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If you can't charge from an external source while simultaneously recording to an external drive then it kind of defeats the purpose of having the feature to be able to long-record via usb-c. 

Just now, hoodlum said:

It is the Canon LP-E6N so a big jump in power from the original BM Pocket battery of 800mAH to 1865mAH

They are saying about an hour of battery life which translates to 45-50min of real world  use. Not great. Will have to walk around with a power bank or utility belt full of LP-E6s. 

So when is this beast shipping?

Two questions, battery life and auto focus. Also, wonder about screen brightness and resolution. 

So no IBIS? That's a killer. 

Panasonic, you giveth and then you taketh away. Why?

Good observations, Andrew. However, Youtube is not meant to edify people, it's actually meant to do the opposite. 

Cultural Marxism:

The gradual process of destroying all traditions, languages, religions, individuality, government, family, law and order in order to re-assemble society in the future as a communist utopia. This utopia will have no notion of gender, traditions, morality, god or even family or the state. 

As historian Arnold Toynbee once pointed out, "Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder".

We are in the process of dying. 

26 minutes ago, mercer said:

Well 4K Raw is 3/4s of that camera. Plus when you add the middle codec, the low codec will only be 12% of the camera. But you may be right with the mjpeg... which I am fine with. I shoot ML Raw now, so big file sizes don’t make me squeamish plus the 400mbps Panny all-i codec produces similar sized video files but require more computer power to process... so yeah a S35mm 7D3 at less than 2 grand, and I just may be a customer. 

You're more forgiving than I am. It would take a better codec and the assurance of S35 to get me on board. I could forego the 60p in exchange for an APSC DPAF 4k camera...

Just now, mercer said:

Well eventually Canon needs to release 4K in their DSLRs with manageable file sizes... since the MP4 on the C200 records at 150mbps, I just assume it will be that. Also, on the Canon site, a middle codec is still listed as TBA, I assume that will be the missing link. 

That's a nice thought. But if it's truly coming this spring, I see Canon delivering an uncropped (APSC) MJPEG version with DPAF which would be an improvement over the 5DIV but still a camera aimed primarily at sports/wildlife photographers. I can't see them giving us half a C200 at 1/4 of the cost.

Just now, Mattias Burling said:

You don't see any advantage of a superior evf, waveform, NDs, phantom powered xlrs, great preamps, raw, etc and so forth?

Not for +$5,000, no...

1 minute ago, mercer said:

Crappy Raw? Oh...kay... name a better image for $6000?

The image is fine but what I'm asking is, if the 7Diii shoots the same 4k internally as the C200, why would someone pay the $5000-$5500 premium just for the compressed raw and better battery life of the C200? That would be canonbilization...

On 17/12/2017 at 1:29 PM, mercer said:

@wolf33d I highly doubt the GH5s will have PDAF. And honestly, is a GH5 that much smaller than a DSLR? I assume the 7D3 will have the 8bit 150mbps 4K from the C200.

So why would anyone buy a C200 then? Crappy raw and better battery life for only $5,000 more? That's not how Canon rolls....

4 minutes ago, PannySVHS said:

It would be a heck of a trumpingly tremendeous:) campaign to have Casey Neistat show off their new revolutionary AF of this new camera. The perfect vlogging camera, all these vlogging vips of the utubs universe have been bragging about.

People would go nuts and buy it for 2799, just for the best in class AF, Casey Neistat proven.

It will be a great time to buy used GH5 cameras very soon.:)

I suppose that's probably what it was, give a copy to Neistat for the AF testing and one to Neumann for lowlight. 

8 minutes ago, mercer said:

It seems odd timing to release a new GH5s with nothing more than increased lowlight performance, though?

Since I assume the majority of GH5 sales are from video users, it almost seems like they’re killing their own GH5 sales for only $500 more? Unless there is going to be a price drop of the GH5.

This is actually kinda strange marketing and timing. I tend to think there will be a few more features and the price will be $2999. Just enough to warrant a jump in price but not enough to really hurt existing GH5 sales.

There already is a price drop on the GH5. You can get one new on eBay for $1499.00 USD. The deal has been on ever since the week of Black Friday and is still available. 

Why would Panasonic lend the camera out to Neistat? Seems like a poor candidate to test/QC the range of features on this type of camera.

Need low-light and better AF to be more video-centric and merit the upgrade (especially if the price is higher). An integrated battery grip would be my personal request (a la the 1dx). 

Looks like a terrific piece of kit. Resolution rivals the lcd screen on my 2001 point and shoot. 

That's fine if Canon wants this to be stills camera. I'm okay with that. But why include video at all if you're going to embarrass yourself with it?

4k 60p and better battery life are a must.

Better ergonomics and 10-bit codec would be nice.

Built-in ND filter would be a dream.  

Without 4k 60p, DPAF and a robust codec, the A9 doesn't touch the 1Dxii when it comes to video capabilities, I'm sorry to say. The A7siii, however....remains to be seen. 

How about 4k 60p? Any mention?

On 24/03/2017 at 0:49 AM, scotchtape said:

Where did you hear that?  Would be awesome if true but they just released their latest gen with the positive lock for e-mount...

http://metabones.com/products/details/MB_SPEF-E-BT3

"Fast contrast-detect AF on all E-mount cameras.Phase-detect autofocus support on A7RII, A7II, A6300 and A6500."

Apparently there is a new metabones adapter coming that will allow AFC to work with Sony's PDAF with Canon lenses. 

3 minutes ago, Ken Ross said:

You are absolutely, totally wrong about this. Steel beams CAN be melted by high temperature fires. Good grief, brush up on science, not witchcraft.

In the same piece you quoted: "This is the first time that we are aware of, that a building taller than about 15 stories has collapsed primarily due to fires," Sunder told reporters at the press conference. "What we found was that uncontrolled building fires--similar to fires experienced in other tall buildings--caused an extraordinary event, the collapse of WTC7." The unprecedented nature of the event means that understanding the precise mechanism of the collapse is important not just to answer conspiracy theorists' questions, but to improve safety standards in the engineering of large buildings.

Unprecedented. How convenient....

3 minutes ago, Ken Ross said:

I like the camera threads much better and hopefully this entire fiasco of a thread can be deleted. 

Yes, let's burn the books while we're at it...

9 minutes ago, Ken Ross said:

There are valid scientific reasons for why WTC7 went down. I'm really sorry this thread was ever started because the ignorance and obvious political biases are depressing.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/design/a3524/4278874/

"WTC 7 collapsed because of fires fueled by office furnishings." Bogus. This would have been an unprecedented occurrence. Fire does not melt steel beams. Modern buildings are constructed to withstand couch fires. 

8 minutes ago, Ken Ross said:

Actually this was entirely based on security alerts from intelligence agencies. Believe what you wish, but sometimes going with facts is the best way to avoid biases.

Oh good grief. And we never landed on the moon. Anyone have extra strength Tylenol?

The moon has nothing to do with geopolitics and controlled demolitions of buildings. The conspiracy theory of sheep herders bringing down a building without touching it (WTC #7) only makes sense to those that are ignorant to the scientific method.