The Chris

How about a different direction, Speedboosters and an external recorder like the Ninja Assassin to get 4k out of the A7s?

I use Natural (contrast -5 and saturation -5) and I store it as CUSTOM profile 1 .....leave the NR and Sharpening at 0
yes you dial the colour back in in post ,Im shooting alot of night interior scenes in this movie on sets and I want to record a much shaddow detail as possible , I dont want crushed blacks in camera . so contrast and saturation are -5 , it works great this way . I shot a whole moive that way last year and we got superb results with it.
 
this was shot Natural (contrast -5 and saturation -5) with the colour dialed back in in post /grade. all that detail in the actors uniform would not be there with crushed blacks in camera .

Agreed, but Sony doesn't seem to see it that way.

They completely lost what made them such a success by pricing themselves out of the market they essentially created. Every new top end camera got a $100 price hike while Chinese knockoffs flooded the market at $100 or so. The Black is now what, $500? To the average consumer the $100 models are more than enough. I hope they bounce back, but this doesn't look good with 4k cameras like the SJCam selling for $150, and they're late to the drone game.

The a6000 doesn't have a touchscreen, there's nothing missing, just Sony's usual segmenting. Touchscreen is for amateurs, EVF, more controls and hot shoe is for enthusiasts. It sucks they don't see the value of a touchscreen for something as simple as moving the focus point while shooting - especially with the awesome tracking abilities of the PADF. I would love one on my A7rII.
I'm getting the a6300 to replace my a5100, I will miss the touchscreen.

Most of Sony's aps-c lenses are stabilized. Only time will tell if Sony is going to move IBIS down the line or keep it on the A7's. I think given the size of FE lenses there's definitely space for a larger, top of the line crop body with IBIS that sells in the $1500 range. I'd buy one, FE lenses are getting too damn big and the new ones are the largest yet.
I wonder if we're ever going to see any more lenses like the 28/2, 35/2.8 and 55/1.8 - all are small with good IQ and one is pretty cheap, the others can be had at good used prices. Sony's FE lens strategy is making me reconsider my decision to wrap my kit around the A7's. Crop lenses and a speedbooster covers pretty much everything.

Wow! Sony pulled out all the stops, full readout 4k, new 4d AF, new high rez EVF and so on. I really hope they added UHS-II support, its the biggest drawback of the A7rII, bursts are slow to write to card.
Better sell your NX1 now, at $1000 for this body it really puts that one out to pasture. Get the A6300, a speedbooster ultra and you have one powerhouse little package. 
Press release says 4k in s35 format. That should mean no crop. Sweet

Well to be fair, the FS5 is a video camera targeted at video shooters, the 1dxII is Canon's top of the line stills camera targeted at sports/wildlife shooters and photojournalists that also shoots 4k video, while being weather sealed, having one of the best AF systems on the planet, and offering 14fps with a 170 frame raw burst and so on....
Apples and oranges. To the max. People on this forum are not Canon's target with this camera, despite its video capabilities.
Look at the shutter count on used 1dx's, in many cases people are firing off 200,000+ frames a year. I've seen used models with over a 1,000,000 clicks on the shutter.
The upcoming 5d4 will probably fill the 4k void at a lower price point. The 5d3 was dropped shortly after the 1dx started shipping, hopefully the pattern continues. 

So far its been really good, but admittedly all I've done is a lot of walking test shots. Its much easier to balance/setup than the Defy G2 I previously used, much lighter too. The gimbal weighs a little over 2 lbs with batteries, and my camera brings to total weight to just over 4 pounds. Comes with a nice padded case and an extra set of batteries. All of my tinkering has yet to burn through my first set, so battery life is looking pretty good. What sold me on the DS1 was the 32-bit board, higher load capacity than other one handed gimbals and positive user reports. I'm sure we'll see more gimbals at NAB and such, but I don't know what can be done to improve on the DS1 without adding to its size or cost.
The biggest con for me is the USB charging. I haven't bothered to look for other charging options for the batteries, but the manual says you'll get faster results with a dedicated charger, so there must be something available. Beholder claims 3-4 hours of shooting per charge, so two sets of batteries will easily carry me through any shoot with plenty of juice to spare - even if I only get a couple hours per set. My Mac Pro gives me a "USB Devices Disabled because its using too much power" message when I plug in the batteries which is odd, so I plug it into my wife's crappy old laptop.
I use it with the A7rII and at some point I'll put my A7s on it too. The DS1 combined with the IBIS makes for some crazy smooth walking shots and when doing dolly shots it looks like a slider. You can just turn the handle upside down for low shots or to simulate a jib movement. I'm going to take it on a boat to see how it handles waves at some point.
There's a seller on eBay that will take an offer of $650, I bought from them. No regrets so far.
Apologies to anyone interested in the Nebula for going OT.

