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i like to be anonymous. otherwise, people may lurck into my home, destroying all gears, because i dare to challenge the 24p sacristy. lol. just a joke.

I'm starting from the other end! Video first and adding photos. I've 20 year experience on the video side but started experimenting with photos as well last year. Starting with low budget weddings (compared to my normal weddings) whilst I get to grip with how to do hybrid weddings as I explain to the couple that I'm developing this style of wedding and they are happy to get what they get! The video comes naturally but I need to work the photos! The AF and punch in to focus on the S5mk2 has definitely made it easier.

Being serious, it's mostly 'simply' a case of starting out as a 100% stills photographer who through a process of trial & error technique-wise plus balance of tools used, added X% of video per annum at the approx following rate: Year 1 = + 10% (just static single camcorder on tripod ceremony & speeches) Year 2 = + 20% (as above plus a tiny amount of handheld or other bits and bobs on a tripod) Year 3 = + 35% (adding more elements and volume) Year 4 = + 50% Year 5 = + 75% Year 6 = + 100% Since that time, more refinement/evolution than revolution. The principle skills are probably determination combined with the ability to multitask whilst being prepared for quite a few setbacks, especially financial ones as there is no official guide or handbook, just self-education/experimentation. If anyone really wants to know the specifics, they can book and pay for a workshop. But it ain't cheap. Various competitors have been trying to weasel info for years, but I protect my niche like a cornered weasel myself 🤑😈

That would be any future "Panasonic BGH2" (with a GH7 sensor hopefully).

Man, you really don't like the shutter in the S5ii! It doesn't bug me that much, but I have heard better.

I could go either way with these bodies… It would be easy to say that for stills the S5ii full frame sensor is better and it almost certainly is in my opinion, but there is a strong counter with the G9ii despite having the same body, smaller and lighter lenses at equivalent focal lengths. For event work, it’s a lot easier for me to say FF, but for most other stuff, I could be tempted with the 4/3 option. Video and stills. I presume the G9ii has the same shutter button feel and sound as the S5ii though and that for me has been the biggest and only real issue with the S5ii. G9ii vs OM-1, I know where my money would go.

Maybe posting some example images might help?

My methods that seem to work ok, 2 options There are two main options i have found, to grade OM-log-400 in Divinchi Resolve. 1. Color management or alternately 2. In Manual (better as you can turn off/on LUT) 1.Select in "project settings" "color science" select color manged" select "output color space"= rec709 (standard stuff). Under "look up tables", select OM-log-400 LUT. (this needs to be pre-loaded into Divinchi) Make sure it's the "output table" you have selected (NOT input table). This enables you to grade before the LUT . With this option Divinchi applies the LUT for you at the end. 2. Manual ( all in your own node tree) same as above in outcome but you do the work. In "project settings" select "color science" Davinchi YRGB". Select timeline color space rec709 or Davinchi WG/intermediate. (DWG is better for some color tools) Select "output color space" = Rec709 Gamma 2.4. Do not select any LUT's in the look up tables section. Now add the OM-log-400 LUT in your node tree at the end. Grade before the LUT, for best results. Note the full color space gamit (range of CIE chromaticity) is preserved. To prove this, (experiment) set "output" in project settings to Divinchi wide. Save, then view CIE chromaticity viewer, you will see an huge color gamit over shooting rec709 boundary markers, reset "output" to rec709 and you can see the CIE chromaticity viewer indicating the gamit inside the 709 color space boundary markers. Therefore we know the full color gamit is available and is only suppressed to rec709 at the end. Please comment if you add more to this

Still much better than any other non-Auckland place in New Zealand!