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Got to up your offer even further! Let your daughter borrow a Fujifilm GFX100 Well, the GH7 will probably be at a higher price? And will likely have even more video features: 1) mini XLR?? 2) mini SDI?? 3) built in fan? 4) 4K 240fps??? 5) multi aspect sensor?? 6) six channel audio recording?? True. Better to have a "do it all camera" than a specialist stills vs video mirrorless. Wish Panasonic would

I agree, the release of the G9mk2 with PDAF hints at the fact that there will be either a GH6mk2 (basically identical to the GH6, but with PDAF) or a GH7! (maybe even both) If it is a GH6mk2 then it will be "soon" (maybe this year?? At least, "within a year" for sure), if it is a GH7 then it will probably be a bit further away when it happens. Hopefully it will be both? Like what happened with the GH5mk2 / GH6 My hope is they'll surprise us with the GH6mk2 (that adds PDAF, but otherwise makes zero changes to the GH6mk1) and at the same time as they release the GH6mk2 they say that the GH7 is "in development" together with some ground breaking features. (mini SDI, mini XLR, six channel recording, and eNDs pretty please! We could easily fit all this into a S1H sized body for the GH7)

How reliable are these adapters though? How is autofocus and optical stabilization?

Wish someone would bring out a 12mm to 120mm powered zoom MFT lens with that 10x zoom range (16x would be even better!) so as to make MFT that much better for such applications. As otherwise, the only reasonable way to do this is with adapted B4 lenses (where 16x lenses are quite common place).

Very glad that unlike the Nikon DF this one has video!!

It's been a loooong wait for sure! Not what I'll get through, my next Sennheiser purchase will be another MKH50 (either next year, or the year after. No rush here).

Is that the Admiral Graf Spee in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

This new L Mount camera can shoot 2K S16

https://www.newsshooter.com/2023/09/15/sennheiser-previews-mkh-8030-figure-of-eight-rf-condenser-microphone/

I try to always say explicitly "P6K Pro" if I mean that. But yes, people might casually say "Pocket 6K" when meaning their P6K Pro. Or heck, they might even say their "Blackmagic Pocket Camera" and you're left confused if they mean the original Pocket 1080 camera? (some people don't even realize that exists!!) Or the P4K MFT?? Or one of the 6K versions? Who knows!

Or even just simply an old GH4 sensor/specs that is released in a compact Panasonic G3/G5/G6 sized body but with some modern updates: PDAF, IBIS, cellphone app, full size HDMI, compatibility with the newer DMW-XLR1 as the old YAGH was a disaster (greedy me would want the TC from the GH5S as well). If you can price this at sub $1K (greedy me would want sub $500) then I reckon you could still find lots of buyers. As plenty of us were perfectly happy with the image quality from the old GH4/G7/G6/GH3/etc, but just want the modern newer features of PDAF/IBIS/apps/HDMI/audio/TC/etc (ideally all of them, but at least half of them would be nice) while keeping the smaller size and smaller prices we had in the past with the Panasonic MFT cameras.

You forgot the P6K Pro version...

My wild speculation is that it will be a groundbreaking stereo 360VR camera using 16K braw files, with built in 3rd order ambisonics audio (in 32bit of course) Come on man, be realistic! That's totally unreasonably wild speculations, that BMD would never do. You should stick with more serious speculations that are actually possible in this world we live in, such as the perfectly possible camera I just suggested BMD might release.

Are there any for M Mount? (I don't think so?) If so, you could then use the Techart autofocus adapter.

Would have been for aerial reconnaissance during WWII

Hopefully it will be BMD's response to the Sony BURANO Camera! 😉

I would say this announcement is going to tank the prices for the F5/F55 camera bodies, but... I am not sure if they can go any lower! But this is very much aimed at the F5/F55 owner. It's a big jump up from the FS7 (which is what the FX9 was aimed at). While being massively cheaper than the F35/F65 was (which is what the VENICE is aimed at).

Look at the competition (even the competition from Panasonic's L Mount). They had to bring out a new MFT camera soon. The rumors are that the development of a "GH7" being in the works will probably be announced at a similar time-ish as launch of the G9mk2 itself. Seems to be confirmed it is the GH6 sensor in the G9mk2: https://www.43rumors.com/last-minute-g9ii-specs-has-same-gh6-sensor-15sec-pre-burst-weights-658g/

Blackmagic is teasing a new product announcement on September 14. Will they announce their first L-mount camera?

Plus (keeping all the usual good stuff, except very sadly the top display is going 😕 ) : New 25.2 million pixel image sensor New engine 8.0 stops of image stabilization 7.5 steps Dual IS C4K/4K 60p 4:2:2 10bit V-Log 1.84 million dot tilt free angle monitor 3.68 million dot OLED viewfinder Dustproof and splashproof Pre-continuous shooting function Real-time LUT C4K/4K 10bit 120p/100p 8 direction joystick Wifi Bluetooth Recording to a USB drive is cool! Yes, the way I understand is that: 1) G9mk2 is announced and immediately (or fairly soon afterwards) available to purchase 2) while "the development of" the GH6X/GH7 is announced, with their available being either late this year or perhaps next year

Wait what... that math can't be right...

Z6 is an old camera these days? Man, that makes me feel old now... Not long until we can get an OG Alexa for $2.5K

For professional cine lenses, that's low/mid range. It wouldn't have hurt the budget at all to rent them for the production. It gathers twice as much light. (but then you're back with the same disadvantage a larger sensor has... if you want to shoot at a given DoF, you are forced to stop down to match with a S35 sensor)

My guess was that they had a constraint with budget in term of labour rate, not able to hire top established 1st ACs. But instead younger ones, within the first decade of their career, and they're more likely to have a Tilta Nucleus M instead. (I see these a LOT on film sets) The production isn't hiring the follow focus, they're hiring the 1st AC, and that's what they're bringing along. I thought that was an interesting announcement too! https://www.newsshooter.com/2023/09/05/cooke-sp3-prime-lenses-for-mirrorless-cameras/ With almost everyone having shallow mounts now as an option (even ARRI! With their LPL mount), maybe that is the future? Shallow "mirrorless mounts" (with swappable mounts). Glad there are few others who see it that way! 🙂 I think even if the FX3 and FX30 were the same price, there is still a strong argument in favor of getting the FX30 instead of the FX3. And the fact there is instead a quite big price gap between them, makes the argument for FX30 even stronger! It only P6K Pro came in MFT or E Mount, then it would be a lot more appealing option vs a FX30. (even though it has no AF) Indeed, I think that's an aspect which isn't talked about enough! People talk about how much "better at low light the FX3" is, ignoring the facts: 1) is it even necessary?? Would you need a camera with 10 Billion Trillion ISO?? 2) What ISOs do you actually use the most? The second ISO level of the FX30 is a much more practical ISO level you'd work at more often than the overly high second ISO level of the FX3, as you said "I like the native ISOs of the fX30 better" 3) what's the point in having a higher ISO if your sensor is so much bigger you lose all the low light benefits because you have to drop the F Stop way down to match with the DoF that the shot wants/needs?

For sure the FX3 is a much better buy for filming with than the a7Smk3: better UI, no risk of overheating, more codec options, has timecode, etc I think the Sony FX30 is a better buy. It's a lot cheaper, so you can put the saved cash elsewhere to better usages. Plus the FX30 is the industry standard Super 35 sized sensor, making a great match for a whole tonne of high end cine lens sets if you wish to step it up another notch.