4K for Nikon D5

[Phil A]

12 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Nah, dynamic range stays the same.

Only thing that changes is rolling shutter.

Hardly an issue for timelapse!

X Pro2 has a silent shutter, maybe worth a look.

The Sony A7s had more noise in silent shutter mode according to people who measured the read noise in the raw files. With some Panasonic cameras (I think GM1?) there was only 10bit instead of 12bit read out in electronic shutter mode.

So I think it really depends on the camera model. The rolling shutter is of course a general downside they all share, agreed.

[Ramm Francis]

Thanks to all for responding. If price were no object, the Fuji medium format GFX 50S would make killer video using still images. Moreover, a silent shutter.  It also supports two (2) camera batts. I use a Dynamic Perception slider and it triggers the move-pan-tilt of the slider and camera head and also fires the camera. I don't know if it works yet with the new Fuji GFX 50S but I will find out. I shoot nothing but archival anymore and 8K is increasingly the format that is requested from buyers. 

Again, thanks to all for your comments.

[Richard Bugg]

Battery supply can be solved with a camera-appropriate AC adapter plugged into a wall outlet, or an inverter of some kind, in turn attached to a 12V battery.

E.g. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=742056&gclid=CJKc5b7m8dMCFVcnvQodQ9oMKw&is=REG&c3api=1876%2C50960586482%2C%2C&IWB=AU&Q=&A=details&pcur=ZAUD

Alternatively, just get the Tether Tools Case Relay system and run your camera continuously off USB-type batteries:

https://www.tethertools.com/product-category/power-management/case-relay/

 

[gethin]

wheres my reply? eoshd ate it!

Urgh!

this on d5300, panning done in post using PANOLAPSE (check it out). It takes care of deflick too.  D810 robust pro camera. d5300 not so much but cheap. blah blah blah