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Max, have you used it exclusively in the Cinelike D profile? Maybe you should give Natural (or even Cinelike V) a try. They might be a little closer to what you're after and a bit easier to correct.

Hum, true story. Value for money is less relevant if you don't have too much problem with spending money, a camera is already a way better deal than it used to be and it gives you features and handling that are hard to be rivaled. In that case you get a nice return of investment in the form of a huge grin on your face because you can use it like a 5DmkIII for stills and video, with the same great lenses (without the funky adapters) and get 4K from it... it does look like a great allrounder for sure. For me personally, money is rather relevant, I can't see me using something allround that is this big and if I were to spend that kind of money and get awesome video, I'd lean towards the FS7, keeping the 5DmkIII/A7S/whatever you already have that does both well, as the allrounder. But that's totally different reasoning. For your reasoning it actually does make a lot of sense to get the 1D C. That's gonna be one hell of a Tuesday! Enjoy.

Yeah, I was wondering about that too earlier... can't see me using it like that either. If you're going to rent the Shogun, then why not rent a camera package with some nice lenses along with it? I mean, if you're really on a tight budget and depending on your personal beliefs, then sure... you can put the Shogun together with the FZ1000. But I just can't ditch the feeling that you won't be getting that much more out of a 1" sensor and the GH4 makes sense to throw on a rig and use a follow focus and all that good stuff, but the FZ1000 imho just isn't that kind of production friendly camera. And that kind of raises the question, why bother with the Shogun at all? I think it's a honest question to ask, and Matt did just so. Anyways. Some might want to do it, some might not, nothing is just dead on wrong, everyone has their own way and style. If you need to get around a recording time limit and increase some of the quality, then it might even be one of the few, if not only, choices you have, you're right.

Well, if you won't limit your options to the GH4 or LX100, you can always take a look at the other Pana's: the G6 and GX7. Nikon, with their D5300 or Sony's A5100 or A6000. Might even consider a BMPCC altogether?

It's running for £5,790.83 ( £6,949.00 inc VAT ) on http://cvp.com/index.php?t=product/canon_eos_1d_c&utm_source=geizhals&utm_medium=shop&utm_campaign=feed ... If I were to get it here, it would set me back £9,400.00. Pwoah. Expensive little thing. Although, let's leave 'little' out of there, it's kingsized. Would be interesting to see once having played around with it a bit, what you think of it compared to some of the other 4K camera bodies out there... A7S, GH4 and NX1. Although, I bet the 1D C will be pretty awesome to work with. Just not sure if it's the same kind of value for money though. And spending all that money, I'd kinda rather want to have a go at the FS7.

If you'll use it for productions, then I feel it's hard to beat the GH4's versatility and features, like you said... especially if you might want to throw some glass on there or certain looks and just in general getting a bit more videofriendly experience out of it. I'd go for the LX100 if you also have use for it as an A-camera... using a camera where otherwise you would have non (well, maybe a GoPro or a smartphone) and care about stills photography. If you just need something for B-roll and the reason for considering the LX100 is not the size, but just having something for B-roll, then I'd say the GH4 is the powertool you'll want having around. Might also be a little easier to match it to the C100. But that being said... the LX100 is a pretty powerful tool as well. Here's a sweet little clip I came across on 43rumors the other day... they shared it for good reasons, it's great.

Oh noes, I can already see people announcing messiahs. Although probably... they're just gonna take the EOS M and give it a little twist? I'd love to see something from Canon the can keep with up the Sony Alpha-series, be it the A5100/A6000 or A7S and Panasonic with the GH4/GX7/G6/GM1... but I'll only believe it when I see it. Also I feel Olympus and Fujifilm should up their game... they have great cameras for stills, but I'm wondering why they keep their video so 'meh'... they could be THE choice for hybrid shooters. I guess they don't want to be known for good video. As if that would be a bad thing. And what's up with Canon's normal entry level dSLRs? We've seen the mid-range 70D and the 7DmkII. But basicly since the 650D nothing has changed for entry level cameras. Which itself is hardly different than the 'ancient' 550D/T2i. Actually, what I personally would love to see from Canon is what a 550D meant back in 2010. So if I had something to say at Canon, I'd say: I mean... I wouldn't say no to a mirrorless 700D successor a little something like that, even if it's not 4K. You can even apply the same formula to a 5DmkIII. If Canon had something to counter the A7S, I think that would be gold to a lot of people. But it's late and I realize I'm rambling... better call it a day.

