Julian

Kit lenses are "near worthless", but it is always good as a backup, if you need IS in some situation. I would avoid the 14-140mm and get the other cheaper kit lens. It will cost you near zero and it's a lens you may use more than what you think!

Samyang doing anamorphic 2x versions of their FF prime lenses!

@Jordan Drake Good to see you here! You shot the G7 review on the GH4 V-LOG L, right? Can you tell a bit more about the grading etc?
 

Make sure to read the description on Youtube.

How did you come up with the 5.6 depth of field?

@Jordan Drake Good to see you here! You shot the G7 review on the GH4 V-LOG L, right? Can you tell a bit more about the grading etc?
 

my choice would be this:-
Metabones Speed Booster Ultra Maxi=
 
optics to provide 0.6x focal reduction from 80mm image circle to 44mm image circle (medium format down to full frame).  No expense spared, even if it were the same cost as an otus.
mount: hasselblad v/rolei 6000 to e-mount - with electronic interface for af and aperture control of rollei lenses.
 
I'd love to compress all the information from my rollei apo symmar 90mm onto the 42mpx a7rii sensor.
 
Metabones / caldwell ?  You hear me?  
 
 
 
 

Can church of magic cure Moire?
If so, count me in. 

There's no free lunch in optics. Light, fast, cheap. Pick two.
Personally, even though the range is quite short, I think it's useful to have a zoom that can double as a variable prime. Many of the big cinema lens manufacturers (Zeiss, Cooke, Panavision, etc) bend over backwards to provide as many focal lengths as possible in this 24mm-35mm range. There's a reason why Cooke S4s come in 25mm, 27mm, 32mm and 35mm focal lengths. If you're very particular about your frame, a couple of millimeters makes a big difference.

The A7RII isnt even out yet, and for some reason this makes the GH4 (which is now over a year old and a third of the price) insignificant? Do brand new camera releases suddenly mean the previous awesome camera (GH4) isn't awesome enough to film with? 
I haven't bought a GH4, A7S, NX1, FZ100, LX100, G7.. (or any other 4k mirrorless). Still using my GH3 as the small camera. It does fine, still makes money. Doesnt have V Log or 4k and is just as good as when I bought it 2 and a half years ago. All on cheapo FD lenses. 
Firmware is a simple equation. Either crippled for product segmentation or promising the world (whilst delivering poorly in other key areas such as battery life!). Let's just buy ALL the cameras and we can have all the firmware we want! 
I do agree firmware is very important though. Poor firmware affects my creativity. The slow, sluggy speed of the FS7 menus means I have less time to work on the shot. The Monitor LUT dissapears. WHY!? The 1DC (official cinema DSLR champion) doesn't have peaking. And this camera launched for $634,000,345 as a Cinema EOS whatever thingy. 
"Modern" firmware is the way forward. Samsung has ideas and Blackmagic really seem to be onto a really simple, inutitive, elegant system. Sexy. 

​I don't. I prefer paying 5% less and having the 30 minute recording limit I'll never reach anyway.
Of course I understand there are plenty of people who'd pay the extra for not having the limit, but I don't think I'm the only one who doesn't have a problem with 30 minutes max.

Hey all. I posted a couple of weeks ago asking for advice on crowd funding, and crowd sourcing. I got some great advice, especially from Zak Forsman.
I've launched a Kickstarter and my goal is to create a short film based entirely off of a soundtrack. The said soundtrack is from Johnny Jewel (Chromatics) and can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/johnnyjewel/symmetry-themes-for-an
I've contacted Johnny and received permission to use the score in a non-profit sense. It's very 80's influenced and the movies I'm rewatching for inspiration are Escape From New York, Terminator, Collateral, Nightcrawler, and a few more. It's going to be led my a strong female character and take place on the streets of Chicago, at night.
If you guys could help me out even with a few dollars I'd be forever grateful!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/172703888/symmetry-short-film
 
 

One of the best recent tools is MLVFS - magic lantern video file system - it is on mac and on pc. Working with raw is just a pleasure now. For small projects one can work directly from CF card.
Open CF card folder, select all mlv files, right click > quick mount (its quickly creates "virtual" filders instead of mlv files with all the cndg and wav files inside, 128gb takes 20-30 seconds). Open resolve, find the right folder and thats it - you have your clips ready. You can edit, render, color correct, you have sound, easy The same way you can import to premiere CC, edit natively or expoty xml for resolve. Current 2015 workflow doesnt require any transcoding at all. For fast preview on set i use mlrawviewer - little, useful app which works nice even on weak laptop - it directly plays mlv files with sound (you can even add luts, set WB, exposure etc). It is also possible to set in/out points and render prores 444 directly. There is some new similar app under developing (Thanks AWPStar) which will have almost full control on settings and many codecs to choose from.
Magic Lantern raw now in 2015 is really fully usable, very stable great addon. Fast CF cards and HDDs are getting cheaper so it is not an issue anymore. The only things 5d3 is missing now is 4k and higher frame rates than 30fps (maximum frame rate with raw is 67 fps  - but with reduced resolution). Every other features like peaking, zebras, great battery life (with raw recording batteries lasts longer than with h264 - no encoding processors are used) 3x cropped 1080p recording and many more are there and are fully functional. It will be very hard to someone to justify replacing full frame 14 bit raw 1080p camera for a 4k camera with highly compressed 8 bit codec. I would love the possibility of shooting in 4k but 4k raw is now in complettely different price range (media, power solutions, computer hardware etc). When you get used to raw workflow, especially now when it is really fast and easy - it would be very hard to step back.

