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Yeah the MX is a bit outdated. However if you want RED its a very affordable option and the body itself is light enough not to hold you up too much in any given situation.

Nice, I've seen that video before too haha! Yeah I am not terribly impressed by the Venice. Global shutter is certainly nice but the dynamic range and low light performance aren't the greatest. The rolling shutter on the S1 is probably the biggest downfall but its rarely noticeable in real world use, at least for me. Motion in general isn't the greatest on the S1 but its a pretty subtle thing to be able to notice. I recall the motion cadence on the Alexa much nicer than the RED Komodo for whatever reason. I am really debating getting an Alexa Classic. Do you feel good about owning the Alexa Plus these days?(pretty similar to the classic)

Eventually AF will get so advanced it will replace manual and of course be way cheaper than hiring a reliable focus puller and there is no such thing as a 100% reliable focus puller either. Touch to focus is already a thing and works pretty damn well. I personally still prefer manual and use it with no issues even on solo projects.

The RED one is a heavy guy. The Next up Scarlet MX is much more manageable though. No ND filters or high ISO performance either but REDraw is very nice to work with.

This dude, AG DOK, on Vimeo does a lot of nice dynamic range tests. Really interesting to see how close the Panasonic as well as other cameras come to Arri. Have to go to vimeo to watch them. Pretty much concludes my findings being able to pull back all the info from 4 stop over exposed shots. Per the video at 5 stops the Panasonic starts to lose information on the face, I noticed the Arri seems to lose a bit at 5 stops too though but not as much as the Panasonic. Its harder to judge shadows, they both have similar amount of noise but the Alexa retains color in the shadows better.

I didn't realize the Sony F3 was almost the weight of a RED, a bit lighter. 5 pounds is a good weight though I think. Definitely helps to having something DSLR size for one man crew stuff though.

I definitely will, should be a fun camera haha. Try lugging around the 14 pound Alexa 😆 I was considering the Sony F35 or F55 as well but they don't carry the same name as Arri.

I'd assume if you over expose by a stop or so it would be clean but I haven't played around with it enough to know. I usually over expose the S1 by 1-2 stops, sometimes even more, just with the internal codec. I've found the S1 can hold close to 5 stops over exposed, but doesn't love underexposure.

From my testing the Pocket held more in the highlights by about a stop. It also does better in the shadows as the URSA falls into an unusable fixed noise pattern when under exposed. The URSA G2 is better for handheld. In terms of rigging I think its a toss up. The Pocket is way easier to put on a gimbal.

The URSA has SDI out and will give you monitoring options without slow latency issues. If you are a solo shooter the P6K pro is definitely superior. Smaller and gives you everything you need. Super bright sharp built in screen, EVF if wanted, 6K, 3200 iso, internal ND's. If you need a camera that is suited for a more professional environment the URSA is superior. It's just made for that purpose. The P6K has only a single HDMI out. Rolling shutter is another issue. The P6K has pretty noticeable rolling shutter where the URSA has a super fast readout, like an Alexa. You also get 4k 120fps on the URSA. Handheld on the URSA looks much more organic but you can work around that by uses stabilized Canon lenses on the P6K. The Pocket 4k is a great camera if you can get by without internal ND's. Its got a fairly fast readout so the rolling shutter is much less noticeable than on the P6K. You actually get a wider FOV with a speed booster on the P4K as well, close to full frame on the .64 metabones ones. You save some space with data on the P4K and 4k is a bit easier on the editing software. Color is better on the P6K, the low light performance is a bit better, it also has more dynamic range. The Pocket 6k actually has better dynamic range than the URSA, tho I think the URSA looks a bit more organic.

Yeah at that point almost any camera would be fine.

Yeah for me even with a Ninja and v mount the Panasonic is still pretty damn small and a little weight helps for movements. I was applying the vlog lut and then using the Emotive color lut, maybe that was my mistake.

Sounds promising.

The auto focus on the A7S3 along with low rolling shutter and IBIS is a great vlogging combo tho

Might be worth it to just get a wider lens. I mean you can match anything in post but the M50 8 bit codec is way far off from BRAW.

Yeah M.2 Drives could make for a much smaller setup. Maybe with a 3" touch screen for easy navigating, or buttons(image that haha). Could just sit on top the hotshoe mount. I do love the idea of a battery grip type recorder, but that's way off from everything atomos has been doing.

It's definitely noisier. Not sure what's going on with HEVC maybe you just lose some noise due to the compression and loss of fine detail? I use emotive colors Alexa lut all the time and it didn't seem to work with Prores RAW. I want to do more testing with it though, maybe I didn't exposure high enough. Just holding off on which recorder to buy.

It's dark in post or just when looking at the on camera screen? I think the A7S3 screen is just crappy. Log also has very little color or contrast so it looks dark until corrected in post.

Yeah there is no Magic Lantern for the M50. What is the shot ? You can probably do it on the P6K.

I am about to upgrade to the 10 year old Alexa Classic. 😆

Definitely not ideal for run and gun though its definitely doable. I think I would end up making a rig with a Vmount to power everything. Now its no longer a DSLR looking camera though. Where do you see em used, can't find any. I noticed in prores RAW the color looks different than in camera VLOG, I wonder how BRAW fares.

Yeah no way it'll be internal. That would be nice though. Panasonic should develop their own RAWlite or some kind of battery grip type recorder.

That's pretty amazing, I am going to have to pick a Ninja V up soon. Too bad the latency sucks.

I personally think the ability to shoot in dim situations with deeper DOF is nice.

The F2 lenses are nice I just never found them to be great with continuous auto focus for video. I'd probably go with Viltrox if I was going the Fuji path again.