​For the GH2 it was a reliability problem if you got anything else than the SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC 64GB 95MB/s Class 10 UHS-I. Still shooting with the GH2 from time to time, so I kinda still stick with those cards. Also, because they handle 4K just fine as well I can keep using 'em throughout cameras. I haven't had the need for something U3 class yet. Could well be that the FZ1000 does fine enough with lower specs cards, although, I'm not sure how thoroughly you've checked your footage for dropped frames and such, but it never hurts to be on the safe side of things of course... and keep yourself futureready. I'm not expecting the FZ1000 suddenly to do RAW recording, but I do have the GH4 as well, and who knows, maybe for V-LOG stuff (2015 Q1 FW Update?) cheap cards won't do the trick anymore. ​I have recently back this Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breakthrough/x-series-traction-filters for the ND3 and ND6 (77mm to use with step rings for fitting anything with smaller threads). Been actually using a variable ND filter before, just for the sake of being convenient and making slight adjustments on exposure on the fly. But since it works with two polarizing filters cancelling eachother out to get a darker image, there are certain side-effects... Like you said, if you get something a bit less powerful for blocking light, you can always combine it with an additional ND (or a CPL). So, Imma try that. You also gotta mind brands. There were a few topics recently about ND filters. Perhaps you might want to look 'em up for more information/opinions (e.g. http://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/7384-gh4-variable-nd-recomendation/ & http://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/7522-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you33-heliopan/?do=findComment&comment=77894 ).

That's nice and everything, but 'this is the place to gather ideas'. I'm not sure telling people looking for an idea to just 'come up with one already' helps them. Atleast give 'em a push in the right direction. Some general idea. Maybe they just need to get some momentum initially and then take it from there themselves. I'd rather say 'go on and shoot something; anything really!', than 'well, then just do nothing'.

I don't drink coffee. What on earth am I supposed to film now? In all honesty though, that's really a great place to start, just filming a routine. Maybe you get a new lens or a new camera and you want to just get something for the sake of testing. Filming yourself (or someone else) making coffee is a great way to get different shots/angles, different lighting situations etc to check out how something holds up... or just to familiarize with operating. Added bonus is of course that at the same time it gets you to work on your cuts/edits. You can also theme your shoots. I believe lately I've spotted some themes in Andrew's shared review footage. Like putting focus on reflections (puddles, windows, etc)... making it a recurring theme during the video or in a similar way putting focus on people using their hands. You could also use a color or just anything really. It breaks 'the random' of seemingly random footage. A great tip from Dave Dugdale I've come across recently: find someone in your life who's interesting/does something interesting and ask them if they'd be up for an interview, then just sit down with them and see where it goes. You probably have a favourite movie, try to shoot something and end up with the same look. You can even try to make an exact copy of a certain scene. Enter a contest. If you need a little bit of a push, there's like Film Riot's Monday Challenge that reoccurs from time to time. You get an assignment, so you don't have to come up with the whole idea yourself. You do have to digg a bit in that creative mind of yours to come up with something unique of course. Sometimes it's all about participating and perhaps getting the honor of winning and getting your name mentioned, sometimes there's actually an incentive, like some gear you can win, so you've got a bit of pressure to do well, if that's just the thing you need. There's a bunch of stuff one can do.

