Shirozina

I obsess over image fidelity, skintones, and motion cadence.
That is a political act. - no it's a technical concern
Because im an upper middle class white guy so i am allowed to do this. - no as it's open to anyone who is interested in the technical side of image making
So are most of you. -  - no we are not
Its called white priveliege. - no it's not
And we are not in a vacumn - speak for yourself ( it's vacuum BTW)
The president of the united states is a white nationalist and is wrecking havoc. - quite possibly but what has this to do with any of the above esp as his support base is largely lower class white ( ex) workers
And where are we? Defending a photo company that discriminates against women and race. - who, what ?
Classy. - just delusional
BTW as a 'self-confessed' upper middle class white guy the system of privilege you so despise seems to have failed you spectacularly with regards to your education in basic  spelling and grammar........
 

I obsess over image fidelity, skintones, and motion cadence.
That is a political act. - no it's a technical concern
Because im an upper middle class white guy so i am allowed to do this. - no as it's open to anyone who is interested in the technical side of image making
So are most of you. -  - no we are not
Its called white priveliege. - no it's not
And we are not in a vacumn - speak for yourself ( it's vacuum BTW)
The president of the united states is a white nationalist and is wrecking havoc. - quite possibly but what has this to do with any of the above esp as his support base is largely lower class white ( ex) workers
And where are we? Defending a photo company that discriminates against women and race. - who, what ?
Classy. - just delusional
BTW as a 'self-confessed' upper middle class white guy the system of privilege you so despise seems to have failed you spectacularly with regards to your education in basic  spelling and grammar........
 

I obsess over image fidelity, skintones, and motion cadence.
That is a political act. - no it's a technical concern
Because im an upper middle class white guy so i am allowed to do this. - no as it's open to anyone who is interested in the technical side of image making
So are most of you. -  - no we are not
Its called white priveliege. - no it's not
And we are not in a vacumn - speak for yourself ( it's vacuum BTW)
The president of the united states is a white nationalist and is wrecking havoc. - quite possibly but what has this to do with any of the above esp as his support base is largely lower class white ( ex) workers
And where are we? Defending a photo company that discriminates against women and race. - who, what ?
Classy. - just delusional
BTW as a 'self-confessed' upper middle class white guy the system of privilege you so despise seems to have failed you spectacularly with regards to your education in basic  spelling and grammar........
 

There is nothing intrinsically inferior about CMOS in comparison with 'other' technology - MF digital, CCD, film, Foveon etc. The main reason it's colour performance is inferior in current implementations is that the RGB color filters over the photosites are so weak. This is done to enable better high ISO performance  which everyone demands but it seriously compromises color fidelity. If we had CMOS sensors with denser CFA's we would have  better colour fidelity but they would not be profitable as they would be ISO limited and the market is limited. i think I'm right in saying that MF digital backs are now CMOS ( they used to be CCD) but likley they have better CFA's optimised for colour fidelity over light transmission as the pro user base wants this. Sony also does some baked in NR to RAW files even at base ISO which is visible in fine irregular detail like foliage. It looks like a watercolor photoshop filter has been applied to it. Mostly though with such big files you are never displaying at 1:1 to see it.

I obsess over image fidelity, skintones, and motion cadence.
That is a political act. - no it's a technical concern
Because im an upper middle class white guy so i am allowed to do this. - no as it's open to anyone who is interested in the technical side of image making
So are most of you. -  - no we are not
Its called white priveliege. - no it's not
And we are not in a vacumn - speak for yourself ( it's vacuum BTW)
The president of the united states is a white nationalist and is wrecking havoc. - quite possibly but what has this to do with any of the above esp as his support base is largely lower class white ( ex) workers
And where are we? Defending a photo company that discriminates against women and race. - who, what ?
Classy. - just delusional
BTW as a 'self-confessed' upper middle class white guy the system of privilege you so despise seems to have failed you spectacularly with regards to your education in basic  spelling and grammar........
 

I obsess over image fidelity, skintones, and motion cadence.
That is a political act. - no it's a technical concern
Because im an upper middle class white guy so i am allowed to do this. - no as it's open to anyone who is interested in the technical side of image making
So are most of you. -  - no we are not
Its called white priveliege. - no it's not
And we are not in a vacumn - speak for yourself ( it's vacuum BTW)
The president of the united states is a white nationalist and is wrecking havoc. - quite possibly but what has this to do with any of the above esp as his support base is largely lower class white ( ex) workers
And where are we? Defending a photo company that discriminates against women and race. - who, what ?
Classy. - just delusional
BTW as a 'self-confessed' upper middle class white guy the system of privilege you so despise seems to have failed you spectacularly with regards to your education in basic  spelling and grammar........
 

I obsess over image fidelity, skintones, and motion cadence.
That is a political act. - no it's a technical concern
Because im an upper middle class white guy so i am allowed to do this. - no as it's open to anyone who is interested in the technical side of image making
So are most of you. -  - no we are not
Its called white priveliege. - no it's not
And we are not in a vacumn - speak for yourself ( it's vacuum BTW)
The president of the united states is a white nationalist and is wrecking havoc. - quite possibly but what has this to do with any of the above esp as his support base is largely lower class white ( ex) workers
And where are we? Defending a photo company that discriminates against women and race. - who, what ?
Classy. - just delusional
BTW as a 'self-confessed' upper middle class white guy the system of privilege you so despise seems to have failed you spectacularly with regards to your education in basic  spelling and grammar........
 

