IronFilm

And also, darn! Is 3:30am here in NZ

But with all this new info leaking out I might never be able to go to sleep!

1 hour ago, ajay said:

• Bundled BNC terminal, built-in time code generator

Wonder who is supplying it, if it is not a high quality one (such as from Ambient) then it might be a bit pointless.

40 minutes ago, Riadnasla said:

Is 8 even real? Holy Frick. 

I've seen similar videos before, which are fakes. 
I don't know about that particular video however. But it would not at all surprise me if one or two of those Top Ten are faked. 

A tip to "break out" of whatever tunnel vision you might be in: use the search bar!

Do a few searches and you'll not only find other content directly, but it will start to be suggested to you too. 

I watch a very diverse range of content on YouTube, and is fun seeing how the recommendations change all over the place week by week, due to whatever had been taking my recent fancy lately. 

52 minutes ago, UncleBobsPhotography said:

Does the new multi-aspect ratio sensor mean it will use a larger surface area than the GH5 while shooting video?

 

Yes, I guess it will be like the GH2 was. 

20 minutes ago, Mmmbeats said:

I find it strange that people would be getting firm info about the sensor. This is info that panny would want to keep under wraps even after the launch ordinarily, and not the sort of thing that distributers, etc. would be briefed on.

Apparently the distributors (who are likely getting stock as we speak, so they can sell it immediately) got briefed about this a couple of days ago. 

21 minutes ago, Mmmbeats said:

Also - is this camera being launched by the consumer department or the pro department?

Consumer department. 

Although one rumor said it had TC, I doubt it. Won't have built in NDs either. But the Panasonic DMW-XLR1 is a nifty addition, which I hope they improve upon.

10 minutes ago, Zak Forsman said:

the camera does offer a 1.4x crop mode, maybe lobby Wooden Camera to make a swappable MFT mount for you.

Unless the screws for the replacement mount plate are shallow enough, you couldn't swap out for MFT.

So I doubt it. 

Plus you wouldn't have electronic controls, which rules out 95% of MFT lenses. 

Ah the classic "smoke blowing through the woods" music video!

Worked on one music video like that a few months ago in the lighting department. 

We have the fire trucks show up! :-o Errr... oops

49 minutes ago, kaylee said:

edit: oh james franco ruined tommys big moment what a fucking asshole

 

Would have gone massively viral if only he'd let him speak! Ah well

49 minutes ago, Orangenz said:

Everyone asleep or something? It's 6pm on the 8th and everything is quiet. 

 

It is sunset even. 

Maybe by announcing this during our night of the 8th they are telling us the camera will have AMAZING LOWLIGHT?

23 minutes ago, sanveer said:

Also, why would Higher Budget Productions require a more sensitive camera? The dual ISO is there on the Varicam possibly because good low light along with fast lenses has a different look (ala Barry Lyndon), than traditionally setting it up to make to look like this.

Better lowlight even helps "big" budget productions. They can shoot faster with less. 
I've seen this first hand with a Varicam LT shoot. 

Here, watch William Wages ASC talk about how it is a game changer with lighting for him:

Damn, imagine a Samsung NX3 being released at the same time this year as the Panasonic GH5S, but the Samsung NX3 has 4K 120fps 10bit HEVC!!!! WTF

On 12/10/2017 at 5:59 AM, Kisaha said:

Nikon has a chance or 2 to save the game

One of those chances is if they release a "Nikon N300", their 4K cinema camera. 

Ah, if only!

On 12/10/2017 at 11:40 AM, Matthew Hartman said:

The only time this formula is broken is when a CEO or other top executive takes a personal interest or pet liking to a product and wants to share that with the world, which is what many suspect the NX line and more specifically the NX1/500 to have been of the previous CEO, which demographically speaking was more intimate and familiar with "older" tech and reportedly loved photography.   

The RED camera was one of these pet projects by the then CEO of Oakley, a popular sunglass/surf/skate brand in the 80's/90's, who again was very fond of videography and wanted to and had the resources to shake up things in the then celluloid dominated film industry. But these are largely outliers. As impactful as they can be, they tend to be very rare as business objectives are not the driving catalyst. 

