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The big big BIG problem is the 7D uses SD cards. And Canon pinches pennies by putting in the cheapest shittest SD controllers into their cameras. So ML raw is crippled. Unless... you use CF cards. Such as the 5Dmk3 uses.

It was never a group, it was just one guy: VK. After VK hacked, then others released various different flavors of patches. But they never did the core hack work themselves. And for many many years since then VK has done nothing. So it is 100% reasonable to expect we will not see another Panasonic camera hacked again :-/ :-(

Panasonic has *nothing* priced under the Varicam LT as an ILC to protect at all. Unlike Canon, or Sony (but Sony often ignores "protecting" their higher end gear, the FS7 is one classic case). The FS5 and GH5 are from different companies! Is complete bonkers of Chris to think Panasonic wouldn't put something in the GH5 because Panasonic fears taking away sales fron the FS5??!?!

I don't see what is so special about Canon lenses at all. Nikon makes great lenses too! So does Sony and Panasonic and Olympus. And now so does Sigma/Tamron/Tokina/etc

Use a focal reducer and you'll get near APS-C/S35 FoV/bokeh. And the low light will improve nearly ish two stops!! And use a fast zoom like a Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 and 50-100mm f1.8 and you'll be sorted! As the BMMCC is already a solid enough lowlight camera by cinema class standards (such as vs F35 or RED MX etc) From a filmmakers' perspective, how do the Nikon D5200, D5300, & D5500 differ from each other? As I've got (thanks to Andrew Reid's great review of it!) and like the D5200 but never thought it is worth upgrading to one of the newer bodies, other than for 1080 60p.

Nope, Panasonic doesn't have Canon's knack or track record of such epic level let downs.

7D with ML raw is shit. 5Dmk3 with ML raw is great. I'd also suggest BMMCC or secondhand BMPCC. Or maybe even BMCC MFT if you don't care about the weight. FS5 / KineMINI / Terra / UM4.6K / FS700 / etc are all good as well if your budget stretches up that high.

Just go look at local rental prices and you can see for yourself. A C300II is not at RED/Arri price levels to rent (unless you live in LA perhaps? Which have an over supply of REDs! And seem to be rediculously cheap to rent over there from what I hear). A C300II is only a little bit more expensive to rent than an FS7. And the C300 mk1 being everywhere and FS7 only for slow motion I see as being a little incorrect, an FS7 offers so so much more than the C300 mk1!! That was true in the old days pre FS7, when every man and his dog had and used a C300 mk1, and the Sony FS700 was just got in for slow motion usage on the cheap ("poor man's Phantom").

I think the recent big price drop on the C300 mk2 has helped a lot in peak interest in it again. Also here in NZ they've got very generous finance terms & package offered with it as well (Sony NZ doesn't seem to have that for theirs that is as generous) Before the price drop I'd never seen a C300 mk2, but since then I've got a couple of friends in Auckland seriously talking about buying it, and I did (I was sound) a short film recently with the C300 mk2 that a production house had just purchased (and you guessed it... their previous one was a C300 mk1!)

If people buy their own instead of going to the rental house then instead of selling 100 to the rental house they'll sell thousands to individuals!

It isn't an easy addition if the processor already can only barely do the poor MJPEG compression. Which seems to be the case.

http://blog.planet5d.com/2016/08/rant-the-canon-eos-5d-mark-iv-doesnt-have/ "Canon has designed a DSLR that does what 80-90% of the market needs. I’ve said this before until i’m blue in the face too: Not everyone needs 4k! 4k video is still such a small hunk of the market. Growing but Canon’s growing into that market too" Wow, he basically outright admits the 5Dmk4 is **NOT** a 4K camera! Ha Fair enough, I could probably agree with that as an honest assessment of the 5Dmk4. But that is not what Canon is trying to spin it as! And as a camera that will have 4+ years on the marketplace as one of their leading products, that is a very sad situation by Canon.

I'd seriously consider the Panasonic G7 in 4K, plus GX80, and the Sony A6000 (& if budget can stretch... the a63000). Or secondhand BMPCC (but no 60p, and a new BMMCC with 60p costs quite a bit more). Otherwise nope, I think there is not many other solid good alternatives. Waiting a little while for the Panasonic G80 to be announced might be a smart move.

It *could* be done, I'm just pointing out reasons why I personally feel that is unlikely.

If you're seriously considering the C300 mk1 then get the Sony PMW-F3 instead. As it is a superior camera over the C300 but can be got for a fraction of the cost. If serious run and gun is your thing and you want the C100 mk2 instead then spend a little bit more and get the vastly superior Sony FS5 instead.

But none, not even one, or the mirrorless Sony cameras have the "CineAlta" badge.

Errr.... if the Canon C300 mk2 is $3K then that is an absolute easy no brainer insta buy for many many MANY people! I'd beg/borrow/steal the funds needed ASAP if I could get a C300mk2 for that price. I've done a multi day shoot with the C300 mk2 (although as the soundie, but kinda an AC ish role too), and while it has some very very weird restrictions going on with what monitoring outputs work and when you can use them, at US$3K there would be NOTHING that comes even close to the capabilities of a C300 mk2.

Pick up a 5Dmk3 soon ish for stills on the cheap? And ML raw with it would be fun to play around with. I think sell the 1D C for as much as you can, but don't be in a rush, be happy to hold out a month or two for the buyer with the best price to come along.

If Nikon can release a D750 successor that has no crop with its 4K then Nikon has a good shot at stealing away a healthy sized chunk of the market from Canon.

I'd assume they're still banned. Can't imagine the situation would've changed in less than a few days!

