Oliver Daniel

I agree. 
24-28mm is a lovely look, especially if you get close to the subject.
Also another spellbinding look is using the SLR Magic 12mm at f2 on GH4 and using it to frame a close-up. Looks pretty insane! (as the lens has a macro like function). I haven't come across a lens for S35 that can match that look. 

Here's how I would look at it. If someone can't wait another 3 seconds for it to load you probably don't want to work with them anyway. They're the client asking when they can see the final cut - the day after shooting.

Haven't had much time to peruse yet, but your promo video looks great, and I checked out a couple of the music videos. Impressive work!  Regarding the website, from the little I have seen, looks sharp, though the rotating video ink logo (presumably used for loading), on my fast internet connection is on just a tad too long. If you could cut it down/find a way to make it load faster if it is a fancy hour glass , that would be great, I'd say somewhere along the lines of 15-20% faster load would be acceptable. (people are impatient these days!  

Well... version 2.0 of my new site is now up: Hello hello hello!!
Generally the whole thing has been revamped under the same design.... faster, more compact, re-worded and also all sorts of little tweaks. 
Now I'm a zombie. Boo!
(p.s working on a blog section too... 90% there!)

You said it!  Looking forward to your new site!  I'm happy to be even the smallest part of your process.  I now live vicariously through my young filmmaker friends

Thanks very much for all the feedback. It's much appreciated like all constructive criticism. 
With the site loading, it's being looked into. The "contact" heavy interface is based on a current call-to-action one-page high content trend (make sense?), the generation of the scroller. A lot of it is experimentation - and the site will be amended accordingly with data collected from certain behaviours (such as the Pop up contact box and clicks on buttons). 
As most of my clients are musicians/agencies/labels - the site still has to be branded to favour them as that's where the chunk of our content is. The next step is direct contact with creative agencies where we illustrate where we are now (this site) with what we are offering as commercial/corporate video makers (with examples, PR and such). This is to drill up projects in this area internally and adjust our public image appropriately over time. 
A big amount of feedback we have received is the true lack of style with substance for commercial/corporate in my local area - apparently it's very hard to find, and that's our USP. 
Recently we had a sportswear client who came to us because they didn't want a boring, done-it-all-before video. They wanted our locations, visual style and modern-natured thinking while still being corporate (Kukri Sports - Together Stronger). 
Everyone involved understands we are probably too outlandish, energetic and not boring enough for bread and butter "give me all your money" corporate work, and this is a factor we are considering away from the "Video Ink" brand. So much in fact we have employed someone to develop it. We understand the money is good to keep things very secure and successful. Even a subtle taste of our style in this area might work wonders. We will see. 
On the other hand, there are unconfirmed big things in motion which, if they happen, will completely change everything. But at this moment in time, we just get on with it and prioritise our majority client base  

The site likes fast internet connections. I'm in dialogue to speed up the response time on the server. It's Google integration (analytics and fonts) that slow it down. 

Well that took a bloody long time! But I've just this minute completed my new reel and site. It's not "announced" until Monday.... social media campaigns etc blah blah. But it's live! Check them here: 
View my new showreel and website!
Some info
Each and every image -  I shot, lit, edited, graded. A little directing. Very involved in creative ideas.  Core crew was mostly 4-5 regular people in these productions (Director, DOP, Production Manager, Spark, Make Up Artist).  For the geeks - cameras used are Sony F55, FS7, FS700, RED Epic, GH3, BM Pocket.  All images are music videos, but going for commercial/corporate work aggressively into the next year. (and still many music videos).  The aim is to have 100% new material for Showreel 2016. Max creativity required.  Anyway, if you like it or don't like it, whatever. Just thought I'd share.
 

My RX10 II's are from DigitalRev and they are fine. 
Took one out for a quick spin as needed some pick up shots for a simple narrative in a music video. 
First Impressions: 
Good Stuff
- A lot of fun to shoot with! 
- Steady in the hand, even at 200mm.
- Easy to use and change settings quickly. 
- Lens is the best feature! 
- Slo mo is great upto 240fps. 
- Amazing "shot-getter", could be used as an A-cam on low budget stuff. 
- Not too difficult to get some nice shallow shots. 
- Very compact. 
- Motion cadence is better than expected. 
- Stills are good enough. 
 
Areas to Improve
- Peaking and zebras seem to need a bit of firmware tweaking for accuracy. 
- Zoom is slow when recording. And noisy. 
- Screen is very flimsy, needs looking after! 
- 2 seconds is not long enough for 240fps. 
- Video thumbnails are pixelated in preview mode. 
- Menu button placement is awkward. 
- Should be able to use shutter button as record. (come on Sony!!)
- Battery life is terrible. (Sony should do better here!!!)
- No MLUT for Slog2 (judging light is hard in this mode without MLUT). 
- Not good in low light. 
- Difficult to seperate subject from background on mid-shots. (cant have it all). 
- Can look sterile in 4k out the box (incredibly sharp!) 
 
For the money.... it's a fantastic litttle camera.  