​Ah ok. The LX100 is marvelous too. I do like the high megapixel count on the FZ1000 though, it captures so much detail. I've shot some panoramas and usually (with regular cameras) they are not tall enough and lack detail, well I could capture quite of bit of height imagewise and you could almost count the leaves on trees far away, it's just so crisp and detailed. I've found the video is really enjoyable too. The FZ1000 just has that range to capture interesting stuff, be it wide angle or something very zoomed in (which you usually wouldn't get). I love this flexibility. If you don't mind the limited range, the LX100 is really nice as well though, I took a couple of pictures of my brother's newborn recently and it's just awesomeness. And video quality is very nice too. Yeah, also the LX100 isn't perfect either... but in the end it also comes down to: would've you have something different/better with you if it weren't for the FZ1000/LX100? The LX100 I awesome to have lying around, carry around in a bag or your coat's pocket. I wouldn't just have a GH4 on me all day everyday like I would have a wallet or a smartphone, but the LX100? Sure! The FZ1000 is awesome to put in a backpack and go explore. Hike up a trail, maybe climb a few rocks near the beach. You don't want to do that carrying around a bunch of stuff. For me personally as soon as 'the mission' becomes exclusively taking video though, only then I would start thinking the FZ1000 and LX100 might not be ideal for that particular situation and just as I would pick the OM-D E-M1 for a stills/photography 'mission', I'd probably go with the GH4/BMPCC with a bunch of lenses and accessories when I need to shoot a little more serious stuff videowise. In the end every camera has limits, but despite those, if you know the boundaries, you also know how to stay inside those and do not have to be surprised. And you can capture great things with just about any camera and the FZ1000 sure has a lot of potential. So enjoy shooting! I'm pretty sure after using it for a while, you'll find it really worth while.

I've read what you wrote down earlier, but it was during my break and had to get back to work. But let me toss my 2 cents in here for a sec. The FZ1000 is perfect for what you're talking about. Listen, the reason there's not so much 'chit-chat' about this camera is the fact that people here are mostly dealing with certain projects. Lets be honest here for a second, you know you're not going to use this to shoot tv broadcast commercials and feature films. If you're doing some kind of paid job, you probably have a location, talent (actors), make-up & wardrobe, a light setup, an audio kit and you probably had a certain look in mind for your shoot, so you pick out a lens that will give you that look, range and light sensitivity and get a camera with tons of control and features for video to record the image the lens projects. The GH4, G6, GX7, BMPCC, A7S, NX1, 5DmkIII... all cameras that can have the lenses exchanged; cameras that can be rigged and equipped with a follow focus. Cameras that allow for high quality output and have tons of features. Also cameras that feature a rather sizeable sensor which allows to quite easily get some creamy bokeh going on. It's a little less easier to get that shallow depth of field people like so much with the FZ1000. It has a 1" sensor, which is very respectable, certainly in its segment, but if you compare it to most stuff that comes across on EOSHD, yeah, not quite the same level of easy to get shallow depth of field. In low light it's even harder, you can of course zoom in on your subject, which will allow you to throw the background out of focus a little easier, but it drops from f/2.8 to f/4 pretty quickly. Get a Sigma ART 18-35mm f/1.8 with a speedbooster/lens turbo for your GH4 and it's bright, it's bokehlicious... but it's also apples VS oranges. The FZ1000 covers a sick range of lenses... if you want production quality stuff, get ready to take a A and B cam with you... a wide selection of lenses, a tripod is a must, you don't want to run out of batteries, so take some of those... don't forget filters, lights, audio stuff, I mean... does it start to dawn on you already? You'd take all of that with you to Yucatan? Either you'd almost need a roadie to help you out with your gear, or you're very uncomfortable carrying around lots of stuff (especially in hot and moist climates) and have your feet and back killing you, draining you from any energy to go party at night getting back to your hotel. I mean, I understand you desire to have the best of all worlds, who wouldn't like a pocketsized 6K RAW recording 18-600mm T0.95 IBIS camera with high quality audio capture and what not, but you're going to have to make some compromises. And again, for your purpose, this seems to be an ideal match. It's a nice allround camera that covers wide angle to tele, it shoots 4K video, has built-in stabilization, does have that EVF and tiltable screen, is excellent for pictures and is super convenient to take with you. I mean... what's not to like here? If you're complaining this is not really the best choice for more production/studio work... well yeah, that's maybe not really where it truelly excells, but it does so in other areas. Although still, if you're shooting an interview and have a nice setup with some lights and audio with lets say the main camera being a GH4, the FZ1000 will be very nice to get an alternative angle (same goes for the LX100). But I can also see you shooting a little documentary on this or it being used at companies to shoot videos for internal use. I mean, it's a flippin' good camera. But for ultimate creative control and high quality productions, people are going to want to use bigger sensors, interchange lenses and use more expensive cameras/more extensive gear along with it; myself included. If I've got something to shoot and the bulk of a tripod, the GH4, maybe the BMPCC, some zooms and primes, filters, batteries, lights, audio equipment, etc, isn't a burden... then why not? But as a hybrid camera for stills and video, throwing it in a backpack and not having to worry about gear and being a breeze to carry around when you're on-the-go/travelling. No question, the FZ1000 it is. But I'm using it 'as is'. I'm not gonna throw it on a rig, I'm not gonna use it with a Atomos anything, to me it just doesn't make that much sense. This is an all-in-one camera, not an add-everything-camera. Get a GH4 if you want to add stuff. One more thing... Andrew gives you solid information and his opinion. What you do with those is up to you, he's not forcing you to do anything. Also, I do hope you explore and research the w3bz a little bit beyond EOSHD before you make any decisions... make your decisions well informed and list the pros and cons that are applicable to your personal situation. What works for person A, might not be right for person B... although for the third time I believe I'll be saying this: it actually sounds like this camera will suit your needs just fine. So yeah, consider my 2 cents tossed.

