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The reason there is so much amazing footage and shitty footage from the GH5 is because it is an amazing but cheap camera.
 
Thus you have both skilled and total n00bs using it! Remember it is not all about the camera, but the hands using it.

The reason there is so much amazing footage and shitty footage from the GH5 is because it is an amazing but cheap camera.
 
Thus you have both skilled and total n00bs using it! Remember it is not all about the camera, but the hands using it.

It has nothing at all about increasing resolution from 4K to 4.6K
They changed to a completely different sensor

The reason there is so much amazing footage and shitty footage from the GH5 is because it is an amazing but cheap camera.
 
Thus you have both skilled and total n00bs using it! Remember it is not all about the camera, but the hands using it.

Done with likes for today, so here's expressing my public appreciation on your words, guys :-)

Exactly...if the GH cameras have done a service to people who don't like them, it's that they force the competition to up their game with each release they come up with...and then Panasonic incorporates a lot of those GH features into their less expensive lines following their GH release....with the Varicam line the competition can only be healthy...and in the LT you now have a cinema camera cheap enough to buy new instead of rent...first cinema camera to do this....

I brought a Tascam DR680 because it was the best for its price for field recording. Kinda got a second one by accident... but a great back up situation to have two. Plus you can gang them together for a 14 track recorder. Or more!!
 
My bags are:
552: Petrol
DR680: Satchler
F4: Zoom

That's cool, would love to see the Varicam really succeed. If nothing else, it's nice to see the high end not monopolized by 2 companies. Keeps everyone on their toes.

Working on a short film next week with a Panasonic Varicam LT! Looking forward to my first time getting my hands on it.

Working on a short film next week with a Panasonic Varicam LT! Looking forward to my first time getting my hands on it.

I was kinda joking about a camera being a sensor in a box with a lens mount. But it does have a grain of truth... which is why cameras can be broadly similar. Just like why a Samsung/iPhone/HTC smartphone are all broadly similar too.
I think the F4/F8 criticism of their digital limiters is a tad overblown. Because when you dig into the details of how they work, it really isn't that bad. Plus limiters isn't something you should be relying upon on every take anyway.
 
Why are you really skeptical about the 633??
Tascam is meant to be bringing out a nrw top end machine this year perhaps, looking forward to that as I've liked the Tascams I've used in the past.
 
Ehh??
Going all in on Zaxcom gives you pretty darn incredible control over all your wireless TX units from your recorder itself while on the fly.
Sadly my experience with high end recorders is pretty limited. Own a Zoom F4 + Sound Devices 552 + 2x Tascam DR680
And played around a tiny bit with a Zoom F8, 788T, and a Zaxcom Maxx (happened to have them on various shoots, so played around with it but didn't trust to use it instead of my own equipment). And one shoot I did do with a 302/702 combo, and another done with a 302/H4n.

Working on a short film next week with a Panasonic Varicam LT! Looking forward to my first time getting my hands on it.

Working on a short film next week with a Panasonic Varicam LT! Looking forward to my first time getting my hands on it.

Well I guess there is a time to just embrace that this is 2017, not 1950. The Digital look is here to stay like it or not. 4k is in, 720 is out. I think as a hobbyist I would love to keep the film look alive. But like I said, if I am trying to make a buck, put food on the table, I don't think a lot of cameras we associate with the Filmic look is going to cut it when you have to take any job that comes up.
It has to be a later Sony, later Panasonic, later Canon C series, and yes even a GH4, and it seems the GH5 Has to be in the mix as they say. There is no going back. For fun a BMPCC, 5D mkIII, for money making a Sony A7 mkII, Panny GH5. Bigger money stuff, Canon C series, Sony FS5 middle ground price. Canon C100, C300 probably the best overall for a balance between Film look, Digital look I think hands down. The Sony's, well the low light of them damn hard to turn down, but the worse looking Digital look to me. I think Panny is in the middle. And overall price wise, I think, very hard to beat.
For kind of serious modeling stuff, indie, short films the BM Ursa cameras Have to be in there. Price wise it has to be considered. Sony FS5 also. I like the Usra maybe better overall. But not as mature as the Sony Products. So that tips it in Sony's favor a bit. But showing up with a Sony will get you more jobs than the BM sad to say.
Now I am talking about making a living here, not for a hobby, fun. Hobby, well BM products, the lower end ones, 5D mkIII way up there now with ML.
Just my rambling thoughts about the industry as a whole if I had to do it all over again. Food for thought, and debate as they say.
A add on here. I think Panasonic, what ever this New camera they are talking about NEEDS this damn camera. It has to be under 6k, maybe even less. They have a Big ass gap in their products. It has to be filled for anyone to take them serious. To be able to move up from a GH5. People are not going from a GH5 to a Varicam LT. Get a grip!! They are sucking hind tit for not having a AF100 product like in the past in their lineup. The CEO of Panasonic needs his ass kicked for ever letting this happen. I mean it! Stupid, just plain damn stupid. Sony has handed their Ass to them because of it with the FS5, Canon with the C100, BM with the Ursa 4.6. Hell even the JVC LS300.
And no the Panasonic AG-DVX200 does not count. It has been a total flop for them. Lots of early problems with it. It ruined its potential even if they get all the bugs worked out. They threw it out the door too quick! It would be hard for me to buy one, even used. It is more of a ENG style camera anyways.

