IronFilm

If Panasonic includes in their warranty a promise I'll never buy another camera for five more years then I'll buy this camera for sure!

38 minutes ago, Cinegain said:

Dang. You're going strong, then! :D

It is for life. I will never stop!  But then again I have no choice.

38 minutes ago, Cinegain said:

And hey, less a day? Think about all the time you're saving, right? :P

Why cook three times when once is enough?

38 minutes ago, Cinegain said:

I must say, it's actually the first thing I've come across that actually sounds like it makes sense and isn't just the latest 'health'/weightloss hype like juicing detox, counting calories, going paleo, mediterranean diet or what have you

I started this diet prior to the paleo etc craze catching on.

So was quite interesting seeing this rise in popularity for something which I'm already doing. (As paleo and LCHF can be very very similar)

38 minutes ago, Cinegain said:

which usually isn't a lifestyle but a shortterm attempt to fix a longterm problem (focus should be health, not weight, then weight should follow naturally).

Indeed, when people hear the word "diet" they think of it as a short term thing which lasts a few weeks. Maybe a few months.

WRONG! It should be much longer than that, a diet is about how you live your life.

For me, the decision to do LCHF had 0% to do with weight loss.

Although this turned out to be a nice side bonus benefit of the diet. As prior to the diet I was somewhat way overweight at 95kgs (but I am 6' 3"). Then quickly lost weight once on my diet.

6 hours ago, Cinegain said:

Haha, that too. Started keto & intermittent fasting (& taking diluted apple cider vinegar).

Fantastic! I hope you stick with it.

Have been doing strict LCHF myself since 2011, with only one meal per day usually.

Best.Thing.Ever.

I'm hopeful that $199 is a sustainable price point they can offer again in the future (or at least $250).

As I have my fingers crossed that VR will take off for me in 2017, and if it does I'd love to build up a 360VR E1 rig.

24 minutes ago, Orangenz said:

Editing is with someone else.

Or is it with "everyone" else?

18 minutes ago, mkabi said:

Which brings me to the rumoured crop on the Canon APS-C... I've been hearing that there is going to be a 1.4 crop on the already 1.6 crop sensor, which means 2.24 crop. (That's worse than the GH5 no?)

And then all the Canon fanboys will be explaining away why over 2x crop really isn't so bad after all!

When they've been laughing and hating upon MFT users for years...

11 minutes ago, markr041 said:

The camera is not sold out.

But is the camera "sold out" at the low low prices we have seen before?!

Because if the stock has run low enough then they might not bother to ever put it on sale again.

8 hours ago, Liam said:

I do understand why that's practical, but I can't imagine expanding a 40 minute film to a 90 minute film..

Then nix the idea and find another script.

The easiest and cheapest cost savings can be done during the script writing phase! Such as abandoning it entirely.

40 minutes for a narrative scripted film is smack bang in the middle of no man's land.

**OR:**

Turn it into a web series, if it can be easily sliced up into fairly self contained chunks.

6 hours ago, HockeyFan12 said:

 So the article is at best pointing out the exceptions that prove the rule, and at worst being provocative and misleading.

This.

6 hours ago, HockeyFan12 said:

As Sandy McKendrick wrote, ""Student films come in three sizes, too long, much too long, and very much too long."

Haha! Great quote.

It does seem to be a commo  flaw of amateurs/students that they take on far to ambitious projects. When a shorter piece would have come out as much more high quality, & with less pain in the process.

Oh drat

Do you lean more towards stills or video?

If video: then get a Panasonic G85 (still a very capable stills camera)

If stills (also by far the cheapest option, spend the spare cash then on also getting the ultra portable Sony RX100 pocket camera): then stick with Nikon and get a D7100 (much improved video over the D7000, read what Andrew Reid as said about the D5200. It applies to the D7100 sensor too). Or get the newer D500 or D7500 if you really want that 4K life.

Yeah I drastically disagree with that article, as a medium length one won't help your career much more than making a short would (unlike a feature film), yet is nearly as much effort and cost as to make a feature film!

The one exception: if you're making a doco for TV distribution and needs to fit in the standard one hour slot. (Minus adverts!)

1 hour ago, Oliver Daniel said:

Honestly, I don't think there's an excuse now for ignoring your lighting gear when you have companies like Aputure and Blind Spot Gear knocking down walls. 99% of cameras will now do the job - keep your bodies and invest in the paint instead. 

I have a few redheads, a PAR light, a bunch of teeny LED lights, C stand, reflectors/diffusers, blackwrap, and just yesterday I ordered a much bigger LED panel from B&H on sale. 

