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Oh, I will as well. I shoot a good chunk of "low-fi" stuff these days. Quick and dirty run n' gun stuff. But it's easy, fun, and pays some bills, so why not?

Yes, that old NTSC still looks great because those projects were co-lit by a colleague of mine that's really good at doing such. Also, most of it was magic hour shooting. Which is why, in my anecdotal experience, resolution and dynamic range ain't the main thing. It's wonderful to have, but when you got solid craftspeople on set doing a great job, any decent camera should look wonderful. Consider Arri. Everyone loves the Alexa, right? Footage looks awesome, etc. Well, why wouldn't it? Pros are using it. People that access the upper echelon of cameras tend to be people that are already pretty good at what they're doing. It looks great because it's shot great. In the up coming months we're going to see a bunch of mediocre footage from the GH5. (along with some crazily impressive stuff too) The weak footage won't be because it's a bad camera, but because it's affordable enough to be in the hands of people with rudimentary skills making mistakes and bad choices.

I've also shot and edited 1080, uploaded it to vimeo/youtube as 4K, and it holds up quite well. Looks good. Also made DCP's from 1080 and it looks wonderful on the big screen.

Yeah, my claim is that we've been there for a few years already with various brands, but it's nice to keep getting new tech that's even better. As much as I'd be loathe to admit, a lot of my best work was done 20 years ago on NTSC. The reason it was successful is not because of the dynamic range of the camera or the limited resolution.

Agreed. I've utilized IBIS effectively for my low-end corporate shoots. Unless one is a complete moron shooting video, ya figure out what looks good and what doesn't and make it work for your production. No, you don't use IBIS as a replacement for a tripod. If you're doing loooong-take event videography, (boring, but whatever) you most likely get a tripod. On the other hand, if you attempting to knock out a ton of quick but elegant b-roll shots, you can make IBIS footage look great. With decent IBIS I quickly and easily learned how to emulate a dolly/slider shot. I do this handheld with a simple technique. Doing that on the fly adds a level of quality I try to accomplish on my gigs. Back in the day, I'd have to set up track to handle the bulkiness of video gear. Then, as gear got smaller, I went to a slider to accomplish the same look. Now I can do an entire shoot handheld and still get that more sophisticated footage. What's not to like about that? Bottom line: You still need to be a half way decent shooter, nothing compensates for that talent. But if you got the chops and know how to make smart decisions, (IBIS is NOT a steady cam people) then the added tool of IBIS is a welcome capability.

On my EM5II I do find myself taking more stills because of this. I guess that's a big reason why I find the camera kind of fun and enjoyable to work with.

That's the thing about various gear or filmmaking "blogs" out there. Most often it's dipshits like me spouting off on our anecdotal and biased experiences. And there's nothing inherently wrong with that. But when a site purports to be some sort of authority on matters when all they're doing is elevating us fellow dipshits to assert some faux academia and generate ad revenue, damn right readers are going to be skeptical about that nonsense. "Don't bullshit a bullshitter" is the American colloquialism...or "dipshitter," if you prefer. I mean, god bless the kids at a site like nofilmschool for pissing into the wind with their tinkle of naiveté. I think even that sort of blog has a place, but to manufacture cut'n'paste "content" with the priority being the monetizing of it all? No thanks. Too smelly. Fact is, EOSHD doesn't play that "content" game. It's not trying to be something it's not. It has license to be aggravated, satirical, or dismissive because it's willing to pay the price to do so. When I was a kid we'd shorthand such an attitude by simply saying it's "punk rock." If anything, that's the minor-key vibe that keeps me around here. Expecting EOSHD to be otherwise, knowing what we know of the owner of this place, is also slightly ridiculous.

Yeah, butt how's the bokeh?

Camera X has better skin tones.

What's the context of that? I'm not up enough on the saga to parse it.

I used to have that glidecam. You just need a spacer to lift the camera a bit, yeah? Suggest going to a hardware store and pluck around in the bins for anything that'll lift your cam enough and then get a bolt to fit. You could get a machinist to fabricate something for you in a matter of minutes as well. Or, honestly, looks like a Manfrotto quick release plate might give you enough. If not, it's pretty easy to add a spacer to the Manfrotto receiver too.