Just a silly suggestion, but what about the Olympus 45mm f/1.8 and 75mm f/1.8?

Sure and while you're at it, drop some videos from a GH2 here as well. Remember this post earlier this year? http://www.eoshd.com/2014/05/kendy-ty-t2i-one-guy-amazing-things-5-year-old-dslr/ Nobody says last generation cameras immediately suck as soon as something newer comes out. They've been used to great extent for a reason. But does it really make sense to put your money down and get that kind of camera, when there's so much else out there that's affordable and has 2014-tech? Not so sure...

Yeah, I know I shouldn't let some bad experiences years ago effect present day that much, but you know the saying 'fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me', it's kind of hard to give something a second chance, if there's something out there that hasn't disappointed me yet and suits me well. But, technology advances, it gets harder to get it wrong, companies change strategies and production, maybe just give Transcend another go. I have to admit, their pricing is very aggressive and people seem to really digg their cards. For batteries I'm lately using everything by Patona (German brand). They have some great quality batteries which I feel I can actually trust. Had gotten some ultra cheap ones directly from China a few years ago that could've fried my GH2. Glad that didn't happen, but I'm paying a little more attention now. Although there's also a voice telling me 'well, you've spent so much on this camera and these lenses and now you're going to take risks with third party batteries to save a couple of bucks, really?'. Just go on Amazon and check the reviews and don't go with anything brandless or priced too inexpensive. If you can handle GH4 files, you should have no problem with anything the FZ1000 throws at ya. Don't forget, Panasonic has a crazy budget for promo footage. So it's shot during the most favorable conditions ever, with the best equipment ever, run by professionals that know how to get most out of the camera (and how to edit it). So obviously you're gonna get a bit of a difference between that and actual user shot footage. But putting that aside, you have to realize that there's a 1" sensor inside. It doesn't give you the level of gradability of a GH4, A7S S-LOG, 5DmkIII RAW, BMPCC RAW or anything. So when you start pushing it, it falls apart a bit quicker. As I mentioned earlier, it hasn't got the best dynamic range in the world. I mean, it works well and the image out of the FZ1000 can be really pleasing, AS LONG as you know its limits and work within those. Although I love Andrew's video, it's shot very well and captured some cool moments, personally I'm not really a fan of the picked 90's kind of looking colors and think the contrast is a bit too harsh to be applied to FZ1000-footage. That's a matter of taste in capturing and grading I guess. I've actually been using the FZ1000 more for stills than video lately. I find the increased megapixelcount allows for very detailed capture and the range is just nuts! You can zoom in on anything which is tons of fun for flexible framing and compositions, you'd normally wouldn't quite be able to get. Maybe I can find some clips though. Most video I shot with it was when I just had it and went to Hong Kong. You see, to me this is my travel cam. As I have the GH4 for example as well, so when I'm not really on-the-go, I'd love that one and bring a tripod, some hand picked lenses etc. . Shouldn't stop you from getting the FZ1000 as an allround cam though. It's a fine cam and everything that has been said in the review is absolutely true. This is a great powertool to have.

lol. Oh John. John. John. John.