But also I failed at my goal not to buy more cameras  And purchased the Z Cam E1 on sale for US$199. Oh well, oops!

3 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

Speaking of VLogging! This is pretty crazy looking but pretty useful.

Oh dear that is awful how they're using those lights!!

But then again I suppose smartphones are shit at lowlight.

The "YT Culture" side of things has sh*t quality on average (but arguably that *works in their favor*, as it makes their videos feel "more real") but knows what buttons to press to reel people in and then to subscribe

14 minutes ago, markr041 said:

It does have focus magnification. In my experience with Sony cameras and to a lesser extent Panasonic cameras, focus peaking does not yield precise focus without focus magnification. FP has fooled me too many times, and I do not use it anymore on any camera (and in some circumstances it does not work at all). Focus magnification works well on the Z, and you can have it at any time with the push of a button. Of course, you can hook up a monitor with FP and peak all you like!

Agreed, but if you know the quirks of that particular focusing peaking, and you don't set your DoF too shallow, then focus peaking can be a very usable asset. 

However generally I find the likes of say SmallHD is doing better focus peaking on their monitors than some of the camera manufacturers are.

14 minutes ago, markr041 said:

The Z Cam weighs with battery but no lens 7.65 oz. The Zhiyun Smooth Q capacity is 7.8 oz, so it just misses, unless one can find a 0.15 oz lens...

The Olympus 15mm f8 body cap lens? It is rather "heavy" at 22gms (about 0.78 oz), but maybe you might manage to get away with it? Oh weight (wait?), we're forgetting the extra weight of the MicroSD card, that might tip it over the edge! lol

15 minutes ago, markr041 said:

The Zhiyun Crane M would work well, and once I get that 8mm non-fisheye lens I will have a go.

SLR Magic lenses are quite heavy, not a bad thing though, as it gives them a nice solid construction feeling! :-) 

But not the ideal choice if you want EXTREME lightweight. 

B&H says the weight is 3.88 oz (110 g).

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1322738-REG/slr_magic_slr8m4_8mm_f_4_lens.html?sts=pi

Welcome back! :-) Have anything to share that has been made with your gear? 

Oh darn, lacks that does it? Oh well. Still a great price!

27 minutes ago, jase said:

Very very interesting. As being an advocate of the GM1, this camera ticks many of my boxes with the exception of IBIS. Quick question: could one use a GoPro-based (read: small footprint) gimbal, for example when pairing the E1 with a light lens like the Pana 20mm? I tried to Google it, but didnt find too many results. 

Doubtful, maybe the biggest of big GoPro gimbals?!?! 

Most GoPro gimbals don't have much spare capacity. 

Lack of IBIS is a bummer (but the GM1 doesn't have it either... or even 4K). I guess I kinda see the core competitors of the E1 is: Yi M1 or a secondhand Panasonic G7.

The likes of a Panasonic GH5 or G85 would be absolutely fantastic, but they're in a totally different price category!

 

12 minutes ago, kidzrevil said:

anyone that complains that micro 4/3 isn’t cinematic enough obviously hasn’t witnessed the deep depth of field techniques used in movies like Citizen Kane. Or they don’t know you can easily get shallow depth of field from close focusing lenses or merely composing the image correctly. 

Or just get a T0.95 lens!

You can very clearly see the BMD camera being used here at two and half minute in (not sure if they ever used footage from it, or if was only for VFX positional data):

1 hour ago, jonpais said:

@Cinegain (obviously photo-shopped and for certain used without permission of the copyright owner)  

Naaahhhhh.... I believe it is real, and they found the world's smallest Sumo wrestler for the photo!

7 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

I always buy stuff like that from a site called Craigslist here. Doubt they have it in NZ. Some of the old stuff is pretty much indestructible. A lot of people go to TV station auctions I guess? I guess ebay is good also. Vinten stuff I like the best.

We have TradeMe in NZ, but the problem is the local market is so extremely tiny it is very very hard to find anything. Almost nothing. 

Take a look at the current listings:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/CategoryListings.aspx?sort_order=expiry_desc&mcatpath=electronics-photography%2Fcamera-accessories%2Ftripods&v=gallery&rsqid=c4bfef01f86b420a965a560aa66f5e6e&condition=used&rsqid=6fd012371d6d41619f430f18338dc5b5

There isn't much, heck there isn't even a single 75mm one listed! (which is way way more commonplace than 100mm)

7 hours ago, webrunner5 said:

Vinten stuff I like the best.

I have a Vivten head! Thus the desire to find legs for it....

Doooooo it!

The $199 sale is over, but it has only gone up to $250, so still a steal!