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  1. Very very interesting. As being an advocate of the GM1, this camera ticks many of my boxes with the exception of IBIS. Quick question: could one use a GoPro-based (read: small footprint) gimbal, for example when pairing the E1 with a light lens like the Pana 20mm? I tried to Google it, but didnt find too many results. 

  2. Super cool topic, Mercer - thanks for bringing it up! Whenever I went down the Sony path (already twice) I had exactly the same thoughts as you do: just forget about all of this color crap und go B&W.

    In fact I shot a b&w video several years ago on my beloved GM1, which is one of my own favorites up until today, although it is only 720p. Whenever I watch it, it is able to pull me back into those times as no other shot I have taken...

     

  3. Summilux 15mm f1.7 has a linear focus ring. Panasonic 20mm as well, yet the focusring sucks balls.

    On 4.12.2017 at 6:51 PM, cantsin said:

    The problem is not just linearity, but the fact that focus-by-wire lenses do not have any hard stops at minimum and maximum focus distance. That makes them unusable for follow focus operation (since the physical position of the focus ring is no indication of the current focus point - with the camera resetting the focus point whenever it is being switched off and on again) and any other kind of planned/structured focus pulling.

    However, hard stops doesnt necessarily mean that you get everything in focus once you hit infinity. For example, the Voigtländer lenses for M43 go beyond infinity once you reach the hard stop. As far as I know this is by-design to overcome reactions of the lens due to very high or low temperature.

  4. Maybe a somewhat stupid question, but most VNDs add some kind of color cast / tint to the image. How do you guys handle this in your workflow? My initial idea was to shoot a white wall with and without the VND, create a color correction until both images are identical and then always apply this correction to all clips, subsequently? Is this correct or am i missing sth?

  5. On 4.12.2017 at 7:55 PM, PannySVHS said:

    Would love to have that lens in a housing of a mechanical lens. Like inazuma said, focussing is no fun at all.

    This.

    I found myself multiple times watching disassembly videos just to see, whether one could rehouse it. I mean even if it is fly-by-wire, in the end the stepping motor has to turn some gearwheel that change the position of the lenses... but yeah, this would require major mechanical engineering skills.

  6. 20 minutes ago, Samin said:

    I was considering to get this lens as I can get it around 400€ but damn that's big and heavy (around 400g?) Maybe I should go for Pana 15mm f1.7 instead. 

    Does anyone here have Pana 15mm? 

    Yep, love that lens and use it all the time!

  7. 1 hour ago, mercer said:

    Wasn’t there some talk back in the GX85 thread about pushing the WB a couple notches toward red or yellow? So I guess the cloudy preset is doing something similar? Either way it works.

    I shoot cloudy all the time.

  8. 1 hour ago, eyebeams said:

    All these examples have been great and inspired me to get a compact 40 for my newly acquired GH5.  I also noticed another film on YouTube using the Samyang 21 & 50 cine lenses. I really like the feel of these lenses anyway but combined with the anamorphot they look like another great combo.

     

     

     

    What are the settings in the GH5 for the Anamorphot? Please be patient with me as I'm extremely new to this format (although I have used Moondogs on my iPhone and iPad). I realise the Anamorphic setting needs to be off but what are the key changes to set up to film with? I will be doing a lot of interviews for a future documentary on English education and so light won't be a problem.

    Jesus, the boundaries where pushed way too much within this grade, just look at her t-shirt, footage falls apart..

  9. 3 minutes ago, kidzrevil said:

    The a6500 lcd is useless. Absolutely useless. I use the evf so it doesn’t bother me much. If you use the lcd as your shooting style I suggest you look elsewhere cause the sony will give you a headache @jase

    Ok ty. That puts the nail in the coffee, because I use the screen for 99% of my style of shooting. 

  10. Depends on the format of course, my sweet spot is 40mm FF equiv., although I am currently more in the 35mm area. Still:

    FF: Voigtländer 40mm f2.0

    S35: Konica Hexanon AR 28mm f1.8

    m43: Summilux 15mm f1.7 / Panasonic 20mm f1.7

  11. 8 hours ago, sgreszcz said:

    Hey @jase,

    First of all, I really liked the wedding video, and I actually like it a bit more raw than some of the overproduced wedding videos that I see.  Yes, you can see the judder in the beginning, but I don't think it takes away from the images.  I had the same problem with the IBIS during my documentary when I tried some pans and camera movement (see the shot of the costumes in the museum) or when someone might have bumped me.  Overall though the GX80 IBIS really helped me be able to move fast, and unobtrusively compared to having to use a monopod or tripod.  For shorter static shots you probably cannot tell that it was handheld.  

    I like the look of your movie too.  Was that due to a filter that you are using or done in post?

    As for the audio and microphones - I think you are in Europe.  I own the Shure VP83F (I got it second hand) so if you want to try it out PM me and I can see if I can loan it to you. 

    Thanks for the kind words! Obviously I watched some weddings videos before, but tbh - I dont really like them, so I gave it a bit of my own unplanned style of doing things - glad it worked out. At least my cousin was super happy, so thats that.

    About the the look: I used the Tiffen Ultra Contrast 3 as always, graded with FilmConvert in post including some shadow / highlight adjustments, but nothing too spectacular. 

    About the the Shure: great offer! I will think about it. Your review sounds quite promising. Does anyone know if the sound quality of the Shure is better than, lets say a Rode videomicro directly connected to the camera? I know myself and the less I have to fiddle around when recording, the better I can focus on what I want to do. Switching on the camera and a mic all the time and then synching it in posts sound rather.. annoying compared to connecting a mic without a preamp directly to the camera. But maybe the quality is way low with such a mic compared to the ones with integrated amp... Then again, a videomicro should be way better than the onboard mic. Choices.

  12. Did my first attempt to create a wedding movie since my cousin asked me to do so. Technically speaking, the thing has many flaws: no tripod, crappy in-camera mic of the GX80, .. you name it. Also i was a bit intimidated since the official wedding photographer told me not to get in his way, which is kind of understandable. In the end, the compact form factor of the GX80 really made it easy to wander arround and sneak some shots and i was suprised about the quality of the standard 45-200m zoom which I never used before.

    However, it becomes more and more apparent to me that I need a camera with mic-in. Since I am happy with my GX80 the G85 would be the logical step, but the GH5 looks also amazing...

     

  13. Hi folks,

    during this winter I would like to shoot a small series of people who train no matter the weather conditions (cold / rain / snow). Trainings are defined by doing exercises on a yoga mat. I will shoot this with my GX80, maybe with a G85 because of weather sealing. However, it will be quite dark, so I know that without any lighting, I wont see shit. 

    Yet, I am a total noob when it comes to lighting at all... Can you recommend me some light(s) which are:

    - rainproof,

    - as small as possible, or at least which can be packed small and

    - are strong enough to light my scene?

    What I have in mind is something like this:

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