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Kinda wish I had a GH2 with ETC mode to use it with:

And if any one feels like buying one, there is a Sony F23 for under US$3K on ebay right now: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-F23-Cinealta-Digital-Cinema-Camera/282528230666

So long as Nikon also has great usability (waveforms like GH5 has would be nice, and ability to punch in for focus while recording, that sort of stuff) and launches with an excellent Nikon F / "New_Mount" adapter, then this camera will be a rock star and sell like hotcakes. As the Nikon name still has a substantial amount of pulling power.

I'd make the counterpoint that it is easier for a cinema camera which appeals to a niche market to thrive and remain viable than a mass market stills consumer camera.

Any one considering the RED ONE in 2018?!

I haven't heard this? Sources? Yeah, I would rate as another slim possibility is the "NX2" never gets sold but just was a test bed for development of a new APS-C sensor to sell to Canon / Nikon (or heck even Fujifilm, or Pentax? Maybe maybe even a small player like BMD or Kinefinity etc) Yeah but my hope is the "NX2" is a prototype they at least bother to put out to market, even if it is without any supporting new lenses or any high street stock supply etc...

The only hope for this happening is if Samsung decides it is a good idea to do a limited release to showcase the power of the Samsung processor, purely as a promotional tool to promote Samsung smartphone sales! An unlikely but not impossible scenario.

The only hope for this happening is if Samsung decides it is a good idea to do a limited release to showcase the power of the Samsung processor, purely as a promotional tool to promote Samsung smartphone sales! An unlikely but not impossible scenario. At least with UWA lenses the DoF is so deep it isn't unreasonable to just use a manual focus lens instead of a native lens with AF. So out of all the lenses for Samsung NX system to miss out on, this is the least of a person's worries. Phew

And the F23 is even older than the F35, and I'm pretty sure the F23 had slog.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe this: https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/good-true-high-end-samsung-aps-c-camera-based-exynos-9810-soc/

Yes, but 2/3" is still small! I guess I should have mentioned the few 1" ones out there, that at least is nice.

"NX500, 5Dmk3 killer?" What drugs are they on, doesn't need to "kill" a camera much much more expensive, just needs to "kill" say the Canon 70D! Which the NX500 totally does.

Indeed, NAB is not far away as it is in early April. But then once NAB rolls round, and IF a camera is released which blows our socks off (next to zero chance that is from Samsung), we might very well have a few months to wait until it ships? Then unless you want to take the big risk of being an early adopter, you have a few more months to wait out to see independent reviews published and read user reports of it in practice. By this point in time, oh hey, 2019 NAB maybe isn't that far away.... and so the cycle carries on forever! Yeah I saw that too :-/ If not for EOSHD's forums I'd probably never have taken a serious look at the NX1! (leading to purchasing a NX300 dirt cheap, thinking I might next buy a NX1 and keep the NX300 as a dirt cheap B cam on the side. Although that never panned out)

Oh :-( Didn't notice that until just now. May I ask why not?

The EVA1 has a magnesium frame underneath (not cheap, but tough! And very lightweight metal for its strength), then plastic coverings to even further reduce the weight. All in all making for one incredibly lightweight cinema camera in the hand! And one you shouldn't need to worry about how "tough" it is.

Gee, is a complete mystery why this got a downvote from a mod! :-P But @jonpais is completely right, to do tests you need to do them scientifically and controlled conditions to reduce as many variables as possible

I prefer the handling of the C100 over the F3. But the C100 and F3 are in two different categories as cameras. When you comparing F3 vs C300, then the F3 nudges ahead by a nose for its handling. But I fully admit this is very subjective, and varies from person to person. Even with the same person, their views can change from job to job! Depending on the needs/style of the shoot. Note: genlock and timecode are two different things. Just in case maybe you might be confusing the two?

And was Z Cam made by.... Z Cam? ;-) The feature I did in Oz last year used FIVE different cameras. Every shot was always a multicam shot. Live was hell for sound! (me)

"only"! For half that price you can get a set of Sony PL lenses: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/906631-REG/sony_scl_pk6_f_cinealta_4k_six_lens.html

You answer your own question in your next sentence:

Sounds like you already have a tonne of cameras! Thus worth looking deep inside yourself to see if you're a GAS sufferer and perhaps you need to nip this thought off at the bud. One approach which helps for me is to consider ROI (Return on Investment). Will the 1D C earn you more money than not having it? Will it do so better than any other place you could put that money? (technical term: "lost opportunity cost". I'm a hard core economics nerd by the way... if you can't tell already! ha) We're spoiled for choices around that price point! Got also the Sony FS700 / Sony PMW-F3 / JVC LS300 / RED ONE / URSA Mini / etc Have used the Ninja 2, and its monitor is so shit it is hard to really use it as a monitor / recorder. The Atomos Ninja Blade (I own the Samurai Blade, which is SDI, for my Sony F3) is so dirt cheap as well that I very strongly recommend the small extra cost of this over the Ninja 2 (or instead of a Ninja Blade, a BMD Video Assist is a good choice too).

That is a big big appeal of the Arri cameras, and why they are #1. Because of their highlight roll off.

Huh, what are you hinting at? Maybe we need more controversial threads started on EOSHD! ;-) Where is this $500 BMPCC?? The sale ended a long long time ago :-( :-( Keep on wishing for a $500 BMMCC!! :-D

True, I don't like how top heavy the C300 is (not a problem the F3 has...) Nah, not so, plenty of people shoot with just a C300 + lens and not much else (although yes, there are also people who massively rig it up) 4K 60fps external output is a heck of a lot more than the C300mk1 can do! I'd be curious to see side by side of a LS300 vs C100, with the LS300 having a focal reducer and down scaled 4K 422, maybe your assumption here won't hold true?

Does it help if you are 2.39:1 aspect ratio?