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Hypothetically speaking, would something that did the following be of any interest to Panasonic (both GH5 and non-GH5) owners ? 8 focus points (pulled from current lens position so can be either using touch AF or manual etc) 4 auto transition speeds between points Manual transition between points Manual focus adjustment All driven from dedicated hardware switches. And wirelessly. From a handheld device. Hypothetically speaking obviously......

God no, it could have been called "The Donald Trump Fluffy Kitten And Puppy Decapitator" and the EVF would still have been its bigger negative by a country mile It might as well be one of these. Except it would have to be called a "What The Butler Didn't See" machine to comply with trading standards.

JVC's Variable Scan Mapping sets itself to 80% for MFT lenses but in my experience you can set it to 90% with most of them. I wouldn't expect an LS300 replacement from them at this show as they seem to be pushing the range above and below it.

Looks like a Leica R9 Lets hope it isn't priced like one.

Put the picture in Photoshop and raise the shadows. You can see something written on the bulge.

Great discussion going on about these images over at BMCUser They're analysing them like its the Zapruder film !

Oh well, was looking for a shortcut ! I have an implementation of it that can do it externally (for all Panasonic cameras not just GH5) but it needs some re-thinking to make it smoother. Cheers anyway

You couldn't do me a massive favour at some point could you @jonpais and fire up Panasonic's smartphone app and see if the function can be triggered from there could you?

I suspect it might be a bit more than £78 though !

All done. Here is the link to the post with the standalone version

OK, another day, another app As I originally mentioned, the Bracket part of my test app was a bit flaky but as another forum member wanted just the bracket part, I've made a dedicated one. Usual story, activate the Wifi on your Panasonic camera and select Connect. Choose the base shutter speed with the Shutter button. The choose the number of plus and minus steps that you want with the sliders. These are 1/3rd steps so its 6 stops in either direction. Depending on your particular Panasonic camera, you may have to activate electronic shutter to get the upper values if you've got a high base speed and have a number of + steps. If you don't activate electronic shutter then it will just go as high as it can with the mechanical shutter and then repeat the same frames after that. When you are all set up, press the Bracket button and it will begin executing the commands, beginning with your base frame and then doing the over and unders that you have set. To prevent overloading the Wifi and to take into account slower FPS cameras there is a delay built in between frames. Download link is here https://mega.nz/#!92R11RaC!4IuYvd7SWu3UKpHzRK6nZA1PFPRruSEDw1nFp7ERXf4 Enjoy !

Agreed. And if it gains traction - which I hope it does because I like it - then we'll hopefully see that happen over time.

I don't agree. Can only think of the E mount adapter where the Terra wins? I'm not sure thats a bigger win than having the MFT mount on the GH5s? Kinefinity's boosted EF mount is only 0.72 reduction whereas you can go deeper than that with a Metabones EF to MFT.

And with a more flexible lens mount. And less expensive. But minus the RAW. Its tricky. You might be surprised how dinky the Terra 4K actually is when you actually have one in your hand though.

The particular personnel I'm in mind of have a background with both (we were former colleagues in another lifetime!) so maybe they might yet do it.

BMD bought some very relevant knowhow when they acquired Fairlight (there is a lineage from key members of their R&D team that leads back to analogue consoles) so they could definitely do it. Speaking of Australian companies acquiring technology, what news of Rode's progress with an affordable Soundfield ? Might we see that launched at NAB perhaps?

Its integrated into one of my test apps in another thread. But give me an hour or so as I want to write a standalone version. I'll update here when its done.

Or at the very least working on shipping HDMI cables for it a bit faster eh?

No problem. Hope it works and doesn't break your phones. Or your cameras.

OK, as requested by @Grimor I've just written an additional app for live tweaking of the parameters. Usual instructions, so put your Panasonic camera into wifi mode and attach your phone/tablet then press the Connect button in the app. Select a base profile with the Profile button and then tweak away on the sliders. Press the STILL button to, erm, take a still and the REC button will start a video recording. While the video is recording, your tweaks are still live to the camera and will be recorded. Download link is here https://mega.nz/#!djgk1aIL!fzloi_GiFqTNULCcYhCaG0oZHes6sQd-RzW_PsUlK-I Enjoy !

I agree regarding a real time tweaker (as with my hardware one) but, yes, this is for a different purpose to build a complete reference file of all the permutations in a very structured way. Let me get back to you about a tweaker app as its not a huge effort to knock one together if you want it.

Just a couple of additional notes regarding intended usage. Unfortunately, Panasonic don't offer a way to control the highlight and shadow parameters remotely which is why they aren't included. However, what I would recommend is you setting up the parameter ranges you were interested in using the app and doing several passes with adjustments to the highlights and shadows between each pass. This will achieve the same end. With regard to doing this as stills versus video, the purpose of the video is so that you can put it on a timeline and not only observe the changes all in one place instead of ploughing through hundreds of stills but also to be able to add a LUT to it so you can see if there are settings changes you can make in camera to better prepare it to be used with a particular film simulation LUT you may have. The benefit of the stills is in making your own LUT without the image changing ! Obviously, don't also just think this is for analysing dull test scenes and colour charts but take it out into the outside world and see what you can extract from the sensor and processor in a real scenario.

After watching that Steve Yedlin video again, if I had £10K to spend and wanted a pain free way to get a cinematic look, I'd buy an Alexa for £8K off eBay and give the rest to him to set it up and teach me his workflow