So far its been really good, but admittedly all I've done is a lot of walking test shots. Its much easier to balance/setup than the Defy G2 I previously used, much lighter too. The gimbal weighs a little over 2 lbs with batteries, and my camera brings to total weight to just over 4 pounds. Comes with a nice padded case and an extra set of batteries. All of my tinkering has yet to burn through my first set, so battery life is looking pretty good. What sold me on the DS1 was the 32-bit board, higher load capacity than other one handed gimbals and positive user reports. I'm sure we'll see more gimbals at NAB and such, but I don't know what can be done to improve on the DS1 without adding to its size or cost.
The biggest con for me is the USB charging. I haven't bothered to look for other charging options for the batteries, but the manual says you'll get faster results with a dedicated charger, so there must be something available. Beholder claims 3-4 hours of shooting per charge, so two sets of batteries will easily carry me through any shoot with plenty of juice to spare - even if I only get a couple hours per set. My Mac Pro gives me a "USB Devices Disabled because its using too much power" message when I plug in the batteries which is odd, so I plug it into my wife's crappy old laptop.
I use it with the A7rII and at some point I'll put my A7s on it too. The DS1 combined with the IBIS makes for some crazy smooth walking shots and when doing dolly shots it looks like a slider. You can just turn the handle upside down for low shots or to simulate a jib movement. I'm going to take it on a boat to see how it handles waves at some point.
There's a seller on eBay that will take an offer of $650, I bought from them. No regrets so far.
Apologies to anyone interested in the Nebula for going OT.

So far its been really good, but admittedly all I've done is a lot of walking test shots. Its much easier to balance/setup than the Defy G2 I previously used, much lighter too. The gimbal weighs a little over 2 lbs with batteries, and my camera brings to total weight to just over 4 pounds. Comes with a nice padded case and an extra set of batteries. All of my tinkering has yet to burn through my first set, so battery life is looking pretty good. What sold me on the DS1 was the 32-bit board, higher load capacity than other one handed gimbals and positive user reports. I'm sure we'll see more gimbals at NAB and such, but I don't know what can be done to improve on the DS1 without adding to its size or cost.
The biggest con for me is the USB charging. I haven't bothered to look for other charging options for the batteries, but the manual says you'll get faster results with a dedicated charger, so there must be something available. Beholder claims 3-4 hours of shooting per charge, so two sets of batteries will easily carry me through any shoot with plenty of juice to spare - even if I only get a couple hours per set. My Mac Pro gives me a "USB Devices Disabled because its using too much power" message when I plug in the batteries which is odd, so I plug it into my wife's crappy old laptop.
I use it with the A7rII and at some point I'll put my A7s on it too. The DS1 combined with the IBIS makes for some crazy smooth walking shots and when doing dolly shots it looks like a slider. You can just turn the handle upside down for low shots or to simulate a jib movement. I'm going to take it on a boat to see how it handles waves at some point.
There's a seller on eBay that will take an offer of $650, I bought from them. No regrets so far.
Apologies to anyone interested in the Nebula for going OT.

WB above 5000k works with the blue highlight issue. Its been discussed a lot, and it works. Here's a sample

I forgot to talk about the other reason I moved from my previous setup - low light performance. I was really disappointed in the amount of noise in the NX1, 1600 was my max ISO. I was hoping Samsung would improve that with a FW update as I think there's a lot of untapped potential with the incredibly powerful internal processing, but it never happened. I was also hoping for proper back button AF with the NX1, but that never happened either. I always remove AF from the shutter button and take advantage of the AF/AEL switch, the NX1 can't do it properly. Anyway.
I shoot monthly outdoor events that a local spa hosts, they run till 9 or 10 pm, so a good portion of the party is in an area lit mostly by strings of christmas lights in trees and such, even with fast lenses I'm shooting at 6400 and sometimes 12800. The A7rII image is still really nice at 6400 and very useable for me at 12800 - and its much cleaner than the 5d3 or NX1 at the same ISO. The DR with stills is much better as well, but its well known Sony has better shadow and highlight recovery than any other sensor so that's no surprise. Its not until 25600 that the A7rII's IQ (in s35 mode) really starts to drop behind the A7s.
If you go A7rII you can take advantage of some cheaper aps-c lenses if video is your main focus - and it takes 18mp stills in crop mode. I have the 16-35/4 and the 10-18/4 - which overlap but I shoot a lot of landscapes and the FF IQ of the 16-35 is much, much better. The 10-18 will one of my gimbal lenses as I just bought the Beholder DS1. For s35 4k, the crop lenses are fantastic - light, cheap and covers a wider range than the FE line. You also have the 18-105/4 power zoom which makes a great run and gun video lens covering an effective 27-158mm range in one small/light package that's constant aperture throughout the range. Its also about $400 used. The 16-50 pancake can be found for less than $100 and is great for tracking subjects while shooting, AF is crazy fast/accurate.
The other option is what I considered as well, A7sII and something like the A6000/5100 for higher MP stills. The A7s takes really nice photos that seem to have more depth to them than other FF cameras, but at times 12mp is very limiting (for me) and for travel its just not enough as the fine detail is lacking. The AF is contrast only, compared to the PADF on the A7rII, as a stills camera is the A7rII is far superior and the AF is very good in video mode, and much better than the A7s in all but the lowest light situations.
Lastly, the a5100 is so small/light and it shares the same battery, so its really easy to always have it with you on a shoot. I mostly bought it to shoot stills and to always have a small backup with me. Though mine may get replaced by a RX100IV since that shoots 4k and great slow-mo.
Cheers.

