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I have been using this:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?327893-A7s-S-log2-too-noisy-Then-underexpose-cine4
My Go Cuba vid was all shot in this setting...

I recently was looking for a new camera, and I, too, re-discovered a forgotten camera. It produces a truly analog, organic look. I got a Sony Handycam Pro Hi8 camera, with CCD sensor!

and S-Video output!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Just kidding, I got a BMPCC.


 
Disclaimer: I'm not making fun of anyone, I just found that old broken camera buried in a box and couldn't resist the dumb joke.

The love for the 5D RAW video image quality seems to underscore what the Imaging Science Foundation has been saying for years - resolution matters far less than other aspects in the overall picture quality:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/isf-contrast-still-the-most-important-aspect-for-picture-quality
Their top 4 attributes:
1) contrast ratio (dynamic range), 2) color saturation, 3) color accuracy, 4) resolution.
I'd easily give up the 4K resolution of my A7R2 if I could get 1080p raw with the quality of the 5DmkII / III.  I don't know if I would give up the size, portability, and ease of use features like autofocus of the a7 system for it though.  Just give us some tech from 2008 in our new cameras already..

The love for the 5D RAW video image quality seems to underscore what the Imaging Science Foundation has been saying for years - resolution matters far less than other aspects in the overall picture quality:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/isf-contrast-still-the-most-important-aspect-for-picture-quality
Their top 4 attributes:
1) contrast ratio (dynamic range), 2) color saturation, 3) color accuracy, 4) resolution.
I'd easily give up the 4K resolution of my A7R2 if I could get 1080p raw with the quality of the 5DmkII / III.  I don't know if I would give up the size, portability, and ease of use features like autofocus of the a7 system for it though.  Just give us some tech from 2008 in our new cameras already..

The love for the 5D RAW video image quality seems to underscore what the Imaging Science Foundation has been saying for years - resolution matters far less than other aspects in the overall picture quality:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/isf-contrast-still-the-most-important-aspect-for-picture-quality
Their top 4 attributes:
1) contrast ratio (dynamic range), 2) color saturation, 3) color accuracy, 4) resolution.
I'd easily give up the 4K resolution of my A7R2 if I could get 1080p raw with the quality of the 5DmkII / III.  I don't know if I would give up the size, portability, and ease of use features like autofocus of the a7 system for it though.  Just give us some tech from 2008 in our new cameras already..

The love for the 5D RAW video image quality seems to underscore what the Imaging Science Foundation has been saying for years - resolution matters far less than other aspects in the overall picture quality:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/isf-contrast-still-the-most-important-aspect-for-picture-quality
Their top 4 attributes:
1) contrast ratio (dynamic range), 2) color saturation, 3) color accuracy, 4) resolution.
I'd easily give up the 4K resolution of my A7R2 if I could get 1080p raw with the quality of the 5DmkII / III.  I don't know if I would give up the size, portability, and ease of use features like autofocus of the a7 system for it though.  Just give us some tech from 2008 in our new cameras already..

The love for the 5D RAW video image quality seems to underscore what the Imaging Science Foundation has been saying for years - resolution matters far less than other aspects in the overall picture quality:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/isf-contrast-still-the-most-important-aspect-for-picture-quality
Their top 4 attributes:
1) contrast ratio (dynamic range), 2) color saturation, 3) color accuracy, 4) resolution.
I'd easily give up the 4K resolution of my A7R2 if I could get 1080p raw with the quality of the 5DmkII / III.  I don't know if I would give up the size, portability, and ease of use features like autofocus of the a7 system for it though.  Just give us some tech from 2008 in our new cameras already..

Sorry, my mistake.  Transcoding 60p to 24p looks fine (just tried it).  I think I had been doing some 30p --> 24p transcoding before which generated a bunch of artifacts.  Thanks, and sorry for the confusion.

Just got my Pilotfly H1+ yesterday, here's a sample of some basic walking / running / tracking moving subject footage.  Shot on A7R2, 4K @ 25p 1/60, creative style neutral, picture profile off, DRO lv4, no post processing.
Definitely seeing some very noticeable bob when walking, and some jitter at the end of my running test, but I'm hoping I can iron this out with some tweaks to the settings.  The A7R2 + 55 1.8 is about 75% of the rated weight limit of 1.2kg so I might need to increase the power on the motors.. the above was shot using the default profile 1 that came with the stabilizer.  There's a lot to play with in the SimpleBGC software so I'm hoping I can eliminate the bob after some fine-tuning.
Overall Pros:
- Does a good job stabilizing; pans are also nice and smooth, something I've never been able to do well hand-held
- Lots of tweaker controls; pretty sure I can improve my first day's results with some adjustments
- Bluetooth support for the SimpleBGC mobile app, so you can tweak every setting and run calibrations while in the field
- Inverted mode is very convenient, also feels more stable to hold the rig when up-side down as gravity is helping
- Nice and compact, doesn't look too crazy when in public settings
- Fairly lightweight for such a powerful device (780g)
Overall Cons:
- Pretty confusing to set up initially, especially when you get into the software.  For example there are 5 different profiles included but it wasn't until I asked on their Facebook group that I fully understood what they did.  There's a lot I'm still figuring out about this device.
- Battery life - unlike the CAME-TV which has encoders on every motor that reduce battery consumption, the Pilotfly is only rated at 1-2 hrs of battery (depending on size of camera/lens).  I bought an external battery charger with DC output so I can charge the Pilotfly (and my camera / phone / etc.) in the field.  So far that seems to be working but of course it adds another pound or so to your bag.
- Re-balancing for different lenses can be slow since you need to use a mini allen key and re-set a bunch of screws; thankfully my current lenses are somewhat close in weight right now so I can let the motors just compensate for the slightly un-balanced camera (at the cost of even shorter battery life presumably).  The Victor studios video linked below shows how if you really need to though you can crank up the motor strength really high and use a very unbalanced lens in a pinch.
- Needs some convenience features, like a way to lock the arms down when you're walking around.  Also have to be very careful when rotating the arms with the device turned off around as the camera and arms will flop around and it's easy to bang your lens against the screws.  I was trying to switch out of inverted mode and I somehow got into a spot where one of the screws was within half a centimeter of hitting the front element of my Zeiss 55mm
Overall it's still a pretty great device and I'm pretty stoked at the kinds of shots I can do with it.  I had a cheap old manual counterweight gimbal before (Hague MMC) and it wasn't bad but for almost the same weight this is pretty awesome.
Videos I found useful when researching / setting up the Pilotfly:
Dave Dugdale's Pilotfly vs. CAME-TV Single review
CheesyCam Pilotfly vs. Nebula vs. CAME-TV Single comparison
Viktor Studios Pilotfly review (in spanish with English subs)
Pilotfly's own tutorial on how to switch to inverted mode, swap pitch and roll
GH4 user unboxing / setup / test footage
 