Just because I'm curious, I did a bit of digging into how much the total cost would be practically speaking. As we all know the body itself is merely the start of the costs! A common big big cost with these professional cameras is memory, Arri Alexa Classic uses SxS cards. Even the oldest SxS cards secondhand are "cheap" but very expensive if you're used to SD card pricing! And older SxS cards are no good in an Arri Alexa as they can't handle the full capabilities of the Arri Alexa Classic of 2K 4:3 ProRes 444: https://www.arri.com/fileadmin/media/arri.com/camera/Digital_Cameras/Camera_Comparison/SUP_11_Data_Rates_ALEXA_Classic_and_XT.pdf But you probably wouldn't be buying a 4:3 version, rather the 16:9 version which would tend to be cheaper. In that case, the data rate is lower, might be able to get away with the older SxS cards? (even I have a couple, came along for free with my Sony F3! However.... an Arri Alexa would need several more! As you'd be filling them up too fast) But it just the target rate listed in that PDF, and not the max rate. Thus these older SxS cards could not work if they get maxed out, but... this adapter for SxS cards using cheap SD cards (such as any of the many fast SD cards many of us have for our BMPCCs!) can do up to 480MB/s, which gives a bit more head room. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/786662-REG/Sonnet_SD_SXS_E34_SDHC_Adapter_for_SxS.html However... not much more head room! So if that isn't enough, can always get this instead: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/840666-REG/Sony_QDA_EX1_SC1_XQD_ExpressCard_Adapter.html Yes, it is XQD cards which are much more expensive than SD cards! But XQD cards are heaps heaps cheaper than SxS Pro cards!! :-D Plus XQD cards have came down in price a lot lately, and I expect XQD to drop even more in price as various more affordable cameras come to market that use XQD (FS5/D500/D5/etc). They're already more affordable than what we've paid for SD cards in the very recent past (I paid more for my BMPCC cards when I bought them): https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1261721-REG/sony_qdg128e_j_128gb_xqd_g_e_memory_card.html And you can be sure these XQD cards are way way faster than needed for 2K ProRes 444. They've been tested in the Sony F5/F55 (which also uses SxS cards, and needs very fast cards): http://www.hingsberg.com/index.php/2013/12/xqd-cards-for-sony-f5-f55/ Thus that is media "solved" in an affordable way! Thousands saved here. However the really big sticking point is lenses! Even "cheap" PL lenses can cost a fortune. And if one of us was to be mad enough to buy an Arri Alexa, we sadly might not have anything left over to buy PL lenses..... could we use our existing lenses? A Nikon F mount would be ideal in my eyes, and I've done some digging but failed to turn up anything There might maybe exist a very rare copy or two of Arri Alexas that have been modded (Panavised Alexas are the obvious more common example), but basically it seems not to be an option for us. Arri Amira & Mini do have common options for adapters to use Nikon F mount lenses and other options, but of course those are much *much* more recent cameras and would cost a lot more to buy either an Amira or Mini! So hmmmm.... what to do?? Seems any Arri Alexa purchase would require also getting a set of Sony CineAlta PL / XEEN / PL modded stills lenses (such as GL Optics) / SLR Magic PL / RED lenses on the "cheap" to use with the camera, which a working set could easily run up to another ten thousand give or take a few thousand either side. Either that or wait for an Amira or Mini to fall down in price far enough to become "affordable", which would be a very looooong wait indeed! Edit: hmmmm..... I stumbled across this, but any more info is sadly lacking! But just maybe maaaaybe.... does an aftermarket Nikon F mount for the Arri Alexa Classic exist that can be added on by the user?? https://web.archive.org/web/20120321192849/http://www.hotrodcameras.com/?p=3728 Then I found this: http://cinescopophilia.com/hot-rod-cameras-2012-roadmap-includes-nikoncine-alexa-mount/ But now the trail runs cold :-/ If this can be found then it would shave thousands and thousands of dollars off the total outlay cost for a DSLR shooter to step up and buy a secondhand Arri Alexa Classic! Edit 2: Hooray!!! Have found now THE ANSWER!! This mod exists: http://www.leitax.com/conversion/Cine/Alexa/index.html Can buy it here: http://www.leitax.com/Leica-lens-for-Cinema-cameras.html

I do dream about buying an Alexa..... even if it is just an old secondhand Arri Alexa Classic This shows an overview of the various models, for the curious: https://www.arri.com/camera/alexa/cameras/alexa_cameras_overview/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arri_Alexa#Alexa Hmmmm.... prices of them are coming down ever lower, here is a couple around the US$17K-ish mark or a bit more: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arri-Alexa-EV-16-9-High-Speed-120fps-w-Arriflex-EVF-1-Viewfinder-PL-Mount-/182225944123?hash=item2a6d833e3b:g:RJQAAOSwIgNXncYM http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARRI-Alexa-Plus-HS-with-LDS-/252492760740?hash=item3ac9bdc6a4:g:m~IAAOSw3mpXH6sP Maybe by 2020 my finances will have risen high enough and prices will have fallen far enough that I could buy one myself! haha :-D

it would also have EXTREMELY BAD low light performance.

Sony RX10 and RX100 all have shutters and ND filters. The FS700 can take stills: http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/sony-nxcam-nex-fs700-cinealta/508365-fs700-stills-mode.html So? A little doubtful it is a dealbreaker for an ND, but if it is, so what, just make it purely electronic shutter for the videographers focused GH5R with an ND built in!

Nope, EX1 doesn't have 10bit internal. It is a nice idea, and we (us low end guys) would appreciate that. But I doubt Panasonic would want to take the risk and maybe devale their brand by putting the high end "Varicam" label on a cheap stills camera. Exactly! I very very strongly doubt 0.5mm is sufficent space to make room for an MFT adapter. Of course they could have a different base mount than the FZ mount underneath, but I am skeptical there is too much room underneath that is sufficient to make room for an electronic MFT mount.