In a way, the entire company of Blackmagic Design is a "pet project" of their CEO/owner!

But it shows that approach of throwing the kitchen sink it while cutting prices low, can make the business rich and successful. Maybe more should try it. 

I went ahead and signed it 

(why hadn't I earlier???  )

On 9/26/2017 at 7:44 AM, MountneerMan said:

I signed the petition about a year ago.

Maybe that was when signed it... and forgot?! :-P 

On 9/26/2017 at 7:44 AM, MountneerMan said:

My question is would you guys be willing to trust Samsung again after leaving us hanging like this? and if not what kind of commitment would be needed from Samsung for you to trust them.

 

For me, I would need to see a 2-3 year lens release roadmap schedule similar to what Sony did. It's not that I need a lot of lenses I just need to know they are committed to developing the line and that an NX3 would follow after the NX2.

I wouldn't mind if they didn't release any more lenses (just bring out a new camera ASAP!!), especially if the NX2 has IBIS. 

As I could just use the few NX system lenses I have now already, plus Nikon adapted lenses. 

On 12/9/2017 at 6:58 AM, Matthew Hartman said:

We could have had an NX2, maybe even NX3 by now and although it wouldnt have been as profitable as say their appliance and smartphone offerings, it will still bring in a considerable amount of cash and more importantly kick back by reputation to their other products. 

The innovation and experience from making an NX2/NX3 would have also had positive flow on effects for their Smartphone camera development as well. 

Again, this is a non-argument which gets repeated over and over again. 

You can just scale the sensor to match the lens on it, you don't have to shoot full sensor 100% of the time! (but it is about having that choice and flexibility to choose otherwise for some shoots)

With electronic lenses you could even automatically detect when a native MFT lens is mounted and scale to match! (with a manual override option of course)
Easy. Simple. Done.

 

On 1/1/2018 at 11:53 AM, Matthew Hartman said:

I've been down the road where I as the DP/cinematographer lose control over final vision of the project and the powers that be take over and just ruin the hell out of it. It really sucks. I feel your pain.

 

I have a DoP friend who is also becoming an expert at color grading (even has gone out and purchased a DaVinc Resolve Grading Panel!), seems like a smart combination to have. To help see your vision through to the end. 

On 9/1/2017 at 4:42 PM, DaveAltizer said:

Music video I directed just went live!

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

Nooooo!

On the upside, at least the NX1 is meant to have really really good rolling shutter in 1080 

2 hours ago, Zak Forsman said:

And yes, everyone IS different and there are already plenty of cameras that suit users with those small, compact lenses. I don't like tiny lenses.

Actually no, there are not plenty of other cameras to choose from! :-/ 

If a person wants a compact cinema camera with compact lenses, then they're sh*t out of luck! 

As what options are there? There is the famous BMPCC/BMMCC, but they're awkward/inappropriate if you want XLR inputs or any of a bunch of other common standards such as TC or built in NDs. 

There is the Digital Bolex, which is absolutely perfect for some people.  But for others the base ISO of 200 due to the CCD sensor makes it impossible to use for their purposes (not to mention the lack of many other features such as TC or NDs). 

There is the Panasonic AF100, which is the EVA1 should have been the update for! But the AF100 is now woefully out of date, so that rules it out. 
Then you have a few more oddball choices (such as Sony F23, but too outdated for some, and it is a really really big camera! Just to use small lenses on it. Defeats the purpose), but none are appropriate. 

Imagine how good an EVA1 with the small Panasonic Leica 12-60mm would be, that is beautifully lightweight!  And you could pop a 20mm f1.7 pancake in your pocket to pull out when the sun sets. 

One can hope, perhaps Panasonic will bring out a camera bigger than the GH5 (in price and size) but smaller than the EVA1 (in price and size) but with a MFT cut of its 5.7K sensor. 

Interesting set up here that Kai is being filmed with.

Is a GH5 with a GoPro mounted on top, with then the latest Rode VideoMic on top of that!! But weirdest of all, the microphone is pointed AWAY from Kai!! :-o

Wonder why? Very curious. 

