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See... this... we've been saying it for years.... Canonrumors forum peeps - always throw the same old - Canon is number 1 & making the money to prove it - argument.
Their foundation is crumbling - they refused to believe it.
All the vloggers are switching and prompting the switch - what did they expect to happen? 

I just had an "on the record" conversation with the a canon rep today on the show floor and brought up the whole "lack of 4k across the board" issue. They told me that the Japanese corporate people just don't get it but now are seeing some serious impact from Panasonic and Sony. He said their philosophy is that people who buy 77d and t7i don't need 4k but I said the 80d is a great video camera and they should add 4k to that model. He said a 90d with 4k would make sense but not to get our hopes up. 
I also spoke to a Panasonic rep today who told me that he was on the airplane sitting next to a Canon rep and the Canon rep told him "you and Sony are eating our lunch in the lower end and the a9 is a serious hit to our high end." The Panasonic rep said this is the first year that Canon reps have the humility and lack of ego/ pride that they normally do. 
Also, I spoke to the Canon rep about the c100 mk3. He said it does exist. It's just not here and he couldn't tell me when we will see it. He couldn't confirm any specs. I'll try to dig more on them tomorrow  

This will be my next hack.
 

Well if you want to make a old Pro Mac case a PC here is about the best video I have found to do it. But not for the faint of heart!!
http://build-its.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-fit-your-pc-in-power-mac-g5-case.html

Let me just add Viruses, Worms, etc.created by some cruel programmer are also a threat.
And, I've been meaning to add to the PC vs. MAC debate.
I've been a Windows guy all my life, but even I admit the stability of MAC environments.
So... for video and photos, I use a MAC - I also have it disconnected from the internet.
For everything else to which I don't give a hoot about.... PC. 
Also... redundancy, back-up.... thats what most companies do.... For Disaster Recovery. So why not do the same at home?

Surprisingly a SSD does Not last very long. A "normal" hard drive lasts longer. Best to put your stuff up on a cloud service. It is probably cheaper in the short run. But in reality Nothing in this day is safe because of Hackers!
A lot of people just buy a New SD card for every shoot. They can last a long time if you don't use them all the time.
And I would not think a Mac last any longer than a PC. They pretty much have the same stuff in them in order to work.

Pretty soon, the people of the republic of North Korea, I mean the people of the republic of the United States, I mean the people of the United States will start believing everything coming out of DT's mouth.

I'm done with camera bodies till the 8K revolution is full on swing... But Im very interested in other stuff (lights, supports, lenses, laptops/PC, monitors, recorders, mics and speakers). May be there should be a sub forum for all deals and discounts.

Smart move to do some tests and then decide. You sound pretty happy with what you've got. A lot of Canon people seem to get super disappointed when moving to another system. But, if you end up preferring the GH5, get what you can out of the Canon. Not like you won't be able to buy another one down the road, probably for much less.

The one on the right.
no wait, it's the one on the left.
no no wait, it's definitely the one on the... left.

You have to give more information. Usually it goes a mic per person, or you have a boomman do the work moving the microphone accordingly.
If the people are close, you can use a cardioid microphone.
You should check the Oktava 012 set, with 3 capsules, a cardioid (good for two people close together, instruments), a omni (taking sound from all around it, good for bad placement, but in our industry is a disadvantage, because it receives unwanted sounds) and a super cardioid, like a cardioid, but with narrower "beam", the most appropriate for our industry, and it could be possible good for what you want too.
It is in your budget, but you will need a good Rycotte wind shield and a good Rycote mic holder with the Lyre system so you have to add 100-200$ to your budget. It is extremely sensitive to air, mic movement, and handling noises.

This debate gets brought up every once in a while. Now, I haven't been, but the general concensus I believe always was: film school isn't useless, though, it's not really about the material that's being taught. It's working on things together and connecting with people that you might stay in contact with for years after graduating. For that it's quite useful. A degree on your resume does look cool, but it's not the thing that sells your skillset and level of talent. A list of productions you've worked on and a filmreel will do that for you. Think it's more about being good at networking and selling yourself, than what some paper says... so... you can start learning things you might already know... or work on getting actual field experience. One is not better than the other, you got to walk your own path, if that includes film school, that's cool, if it doesn't, that's cool too.

