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But the question is - did they change the color of the ND selector? If not, FS5II is a much better option. 

Blackmagic Design today announced URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2, a second generation URSA Mini Pro camera featuring fully redesigned electronics and a new Super 35mm 4.6K image sensor with 15 stops of dynamic range that combine to support high frame rate shooting at up to 300 frames per second. In addition, URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 supports Blackmagic RAW and features a new USB-C expansion port for direct recording to external disks.
 
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20190305-01
 

 
Hopefully the price of Ursa Mini Pros G1 will go down now ? 

This new Nikon camera with some type of speed booster will probably be my next purchase later this year. Medium format would be fun to play with and I have a bunch Minolta lenses that would work with minimal vingetting. 

Hi Andrew,
I'm not sure when this trend started, but companies are not plural. It is "Panasonic has", not "Panasonic have". It makes me cringe observing the increasing number of people latching on to this mistake. Companies are a grammatical singular entity even though they refer semantically to an aggregation. (Semantics refer to the meaning of a thing).
 That aside, Tony's article bugged me too but after watching it several times, I realized he prefaced his negative comments with explanations of why he reached the opinion he did, and he was very careful to qualify all of his negative comments. Still, it bugged me that he posted a "commissioned" link to profit from any S1/S1R purchases - even though he says the camera is not yet a wise consumer purchase.

THIS is what is needed. I don't want a monitor, I just need the HDMI recording. And I definitely don't need a recorder that emits sound and draws 20 watts of power in an HOUR. Makes it more of a battery problem than the Pocket 4K.
For my current EOS R setup, I'd love a Ninja Star. I use my old one for 10-bit HD, but would really like it for 4K. Atomos needs to get on it, as there are plenty of affordable monitor-only products out there, but ZERO 4K recorders without a massive monitor and power draw. 
Hoping for NAB 2019.
Or maybe Black Magic can deliver and give us BM Raw!

Well I think this new portkeys monitor is what many people (including me) have been asking for. Nice price for all the features. 
 

I think it is a very good lens (Fujinon XF10-24 mm F4 R OIS) on my XT-3 and especially for my purposes. Very sharp images, and it works great with video.  I will post some footage and stills with it when I can. For doing my lectures for my online courses in my recording studio, it is a better focal length than the 18 - 55 mm kit lens, and for outdoor photography and video work, especially landscapes, it is great. And for other situations where you would need that range. It was a great move to get this lens. It has some weight to it, but that's not a problem. I also really like the Fujinon XF55-200 mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS lens. I will be trying it out for wildlife photography and video. I hope that I can get close enough with the telephoto lens. Will see. May have to get the longer telephoto at some point. Fujinon XF100-400 mm F4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR, Black. Any thoughts about using a teleconverter, pro and con?
Also, I really like to do macro photography and video, so I am probably going to have to get the FUJIFILM XF 80 mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro Lens.
I am also saving up for these two lenses. 
Fujinon MKX18-55 mm T2.9 Lens and Fujinon MKX50-135 mm T2.9 Lens. 

Not sure what happened to your video (I watched it, it was funny!) but if you make 99 more that are all different to each other you'll be off to a good start

fan noise is cheap and easy to fix. I haven't done it myself since it never bothers me that much.
as for colour this guy has shown it pretty good in this video. 
 
even though godox is the one I'm using atm and being quite a bit cheaper. I'd vote for boltzen 55w due to the size and weight. 

hey @Aquilasfx what about the https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1432631-REG/aputure_lsc120diivkit_ls_c120d_ii_led.html ??
you can match with one of their domes (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1426992-REG/aputure_minidome_ii_light_dome_mini_ii.html) and have a very convenient and modern led. I believe I will go that route for a couple of those.
It seems that the first Chinese versions of anything is just an "experimental" release, but they made most things right in the second try. The Ver.1 of both those products were kind of hit and miss.

I'm more into these little guy 
 

 

Sure, you can have a environment where the players are all human and just let things happen.  That's fine and fun, but it's not really storytelling.  It's like playing with virtual action figures.  Whatever narrative that arises could be exhilarating, but it's organic not artistically authored.  Controlled fiction is an incredible art form.   

I'm enamored with the idea of story telling in a virtual world.  Eventually, somehow, story designers will need to find a way to incorporate effective AI that steers the narrative in the direction they want while maintaining the illusion of free will in whatever sandbox environment they've created.
It's a difficult problem of math, as any random decision needs to motivate a seemingly random reaction and those threads of possibility reach levels near infinite pretty quickly.  Manufacturing chance to lead into a predetermined outcome is some existential stuff.

Not at all true!
Just add on the Atomos Shogun, which is always going to be cheaper to buy secondhand than the FS700 itself is. 
What is complicated about it? Nothing. 

It needs no more add ons than an a7S / a6500 / GH5 / etc would need at a minimum (i.e. just the normal stuff all cameras needs: media, lenses, and power). 

Yes, Nikon is one of the top choices for video (arguably the #1 choice), yet their perception is not even "mid back" but "last" (ignored alongside with Pentax etc). 

Nikon has a serious marketing problem, and giving us raw video from a $2K full frame mirrorless exactly what they need to do to make heads turn and finally pay attention. 

It was America's "Got Talent":
 
Although he has performed in Britain as well:

He is a kiwi btw! 
 

His real name is not TapeFace but "Sam Willis"
 
 

If you're living somewhere that is big enough to have a college, then I'm sure there is a local film scene. 

Perhaps not a busy professional film scene, but at least a local indie/hobbyist film scene you could hook up with. 

What about the art department at your college, any film students there? Volunteer to help with them. 
 

Wait for a Nikon Z DX camera before leaping in, that would be even more affordable than a Z5

Sounds like they're in full on troll / click bait / Canon shrill mode. 
 
Well as one of the youtube commentators said.... 

"They have already build a 500$ mirrorless full frame camera. And then they overpriced it to 1300$, because that's what they do."

After you have delivered the Sock Puppet short to Kye’s desk...
I want a three minute short called “My Town” posted here by next weekend. You don’t need a set or actors or a planned story - it’s all happening out there. Be a director and tell us your story about your town. You decide how to edit and cut - fast paced or slow. Day or night? Handheld or tripod?
Get music from Eric’s site soundimage.org.  
Improvise. Create. Direct.
Think of this not as some stupid suggestion on an Internet forum (which it obviously is) but as a commission - your first - so try to show off your talent. Who knows if you do it, someone might take notice and the first career building brick might slip into place.

My first movies were Lego stopmotion, I say go for it. I'll voice act if you need more characters.

So get to it.  I want a finished edit on my desk by Monday morning!!

I suppose the easy answer is simply to start directing.
You mentioned that within your local community there is no passion for filmmaking. So identify what are the local passions and exploit those by making a film relevant to local interests and concerns. Find a local business with an Instagram account and offer to do a film for them (limit of 60 seconds so it’ll focus the mind). And do it again. Reputation grows slowly - your experience and skill set more rapidly.
The people skills will develop too as you relate to those you work with/for.
Set up your own Instagram account and shamelessly show off your work. Progress to Vimeo or YouTube but don’t expect huge viewing figures.
Be realistic. Remain optimistic. With a hint of idealism thrown into the mix. 
Possibly the most important thing (others will know a lot more about this than me)  is to do something - anything - to get you started...
And have fun along the way.

Sounds like they're in full on troll / click bait / Canon shrill mode. 
 
Well as one of the youtube commentators said.... 

"They have already build a 500$ mirrorless full frame camera. And then they overpriced it to 1300$, because that's what they do."