fuzzynormal Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Producer offered up 4K to gear up for a shoot. So... out of those three cameras I just bought an Olympus OM-D E-M5 and two zoom lenses (14-150 & 100-300) for the overseas travel video assignment. What? Am I crazy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinegain Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 And you... will be comparing it to your GH4 and A7S? ... hoping it gets a cool firmware update soon too? http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-yep-silver-e-m1-and-huge-firmware-update-coming/#disqus_thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzynormal Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 And you... will be comparing it to ... GH4 and A7S? In a sense I already did. My purchase decision was between those 3 choices. The assignment is almost exclusively hand held shooting. The image priorities demand more of composition, framing, and elegance while being extremely run 'n gun. Almost (so close) bought the GH4 instead, and would have loved to try the A7s, but considering I won't be allowed to haul along extra rigging that would let me to do attractive dollies and tracking, I settled on the Oly 'kuz of the 5-axis stabilization. It's not always about the pixels, peeps. We'll see how things go...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinegain Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Yeah, for sure there are pro's and cons to each setup. The built-in stabilization made me go for the OM-D E-M1 too. It's just great with the SLR Magic 25mm T0.95 for example, which is all manual and no electronics of course. I'm curious about the FW update end of the month. Could be interesting. Not sure about this rumoured 4K feature, it can't be real (IBIS and heat!). Maybe a built-in intervalometer with 4K timelapse video output. Although I would already be happy if I could shoot 25p and perhaps gained a few little other convenient features (not as extreme as 4K video), so I wouldn't complain if that's finally happening. For 4K I already have the GH4 and FZ1000, RAW the BMPCC, but you use those differently and surely the A7S is a whole other ballgame. All depends what you can bring and what you're going to shoot (and how you want to shoot it). Also, if you are into photography as well as video, I'd say you're well equipped with an Olympus. But yeah, again, it all depends. I think the E-M5 will be of great value to you. I wish you all the joy shooting with it. :lol: Btw, I have the 100-300mm as well, I can recommend the custom lens collar from http://www.roesch-feinmechanik.de/29701.html . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzynormal Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 I wouldn't mind a 4K video burst (15seconds) if they could pull it off. Seems like that a reasonable capability of any new camera, but who knows? Likewise 24 or 25fps unlimited recording. Well, since I'll now have the camera I can start hoping for new things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynn Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Cinegain, how does the stabilization of the FZ1000 compare to the EM5? Also, how high do you think you can go with the FZ1000 in terms of ISO and still have useable footage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Fraser Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Producer offered up 4K to gear up for a shoot. So... out of those three cameras I just bought an Olympus OM-D E-M5 and two zoom lenses (14-150 & 100-300) for the overseas travel video assignment. What? Am I crazy? I'd be quite interested to ask if you also considered the newer OMD E-M10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzynormal Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 I'd be quite interested to ask if you also considered the newer OMD E-M10? Not really, was most interested in the 5-axis stabilization. Considered the M1as well, but the M5 just fits the assignment better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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