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Like he said. I would really consider the audience too. I understand that we love topics like cameras, lenses, framing, editing, etc. BUT, most these guys who are probably taking this course for an easy A... probably won't be interested in the stuff that  we talk about daily.
In my opinion, consider the audience and the time limit of the workshop. Then show enough to arose curiosity so they can learn all the other stuff on their own.
If I was you, I would ask everyone what's their favorite movie, then get a consensus of one popular movie. Throw the trailer of that movie through projector (via YouTube) and breakdown the trailer... scene by scene. Make it interactive and at the end... tell them about camera, lens, lighting, composition, etc.

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Like he said. I would really consider the audience too. I understand that we love topics like cameras, lenses, framing, editing, etc. BUT, most these guys who are probably taking this course for an easy A... probably won't be interested in the stuff that  we talk about daily.
In my opinion, consider the audience and the time limit of the workshop. Then show enough to arose curiosity so they can learn all the other stuff on their own.
If I was you, I would ask everyone what's their favorite movie, then get a consensus of one popular movie. Throw the trailer of that movie through projector (via YouTube) and breakdown the trailer... scene by scene. Make it interactive and at the end... tell them about camera, lens, lighting, composition, etc.

As teenagers, they will probably already have a good idea of what kind of things they like. Maybe it would be good to ask them about their favourite scenes in their favourite films and then teach them some of the techniques used to create that scene?

the real question is, what happened to 2.7k? it would be amazing to see all these 4k capable cameras that can to 1080p120fps to add an 2.7k 60fps mode. 

Or just go with a couple friends.

Why can't everything have an interface like the Blackmagic cameras?

I don't know what they are smoking over there at Sony, but I love how in that video they say...
"This does not replace the a6300 or the a6000 at all, its an addition to our a6000 line"
then right after that he says...
"and everything that makes the a6300 so great, we just built upon it with some new technology."
I don't know whether they listen to themselves... oh well... thats Sony for you.
Editted to add: Even at the beginning, "...its been aaa  about 6 months, 6 months? 10 months, 8 months, its been 8 months since you last introduced the a6300" and the reply was "has it been that long?"
REALLY??? lol... bah wait another 6 to 8 months for the a6700 or a7000 - can't wait for affordable 5K RAW, same as they put in the RX100 v

From a long time transcoder, I will vouch that its not losing quality.
How about you do a little test and report back your findings (try it out for yourself), what harm can come from it?
 

One of the reasons models, actors, and clients like Canon, and they don't really know why, is that it is softer, and when there is no visible aliasing, looks more like film. A very sharp still image can look great for a landscape or a young model/actor with perfect makeup (or Photoshop). Otherwise 'just enough detail' is best along with zero digital artifacts- looks organic/analog. Additionally, when a very sharp image moves the pixels will 'dance' and the resulting effect is a kind of temporal aliasing, which looks more like video than film. Slightly Gaussian blurring a sharp video then adding film grain can help reduce the temporal aliasing, since the noise is random and not associated with camera/scene element movement.
At the highest end of cinema film production, they use various forms of diffusion/softening filters all the time on ARRI, RED, F55/65 especially when filming close ups (these filters can of course be used on any production; we use a Tiffen Black Pro Mist (you can also use a pantyhose)).

While most people associate the C500 with famous American DPs like Hurlbut or Jeff Cronenweth, we should not forget to mention the C500 work shot by CML founder Geoff Boyle, BSC:
It's impressive to read that this was all shot with EF glass. Here are some of Boyle's lens tests using the C500:
http://www.cinematography.net/CML-CMIR-Lens-Tests.html
His over and under exposure results as part of the 2015 CML camera tests are also available:
http://www.cinematography.net/edited-pages/C500-uwe-2015.html
There is a wealth of useful info there on the camera, especially with regard to the differences in overexposure when dealing with tungsten vs. daylight. Unfortunately, the 5,000 ISO test of the two low-light champs, the C500 and the Varicam, is no longer available through the online link.

I heard that the 5DSR is amazing. If you can afford it then get that...

They've probably seen the Chinese Z Camera E1 by Imagine Vision Tech and the DJI Zenmuse X5(R) and went like... hum, especially now that there's Xiaomi quadcopters, why not go do something like that as well?

The colors are totally different. The focal lengths aren't even the same either. Weird comparison video.