..and if you don't need the top handle, there are microphones on the body for reference sound! Battery life is mostly excellent too.
Why to have one in dSLR form? The LS300 sells for less money in the US than the GH5 with the XLR thingy box on top and a good set of ND filters. There are a couple dozen of dSLR form cameras around to choose from.

Man that Seal Beach October video looks great. Awesome color, good enough resolution. I wish JVC would put out a camera in DSLR form, I might be interested in something like this. But for the money, it's probably the best deal around. 

Because he started high? Then brought it down. 
Plus such very expensive niche items always do take a long time to sell.
However at US$12K-ish (or $15K ish) that is really not that much more of a leap than a Sony FS7 / F5 / Canon C300 mk2 / etc, and those kinds of cameras are a dime a dozen! Seen on even very very cheap jobs. 
Especially when  you remember that the sensor in the Arri Alexa Class is "EXACTLY" the same as what is in the latest and greatest and popular Arri Alexa Mini!
If you are local in LA the shipping is only US$150, which for such an item seems extremely reasonable.
Shipping is only expensive because you are so far away?

I hate when people say 'that phone? It's clearly an -insert brand- wannabe'. Dude, what are smartphones supposed to look like? Do you want to go back to the Nokia 3310 days just so it's different? Geez. Btw, actually you can, they re-vamped it. Still kinda sad the Craft cinema camera was a hoax. Would've loved a complete modular compact cinema camera system at roughly 2500 bucks.

Some new Kinefinity Terra footage shot in RAW. Call me a believer.
 

Aputure COB 300d Comparable to 2k tungsten on a single source led. It's just a little longer than the 120d and takes two batteries. They said probably under a grand.
Aputure Mini 20c - Bicolor Portable LED Light

Well part of the reason it is that high is the Insurance you have to pay to ship it. So i doubt it is a rip off scheme. They charge you out the butt for 11k of insurance. And it does come with a Flight Case. They are Heavy to ship. It really is not out of line at all.
But that is a Damn good price for that camera. There is really not anything you can't shoot with that camera other than 4k. Make a full feature film if you want. GAS.

Puzzled by his answer to when the new LS300 firmware will be available.
"It won't be released until March"
Erm....its already April mate.
I hope its not March 2018!
As a side note, I used the LS300 on its first job this week live streaming a press conference. Not thrilling obviously but it shows how versatile this thing is.
Just having the USB host port on it so you can plug in a cheap USB wireless or ethernet adapter and get out live direct off the camera or even just plug in a 4G modem stick and go live is an absolutely incredible feature. Considering how much a Teradek Vidiu would cost to add this function to another camera, thats well over a third of what I paid for the LS300.

Thats a real let down isn't it? As you say, all the ones I've seen seem to operate panels no problem but no consolation.
Its not just the batteries either, the chargers can sting a bit price wise as well.
Cheapest way in that I've seen are the batteries where you get the direct tap charger included. Though whether I'd budget for a fire extinguisher to go with it is another matter!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENTION-FS-BP150-V-Lock-V-Mount-Rechargeable-10-4Ah-150Wh-Battery-Charger-Kit-/361957152174?hash=item544653d5ae:g:rsQAAOSwmCVY9dAy
 

Wonder if a trend will  develope with rental houses where they will be renting milk crates of fully charged vlocks and one will have the bliss of true silence while shooting away from AC sources...Aperture just released a light (300D??)  that they claim to be equal to a Joker 800 or 2K tungsten...whether there yet or not, this seems to be where the future of development in lighting is going. Owning and maintaining that many batteries seems impractical and expensive though...and a lot of work if they're sitting idle
 

It is not a knock off, unless you regard everything that is vaguely square and  boxy shape that shoots greater than HD raw to be a "RED knock off", in which case the BMCC is a RED knock off too! ha

And it certainly is *NOT* "nearly RED prices", a kitted out Kinefinity Terra would cost way less than an equivalent new RED.
Not necessarily true now you can pick them up for sub $15K
Daaaaaaamn! That does seem amazing for the price.