1080 on a 4k monitor also looks better than it does on a 1080 monitor.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but the 400mbps will be for a codec where every frame is recorded individually ( not made up of parts from frames either side) and thus the overall compression ratio will be higher than with the current  150mbps codec where it stores only certain frames fully and interpolates the inbetween ones. Thus there is no guarantee therefore that the images will look better with 400mbps due to higher compression. It may look better for motion?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but the 400mbps will be for a codec where every frame is recorded individually ( not made up of parts from frames either side) and thus the overall compression ratio will be higher than with the current  150mbps codec where it stores only certain frames fully and interpolates the inbetween ones. Thus there is no guarantee therefore that the images will look better with 400mbps due to higher compression. It may look better for motion?

I was expressing my honest opinion about the technical quality of the footage which was posted as an example of the technical capability of a camera - how is this rude? If you want a more refined opinion it has a nasty highlight rolloff possibly caused by clipping in the red channel. 

Looks pretty nasty in the highlights. 

If you post a purely technical test then it's open to comment - I'm not criticising the person. If anyone 'loves'  their camera and is hurt by comments on it's technical abilities then maybe they need the kind of help that I or anyone else on this forum can't give......

Some cameras can capture 1080p nativity that looks good when displayed on a 1080p device. Other cameras need to capture at a higher native resolution in order to produce good 1080p. Shooting with a higher resolution than the output is perfectly normal in stills photography and the same applies to video. More resolution than the output size allows re-framing, straightening, image rectification and stabilisation in post production without compromising the resolution. When 4k output becomes the norm then likley 6/8k capture will be required......

I have 14 studio and it certainly is an upgrade and resolve has been my main editing and grading tool for a while now but I wouldn't want to be without Adobe Creative suite at all. Premier has a clunky layout and certainly needs a revamp but it's integration with Adobe Audition and After Effects means it's got advantages over resolve even with the Fairlight panel. As far as I can see the Fairlight panel at present is just a mixing desk (which is not bad in itself) but it's not yet an audio processing tool like Audition anymore than the FX library in Resolve is any serious challenge to aftereffects if you want to do serious FX and compositing work. No doubt in teh future you will have to purchase extra Audio Plugins for Fairlight to get a complete set of audio processing tools? Any serious filmmaker should have a range of tools at their disposal and I don't see Premier vs Resolve as an either or choice - you need both! 

Starting on a budget I'd not look at any of the suggestions to be honest - here's my take;
Best sounding starter sound recorder IME is the tiny Sony PCM-M10 which can take self powered mics via the 3.5mm jack. Can be mounted on a hotshoe, 2 AAA batteries last for ever, tiny put in your pocket take anywhere recorder you will still keep even when you buy more expensive gear. 
When you have saved up for better phantom powered mics then the best and cheapest option is to get hold of a used Fostex FR2LE - it's pre amps are not far off the SoundDevices 7 series i.e if you can't get good enough sound for your film with it then it's not the fault of the recorder. ( sometimes wonder why I upgraded......)
Spending a bit more  or simply an alternative  would be a SoundDevices mixer pre to combine with a Sony M-10. 
Beyond this you are really getting into the realm of being a  dedicated sound recordist and we are not even talking about the real tools of sound - the microphone.

The Tamron is big, heavy, has horrendous distortion and (wide open) hopelessly outclassed in resolution by my 35-70 Contax. I'll return it and wait to see how the new Sigma and Tamron 24-70's perform but after playing with it for 1/2 a day I'm suddenly I'm not so convinced that I 'need' anything to replace the Contax. 

You could try these - http://micromuff.com/ on your internal mic's. I have them on my A7r2 and the stereo image and sound quality is not that terrible in higher sound level environments. They are a bit flawed as the velcro lets in the wind so I removed it and stuck them on with double sided tape. You could also just buy some fake fur and DIY. You could add some LAV omnis to the camera or on some headphones in a binaural setup for capturing better quality 'imersive' sound in a stealthy way but for directional sound the mics by their design are less forgiving of wind so need large wind protection systems. 

Just ordered the Tamron - will report back!

There are no 'cheap and good' mics but if you really have no choice but to use a camera mounted mic in a 'run and gun' setup then as said the Rode Video Mic pro is probably your best choice as it has it's own internal amps so you can crank the gain up on these and feed the camera a very hot signal that minimises the influence of the internal camera amps. When using this setup get the camera and thus the mic as close to the subject as possible. Once you start using a separate recorder it will not be so much of a run and gun setup and you will need to get someone to act as a sound recordist but you could mount the VMP on a boom and feed it direct to the camera via an extension cable ( at the risk of picking up mobile phone signal interference). In a static one man situation you could rig a boom pole on a stand to close mic the subject from above or just a stand to do it from below for close up 'talking head' shots.

Interesting idea but I have too much invested in EF lenses to make the switch and with 2 very nice higher end EF mount cameras just announced that investment seems very wise and future proofed. Shame that Sony are not upgrading the A7r2/S2 interface software and likley waiting for the mk3 versions but can just about put up with the ergonomics of the A7r2 now that the camera is delivering such amazing image quality through your EOSHD profile!

In the past Tamron would fix / recalibrate their lenses for free. I had a 28-75 done which improved it quite a bit. They also would optimise it for full frame or APS if you specified this. The only drawback on the Tamron that has put me off is the large front filter size. Any reason you are not interested in 'native' glass for your GH5?

"AMD is planning to release its own high-end enthusiast Ryzen line — dubbed the “Threadripper” — later this year with up to 16-cores and 32-threads, something that the newly announced 18-core i9 Extreme will compete head-to-head against." - at last an Intel vs AMD speed war.

Until CPU's become fast enough to decode highly compressed camera media on the fly what choice is there but to work from Proxies / optimised media substitutes in the timeline? At least you are retaining the original camera files for future use when hardware can handle them. I'm just advising against transcoding as some users may be tempted to throw away the original camera files in the mistaken belief that a transcode is preserving perfectly whatever was contained (however imperfectly) in the original camera files.

Neither would I