 
 

That shot is pretty easy to achieve with any of the 3-axis gimbals.  I took one like that on my first day testing my new Pilotfly H1+ (first day review here):
https://youtu.be/Q0k9QmOkYdg?t=37
5-axis sounds great.  I was definitely seeing noticeable up/down bob in my first day tests of the Pilotfly, although I hope to smooth it out with some better walking technique and tweaks to the settings.  Since I'm looking for small size and weight for traveling personally my ideal handheld stabilizer is a 4-axis with the size and weight of a Pilotfly.
 

I recently spent some time researching the most compact and light gimbal stabilizers for my A7R2.  The top choices seem to be (these are all pistol-grip stabilizers since everything that's not is a fair bit larger by necessity):
CAME-TV Single
Pilotfly H1+
Nebula 4000
I bought a Pilotfly H1+, just got it a couple days ago.. posted my first-day results here on the forum.
Here are some video comparisons with footage for more info (mostly Pilotfly since that's what I decided to buy):
Dave Dugdale's Pilotfly vs. CAME-TV Single review
CheesyCam Pilotfly vs. Nebula vs. CAME-TV Single comparison
Viktor Studios Pilotfly review (in spanish with English subs)
GH4 user w/ Pilotfly - unboxing / setup / test footage

Here's a short vacation video I shot on my a6000.  Lenses used were the Zeiss 24mm 1.8, Sony 50mm 1.8, and Sony 10-18mm F4.  Coming from the NEX-6 I appreciated the a6000's autofocus speed and accuracy quite a bit.  I also used the face detection focus tracking a couple times and it worked pretty well.  Still wishing we could record in XAVC / slog2 though like the A7s.
 

Here's a short vacation video I shot on my a6000.  Lenses used were the Zeiss 24mm 1.8, Sony 50mm 1.8, and Sony 10-18mm F4.  Coming from the NEX-6 I appreciated the a6000's autofocus speed and accuracy quite a bit.  I also used the face detection focus tracking a couple times and it worked pretty well.  Still wishing we could record in XAVC / slog2 though like the A7s.
 

Here's a short vacation video I shot on my a6000.  Lenses used were the Zeiss 24mm 1.8, Sony 50mm 1.8, and Sony 10-18mm F4.  Coming from the NEX-6 I appreciated the a6000's autofocus speed and accuracy quite a bit.  I also used the face detection focus tracking a couple times and it worked pretty well.  Still wishing we could record in XAVC / slog2 though like the A7s.
 

Here's a short (2 min) vacation video I shot on the A6000 in Jasper, Alberta.  Lenses used were the Sony 24mm 1.8, Sony 10-18mm f/4, and Sony 50mm 1.8 OSS.
 
I found the quality pretty decent for most 'normal' scenes with a central subject against a DOF-blurred background, but the codec showed a fair bit of compression artifacts when there was a lot of high frequency detail on screen that was moving rapidly, like forest scenes.  Looking forward to either upgrading to the A7s or a future APS-C e-mount camera with XAVC @ 50Mbps.
 

I have an A6000 and although I find the AVCHD codec quality is very good in most normal scenes when you have a central subject, in other shots when there is a ton of high-frequency information AND a lot of motion in the scene sometimes the compression can't keep up.  Here are some examples:
 
Shot #1 - central subject, light camera and subject motion, not a ton of high-frequency detail in the scene.  Don't see much in the way of compression artifacts.
 

 
Shot #2 - lots of high-frequency detail but shot is fairly static.  Pretty decent detail, don't see a lot of compression artifacts.
 

 
 
Shot #3 - subject in motion, camera in motion, lots of high-frequency detail in the background.  Although sometimes it's hard to distinguish motion blur from compression artifacts here (I'm shooting at 1/50), there are some noticeable compression artifacts on the trees, the subject's t-shirt, and the edge of the subject against the background.
 

 
 
I'm curious if recording the raw HDMI output with the Ninja Star would eliminate these artifacts.