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And for the other 0.1%, may I offer you a very warm welcome to the forum.

Someone should probably write a song about that. Think it would probably do OK.

A bit serendipitous after me discovering my long stored DVX100 last week and getting all "you know what, this thing is so much more appealing to go and shoot with" before wishing there was something similar with a modern spec comes Sony launching two new camcorders. They are basically exactly the same thing but with the Z200 having 12G SDI and being able to use the MXF container at a later firmware update (albeit one that is bizarrely listed as being June 2025) and tick every modern spec box including Fully variable electronic ND AI Autofocus S-Cinetone and S-Log3 20x optical zoom 10 bit 4:2:2 4K60 Active Mode IS 4 channel audio Dual card slots At $4K and $3.2K respectively, they aren't exactly great value propositions versus rolling your own solution with a larger sensor mirrorless body and lenses (although good luck finding a par focal 20x servo zoom lens for your mirrorless) and yet... There is a huge upside in the operational value of having everything integrated when it comes to actually picking it up and going to shoot with it, particularly that variable ND and the 24-480mm zoom (which becomes a lossless 24-720mm with the clear image zoom). Yes, yes, of course you have to look past the sensor size "only" being 1" but its versatility and ease of use for past paced situations means this is an enormously powerful all round camera for making money with.

Ah, I was thrown by you saying in your reply that he had an RP. Guessing a typo then and you meant 7D. Anyway, fair point if he only has EF-S lenses. No this one .

Anyway, I'm following my own guideline and dipping out of contributing to this thread as the OP has already asked exactly the same question in another thread he started and despite two pages of earnest advice he hasn't bothered his arse to even acknowledge the contributions. After two fucking years.

He says in the opening post he has a 7D so that would mean EF which are compatible. I mean, that doesn't preclude him having an RP that he is keeping quiet about. He was looking for an improvement on his 7D which the RP most certainly is and in the real world examples on DPReview's studio scene it looked to my eyes that in the key area of ISO that he was after it wasn't completely shamed noise wise against newer Canon bodies. Although if he has the hidden RP then he can expect it to be exactly the same as that one. Now you mention the Z6 though, thats not a bad option as the original is now in that price range and there are numerous adapters to mount the EF lenses from his 7D on. Though none as yet for the RF lenses that he may have for the RP that he may have.

If you’re wanting to stay with Canon then a used version of the largely forgotten EOS RP can be had for that budget. If you look at the DPReview studio comparison tool then you will see how much more high ISO performance you will get over the 7D but also it stands up well against more recent and expensive Canon full frame bodies. You don't specify wanting to use it for video but the quite wild crop of the EOS R and RP in 4K mode can easily be worked around with your legacy lenses by using a speed boosted version of an EF to RF adapter which are available from around £60 for the 7Artisans version.

I’m curious as to whether this leads to what might seem to be the logical conclusion of swapping up to the Micro Studio 4K G2. I say logical conclusion but barely anyone has from what I can tell.

I’ll swap you mine for that RED Motion Mount. I’ll throw in the hot pants to seal the deal.

Well I haven’t emptied the box marked “Clothes - misc” yet so maybe my leather hot pants will be in there.

* Just to clarify they are from my behind the goal setups rather than an illegal arms cache.

That’s right Dave

Funnily enough, I’ve been at my storage unit today going through stuff in the dustier boxes buried at the back to do exactly the same. During the quest, I found this and concluded that Panasonic really do hate us now. Was there ever a camera more inclined to make you pick it up and go out and film with it.

Watching the Olympics and seeing the bullet time replay systems they had set up at most of the events, I thought that Olympic Broadcasting Services must have bought shit loads of them and it might spark a resurgence, albeit niche, of interest in them. On closer inspection, they were Z-Cam. Considering that Panasonic are an actual sponsor of the Olympics, that must’ve been a kick in the knackers.

My laser scanned 3D printed FX6 body shell that you can hide an a7iv in has a chance then. Inspired by this genius that hid a GoPro in a broadcast camera.

Like when they elect a new Pope, he should do this when he has a confirmed rumour.

Funnily enough… Obviously, I won’t believe it until a breathless man abandons his family in a log cabin to rush out onto the balcony to do an emergency YouTube video about it but likely to be something S1/H/R related I would imagine. Unless the mad bastards are releasing an MFT camera in a medium format body of course.

Can I just suggest an informal guideline for threads like this that are started by new members? To save everyone wasting their time and effort adding additional suggestions, if the thread starter doesn’t reply to the first one to at least acknowledge it then hold back until they do. We have had so many of these threads in the past couple of years where the original thread starter either doesn’t come back at all or comes back with some spam links. Forums such as this are being used for AI training by using innocent looking requests for help so don’t be surprised if you ask ChatGPT for advice about low light image making and seeing your own words coming back at you in the reply. If the original thread starter is genuinely looking for advice for this then please stop being rude and at least acknowledge the people who are going out of their way and trying to help you here and sharing their knowledge.

And very likely to have comment lines in Japanese 😉

I thought camera opinion videos were getting a bit obsessive when that guy a few weeks ago left his kids alone inside the holiday cabin as he couldn't possibly wait another minute to get on the porch and share his thoughts on a camera rumour with the wider world on YouTube but..... Well, this is on another level. The moral of the tale is that even when staring down the long tunnel into the abyss he still stands by his decision to buy the Z8.

I’ve never understood the negative reaction to those cooling solutions. They are an entirely pragmatic approach to solving a potential problem that may not occur in every single shooting situation people find themselves in. Standing out in bright sunlight every day doing long takes ? No but when you are then you just deploy one of these to solve the problem. Exactly like how you don’t need to have the AC on in the car in every single journey but it’s there when you need it. They are cheap, compact and effective so I have never seen the issue. But hey, now Canon do one in a £400 grip for their new camera and everyone nods along sagely saying “good solution Canon”.

One slightly obvious, but often overlooked, standout for the Z mount is that it is the ONLY mount that has an AF Mount adapter for Nikon F mount lenses. Being able to use F, EF, E mount lenses with as native AF performance and the TechArt adapter to give AF for manual focus Leica M and by extension Leica R, Canon FD, M42 etc lenses is a huge edge for it over R mount for me.

Very much Batman 1966 with the Dutch angle when in the lairs of the villains to indicate that they were crooked. Not sure thats the vibe that Canon would want to portray but it would have been quite apt for the launch of the original R5.

The UK price for the R5ii is £4499 versus £3299 for the Z8. The R5ii has some neat new features but the core stuff doesn't seem like its justifying 35% a hike against the more flexible mounted Z8. I'll be interested to see the overheating scrutiny it gets after the erm "interesting" history of the mark 1.