Andrew Reid

Good to see you again

I don't know about that dude... FS700 + Odyssey for the 4K and avoidance of AVCHD = $5500 FS5 = $5600 That does 240fps and 4K is internal, plus the form factor is much nicer, smaller with the electronic vari-ND filter. If I were to sell my A7S II and 1D C, I'd replace it with the FS5. However I still think small bodies which do stills are more my 'cup of tea'.

I used to have one but it never felt 100% reliable. This week I decided to give it another go as I'd upgraded my PC rig. By chance the hardware was all on the recommended list at TonyMacx86 http://www.tonymacx86.com/building-customac-buyers-guide-october-2015.html The most temperamental bits are graphics, sound, bluetooth and wifi but 100 google searches later and a lot of late nights, eventually you will get it stable. Mine even sleeps!! I recommend a USB sound card, they tend to 'just work'. Also I recommend Unibeast to do the install, then Multibeast to do the drivers post-install bit... Clover was too advanced, I didn't get it as well. It is now stable, was having random freezes due to Intel integrated graphics being enabled and for whatever reason not working, so disabled that and now it is fine. However there are still the occasional bugs, like Resolve 12 saying it is out of GPU memory on a 4GB card after a few minutes... hmm. Verdict - if you are of technical knowledge with the time and can risk the occasional crash in the middle of work, go for it. If you just want a ultra stable system which will work immediately, avoid like the plague! My hardware: CM Storm Stryker case 4096MB MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G PCIe 3.0 x16 (Retail) MSI Z97 GAMING 5 Intel Z97 So.1150 Dual Channel DDR3 ATX Retail 16GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-2400 DIMM CL10 Dual Kit 600 Watt Corsair CX Series Non-Modular 80+ Bronze Intel Core i7 4790K 4x 4.00GHz So.1150 BOX I went for OSX Yosemite. Although you can put El Capitan on there it might not be as stable, since it is so new. On my genuine Macbook Pro I have major issues with Premiere under El Capitan related to CUDA and GPU acceleration. Best to dual boot from separate SSD. They are so cheap now, just have two drives. By the way don't try and put a virtual Windows partition on your Mac RAID array like I once did!! The Windows installer damaged the RAID config and I had to spend hours in data recovery software, as well as buying 3 extra 4TB HDDs to backup to. Was an unpleasant experience to say the least, so keep Windows as far away from your Mac as possible

$3180 for all that FS700R kit... and I thought the consumer stuff lost value quick. Wow pros really are prepared to dump their old stuff for nothing aren't they!! The 1D C is also massively undervalued right now. Both superb deals! Well done on the FS700... you will need to spend another $2500 on the Odyssey though! Personally I would take the A7S II over the FS700... the 120fps slow mo is very good and Super 35mm when used with speed booster. The 4K is internal and of course you get the stabiliser, raw stills, EVF and much smaller form factor. The low light is much better too. The FS700 was a bit of a step back for low light over the FS100 due to the bump in megapixels to handle 4K. I am comparing the 1D C right now to the A7S II and it was tempting to sell, before the inevitable price gorging, however there's just something about that image... the colour is still out in front over the A7S II and it doesn't need so much fiddling in post to get it right.

Shall I rename this forum DVXrefugees? Personally, I wear my ban as a badge of honour.

Talented... loved the photos and the review. Maybe I am not seeing the value in it as a stills camera due to my video bias, but that article really sold it to me very well... But then your friend has an obvious Leica bias Anyway will reserve further judgment until I've tried one. The Leica Q by the way looked great, saw it when it was announced and thought - "yes! finally an RX1 competitor" However the RX1 II is coming now... What's the dynamic range of the Panasonic sensor like? Might be a pertinent question by the time the Lumix version comes out!!

Yeah the M9 is lovely, a classic brought up to date. The new ones, like the T and SL just make me picture a very very rich German marketing executive on holiday. They seem to be going the same way as Mercedes dashboards... lots of electronic touch screen shit. The underlying tech - EVF especially looks very good. Roll on Panasonic AG - GH200 with more manual control and a proper full frame video mode!!