I'd forget about the 7D... unless you're really into sports and wildlife stills shooting as well. For a hybrid shooter I'm not sure if it gets much better than the 5DmkIII. It's a serious stills camera and the RAW video is very pleasing, albeit the pretty demanding workflow. Might not be 4K and what not, but there's just some instant fullframe magic going on there. But well... and same goes for the A7S... pricey dicey. And glass that covers fullframe doesn't come cheap either. So, I would kinda lean towards the Nikon D5300? Get a bunch of awesome lenses and you're good to go for stills and video. That would kind of be my two dSLR picks for hybrid shooting I guess. 5DmkIII 1st, the D5300 coming in as a worthy 2nd. I just went with the M43-system myself, since a 5DmkIII, or even a D5300 for that matter, kitted out with a few lenses is already way too big for what makes sense for my kind of shooting. I need to be able to keep it compact and light when needed. And although the mentioned two imho are superior for photography (and sometimes wish I had one of 'em), for video there's just a lot of possibilities and qualities to be found in some M43 cameras. G6 is nice, the GX7 is very affordable nowadays. Get a lens turbo and some nice 2nd hand lenses. Of course, Pablo has a good point suggesting the Sony A5100 as well. I guess any camera would do, it's just a matter of which suits your style a little bit better than another.

I haven't had the best of experiences with Transcend, Kingston and co. and since forever sticking to SanDisk, because they've yet to let me down. I'm still using the SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC 64GB UHS-I 95MB/s memory cards I got back in the day shooting on my hacked GH2. They're good for just about anything. If I were to try something else... probably I'd go with Samsungs new cards, the EVO looks nice for regular stuff and the PRO-line looks nice for more demanding situations.

I think your camera must've been on auto exposure (and perhaps even spot or center-weighted metering). So first, the camera exposes for a dark table, then you put something relatively bright on top, it changes exposure to compensate. If that's not what you want, take matters into your own hands (which I would recommend anyways) and use manual everything. Sometimes automation can be a good thing and for some purposes it really comes in handy. But if you dictate what happens, well... you know what will happen (hopefully).

I was thinking all the same, and I'm kinda leaning towards the Konova K2 80cm.

What's the point of anything, really?

Nice elaborate video on the NX1 by TCSTV's Chris & Jordan!

I'd love to have one for M43 that combines a swing away VND with a speedbooster/focal reducer/lens turbo. That be gold.

Wait. When did the 70D become fullframe?

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure the image in the first post of the thread was photoshopped: just a circular selection around the filter and then blur everything around it. It's not as if the filter will suddenly give you supercrisp footage because it's somekind of special 'digital filter'. So, there's nothing wrong with putting filters in front of your lens... as long as you really have a use for it. Like you say, you need that variable ND filter, because else using your desired settings the image would be blown out completely. If you need to make quick adjustments, can't be bothered with stacking ND's and don't mind the quirks of a variable ND, then there's nothing wrong with that either. As said before, you really need that to save a shot. But not using an UV filter doesn't leave you with a 'broken image' that needs 'fixing in post'. I'm just not sure if a 300 dollar UV Digital filter by some fancy brand will get you 300 dollars worth of improvement. If you don't use one, probably your footage is hardly any difference. But of course, it does depend on where you live and how you shoot stuff and what you're shooting in the first place. If you live in the mountains and like to hike around in bright sunlight, it might actually of very slight use. But I'd consider its benefits pretty minimal. If you're determined and insist you do need one, then it's less a matter of 'do I need an UV filter?' and more of a 'does a 300 dollar filter give me 10x the value of a 30 dollar filter?. I think you can spend the money more wisely. But you know what... stuff wouldn't exist if there wasn't anyone to buy it. Heck, I don't know how they do it, but Hasselblad is going to sell a rebranded Sony RX100M2 for crazy $$$. Apparently there's people buying that too. But getting something just 'because it exists and costs a lot so it must be good', I'm not really sure that's a good reason to get it. If anything you just get unwanted ghosting/flares and using it together with a vND as you say, it would increase risk of vignetting and stacking glass, if not absolutely neccessary will almost surely degrade performance.