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I guess buying lots of external HDD is the only way for RAW

There is upcoming Olympus E-M1 which have PDAF and no low pass filter, should take care of the tracking issue

For wedding shoot this guy done a lot of weddings by just using the E-M5

http://shutterleaf.co.uk/blog/olympus-omd-em5-for-wedding-photography-experience-with-3-micro-four-third-camera-bodies-a-review

This guy uses E-M5 for wedding video

https://vimeo.com/69368786

For comparison with GH3, if using RAW the difference is not too much, but on jpeg it is less sharp and more pale than Olympus. AF wise I found GH3 to be slightly more accurate and faster especially in low light (it got -3EV-18 AF range, same as 6D, better than 70D's -0.5EV)

Video wise GH3 is a lot better, currently with Olympus the video quality breaks up if there is fast action or complex scene which result in blockings that ruin the video

Well for RAW I recommand 4TB+ of HDD in RAID, a couple of Sandisk Extreme Pro 95MB 64GB cards, i7 4770 + 16GB of ram + 240GB SSD if you want smooth workflow, so for the PC side and memory cards you definitely have to spend US$1500+

Thanks for the update

bought it too!

Looks like GX7 will have 1 stop advantage over Sony made M43 sensor?

http://www.43rumors.com/barney-skies-about-the-gx7-and-first-full-size-iso-image-samples/#comments

With upcoming EF-M43 Speedbooster with electronic contacts (which you have control on EF lens like Iris and focus and IS?) I think active M43 is the way to go, speedbooster with Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 would be 13-25mm F1.2 , all you canon lens will get nice speed bumps and wider POV

Tolkina 11-16mm F2.8 would be 8-11mm F2.0!

Hmmm...interesting. In that case I have to wonder if I should stick to EF mount since I own a great deal of electronic Canon glass that it sounds like I wouldn't be able to use with the mFT.

If you look at other model that uses 2 Axis IS the video is so jelly (pentax, Sony Alpha, Oly PEN (exclude E-p5)

I guess Pana decide to have shaky footage rather than jelly footage

Whoa just read from that link:

 

"It's also important to note that the body-based stabilization system is not used for video capture."

 

Piece of shit!

Since it uses the same 2 Axis IBIS that older PEN has I am not surprised, the 2 Axis does not work on video, that why PEN video (Except E-P5) have jelly effect

Look at this guy's video, he is already using E-M5 for wedding video, mostly handheld. Though he used 1 slider, 1 skater and 1 flying shoot with monopod (that one looks like it shoot on jib)

http://vimeo.com/69368786

Yes you need to specify the local length when you put manual lens on the camera in order for IS to work properly

Can't wait for the full frame NEX with 5-axis stabilization! I hope Sony at least gives us decent video on that one.

 

Do you have to specify the focal length manually every time you put a "dumb" lens on the OM-D for the IBIS to work properly? Is there a way to put a computer chip on the lens to make it recognizable?

I hope with the onboard IBIS will take advantage of the OIS on the lens to make Hyrbid OIS+ as featured on their camcorder and DC

Don't know if Panasonic will use electronic or mechanical 2 axis during video recording.

BMPCC is for specific user who need greater DR and RAW capability, while GX7 is probably *The* pocket camera for the masses

Now there is GX7 which said to have similar video quality as GH3..

I also forgot to mention, that the GH2 took the Micro 4/3th platform, to a new high. The entire idea of having far more compact lenses, mirror-less bodies (and thus the idea of absolutely silent, and, theoretically extremely faster shutter) was wasted, on the GH3. 

I actually start to think the the hardware in G6 is more capable than GH3, streaming videos and peaking.

Even Olympus's peaking mode only work on still image

Thanks for the review, looks like G6 is quite the worthy successor to GH2, I wonder would GH2's used price on ebay will finally going down?

But the downside definitely should cause some shooter to concern:

-Shorter Battery life (if shooting on gigs or other long duration event)

-No HDMI out during recording (for monitor through larger screen)

-SD Card slot underneath. (be a problem for rig shooter)

-no MOV. (what happens if u want to shoot 25/30fps but only 20Mbps in MP4)

Look at how Grown Ups 2 got bad review but still beat Pacific Rim which got more flavourable reviews this weekend in America, Spielberg might be spot on lol

I hope there is a snap mode just to take a single frame as picture

Yeah after using GH3 for a while I m warming up to it, especially with the Varavon Loupe for GH3, don't really care about focus peaking

Techrader say the LV AF is slower than G6 and GF6, I guess Panasonic is still safe?