I think they will just create a new line and new mount. It is hard for me to envision Panasonic making a 4K sensor and firmware with 4096 x 2160 and LOG just for Leica, it's a lot of effort to go for on video specs for a photography company. That's a good point and to be honest, photographically the Leica SL at $7k is already obsolete compared to the 42MP sensor in the $3k A7R II. Tricky times for Leica I think. If you have the money and are a professional Leica nut with tons of the glass and were using an A7R, maybe they will consider it because of the better build quality and superb EVF. Creatively though I can't see any advantage in the system over what we already have from others at half the price. And if the Leica look is all about the lenses (it is) then bang em on a Sony and be done with it

Interesting hands-on from FDTimes. http://www.fdtimes.com/2015/10/20/leica-sl-35mm-full-frame-autofocus/

I think you may be confusing it with the RX100 IV!

Well seems it has "V-LOG" in the menus. Clearly Panasonic hardware and firmware in there. If the next GH camera goes full frame it probably will be a separate line for pros at much higher price and Micro Four Thirds will continue for rest of us. Also there is nothing to stop them doing a crop mode for Micro Four Thirds lenses on a full frame sensor... although mounting them might be tricky!

Read the full article

It can't record 4K in crop mode Doug... Greyed out in the menus when mode dial set to movie, and if you enable it in stills mode - yes the live view will show the crop but hit record (when set to 4K XAVC-S) and crop mode will deactivate and you will get full frame. 120fps is an NTSC frame rate. It does 100fps in PAL. You can choose which is best. 120fps will give more flicker and banding with European light sources! I am not sure why you're not seeing 25fps in 4K... it does work. Switch to PAL in the menus Doug. That's what the A7S did over HDMI. Internally on A7S II, I repeat - it does NOT do 4K with APS-C crop. Sony disabled it. No upscaling. Quality not good enough. If you want to use APS-C lenses or Speed Booster you will need to get the A7R II or try the HDMI... I haven't yet but will do soon to the Odyssey.

He's a big Blackmagic user it seems... he has shot a music video with the BMCC and Pocket before too.

Great show and even greater rig, check this out... And a Pocket Cinema Camera top right as well!!

In my experience S-LOG can definitely go head to head with ML raw for colour and smooth real-world gradation in the final grade (check the end of the video for old A7S vs 5D3 Raw)...

No ND filter used for the test shots.

Nice job Nicolas Nope! I am going to try a little experiment... Tweak the Cine 4 PP until it gives me Canon Standard Pic Profile colour I bet it can be done. Then if you fail at grading S-LOG, you have an easy option.

Anyone tried the Commlite adapter?

Thanks very helpful! Wide angle isn't a problem in 2.2x crop, remember you can use Speed Booster making it 1.62x crop - same as a Canon 7D (APS-C) Stabilisation was provided by the camera's in-body system. Voigtlander 35mm F1.2 was the lens (Leica-M mount) RX10 II is great but would take the A7S II over it any day. It doesn't have a moire problem in 4K or any other resolutions, only in the non-APS-C mode 1080/60p

Just did a long 4K recording run to test for overheating. Inconclusive as the battery died at 28mins Will try again tonight.

And it is being, in fact it is permanently fixed. When a new user first posts it goes into a mod queue and is hidden. Easy for me to tell what is spam and what isn't. If approved that same day, the content appears and they can carry on posting as normal from then on.

The Sony A7S II has arrived at EOSHD. Does it impress? Yes. Before my full review, I can give you an initial brain-dump of what I have noticed so far. Read the full article Download the 4K S-LOG 3 clips direct from my camera Post yours in the A7S II Vimeo Group

12MP sensor probably runs cooler than 42MP monster, but will find out sooner rather than later as I am down at the Sony store in Berlin tomorrow to buy the A7S II. If anyone is doing same, let me know and we shall meet & chat!

Nice one. I think you might end up using it for more than that