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The new pilotfly H1+ is out with dual 32bit IMU. 

I think this is a game changer. Put your A7RII, RX100IV or D5500 on it and you get pro stabilized footage. Lots of creative possibilities (hyperlapse, fast movement while shooting in slowmo, ...)
What do you guys think?

I just tried it with the a7Rii with IBIS turned on, looking at the footage I feel like a professional now.

If I'm right, .MGA files are made for screen calibration.
Here are more free LUTs :
- Film print emulation by Juan Melara : http://juanmelara.com.au/print-film-emulation-luts-for-download
- Kodachrome film look by Frank Glencairn : https://frankglencairn.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/everything-looks-better-on-kodachrome-k-tone-lut
- Film look pack by SmallHD : http://www.smallhd.com/community/movie-looks-download
- My free LUT with teal/blue-orange look : http://luts.iwltbap.com/#freeware
Hope it helps 

I just found out there's a free LUT plugin from "vision color" that works with Sony vegas and movie studio platinum 13 and also that Technicolor has a free lut for Cinesytle that I'm trying out with the EOSHD GH4 Flat profile, and having some good some bad results. Are there any more LUTs out there worth checking out? And what format or program is .mga associated with? I did a search but couldn't find it. Thanks

One-man-bands definitely need to own at least one camera. There are shoots that will be jus fine with a 5D, A7s, etc. There are some you would want higher end stuff and would be very difficult to pull off and sell as a one man band. Can always rent for those. It's truly based on your needs. 
Personally speaking, I own a T3i and use it for the odd personal project and stuff where people would pay me a small amount. If I am being paid a decent rate, I always rent either an A7s or three or a C100. 

I can see where you are coming from when it comes to the big guns. I find it a bit strange that people on reduser will take out huge loans for their cameras. Unless they have a steady stream of high end business. 
But something like a gh4, A7S, BMPCC, why not? They are cheap enough to get even for goofing off and practicing. 

No. Can't argue with the box office.

Yes. 
Used pros:
Price (vs new) / warranty if recent and with receipt (almost never the case on ebay..)
Used cons:
Never know how it was used by the previous user, so it is a bit of a gamble

Grey market pros:
Price also, the camera is brand new you are the first user
Grey market cons: 
No warranty except going through the dealer himself

I would take grey market over used for same price. 
I need something better for the pictures though (that is why A7RII fits the bill, as well as D750 + RX100IV). 
Another idea is D5500 (450$ grey market!!!!) which is 95% as capable as D750 for video and photo + RX100IV with the idea in mind to re sell it either right after the trip or in a year or so. 

I did exactly this (D5500) for my july trip in the rockies. Got a Sigma 10-20mm for landscapes at 250$CAD on eBay, sold it with auction 2 weeks after and it went for 350CAD$, made a 100$ profit without asking anything ....  
 

If you don't want to use half your trolley/bank account on photo equipment, becoming a robbery-candidate all over Cuba, get a Panasonic FZ1000, three extra batteries and a way to unload your pictures/footage. 

Anyone looking at the A7R2 for video primarily, and sinking £2500 into it is mad.  If you want the best camera for stills with interesting manual focus lenses like rangefinder glass then the a7r2 is it, period.  The raw files I'm seeing from my A7R2 are astounding.  The best image I've seen.  it also shoots video.   
 
The image from the a7s internal 1080p is as good as the 4k image from the A7R2.  the a7s is now less than half the price of the a7r2.  if video is your primary purpose for the camera, a7s cant be beat.  

Thank god! Incredible that Samsung keeps updating this camera, probably the best bang for buck camera you can buy.

And....perhaps few noticed that, but now focus peaking can be turned always on during video...just set the focus peaking to a custom button and you're done. I tested it only with nx lenses, but I guess the same goes for legacy lenses.

In addition to image stability, I'm happy to announce my unofficial, unplanned drop test was a complete success. 
Peak design backpack kit was a complete failure though. Dropped the nx1 from 5 feet onto solid granite straight onto the lens and slid 10 more feet down the mountain. It still runs like a champ. The thing is a tank.

Dbounce, if a newer camera comes from samsung it will be the lower end nx50. For the successor of nx1 you'll have to wait 1.5-2 years imo.

Samsung is really not playing around. Hopefully they add something like S-Log in the next update.

1. It is amazing. Massively reduces jitters and rs. And I see no degradation. There is a slight crop, indicating the camera is still sampling from almost the whole sensor even with DIS to get UHD video.
2. Yes, works with any lens. There are videos using DIS with manual lenses, and it works fine.
Now, there is a penalty that I have seen: If the subject is moving, say in the wind, the DIS algorithm will try to keep the subject in place. Effectively, if the subject (say, a flower), is moving up and down the clip makes it look like the camera is following the flower movements!
But other than that, the Samsung DIS seems as good as IBIS, maybe better for video. This feature was an utter surprise, and a real breakthrough.

Wow. Just when I thought Samsung had finally slowed down on the feature-adding updates, they come out of nowhere with DIS. Unexpected to say the least. Results look fairly promising

Rumor says the DIS doesn't loose any substantial image quality, anybody that can confirm? 
And does it work with manual lenses?

The greatest visual director of his generation.

I'd recommend the Sony PMW-F3 for sure (I have one myself! And I'm using Nikon lenses with it).
They're an insanely good deal. Can easily pick one up for roughly two grand ish each on eBay or elsewhere. I even saw one go for a grand and a half earlier this week on eBay (I paid even less for mine!).
 
Only significant drawbacks about this AWESOME camera: weight, max 60fps, and only MF (except for rare FZ exceptions).

Thanks, agreed, but the people helping are very variable skills-wise and sometimes they need set and forget. If I could do it every week myself, it would have been a very good solution!
An option could also be to use this as an excuse to buy myself a new camera and donate the gh3. Then they could spend the money on a decent lens instead. Need some agreement from the mrs on this one though..

A GH3 or G6 with a vintage lens or two could do the trick if the operator can manual focus. 

Maybe a used D5300 and Tokina 80-200mm f2.8? I got that lens for £250 ($400) on ebay. 

good 1080p is better than mediocre 4k.  Grab an A7S and shoot internal 1080p with a cheap 50mm prime like a contax 50/1.7.  nothing will come close for the money.  full frame for most stuff, aps-c crop for close punch ins.  

there are aspects of a camera that might get left in the dust because everyone's chasing after 4k, so I get the question from that standpoint. also I personally cannot handle 4k video editing on my crappy pc, so