/viewfinder aren't that great either (at least it has a monitor, forget the viewfinder though) and you probably need a metabones adapter (that's how we use it, no native m43 lenses yet, just tested a generic Panasonic kit the other day), we haven't managed to tame the J-log yet though, and I have read that an external recorder doesn't really do anything to the better image crusade. When we talk about the best image possible, probably all the aforementioned raw and higher bit cameras have more to say than this, still is a very capable camera of its own, with very interesting characteristics, and unbelievable cheap, it is a real video camera, that brings food to the table, and you don't have to sell the table, and all your furnitures to own one! Still, it doesn't have the BlackMagic magic(sic), neither the masochistic pleasure of shooting ML raw. Out of the 3, I would buy a second LS300 to replace some other cameras we use from time to time, but for a hobbyist chasing the dragon, maybe it is not ideal.

I wish we could up our game a bit, this codec obviously has its limitations, high ISO performance is not great at all, the noise reduction is killing our video, and I just wish I could magnify for focus while recording. All in all, everything else is super amazing! Kino, you have to pull a rabbit out of your hut dude, don't you have any Balkanic super hacker friends?!

I say that for quite a while now! 2600$ is dead cheap, people are going to spend as much for a GH5 and the XLR thingy, or just a used 5DmarkIII, or a D500+a kit lens and with 2600$ you get a real camera, and a shotgun mic in the box! You literally buy the camera and go to work (and then you need like a couple of hours to figure out the menus!). Even camcorders cost as much and more, I do not comprehend how this little cam doesn't sell in the thousands. It is 3300euros here by the way, almost 1000$ more (than the price you mentioned) and I still consider it as the best value for money right now.

@rdouthit Yes, the Seattle area is one of the most advanced in the whole universe, while middle class (to lower) Greek is one of the least technologically advanced in Europe. iPads are a rare commodity around here, there is almost 50% unemployment and an average wage is close to 600-800$ with taxes eat most of that. Anyways, this is a very interesting topic, and still am not sure how we go in the present (and near future) for delivering to customers. I will look at Vimeo Pro, but I am not sure this is the final solution.

@rdouthit Where do you live? Here, the grand parents and parents they do not even know what Vimeo is, if you don't give them something they can hold, they do not understand the value of it, they know that a DVD is a DVD, they can take it, hold it, put it somewhere and see image in their TVs, which is the center of their entertainment, and usually their home. The next thing they understand, is that a USB stick can connect to their TVs, or laptops (most they do not own a desktop anymore) and they can play some video files from there (they do not understand what video file, why, and how), saying this, I can not convince them of the differences between a full HD file on a USB stick, and a DVD disc, DVDs are here for more time, and easier to understand, for most of them, is just a flatter video tape. Newer parents understand more of course, but when you have to do with the masses, the masses won, every time.

I thing Aghori Tantrik Baba disagrees with that!

@pablogrollan most of those middle to top tier laptops (and usually NOT the ultra thin ones) have a 256GB SSD and a 1TB HDD, plus all the newest (and fastest) USB variations and/or more, I do not see a problem here. Then, if someone wants the absolute best from an editing machine, then going for a laptop is most certainly he is not going to get it, common sense!

Usually yes, but often I forgot and I haven't noticed anything disastrous yet. Obviously the C100markII 18-135 combo is for run and gun and low budget jobs, so I do not thing anyone ever notices such things, for more serious projects, the set with the L series means business, and everything and everyone are more careful, so am I! The difference is a silly crop of 1.04 or something (I am not sure about the number), but it seems more safe to have both ON. If Canon says so..

@hijodeibn Canon C100 and Canon C300 both had 1080p and both sold like hot chips back in the day! Are you going to buy a NON 4K camera in 2017? If they do not have 4K then the new Ursa mini Pro is becoming more and more attractive. FS5 is already here and more mature than a year ago, and there is always the sleeper JVC LS300 that goes for dSLR like price, 3000euros only, and a firmware away from total dominance! All in all, no 4K, no C100!

Even XC10 and 15 have internal 4K, there is no way NOT offering 4K in ANY video camera that is going to be released in 2017. Raw? Of, course not, why to do that on a low cost workhorse camera (they have also C300ii/C500/C700 to sell)? 10bit on an external recorder and some kind of high speed 1080p shooting will be more than enough for me, together with some overall improvements (touch screen AF?!!).

How the FS700 came to this conversation?! We use one for high speed shooting on a car's TV show I work occasionally, absolutely worst ergonomics ever, it is unbelievable how Sony manage to do it so wrong. Anyway, I was wondering about the V series (they have red paint job and a gear belt!), and if someone has used one with the C100markII AF. The 12-28 is great for what I want to achieve in focal length (in s35 I use the 12-24mm range a lot) and with the new cameras 4f ain't that scary anymore, (I use the 18-135 all the time with the C100, but I mostly missing something in tele and something in wide, all the time!). Is this new 11-20 exactly the same as the V series lenses or better? Is the V series worth the extra money, or you just pay that gear belt? There is a full set of L series lenses (C100markII/C300/JVC LS300) but we have to "share" that (and sometimes is rented as a whole set), so I would like to have my own set I can use whatever time, and being a bit more "adventurous" with my choices (even thought Tokina's UWZ are a safe bet), so I am trying to explore my options, and all the people I know with Tokina's have the 11-16mm...

I am looking at the various gaming laptops at the moment. Asus and MSI have a huge range, there are a few 14" ones from various manufacturers (and Razer Blade Pro). I am looking for i7-7700, GTX1060, 16GB RAM and even considering a 17" one if it isn't in the huge side, and they seem to go for around 2000euros (a bit more here, but it isn't the standard), so you save some money from the same spec-ed Apple one (you almost can buy a second one!).