Mars

mmmmYeeeahhhh..........

They're missing our point. 

They want a smoother end-user experience and that pretty much ONLY means less stuttering due to any bandwidth issues. The solution is to kill the quality. That's ALWAYS BEEN the solution. YouTube has been doing it for years.

Now I WILL give them this: "Adaptive" is indeed better than simply defaulting to something really low like 320p. DUH....

Our point is simply this: Many of us PAID subscribers NEED folks to see our stuff is as high quality as is possible. ESPECIALLY if it is clients. And EVERYBODY understands a little stuttering. NOBODY goes: "Oh my gosh, the video just stuttered for a second or two, I guess that means it's no good and I'd better turn it off!" DUH...

And don't forget the BIG one that affects everyone in an even worse way - EMBEDDING.
In MANY embedded video situations (websites etc,.) the little "HD" icon where you select playback quality DOESN'T SHOW UP. 
What you gonna do NOW? DUH...

So, in summary - DUH.

They WILL respond to paid subscribers cancelling if they don't return to at least the OPTION of a selectable minimum quality playback.

BIG THANKS, BIG THANKS, to everyone who has sent an email to Vimeo about this. Especially Paid subscribers willing to cancel.
 

The real suprising champ is the RX100IV - the slow motion out of this guy is beautiful.
I am shocked by how good it came out.  Mixed F35, A7S, everything - especially at the waterpark.
 
 
 

This is my run-n-gun toy...

 

All DSLRs are more or less noisy. You could use this:
http://www.juicedlink.com/collections/preamp-selection/products/riggy-micro-rm222
and a mic of your choice, i.e.
http://en-uk.sennheiser.com/shotgun-microphone-camera-camcorder-video-mke-600

To get the best quality in both audio and video in a compact package with IBIS you can get an A7rII/A7sII with the XLR-K2M module that I believe bypasses any gain inside the camera, or you can try @Mark solution with the juicedlink and your EM5ii.

At $650 that would be the professional solution and in that case an external recorder like the H1 would also be advised  

Here it is!
We recorded hdmi 8-bit 4:2:2 out of it and went to the odyssey
 
 
skin tones overall are nice!  and stabilization is amazing.
 The camera was interesting to use - especially considering that it's a 200 ASA camera and has moire and dynamic range challenges - sometimes this is interesting to have to maximize something with limitations. It's difficult, but I guess it disciplines you.

+1
including some €€€ as donation

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.