​I don't. I prefer paying 5% less and having the 30 minute recording limit I'll never reach anyway.
Of course I understand there are plenty of people who'd pay the extra for not having the limit, but I don't think I'm the only one who doesn't have a problem with 30 minutes max.

You guys just don't get it... This film is a disturbing social commentary on the American family and the human condition...
The mom "entering the fridge" is really symbolic for her addiction to crystal meth (ice). Notice how the family has to function more and more without her as her addiction gets worse? I didn't watch the ending (who could make it that far), but I like to think something really shocking (like GoT shocking) happened at the end, like maybe her pimp and drug dealer ends up executing her family one by one.  

Running around any national park, remote farmland, or large city for a day and getting beauty shots would have been far more watchable than this.    Anyway, the camera looked good. 

Just got these but it was more for fun than practicality. These are pretty much mint. 50mm and 35mm have not been taken out of the box yet. These lenses look awesome and are probably the best built lenses I have ever seen. Sharp even wide open.
T2.2 is equivalent to F2.0 in my tests so not too shabby in low light. I do weddings... and the long 300 degree focus rotation isn't helping me out for live events like these (following those little kids dancing on the dancefloor is pretty hard to do with these)
So have to let these go, bummer. I won't break up this set but would be willing to trade for some stuff.
$2650 + shipping.
Willing to trade for: GH4 body, a7s body, voigtlander m43 lenses, panasonic 12-35mm, olympus 75mm 1.8, Panasonic leica primes (15mm,25mm,42.5)
GH4 in pic is not included. Just there to show how awesome these lenses look like. Lol.

There is no denying that this looks like an impressive camera, but I'm going nowhere near the pre-order button until I've actually tried it on a professional shoot. I do that with all new cameras, throw them into the deep end straight away and start shooting a paid project.  The 4k, 5-axis, Slog2 etc means nothing until it's been put through it's paces. 

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I've learnt quite a bit just from this thread. Thanks for the tip. That seems pretty decent value. Definately one to consider.
​Thanks for the detailed reply. Wow, even with my limited knowledge, that Sigma seems an impossibility? Just watched an amazing review of it. Would love to splash the cash on something like that which would no doubt mean I wouldn't buy another lens for a little while (im already trying to convince myself). Buying the cheap kit lens to get the video done is also a very good option. I probably shoudlnt have gone for Body only, and got that to begin with.
 
I now have a huge amount of food for thought and so really appreciate everyones input. This forum is amazing!
 
Cheers
 
Nick

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to Ebrahim...read your excellent article on the very overused "filmic,cinematic" term. The irony is that the quality of footage coming out of sub $1000 cameras today is astonishing and if we fetishize them less and use them more, the low budget film maker is now in a place unimaginable 10 years ago...a beautifully written and thoughtful essay....Thank you!
 

I think you should swap the NX500 for the Panasonic G7 on your list. The NX500 crop factor is a deal breaker.
The choice between interchangeable lens and fixed lens you have to make yourself.

Hi guys!
Long time since I last posted here! OK, Last month Burbuja Films and I presented Midnight Sun, a documentary about the prolific music scene in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Let's try to embed the trailer right here:
 

I filmed the thing last summer during a two month hitch-hiking trip in these countries. Alone. For the journey, bands day to day and interviews I used the RX100 mk2, and for the music videos the BMPCC with c-mount primes. I also had a zoom h1 for audio. I was forced to use this tiny cameras as I was travelling with just one bag, but I also realised that sometimes the smaller the better, specially in this kind of docus where I needed the people to feel comfortable and act natural in front of the camera.

I just wanted to let you guys know that EOSHD was a huge source of inspiration it terms of which gear to choose for the job. I'm really happy with the performance of these two tiny cameras -they never let me down in the two months of production and we think the result is fantastic, considering the low-budget-ish nature of our project. Now, the documentary is touring in festivals all over the world and we hope people enjoy watching it.

Thanks for helping me!

Javi.

I agree the difference of 0.07 is not such a big deal, but imo the 'normal' EF - MFT Speed Booster is already a great product. This just makes it better.
The difference is more relevant for wide lenses. Because you now get the same crop factor as any aps-c camera, you can use all lenses 'as intended'. The Sigma 18-35mm for example. With the 0,71x Speed Booster, you get a 31-60mm equivalent (4K UHD), with the 0,64x you get the 28-55mm equivalent. 28mm vs 31mm is noticeable. It's not only about subject distance, but about a certain look and perspective.
On top of that, you'll get an extra 1/3 stop of light. It's not much more expensive than the 0,71x SB either. So, that's what makes me - as a GH4 owner - excited.
Thanks Brian!

I think you should swap the NX500 for the Panasonic G7 on your list. The NX500 crop factor is a deal breaker.
The choice between interchangeable lens and fixed lens you have to make yourself.