Actually if you check the footage released so far I am surprised at pretty minimum distortion when paired with 20mm and 14mm

https://vimeo.com/67562461

Wide angle lens is not a problem consider there is plenty of super 16mm/cctv lens to use, and native M43 ultra wide lens is still pretty wide on BMPCC.

14mm + VCL-ECU1 which gives you 10.5mm, which is about 31.5mm, and 7-14mm equate to 21mm ~ 42mm or 9-18mm equate to  27mm to 54mm

Btw if you are shooting raw you need a couple of 64GB 90MB/s card which cost more than $100 each, and you also need to buy really big HDD as they chew TBs of data like nothing. 

For me I actually gonna drop on this gear chase syndrome, after talking with my fellow friends who is really good videographer, he has done some pretty amazing stuff with his 550D and 50mm f1.8. He tend to spend lots of time on thinking how to shoot instead of looking at gears.. unlike me lol

Same for me. Was thinking to get the BMPCC but now with the RAW hack am leaning more toward 5D Mark III. Already own GH2 and a couple of m43 lenses and always considered 5D Mk III bloody expensive for amateur like me.  So BMPCC seemed the more logical path, but not anymore. Magic Lantern team really made my life difficult.  :)

 

Not a fan of shallow DOF and full frame aesthetics either but 5D has some key advantages over BMPCC.

                1. It doubles as a great stills camera. Stills photos are important to me. 5D is in fact one of the top stills cameras. With BMPCC will need to have GH2 in my bag with me and GH2 is far from top in stills photo department.    

                2. With BMPCC wide angle lenses are a problem. Have 14mm and 20mm pancakes but they become 40mm and 60m on BMPCC 2.83 crop factor sensor.  And without the GH2 in body correction, they show heavy barrel distortion. You can correct it in post but not sure how good the result will be for RAW video. And it's going to be time consuming. Will need to buy SLR Magic 12mm f1.6 and most likely speed booster + something like Tokina 11-16 to fully cover wide angle. Total damage 2500$ to 2600$, which is very close to Canon 5D Mark III price.  And Tokina 11-16 + speed buster is not small anymore, which is one of the BMPCC advantages.

                3. Great low light capability of Canon 5D.

                4. 1:1 crop factor on Canon 5D, if this works reliably. Suddenly you have the BMPCC s16 crop factor sensor and full frame sensor in one camera. Choose the aesthetics you like. 1:1 crop factor comes also with much better low light capabilities than BMPCC.

                5. Like the image coming out of  5D Mark III RAW  video more than the one from BMCC. This is very subjective and depends on proper grading etc. but most of the time 5D image is more pleasing to me.

 

Biggest problem with 5D so far is hack reliability. BMPCC offers easier workflow with ProRes and use of cheaper flash cards. So for the time being still using my GH2 but again 5D seems to be the better solution for me, if ML team can make the hack 100% stable at 1080p.

With PAL GH3 you can get 60p slowed down to 24p with the 40% speed option, too bad G6 doesn't have the variable speed option

 

Hi guys, i would like to ask some things:

 

- It is possible to suggest to panasonic the 1080p 60p mode for Pal version? With a firmware update. It would be great!

- Focus Peaking and Magnificient view are aviable with a manual lens? Even by pushing a button..the important is that there's...

 

Thanks

 

Btw with G6 you can start and stop video recording from you phone/tablet, with 30fps streaming video too, pretty useful for controlling camera from a distance like Jib or crane, not sure if focusing is still available during video recording.

GH3 to me look like a half finished product that rushed to the market. no peaking, half ass WIFI feature..

since it is only a 1080P sensor I don't think there is any moire, no down sampling like normal DSLR

Where is peaking for GH3?!!!!

It also got higher fps for still 7fps vs 6fps

higher LCD resolution 1.04MP OLED vs 610k

and the focus peaking that we GH3 users being crying hard about..

It is really the GH2.5 that G5 was suppose to be

2nd hand GH2 body body cost $700 now, up from the $500 just a month ago, for $300 only the GH1 is in this range

Just wish that you have control over wifi after pressing the record button, cheap wireless controller/focus pulling!