Shirozina

There will always be a better camera released in the future but I wouldn't count on any new Sony models fixing rolling shutter or offering 10bit either so you may be waiting in vain.

 

Sony Catalyst converts to rec709.

20 hours ago, elgabogomez said:

Sony's own catalyst browse software has the fastest "official " way to deal with slog footage. It's a free download.

If you shoot in Slog then this will give you the best colour and tone. Sony software is best able to remap the in-camera colour space and tonal curve as it's not trying to reverse engineer it. Adds an extra step to your production as you have to process and transcode your Log footage prior to importing it into your NLE but saves time later as you will only have to perform minor tweaks to it when it's there.

Olympus 43 12-60 2.8-4 is a very good lens on this camera. Very high resolution, very little distortion or CA as it was not designed to be fixed with an embeded profile like the later M43 lenses. 

There are cameras with higher resolutions, that are easier to use, have better low light capability, etc etc  but when it comes to the actual 'look' of the image and it's liquid malleability in post it's in a class of it's own - I'll never sell mine. 

I can't get over the banding in blue skies this camera seems to be prone to.The 305mb/s 4.2.2 codec should be more robust than this as my A7r2 using an (on paper) much worse codec doesn't suffer nearly as much.The banding doesn't get cured when you use an external recorder either. I really want to like this camera but this is not acceptable.

Use the up and down buttons to  change the aperture. Use the manual focus on the lens and the peaking feature + 1:1 magnification to focus. I never use the IRIS or FOCUS buttons for setting either of these parameters. Plenty of info out there about how to use this camera inc instruction manual. For better control use a separate EVF which has scopes and profiles to help with exposure. It would be nice if they introduced  scopes / histogram with a firmware upgrade...........................

As long as the lenses can still focus on infinity the image quality won't be affected. 1080p is pretty low res anyway so any issues with decentering or non parallel mounting caused by the multiple adapters won't show. BTW why not use single OL to M43 or M42 to M43 adapters?

Doesn't a flat profile with 8bit 4.2.0 file mean banding danger when graded? I never found the lack of a flat profile in the GH3 a problem to be honest and using something like cine style in my canon DSLR's landed me with many shots ruined by banding in skies.

You want the shallow DOF look so stick with full frame and get a 5d3 and experiment with MLRAW. Getting shallow DOF from M43 requires expensive and exotic fast glass and even then it's debatable if it actually convincingly achieves the 'full frame look'. I doubt the GH4 will have significantly better DR than the GH3 - Panasonic claim 1/3 stop better DR for RAW and this may translate into nothing for video. Stills quality from a 5d2 is better than from a GH3 (speaking from owning both) so that's another reason for you not to jump. I've moved my video capture like this 5D2 - GH3 - BMPCC. I actually hate shallow DOF cinema style and so the BMPCC suits me perfectly. Once you have used 10bit 4.2.2 in post you will never want to deal with 8bit 4.2.0 again if you can help it. For stills I still use the Canon system although I may get a Sony A7R and eos adapter as Canon don't seem in any hurry to update the 5d3 to competitive levels of DR or MP......

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This looks OK as well.

All i can say is
 
RELIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Having this has taken soooo much stress out of using this camera.  The stock usage of power is 'as we all know' Aweful.
 
With this little bad boy i get just over 8 hours of usage and that with the camera literally ON all day.
 
If its not recording, its just on waiting for me to hit recored.
 
 
Initially i thought carrying it around was going to be a paid, but a quick trip to the local sports shop and electrical shop solved the issue.
 
I know carry the battery in a tiny 'man bag' over my shoulder.  Made up a power extension cable that allows me to also use the camera handheld, on a tripod or on the Jib while power is tethered to me, But but can be disconnected in less than a second allowing the camera to carry on running with the stock battery which remains at 100% as its constantly being topped up by the Anker.
 
A MUST HAVE!!!!!!!
 
If anyone is interested, i can post up some pics

What model is it as Anker do quite a few.

The GH3 can record up to 11 stops, spread in adventurous curves over the (less than) 256 steps. If the BMPCC can only record 9 stops, it does so in 1024 linear steps (Film-LOG). There is way more detail between the stops, and there is way more color information (16 million nuances vs. over a trillion).
 
Take the image from this post from a german thread. Does this picture contain 13 stops dynamic range? I doubt so. 
 
I believe the test is correct.

No way the GH3 has 11 stops of DR in movie mode. In RAW stills it's only just nudging 12 stops.

Raw is looking good to me.
Raw is also easier to use for me, as ProRes has to be more carefully shot.
9 stops? Maybe, but still better than most other similarly priced cameras/

My GH3 has 9 ish stops and my BMPCC has easily more DR in ProRes. No idea about RAW as the extra workflow hassle makes it impractical for me. Not that difficult to get it right 'in camera' anyway.

4.2.2 10bit and they would start a revolution. Doubt they can or would as it's probably contrary to their 'roadmap'.

The GH4 could be a GH3 replacement for me if they have significantly improved the DR in video. One of the engineers was quoted as saying they squeezed 1/3 stop more for stills but if that's the same in video my next video camera looks like a c100 with an external recorder. The c100 has 12 stops DR which is at least 2 stops more than my GH3. Ok it doesn't have 4k but it's 1080 is clean, detailed and had better low light capability. Let's face it most people shooting in 4k will not be outputting final material in 4k but down sampling to 1080 and it doesn't matter how you get superior 1080 - native 1080 capture or 4k down sampled to 1080. I guess we will have to wait for DR measurements as manufacturers seem especially coy about stating these specs unless like BM they are something to shout about. When you have good DR and better than 8 bit 4.2.0 files the need for RAW capture and all it's post production and storage hassle becomes less important. Please let's hope we get at least 11 stops from the GH4...............