One thing I'd consider when running two systems, depending on your budget, your lens range will be much more limited on both sides. I was shooting with a 5d3 (faster lenses and better AF in low light) and the NX1/16-50s (4k) before moving to Sony and combining both into the A7rII - which is a much better stills camera and still shoots really good 4k. It made life a lot easier, especially with Samsung's crappy lens selection and whispers the NX line is dead. Now I can shoot with any Canon, Sony A mount or Sony E mount lens for AF and adapt pretty much every lens ever made. I've added an A7s for a backup and B cam since most of my projects wind up being 1080p. I also have the a5100 as a backup stills camera and emergency video cam, the body cost $200, a no brainier for what you get. 

Looks pretty good, will be interesting to see what the noise and DR is like across the ISO range. Fuji colors are amazing and the lens lineup is something every Sony owner can only dream about, but video has always been incredibly disappointing. I have no interest in the hybrid VF either after owning the Xpro1 and the X100, so the Xpro2 is a no go for me as I don't want to pay a significant premium for something I never use.
I'm hoping that the little nugget Fuji dropped - stating that the new processor is 4k capable - might mean good things for the XT2. I fear Sony is going to mostly produce large/heavy/expensive lenses for the FE lineup like the 35/1.4, 90 macro and any rumored F/2.8 zooms since they seem to be driving profits along with the relentless FF body release schedule.
In Sony-land the aps-c lens lineup seems to be at an endpoint as they've released nothing in the last couple years, which leaves me at a crossroad for my small body/lens travel kit. There are just so many attractive options in the X-mount. I'm not going smaller than aps-c, had high hopes for the NX1 but the lenses kept me from going all in there. Maybe Fuji can make it happen, maybe...

I'm sure one will be announced at NAB 2016, with a ship date of July.

I'm sure one will be announced at NAB 2016, with a ship date of July.

Try white balancing with warm cards?
http://www.warmcards.com/WC1.html

The little 16-50 kit lens that comes with the a5100/6000 would be a great match for the FS5 and a small gimbal. 

Functions are identical in both modes, just cropped, everything including eye AF and so on is fully functional. Stills are 18mp in crop mode. I have crop and FF lenses for the A7rII, mainly the 10-18 and the 16-50pz to use on a gimbal that I'll be buying soon. I've been debating getting a speedbooster to use smaller lenses in APS-c mode with less crop. 

These look fantastic. I'm going to be spending the next few weeks doing a crash course on color grading to improve my skills, I've never used a LUT before. Thanks for sharing.

WB above 5000k works with the blue highlight issue. Its been discussed a lot, and it works. Here's a sample

And he's not using the grip, wow. The battery is one of the main culprits, they get hot when you get close to the 29:50 time limit. I'm going to do some testing outside when it warms up, it's a frigid 55f in Florida right now. Will be back in the 80's early in the week though. This is really great to see. 

Agreed. Since people are talking a little more, the main problem I had with the movie was that it just throws everything at you without any hint of a story, nothing about Han and Leia in the last 30 years, a sentence about Luke, the contrived moment on the bridge, a bunch of shallow characters with no depth - and they don't bat an eye at the destruction the First Order throws their way. Obi Wan felt a great disturbance, these guys - nothing. Geez. I know there's only so much you can do without it being 4 hours long, but since we all went in expecting a film that's setting up the next two, how about a little more backstory with Rey, Ren and the others? But that's not JJ's strong suit judging by the Star Trek films.
That said it was fun to watch, even though it was pretty easy to tell the big gasp moment was coming about 30 or 40 minutes in. Hopefully we'll get a Empire quality movie in Ep.8.

I liked it too, not as overly JJ as those Star Trek movies, but the whip pans and shallow DOF quick zooms are as played as the flares, so glad he's not doing the next one. My only real complaints is the plot was pretty transparent, nothing at all was surprising. Second, it's basically a remake of the original, but I get it, they're bridging the old with the new. Lastly, they changed the pitch of the blasters and put too much bass in the light sabers, they sound funny. I watched Empire and Jedi earlier in the week, I think they should have kept the same sounds.
I agree with others, Kylo Ren is badass, a much darker dark side. Love it.
Saw it in a packed theater, every time one of the old favorites appeared on screen the place erupted in cheers, a cool moviegoing experience.