Indeed. It suits my run/gun doc stuff quite well. Pany does as well, but the Oly feels more comfortable for the long haul. Of course, the gx85 is cheap too. Best value for $ I can think of right now. --And I do like shooting stills on the Olympus and the X-pro2. On the other hand, I took out the Fuji the other day for some motion picture shooting just for the heck of it, so it must be growing on me.

Contemporary aesthetic. Kids with their phone camera videos and the YouTubes.

Whenever I want super thin DOF or low-light ability, I put a Canon FD f1.2 55mm w/a speedbooster on my M43's. I've always found it a pleasing glass combo. The image is not perfect --and that's fine as far as I'm concerned. It does offer character. I also use Oly's 12-40 2.8 a lot. When I want sharp, contrasty, and clean, that's the lens I go to. Is it "special"? Eh, maybe, depends on one's POV. You're not going to see the same shallow DOF on that glass, but that's not nessecarily a bad thing either. But basically, I'm a big fan of good older lenses. If you like newer Canon lenses and the 35L II, why not get a metabones speedbooster adapter, buy another 35L II used, and keep using it? Or, rent something like the Panasonic LUMIX G Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 ASPH Power OIS Lens and see how that grabs you. I'm curious of that myself and will probably give it a try this month.

Don't forget, the moire. That's still there too. Yeah, all the issues of my EM5II, 'cept the new Oly shoots 4K. Weird thing is, even with all those flaws on my EM5II, I still use that camera the most; learned to work with the video limitations. Luckily, I've found the pre-amps to be decent enough and acceptable when combined with a sennheiser ew100 wireless kit. I think I'll be in the market for the EM1MII a few months down the road as my next doc starts...if/when the price drops. Not because it's the best, but because Olympus models seem to appeal to me for ergos. If the IQ was wildly inferior I wouldn't consider it, but I do find the image acceptable. And that IBIS is crazy. So we'll see. Oly or Pany at this point.

Well, in my case that's true as well...although we eventually got basic cable when I was in high school. My mom kept the household at a temperature that rivaled the refrigerator. Maybe that was her plan. Save money on heating and keep the meat chilled simultaneously. I wish I could use this excuse for my lack of youthful companionship. I had more challenges than a landline could affect.

Yeah, I'm of an age that knows a history without the information super highway mobile World Wide Web, so I had a life untethered. Maybe I romanticize that nostalgia a bit, but, among other things, I do know what it was like to have a conversation with friends about stuff before an easy answer was in everyone's pocket.

Not alone. It's my favorite procrastination tool, among other cons. Feel like it often diminishes my quality of life rather than enhances it.

Of course, the "chip on the shoulder" is the exact reason why this place has more authenticity than others and feels more real. Its why the articles that do appear actually are entertaining and don't feel like slogging through some PR brochure. Its why the forum has some juice behind it. Its not self censored for safe or broad corporate appeal. I, for one, appreciate that, and the culture it allows, if nothing else.

Or get a M43 native lens. Or, better yet, just shoot with a fast prime? Lots of folks seem to think that a variable is the only way to go with video shooting. However, there's a quality that leans "cinematic" when the focal length stay consistent through a shoot/footage. On a lot of my work I often favor one lens and that's it. Something around a 50mm FF equivalent would be perfect for weddings. Not too long, not too short. Great for shallow DOF. Of course, that's not the advice you're interested in! Good luck, regardless.

As you know, you have to manually set IBIS to the focal length for "dumb" adapters. The IBIS will work give or take a few mm, so you have a bit of a mm "window" to work with, but not a lot. It gets wobbly the farther from the accurate mm tandem-setting. That said, setting your focal length and then manually adjusting the IBIS to match take about 3-5 seconds, so you can always just do that.

I had to make a DCP a few months back in a rush, so I just hired out the service here: cinsend.com. Uploaded my film and they created and distributed as needed. You have the time to test a DCP build, so suggest to have a DIY go at it. Always good to learn those things.

I've never really re-visited his blog much because of this. Valuable info there, just wasn't really attracted to the style or content.

My guess is: Not a chance.

On second viewing, looks more like a filthy sensor.