Well that took a bloody long time! But I've just this minute completed my new reel and site. It's not "announced" until Monday.... social media campaigns etc blah blah. But it's live! Check them here: 
View my new showreel and website!
Some info
Each and every image -  I shot, lit, edited, graded. A little directing. Very involved in creative ideas.  Core crew was mostly 4-5 regular people in these productions (Director, DOP, Production Manager, Spark, Make Up Artist).  For the geeks - cameras used are Sony F55, FS7, FS700, RED Epic, GH3, BM Pocket.  All images are music videos, but going for commercial/corporate work aggressively into the next year. (and still many music videos).  The aim is to have 100% new material for Showreel 2016. Max creativity required.  Anyway, if you like it or don't like it, whatever. Just thought I'd share.
 

Well that took a bloody long time! But I've just this minute completed my new reel and site. It's not "announced" until Monday.... social media campaigns etc blah blah. But it's live! Check them here: 
View my new showreel and website!
Some info
Each and every image -  I shot, lit, edited, graded. A little directing. Very involved in creative ideas.  Core crew was mostly 4-5 regular people in these productions (Director, DOP, Production Manager, Spark, Make Up Artist).  For the geeks - cameras used are Sony F55, FS7, FS700, RED Epic, GH3, BM Pocket.  All images are music videos, but going for commercial/corporate work aggressively into the next year. (and still many music videos).  The aim is to have 100% new material for Showreel 2016. Max creativity required.  Anyway, if you like it or don't like it, whatever. Just thought I'd share.
 

Been in this situation quite a few times. Generally it's not going to be Branson who decides.  
 
Thanks.
As said, the whole thing is going through tests. We'll work it out. Currently it's inly accessible on the site through Vimeo until tomorrow. 
Thanks Andrew - "one of Manchesters finest"... That's quite a statement! I'll just keep going and hope more people enjoy my work.  

Great job
One of Manchester's finest

My RX10 II's are from DigitalRev and they are fine. 
Took one out for a quick spin as needed some pick up shots for a simple narrative in a music video. 
First Impressions: 
Good Stuff
- A lot of fun to shoot with! 
- Steady in the hand, even at 200mm.
- Easy to use and change settings quickly. 
- Lens is the best feature! 
- Slo mo is great upto 240fps. 
- Amazing "shot-getter", could be used as an A-cam on low budget stuff. 
- Not too difficult to get some nice shallow shots. 
- Very compact. 
- Motion cadence is better than expected. 
- Stills are good enough. 
 
Areas to Improve
- Peaking and zebras seem to need a bit of firmware tweaking for accuracy. 
- Zoom is slow when recording. And noisy. 
- Screen is very flimsy, needs looking after! 
- 2 seconds is not long enough for 240fps. 
- Video thumbnails are pixelated in preview mode. 
- Menu button placement is awkward. 
- Should be able to use shutter button as record. (come on Sony!!)
- Battery life is terrible. (Sony should do better here!!!)
- No MLUT for Slog2 (judging light is hard in this mode without MLUT). 
- Not good in low light. 
- Difficult to seperate subject from background on mid-shots. (cant have it all). 
- Can look sterile in 4k out the box (incredibly sharp!) 
 
For the money.... it's a fantastic litttle camera.  

It's probably mainly the theme itself, nothing much you can do about that, depends on how it's coded. The ajax-heavy stuff is oftentimes problematic.

When I get the funds this will be my new A-camera, and a6000 will be the B-cam. Thanks for the feedback everybody 

looks great! took forever to load tho

Nice work... Cheers!

Hello all,
Finally sony replied about recording limit. its 29min in 4K.
Web site was mistake. I got mine delivered yesterday. with 29min recording..
 

Many thanks to the positive comments 
Many of the shots here are actually re-graded from the originals. Encouraging to see the rapid improvement but shocked to see what I thought looked good previously!!
The video you mentioned Aaron is "Davoodi - Party Life". I think another puppet video is on the cards soon! So much fun.  

Well that took a bloody long time! But I've just this minute completed my new reel and site. It's not "announced" until Monday.... social media campaigns etc blah blah. But it's live! Check them here: 
View my new showreel and website!
Some info
Each and every image -  I shot, lit, edited, graded. A little directing. Very involved in creative ideas.  Core crew was mostly 4-5 regular people in these productions (Director, DOP, Production Manager, Spark, Make Up Artist).  For the geeks - cameras used are Sony F55, FS7, FS700, RED Epic, GH3, BM Pocket.  All images are music videos, but going for commercial/corporate work aggressively into the next year. (and still many music videos).  The aim is to have 100% new material for Showreel 2016. Max creativity required.  Anyway, if you like it or don't like it, whatever. Just thought I'd share.
 

this looks OFFICIAL. ba
Each and every image -  I shot, lit, edited, graded. A little directing. Very involved in creative ideas. sicc. did work
Core crew was mostly 4-5 regular people in these productions (Director, DOP, Production Manager, Spark, Make Up awesome and inspiring to see you producing such nice stuff without 3 dozen ppl at the video village (im trynna keep some of the scenes in my first feature p bare bones). hell yeah. you must have a great team
The aim is to have 100% new material for Showreel 2016. Max creativity required.
 
 

Awesome!

So, so good man. Really love the work. The website's alright too  

Nice job. I want to see that puppet video!