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wonder what stops them using f2.8 or higher for using AF on video?

Definitely interested on getting one

Yeah, will be great for more demanding clients! C100MKIII with XF-AVC & 4K will be the ideal camera, but who knows when will it come out

Well most filmmaker got variety brand of cameras, they tend to use Canon lens with speedbooster/adapater on Sony/Pana/BM etc so that not a huge concern. Wasn't there some guys say there is no point invest in M43 when you can get FF lens to use on a lot of camera? And native lens only use flybywire which MF is really bad, while Canon lens have proper MF (except STM lens)

Since we have C100MKIIs its only nature to get C200 since they use same battery etc/color etc, RAW will have no use for our company most of the time. (Cover corporate event for whole day and highlight video by next day), 4K is what we need as more client demand 4K now.

I think 95% using MP4 is very realistic, on average we bring in hundreds of GB footage per day in MP4 (sometimes much more if we have lots of shooting at once on difference location), can't image what RAW will gonna bring.. no one is gonna shoot raw on live event/interviews etc.

Mercer is from one man band with low to zero budget production and unlimited time so he have different requirement than most people who do video as full time job and have tight schedule For our company c200 is more preferred since its mostly internal video or YouTube/Vimeo, but for me if I want to be projects to be shown on TV/Netflix EVA1 is more suited for me need. (After using c100 for those boring jobs for sooo long my mindset is set, Canon for boring corporate stuff while sony/pana for exciting projects lol)

Could be next year as there is rumor about A7III coming in nov

Definitely the camera I want for myself! Time to sell a7 and fs5 for this! c200 lack qualifying codec for broadcast is disappointing

If I were construction contractor I m be more willing to do million dollar project then make some garage for someone, just saying

I still don't get why people invest big money on camera only to do low budget stuff, that doesn't make sense economical wise in terms of return from investment. This job I m doing right now is over 10k pay rate, the fourth one this year that are 5 digit budget. Just wish c200 have 422 10bit as some client need those, guess I still have to keep that ninja blade just for this arghh ( at least file format is 422 10bit even though technically it is not 10bit lol)

C200 only record 4:2:0 8bit in mp4 format which is a bummer, no flexible 4:2:2 10bit in reasonable space. 4K raw only can shot 15 minute with 128GB card

Yeah, should be able to upgrade our companies 2 c100mkii to this... with company money haha

$9000, so affordable!

Actor turned director have insight of how actor's head are thinking than someone coming from director's background. I met some people like that and they sure do get some good performance from the actors on stage.

http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/first-sony-a9-overheating-issue-report/ Man Sony and Overheating have become synchronous

Saw this on fb, looks like Panasonic gonna roll out professional service like cps, definitely good for us using it professionally

Yeah when you have a lot at stack, look at grip hire, traffic management, catering, places availability etc, that a lot of stuff to manage.

Basically replace phantom 3 standard as the entey level drone so phantom line (p4pro and p4adv) is reserved for enthusiast/advanced user

GoPro Karma will be good indication for size of your fantasized 1inch sensor mavic drone.

I mostly use native lens as I hate the wobble when doing critical focus with adapted lens and adapter, plus AF is crap with adapted lens and drain more battery.. Hence I have dual native Sony E mount and MFT lens lol. Though I mostly buy 2nd hand lens which MFT is pure bargain (up there with Canon), Sony one is still more expensive, i can get both 12-40 and 35-100 2.8 for the price of one used Sony 70-200mm F4 OSS and still lighter. 18-105 on FS5 and Sony 28-135mm on A7S is my fav lens, too bad Pana doesn't have equivalent PZ lens on their setup which is a bummer. I used to have Leica F1.2 and Voigtlander 0.95 lens, but since I got Osmo X5 I just use small primes for gimbal stuff as I mostly use zooms nowadays for my shooting, and don't shoot night much at all.

Wow that look really high quality! The guy definitely use full potential of his available gear!

We have some clients that decide to setup in house production but only to dismantle them few months later, and at end still turns to us for video needs. There is a lot of variable in terms of skill, mindset and need to click with clients head which can be major pain in the butt (and they have to offer them monthly wage even if there is not much video to be made) Though we do love clients who have idea on how video production works, they make life so much easier instead of back and forth changes with people who don't have much clue and art sense, they tend to make final video actually worse than our first draft. Some big brands do spend less money and decide to go uber style provider, in our area it's 90 seconds, even Discovery tv and McDonald used them, I know Discovery got burned big time by amateur videographer hired by 90 seconds as 90 seconds tend to choose new videographer every time, MCD uses only 1/3 of their normal budget with 90 seconds compare to traditional tvc production.

I just tell my boss to upgrade to either camera if they turns out good, as we start to get client demand 4K shooting and delivery which have to use my machine or hire c300mkii but cost money for renting thus make less profit Meanwhile I just use those would be "camera monies" to save up for deposite for bigger purchase cough house cough, gotta draw the line on how much you gonna spend on hobbies. (Gonna slim down my camera collection as I use them much less)

It's annoy to switch from normal to slowmo because now you found you have to stay back since composition changed