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As far as I can tell, the Canon 70-200 2.8 L IS (Mark 1) is parfocal as well, and much cheaper. It might not be parfocal at the same level as Cine-lenses, but I can't see any focus shift while zooming. The other two lenses in the holy trinity are definitely not parfocal.

I just got the follow focus for the WeeBill lab, and it works great with my manual lenses, but I can't get it to work properly with the focus-by-wire on my Panasonic lenses (12-60 2.8-4.0 and 25mm 1.7) Any recommendations for a wideish linear focus M43 lens (for GH5)? I'm thinking of a 12 or 17mm as I already have lots of adapted tele lenses. The Olympus 17mm f/1.2 is tempting, but something cheaper and lighter would be even better. I've previously tried the Leica 12mm 1.4 which seemed to have better manual focus than my lenses and might have improved autofocus over the Olympus, but the manual focus clutch on the Olympus is a safer option.

I have found Media Player Classic to play 10 bit 4:2:2 much smoother than VLC. I still have trouble playing it back in Premiere though.

Different colours, the true sign of quality products.

I've been experimenting quite a bit with different type of 3D lately, and this has been my conclusion as well. At first I tried making the view completely static, but the problem with that was that the 3D effect would only really work in the center which is covered by the field of view of both eyes. Giving the viewer the possibility to move their head slightly, the 3D effect works much better. So far I've been happy with only having slightly larger field of view than the VR-headset I'm using (which typically have 90-110 degrees of vision). I don't even see the need for full 180 degrees.

This is one of the reasons why the GH5 is so great. You can set it to 10 fps and it will also remove the audio automatically so that you don't have to do it in post. Truly cinematic results

I'm using my phones a lot for VR/3D and I will probably get the Samsung S10. The promise of 4k from the Sony was intriguing, but turns out it's 3840x1644 and not real 4k. It's still slightly more than the S10, but the limiting factor is the short edge of the display, and since 1440 is more standardized than 1644 I think I'll go with the Samsung anyway. The screen of my S8 has been amazing, but the new generation phones promises quite a lot better play-back capabilities.

And if you adapt APS-C/Full Frame lenses (without using a speedbooster) I assume you can use the whole sensor? This seems to give a lot of flexibility.

One thing that worried me about the Ninja V was that it seemed to use quite a lot of battery, while the Shinobo promises all day power. If I'm able to use a 4 cell instead of 6 cell NP-F battery, the total size difference might end up making a worthy difference Edit: it's obvious that recording takes more power than just displaying, but I'm quite happy with the internal recording of the GH5 and don't really need 4k60.

From my understanding, the GX9 has a crop in 4k. How is the 1080p compared with the GH5? I assume it doesn't have full sensor supersampling even in 1080p, and apparently worse rolling shutter than the GH5. It will probably be good enough for me as a small B-cam anyway, but it would have been nice to have a mini-GH5. EDIT: Comparing the video of the GX9 and the GH5, the aliasing is much better on the GH5 both in UHD and 1080p. I assume this has got to do with higher supersampling: https://***URL removed***/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dc-gx9/8

After getting used to bezelless smartphones, my only complaint would be that the frame around the screen is unnecessary large. They can justify it for a recorder, but for a monitor-only I wish they could make it smaller.

Get rid of the physical shutter, replace it with a variable ND. I guess that's what the FS5 has done and should become more and more viable as electronic shutters improve and sensor read speed improves.

You'll probably be fine as long as none of the airports or road legs have sub-zero conditions (celsius). I have worked with temperature sensitive logistics and most of our issues came during the loading/unloading process, but we also had heated trucks.

I found it to be too clunky. I would have been interested if the adapter was able to draw power directly from the camera (no need for extra battery) and I could adjust the ND directly on the adapter without any extra handle and transmitter. I have found such an adapter, but it doesn't have the option for no ND or aperture control and is therefore not practical: https://www.amazon.com/Vizelex-Throttle-Mount-Adapter-Built/dp/B00N9B870W An automatic ND such as kye asks for would of course have been even better.

I'm located in Norway. I talked with the store today and the supplier had picked up all the WeeBill units from all the stores in Norway to return it to the vendor for upgrades/adjustments.

I put in my order for the Weebill about a month ago, but all the stores in my country have been out of stock. Today I got an email going something like this: "As you have probably heard, this model has been recalled from the vendor due to technical issues. It is therefore uncertain when we will receive the product and we would therefore like to know if you wish to cancel your order." I haven't heard about a Weebill recall anywhere else. Does anyone know what the issue might be?

I hope they realize that GH5 users are buying it for video and not for taking pictures. Replace the mechanical shutter with an internal ND!

It seems like setting ISO to 400 or 3200 and ETTR would be the easiest way to get the same results as using "high ISO for bright scenes" and "low ISO for dark scenes".

You make it seem like Thunderbolt3 performance is predictable. Here is one example of how unpredictable it can be: The left side Thunderbolt3 ports on a 2017 MacBook Pro Touchbar has higher bandwidth than the right side Thunderbolt3 ports. I want an external GPU, but it seems like the only way to find out how well it will work on your specific configuration is to test it yourself.

USB 3.1 can also be used as displayport, but only has 10Gbit/s transfer rate compared to Thundersbolts 40Gbit/s. I would therefore image the issue is how to test if the connection has the full 40Gbit/s capabilities. I have no solution for this, but I would mention that USB-C/Thunderbolt has been a somewhat unreliable technology from my experience.

Most of these gimbals have mechanical focus servos, which works with any lens capabal of manual focus. Unfortunately no first hand experience myself yet. WeeBill is on backorder ?

Fast shutter speeds is the only way to solve the softness issues with EIS. Maybe they'll be able to improve EIS with spatial oversampling in the future.

Hopefully the negative feedback is mainly because they are comparing it with gimbals which are quite a bit heavier like the Ronin-S. About half of the negative comments I have read is about the lack of motor power, however, the other half is about half-finished firmware and app support.

Too bad it doesn't have any "wired" focus control. It would have been nice to at least get "push to autofocus" since it's often enough for me to simply set the focus once before recording. It doesn't seem like my local shops have the follow focus listed (unless it's the same one as for the Crane 2), but I'm sure I'll be able to get it later if I'm happy with the gimbal. I'm using the GH5. My 2 native lenses should be well within the weight limits, but I guess my adapted Canon L-lenses will be borderline too heavy. The GH5+speedbooster+Canon 35mm f/1.4 is 1.5 kg.

I'm planning to get this as my first gimbal. I'm using an overhand grip most of the time I'm filming, and with this gimbal it looks like I can adapt my current style quite easily. I would be curious to know how the follow focus works, and how their plans for the HDMI out is going to pan out, but I think I will like the gimbal even without those features.