BrunoCH

There is no difference in "gradeability" between 420 and 422. The big difference about "gradeability" is 10bits vs 8 bits. F-log is better too. ProRes is better than H265 for hardware but it's another question.

I tried one more time today

It's very complicated to move the camera by hand with a light rig and to make the focus easily.

With autofocus, two handles side should be a good solution.

Not easy. This is the best I can do.

No. Not easy to manually focus with two side handles.

No, it's not so big. If I don't use the right part, I don't put it on, so I don't weigh down the whole rig. It's very flexible. With my Weebill S, I only use the top part and the left part with a weight to counterbalance the lens and the matte box. You can only buy the half cage. I prefer to have the full one and use only what I need. Half smallrig cage

I got this cage (I only use half) smallrig 1630

Meike lenses are based on Veydra but not the same. Veydra are severe focus breathing, but Meike are almost no focus breathing. Maybe, they lost coverage in this modification.

I think 16mm don't cover APS-C sensor size but only MFT sensor.

There is absolutely no problem to match these three lenses with the 10-bit F-log.

I have the, 25, 35 and 50mm. 75% of my shots are made with the 35mm. When I need wider, I put the 25; very rarely I put the 50mm. Hope Meike will release a 20mm or 19mm if I need wider than 25mm and get stuck by a wall indoors.

Here is a quick XT4 IS test done at the end of the afternoon. No problem with overheating. I shot about 12mn rushes in 45mn without any problem when it was 34 °C in Paris. XT4 hand held with my 50mm Meike cine lens + ND16 filter + lens hood. IS ON; IS boost ON. password : isxt4

Yes, there is a shaking problem at the start. With the weebill I put off XT4 IBIS. I don't know exactly what happened. May be the wind or the last Weebill S firmware update. Or I would have to manually tune the motors. I am using autotune. I put a Swit 5c monitor on my weebill S to get the 2.35 ratio during shooting. In post, you have to desqueeze the picture. There are many possibilities, depending on the software.

A music video shot on XT4 + Sirui anamorphic 50mm + Weebill S. F-log 10 bit H265, Editing FCPX, Color grading Resolve with RCM, without LUT.