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Agreed. However YouTube is getting better and better content as well, just got to look for it. Exactly.

GH5 has been around for a while now. They've even released a G9! When you look at the tight timings of the a7 releases (although Sony seems to be slowing down for this third generation) then this doesn't seem so odd. Go tell Sony they made a mistake with naming their a7 series so similar

That is literally what I suggested to someone else recently! Also if you ditch the laptop requirement but get an ex lease PC, you can slash your budget in half! How are those Pentax primes btw?

If the new GH5s has a new 12 megapixel sensor then the original will stay very relevant as both a cheaper option but also as a true hybrid.

I think you're massively underrating the GH5, EVA1, & Varicam LT. I know owners of each of them who bought them new and are very happy with it. And if I was still focused on the camera side of things I'd quite possibly do the same too.

Or maybe he is saying it going to have amazing sound! ;-) With easy to access audio controls, TA3F inputs with P48, TC I/O, and analogue limiters all built in. Not the craziest theory I've read!

I quite highly doubt it will lack IBIS. But we will all find out very soon!

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GH1 ;-)

You need to change your username to "Sherlock Holmes"!

"Dude drew huge audiences and made a ton of money" Errr.... you just described the current crop of top vloggers! Because they're copyright violations. However they're playing wack-a-mole.

TC, 4K 30p 10bit internal, 4K 60fps, I reckon gives the EVA1 a clear edge. But sure, if E mount or variable ND is more important to your particular needs then the FS5 is right for you! And yeah, I wish the EVA1 had used a mirrorless mount (Panasonic has made many cameras with one after all!). Even more important than eND. EVA1 is already surprisingly small and lightweight, I wouldn't consider this a major factor vs the FS5 (vs the FS7 however? Yup). But it is also big and awkward then with an external recorder. If I wanted cheaper 4K raw in a big and awkward form factor I'd go with an FS700! ;-) :-P (it is quite tempting still....) Agreed, I'm of the view 8bit and slog3 shouldn't mix. Arguably the FS5 "copied" the C100 body! ;-) I don't think anyone really "copied" the other, they just made sensible design choices for a small camera like this. Oh, and plastic = lighter (& cheaper). A good choice for this kind of camera.

The way I see it is the EVA1 has a clear advantage for almost all buyers over the FS5. But EVA1 vs FS7 is: "half a dozen of one, six of the other". Just depends on the buyer which sets of tradeoffs they prefer. (which is also reflected in the prices of the three/four products being compared: FS5 cheapest, FS7mk2 the most expensive, but FS7mk1 & EVA1 almost exactly the same price)

I'd be fine if it was only ProRes But the odds of Blackmagic releasing a non-raw camera are close to nil.

Z Cam E1! 4K with the GH4 sensor. We have a good thread about that camera on EOSHD Olympus E-1 couldn't even do any video at all :-o

It is a little surprising and a little sad when I see so many comments like this. Because we're all media creators here, yet we're totally unaware of one of the biggest media creators on the biggest media platform of them all?! As Logan Paul was one of the biggest vloggers of 2017, his content has billions and billions and billions of views across all the platforms. For all the obsession this forum has about Casey Neistat, he is small fry next to the Paul brothers. Next people here will be telling me they don't know who PewDiePie or Jon Olsson are....

Was there any "quality bar" beforehand? I don't think so!! There was only the very high financial bar, stopping many productions being made. Which I'm very glad has been abolished!

Major leaks will then happen immediately on the 6th ;-)

This podcast about it is worth a listen to as well: https://www.chaosgroup.com/blog/miguel-ortega-the-ningyo

I was a bit shocked when I realised last week that my GF had never heard of Logan Paul, seeing as she spends most of her free time on YouTube!

Found one of those "exceptions to the rule" films: The "making of" video is very impressive: If you feel you can do better than that, then please go right ahead! :-) (but I'd love it even more if you made a whole feature film.....)

Any good documentary maker would likely keep on filming too. Many war corespondents will of course tell tales of exactly the same situation, where they couldn't put the camera down but had to pick it up to capture the story even under horrible circumstances (often quite the reverse, as the more horrible it is, the more important it is they report on it!). Now of course Logan Paul isn't a doco maker, he is a "YouTuber". But in a way, that is kinda sort of the "same thing"? As a vlogger he is making a mini documentary, every single day. Look on the upside perhaps? He is bringing more attention to Japan's terribly high suicide rates, maybe will do his tiny part in helping open a discussion to do something about it. Oh, and as for censorship, I don't believe in any of that. "We don't have free speech to talk about the weather".

Ha! Yeah on TradeMe (NZ's "eBay") prices seem to be inflated. But on eBay itself, seems prices are quite commonly around $200 or under for a GH2. And sub $200? Yeah that counts as "almost free" to me, is why I went for the E1! When I really shouldn't have.

Well the same could have been said about even the old GH2, which now is practically free.

The GH5s won't be powered by electricity but instead be gas powered?! :-o