Is it to capture interactions with his crew (the cameraman)? As sometimes there is a bit of both of them talking in the video. I doubt it, as why not just clip a lav on him instead? Only twenty quid or less for that! And a much better result. 

Maybe they're doing some audio magic by subtracting the surrounding street noise? No, I highly doubt that. 

From the thumbnail you can easily tell a C300 or similar was used. Who knows about the B cam which that thumbnail was shot with however. 

But how much of the "look" is down to the camera, and how much the lighting? As clearly care was taken with doing decent lighting. And that is what I feel really makes the difference. 

One step back, two steps forward!

6 hours ago, Givememypips said:

Thanks a lot for your replies! @kidzrevil the videos look amazing. I love the colors. I think I will be going with Panasonic. Out of all options it seems to have the color science I am looking for. I am new to filmmaking but the look I want to achieve is something along the lines of Alexa's color profile. I know that for something that cost 40x times or more it would be hard to get something like that. If you were to pick out of the sensor with best color science, which one would you pick? Thanks again.

 

I'd go for Panasonic, or even better Blackmagic Design. Nikon might maybe even get a longshot chance at a look in. 

But I'd highly recommend you also get yourself well versed with color grading, especially when such amazing tools as DaVinci Resolve are FREE!

1 hour ago, jonpais said:

Even factoring in accessories like gimbals to make up for the lack of IBIS and an inexpensive monitor with zebras and peaking for critical focus, the real cost of owning a GH2 actually rises quite rapidly. 

Radical thought: shoot without it! :-o

Often have shot without focus peaking or zebras. 

Although once you have experienced luxuries like focus peaking or waveforms it is quite hard to go back :-/

7 hours ago, mercer said:

Idk, maybe @IronFilm is right. Those guys who started with the GH2 in the golden age of DSLR filmmaking have moved onto better cameras and although the GH5 is an amazing camera and capable of way more than the GH2 could do, those really talented operators are operating much higher end equipment and the next generation of filmmakers will now sow their oats with the GH5.

 

At the start of the HDSLR Revolution you had people at all levels giving DSLRs (and mirrorless) a go, from newbies, to hardcore amateurs, to long time experienced professional veterans, and everything in between!  Because it was this exciting new thing, and there were not many other options which had these kinds of capabilities for that price bracket. 

But I'd say today that same pool of people are spread out over a much wider range cameras. 

7 hours ago, mercer said:

But just to be clear, as not to offend you... the GH5 is the best filmmaking tool on the market and anyone who doesn’t use it to shoot any and every video project is a moron. And no camera before it, and since it, is worth discussing or admiring the great work that was/is produced with it.

Exactly ;-)

6 hours ago, mat33 said:

So the GH5 is a great camera and is capable of great imagery etc etc etc but it is usd $2000 for body only while the GH2 was $900 for body only.

INFLATION!

If you think of it in terms of bitcoin, then the price has gone down! ;-)

6 hours ago, Django said:

Bloom breaks it down nicely in his review and confirms what other reports have been saying: EVA1 is a solid effort from Panny capable of gorgeous imagery and some cool features but that is let down by some odd choices (EF mount)

Yet strangely Philip Bloom can't see the obvious solution staring at him: locking MFT mount! 
Even though he goes on and on in his review about how good a submount / E mount would be! 
Sigh.

3 hours ago, Zak Forsman said:

EF mount a bad choice? Not for me as every lens set i own (contax-zeiss, leica, sigma) has an EF mount.

But don't you wish you could use a focal reducer?

Plus everyone is different, there are others who want to use small compact lenses and might have a large inventory of it. 

3 hours ago, Zak Forsman said:

And one little thing that I really love is that it shoots 2K, not just HD. It is a cinema camera afterall, but most in this class only do 1920x1080. And as I often have my films exhibited in theaters from a DCP, it'll be nice not to have to do a little blow-up to make up for those missing 128 pixels on the side. It's a small thing, but appreciated.

Am very surprised that more camera's don't do that. 
Is such a small thing!
Only 128 pixels...